Death
Herman Bernstein died in Sheffield, Massachusetts on August 31, 1935. He was survived by his wife Sophie, his brother the writer Hillel Bernstein, and three daughters, Hilda Bernstein Gitlin, Dorothy Bernstein Nash, Violet Bernstein Willheim. His son David was a long-time newspaper editor in Binghamton, New York. Descendants include Peter Nash, a physician and poet; Joyce Gitlin (Sartwell) Abell, a teacher and farmer; Crispin Sartwell, a philosophy professor and journalist; Boaz Nash, a physicist; and Joan Weber, a visual artist.
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