George D. Schoenberg

George D. Schoenberg enjoyed a lifetime of music until he passed away on January 24, 2020.
He was 95. Born on January 28, 1924 in Clarksboro, New Jersey to Edward and Adele
Schoenberg, he shared most of his life with his wife Florence, who predeceased him in 2016.
They were married for 66 years.

After studying organ and piano as a child, he enrolled in Temple University to continue his
music education. But then duty called. He was a pilot with the 368th Fighter Group of the Air
Force and flew the P-47 “Thunderbolt” in the European Theater of Operations from 1943 to
1947. He loved to tell old war stories. After the war he returned to Temple University and the
University of Pennsylvania where he earned his BS and MS degrees in Music Education.
He taught music in the public schools of Woodstown, NJ, Glens Falls, NY and Malverne, NY.
In addition to his teaching, he also was the organist and choir director in churches and a
synagogue in New Jersey and New York, including St. James United Methodist Church in
Lynbrook, NY, for 40 years and Central Synagogue in Rockville Center, NY for 20 years. He
held the position of Dean of the Nassau Chapter of the American Guild of Organists from 1986
to 1988. After he and Florence moved to Baiting Hollow from Malverne, NY he was the interim
organist at Old Steeple Community Church in Aquebogue, NY from 2000 to 2007.

He is survived by his daughter Christine of New York, NY, his son Paul of Centennial, CO, a
step granddaughter Norine and her husband Brian and a step great granddaughter, Lily.