Nathan Goldberg

Nathan Goldberg, 99, of Monroe Township died Nov. 25, 2017. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, he was born in Plainfield in 1918 and lived there from 1945 to 1975 before moving to Monroe in 1975. 

Mr. Goldberg was a pharmaceutical salesman throughout his entire career.

He graduated from Plainfield High School and attended Pace University. 

He served in the U.S. Army’s Air Corps division during World War II, with air-combat divisions in Egypt, Libya, Italy, southern France, and Tunisia. After completion of his army service in 1945 he returned to Plainfield where he and his family continued to live until 1975. 

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An avid golfer who twice hit “a hole-in-one,” he had served as president of the Clearbrook Golf Association, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Masons. 

Predeceased by his wife, Myrl Finkel Goldberg, in 2005, he is survived by two daughters, Joan Goldberg (Rabbi Bennett) Miller of Monroe Township and Barbara Goldberg Cohen of White Plains, N.Y.; a brother, Louis of Boca Raton, Fla.; a sister, Pearl Lerner of South Carolina; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services were held at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, New Brunswick, with arrangements by Crabiel Parkwest Funeral Chapel, New Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to AEMT.