The couple met at Temple Emanu-El in Port Richmond. Egon sold Marie a raffle ticket and at that moment, their lives were forever changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father came out of a men\u2019s club meeting selling raffle tickets,\u201d Jon Salmon, the couple\u2019s other son, said. \u201cThe story goes she quickly turned to her friend Millie and said loan me 10 cents so I can buy a raffle ticket from that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two were wed on June 28, 1951, in the former Hotel St. Moritz in Manhattan, went on a honeymoon to Cuba, and settled in Port Richmond before relocating to Elm Park and later, Sunnyside.<\/p>\n
The couple lived in Florida for about 12 years after Egon Salmon\u2019s retirement, and moved to Maplewood five years ago.<\/p>\n
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(From left to right) Henry Salmon, Egon J. Salmon, Marie Salmon and Jon Salmon.(Courtesy of Henry Salmon)<\/p>\n
Together, the couple raised two sons: Henry and Jon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were a dynamic duo,\u201d Henry said of his parents. \u201cThey supported each other and they gave back to the community together.\u201d<\/p>\n
She stood alongside her husband as he began Salmon Real Estate in 1956. At times, she would even assist in writing ads for properties.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe really supported my father in all the things that he accomplished and they accomplished together,\u201d added Henry.<\/p>\n
A loving homemaker, Marie Salmon was active in the Temple, with Hadassah, the Bernikow Jewish Community Center in Sea View, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in Livingston and the Staten Island Council on the Arts.<\/p>\n
Marie and Egon Salmon were among the catalysts for the founding of the Wagner College Holocaust Center. Dr. Lori Weintrob, executive director of the center, said the couple endowed the Egon J. and Marie Salmon and Family Commemoration of Kristallnacht and the S.S. St. Louis 11 years ago, honoring the 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jews known as Kristallnacht and the ill-fated ship carrying Jewish refugees that was turned away from the United States before World War II.<\/p>\n
Since then, Marie Salmon has reshaped the annual event to incorporate music, leading to programs with the Wagner College choir in Normandy, Paris and all over the world. As explained by Weintrob, Marie insisted the program focus on students. Now, 700 Staten Island students participate annually in a special program emphasizing compassion to refugees and fighting antisemitism at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, organized by Wagner College with the German Consul General, Project Hospitality and the NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarie Salmon was passionate about impacting youth of all faiths to care more deeply about the lessons of the Holocaust and how hate affected individual lives,\u201d Weintrob added. \u201cShe wanted to be involved in shaping our programs. I deeply appreciated her guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wagner College President Jeffrey Doggett issued the following statement:<\/p>\n
\u201cMarie Salmon and the entire Salmon family were determined to teach both history and empathy to the next generation of young people and promote compassion for our neighbors. Their generosity in funding Holocaust education created a lasting legacy for students of Wagner College and of New York City. May her memory be a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Remembered by her family<\/p>\n
Henry Salmon described his mother as loving, dependable and charitable.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was friendly, she always had a smile and she loved to meet new people and make new friends,\u201d he said of his mother.<\/p>\n
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This photo from 2020 shows Marie Salmon blow out her birthday candle for her 91st birthday as her husband Egon looks on.(Courtesy of Henry Salmon)<\/p>\n
She played tennis and later learned to play golf. She was also a wonderful cook and baker.<\/p>\n
Drs. Tracy Svetcov and Barie Miller, Marie\u2019s granddaughters, shared a special memory of their grandmother with the Advance\/SILive.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe always knew the latest celebrity gossip!\u201d the granddaughters shared in a joint statement. \u201cShe would go from show to show on Netflix and at one point, she stumbled upon \u2018Schitt\u2019s Creek\u2019 and called us laughing so hard we thought she was crying.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott Salmon, a grandson, shared a bit about his grandmother and said the following in a statement:<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was both elegant and unexpectedly funny, she had an incredible memory that never forgot a birthday or pop culture reference, a lover of good food (and a critic of bad), and she had more musical talent in her pinky finger than my grandfather had in his entire body.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was always present and always available to help anybody that needed her advice and counsel,\u201d Henry Salmon added.<\/p>\n
As he further noted, \u201cbased on her age, she lived a full and complete life and she was healthy almost to the end and that\u2019s a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Funeral arrangements<\/p>\n
The funeral is scheduled for 12 p.m. Monday at Menorah Chapels at 2145 Richmond Ave. in New Springville. Friends are invited to begin gathering around 11 a.m. Interment will follow services at United Hebrew Cemetery in Oakwood.<\/p>\n
A lunch reception will follow at Wagner College\u2019s Kelleher Presidential Room on the second floor of 300 Howard Ave. on Wagner\u2019s extended campus at 2 p.m. All are welcome.<\/p>\n
Shiva will be Monday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 201 Marin Blvd., Apt. 619, in Jersey City. Shiva on Tuesday and Wednesday will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 155 E. 76th St., Apt 12A, in Manhattan.<\/p>\n