Melvin Korman

DATELINE: North Attleboro, MA

Korman, Melvin, 93, died Thursday, May 10, 2018 at home. He was the beloved husband of Mary (Finnegan) Korman for 34 years. Born in Providence, RI, a son of the late William and Tillie (Jacobs) Korman, he had lived in North Attleboro for over 50 years, previously living in Warwick, RI. He was a manufacturing engineer at General Electric Co., Wiring Devices Dept. until retirement. He also taught plastic engineering courses at Brown University and Rhode Island State. After retirement, he was a counselor at SBA’s SCORE organization. Melvin was a WW-II Army veteran, earning the rank of Sgt. and serving in Germany. He was a member of Temple Emanu-El, past president of the Society of Plastic Engineers – Southeast New England Chapter, had 3 US patents assigned to him, was a field associate for the International Executive Service Corps with assignments in Egypt and Costa Rica, was the program director at the North Attleboro Council on Aging, volunteered at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, was a board member of Norton Institution of Continuing Education, and enjoyed photography, computers, and genealogy. Devoted father of Janet S. Korman-Parra and her husband, Luis, of Braintree, MA, Professor Murray S. Korman and his wife, Catharine Hall, of Annapolis, MD, Lawrence T. Korman and his wife, Susan, of Baltimore, MD, Diane Korman Stacy and her husband, Douglas, of Greenville, RI, Michael J. Savastano and his wife, Kimberly, of Coventry, RI, and Kevin P. Savastano and his fiancé, Maria Brum, of Warwick, RI. Dear brother of Lois Fine-Sergeant of Rehoboth, MA, and the late Leah Kaplan, Arnold J. Korman, Nathaniel I. Korman, Anne G. Fine, and Rosalie M. Bloom. Loving grandfather of 7. Cherished great grandfather of 2. Treasured grandson of the late Mendel and Raisell (Halpern) Korman and Abraham and Lena (Brown) Jacobs. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. in Swan Point Cemetery, Redwood Chapel, 585 Blackstone Blvd., Providence. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Richards Memorial Library Building Fund, 118 North Washington St., North Attleboro, MA 02760.  Shiva will be private.