Morris Goldman passed away peacefully on Wednesday, following a courageous 2-year battle with prostate cancer.
Son, brother, father, husband, uncle, grandfather, and most of all Union Man, Morris learned the printing trade in New York City in the early 1940’s, and ended his passionate and impactful career as a Union Leader in 1991, when he retired as the President of the Bay Area Typographical Union Local 21.
He spent a lifetime promoting social justice, and championing the causes of working people. Many families of bay area printers continue to benefit from his three decades of work as a union leader.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Miriam Goldman, his parents Jack and Minnie Goldman, and by his brother Harold Goldman. He is survived by his three children Debra Carlson (John) of Pittsburg, CA, Amy Burke (Tim) of Anchorage, AK, and Barry Goldman-Hall (Debra) of San Jose, his sister-in-law Rita Goldman, his nephew Jeffrey Goldman and niece Karen Bova, his grandnieces Melissa Onstad and Robin Davidson and their son Miles Russell Onstad Davidson of Brooklyn, NY, and by his beloved grandsons, Jason and Nicholas Goldman-Hall, and his new granddaughter-in-law Cera Renault.
A prouder grandparent has never walked this earth.
He will be sadly missed by his neighbors of 20 years in Morgan Hill’s Pine Tree Villas community.
A celebration of Morris’s life will be held in Morgan Hill at a date as yet to be determined.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations in his name be made to the Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104.
