Obituaries BIGLER: Harold S. Bigler, on Thursday February 15, 2018. Beloved husband of Bette J. Bigler. Beloved father of Marshall S. Bigler and Clifford (Colleen) Bigler. Brother of the late Eleanor Lewis and Sylvia Bigler. Popop to Bryan and Chauncie Bigler. Uncle of Matt Lewis, Mary Rhonda Lewis, Ritchard Lewis, David Winkler, Laura Kraslow and Susan Rosenthal. Services were held at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Interment at West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family and Community Services 5743 Bartlett Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or a charity of donor’s choice. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. FIEDLER: Morton Fiedler passed away at age 93, after a brief illness, on February 13, 2018, near Lake Worth, Fla., where he had spent a happy retirement since 1990. Mort (or Morty) was born in Pittsburgh on April 28, 1924, the son of William Fiedler and Lillian Zolten Fiedler, both of whom emigrated from Eastern Europe to the United States as young children. Mort and his devoted wife Sherma (Sheri) Feldman Fiedler celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on January 28. He was a loving father to Nancy and David. The Fiedlers raised their family in White Oak. They were longtime members of Temple B’nai Israel. They also were members of Baldoc Hills Country Club (later Lincoln Hills) in Irwin. Mort loved flying airplanes, golf and was a voracious reader. He served in the Army Air Force, starting at the age of 18 as an aviation cadet, and progressed rapidly through his training to get his pilot’s wings and commission as a 2nd lieutenant two days before his 20th birthday. Soon after, as commander of a B-17 bomber crew, Mort flew a brand-new bomber with his entire crew from Georgia to England, and the crew was assigned to the Eighth Air Force, 18th squadron, 34th bomb group outside the village of Mendle-
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survivors and witnesses to explore not only the massacre itself, but the setting and sentiment that enabled such atrocity. Although the legislation will not retroactively affect Bikont’s work, it may prevent future researchers from pursuing similar academic or historical endeavors, she said. “All scholars who start now in their career, each scholar has to think twice or three times before thinking of some subject where you can go to two to three years of prison.” Those who choose to pursue interests such as Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust “have to be very courageous to do it,” she added. But while the possibility of peril may discourage new scholars from exploring the topic, outside interest is growing. “It’s ironic. I was at the Polish Museum of History in Warsaw for a seminar, a lecture about Jews killed by Poles after the war,
sham. The crew flew 32 missions before the war ended, and every member under Mort’s command survived with no injuries. After the war, Mort returned to McKeesport where his parents and sister lived, with plans to work in the business of selling appliances and to expand it to include air conditioning and heating contracting. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, one of the first students to register there under the new G.I. Bill. He earned his bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering there in three years, and met Sherma Feldman, whom he would wed on her 21st birthday. Mort joined the newly formed Air Force Reserve unit in Pittsburgh, where he was able to continue flying transport planes, and retired from the Reserve 28 years later as a lieutenant colonel. The business in McKeesport flourished for a period, and then closed, and Mort started a second career in the architectural lighting business. He worked for Lightolier, an innovator in the field, eventually moving to Chicago, where he became the manager of the company’s Midwest business before retiring. He is survived by his wife, daughter Nancy (Jeff) Millman, son David (Becky) Fiedler, granddaughters Amy (Alyssa) Fiedler, M.D. and Morgan (Nathan) Delack, and two great-grandchildren, Hannah and Caleb. Services were held on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Beth Israel Memorial Chapel, Boynton Beach, Fla. Interment at Temple Cemetery, Versailles, Pa. Please honor Mort with a donation to a charity of your choice. SWEER: Grace Sweer (nee Fried) on February 9, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Bernard Sweer; cherished mother of Leon (Karen) Sweer and Susan (Larry) Rooner; devoted sister of the late Richard Fried; loving daughter of the late Florence Beck and Leon Fried; adoring grandmother of Ryan (Krista) Sweer, Kevin (Lauren) Sweer, Jordan Sweer, Daniel Rooner, and Adam Rooner; also survived by loving nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Sweer was a “people person,” a wonderful wife of 66 years, a longtime legal secretary and an outstanding mother and grandmother. Funeral services were held at Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the charity of donor’s choice. Arrangements by Sol Levinson & Bros. PJC and normally because they have two young scholars talking about it, there would be 20 or 30 people at events like this, but there were 200 or 300 people,” said Bikont. “This legislation on the one side provoked a wave of anti-Semitism but on the other hand provoked many people to investigate what this is about and what happened during the war and why the government is making this legislation to prevent people from talking about it.” Bikont’s Pittsburgh visit, which is being supported by Classrooms Without Borders, will include stops at the Mt. Lebanon Library, Seton Hill University and Winchester Thurston School. Those interested in hearing Bikont are invited to attend Tuesday’s 8 p.m. City of Asylum talk. Free registration is available at tinyurl.com/y8ddwhpb. Said the journalist, “I hope to tell more during my lectures.” PJC
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