{"id":59128,"date":"2020-10-27T18:40:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T00:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=59128"},"modified":"2021-01-21T10:27:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:27:33","slug":"former-furniture-dealer-beryl-laufer-92-dies-after-a-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/former-furniture-dealer-beryl-laufer-92-dies-after-a-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Former furniture dealer Beryl Laufer, 92, dies after a stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERYL CHAIM LAUFER, the former co-owner of St. Claude Furniture, passed away on Sunday night, October 25, 2020, after having suffered a stroke at the beginning of the month. He was 92.<\/p>\n<p>Laufer ran the store with his father and, following his retirement from St. Claude Furniture, continued his career as a sales associate at Compass Furniture in Elmwood.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/cathy-laufer-is-buried-in-baton-rouge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cathy Laufer<\/a> (Kay Lindsey) of Baton Rouge last year. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Barbara Laufer; his children Michael H. Laufer (Audrey) of New York City and&nbsp; Jeffrey N. Laufer (Elizabeth) and five grandchildren..<\/p>\n<p>Laufer enjoyed singing. He was the leader for the Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation (formerly Tikvat Shalom) choir for decades. In more recent years, following Hurricane Katrina, he became a member of Touro Synagogue and sang in their choir as well.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a longtime and active member of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing of America (SPEBQSA) and sang regularly with several barbershop quartets and was also a member of the Mardi Gras Chorus.<\/p>\n<p>A long-time member of Shir Chadash synagogue, he led and sang in the congregational choir for decades. Later after Katrina, he was also a member of Touro Synagogue and sang in their choir for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Another of his passions was table tennis. He is remembered as a formidable player, who took up the game later in life. A sweet, kind and calm soul, he always had a kind word and a joke for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial contributions in his memory can be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. A private graveside service was officiated by Rabbi Deborah Silver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements were by Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Former%20furniture%20dealer%20Beryl%20Laufer%2C%2092%2C%20dies%20after%20a%20stroke\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[11145,8790,8795,3045],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59141,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59128\/revisions\/59141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}