Obituary of Milton Lepkin

A memorial "gathering" for Milt Lepkin will be held Sunday, March 6, at 4:00 pm at the Lepkin home. The address and telephone are: 9763 E Maplewood Avenue Englewood CO 80111 303-267-8983 Our home is in the Arapahoe Lake neighborhood in the Denver Tech Center. Entrance is off Dayton Street, between Orchard and Caley, north of Arapahoe Road. Turn into the neighborhood at the Arapahoe Lake sign, and turn left at the stop sign. Our house will then be directly in front of you, with the six solar panels on the roof. Following is the obituary that appeared in the Syracuse, NY Post-Standard newpaper on Wednesday, February 9, 2011. Milt's wife of 47 years, Evelyn, was from Syracuse, their son Wayne was born in Syracuse, and many of Evelyn's family members still live there. Evelyn died in 1996, when she and Milt were living in the Phoenix area. She is buried in Syracuse, and Milt was buried next to her on Thursday, February 10. Adding information more applicable to Denver friends: Milt met Lita Hofberg in April 2006, when they both were living in Heather Gardens. Milt had been writing a column entitled Enjoy Growing Older for the monthly Heather Gardens magazine Heather 'n Yon. Lita had formerly been an editor, and she was impressed enough by his columns to write him a fan letter. They became very special friends and spent a great deal of time together. Milt had promised Lita five years together -- he missed it by only two months. Milton Lepkin   February 4, 2011   Milton Lepkin, 89, recently of Denver, Colorado, died on February 4, 2011. A resident of Syracuse in the 1940's and 50's, as a social worker at the Syracuse Boys' Club and Director of the former Boys' Club Camp Zerby, north of Syracuse near Pulaski. Husband of the late Evelyn (Hoffman) Lepkin who grew up in Syracuse. Survived by son Wayne, daughter-in-law Sheila, grandson Aaron, all of Denver, grandson Simon, a graduate student at Binghamton University, and special friend Lita Hofberg of Aurora, Colorado. Dr Lepkin was born in the Bronx in 1921, graduated City College of New York, and attended Syracuse University in the 1940's, earning his PhD in Psychology in 1953. In the early 1950's he worked with renowned industrial psychologist Frederick Herzberg at the University of Pittsburg. Milt moved to Chicago with his family to be Director of the Young Mens' Jewish Council. Later, in Chicago, he started parallel businesses -- Career Consultants, for business executives seeking employment, and M Lepkin & Co., an executive search firm for businesses. During this time Dr Lepkin also taught Psychology at what is now Chicago State University. In addition, he worked as a psychological counselor in the Mental Health Department of the City of Chicago, and provided private psychological therapy. Milt and his wife Evelyn retired in 1979 and moved to the Phoenix area, where he was an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University. After Evelyn died in 1996, he moved to Denver to be closer to his son's family. Over the years, Dr Lepkin wrote columns for regional newspapers and for monthly magazines for the retirement communities in which he lived, variously titled Your Family Psychologist or Enjoy Growing Older. He was mechanically inclined, dabbled in carpentry and home remodelling, and enjoyed classical music, painting, and reading. Milt was interested in photography, doing his own darkroom work from an early age. He enjoyed outdoor activites such as skiing and hiking, and taking camping trips with his family. Dr Lepkin enjoyed travelling, visiting Europe, Israel, Hawaii, as well as Morocco when his son Murray was doing dissertation research. He taught religious school, and was on the Board of Directors, at a number of synagogues. He was always thinking about and analyzing the world around him, and never hesitated to offer suggestions of ways things could be improved. Dr Lepkin was predeceased by his son, Murray Lepkin, PhD, as well as by two younger siblings, Diana Robbins of Massapequa, NY, and Wally Lepkin of Seaford, NY. Services will be at 2 pm Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Birnbaum Funeral Chapel, 1909 E Fayette Street. Friends may visit with the family from 1 to 2 pm Thursday, prior to the service at the chapel. Burial will be at Beth El Cemetery.