Isador Albinder was 91
Isador Albinder was 91
Isador (Izzy) Albinder, owner of Hudson River Fruit Distributors in Milton, NY, died April 5 at the age of 91.
Mr. Albinder, who had homes in Poughkeepsie, NY, and Hollywood, FL, was born in Russia in 1914 and came to the United States in 1930. He settled in Brooklyn, NY, where he went into business with a small retail fruit store in 1941, selling apples first from a pushcart, then from a horse-drawn wagon and ultimately from a truck.
A trip through the Hudson Valley in New York in 1954 in search of high-quality apples to sell led to a move to Dutchess County, NY, in the mid-1950s, where he landed a job with Hudson River Fruit Distributors. Eventually he bought the company and ran it with his son, Harold, integrating orchards and trucking into the business. The father-and-son team purchased approximately 1,200 acres in New York and Vermont. In later years, Mr. Albinder's grandson, Dan Albinder, joined the business as well.
Mr. Albinder remained active in the business and worked through the fall 2004 harvest.
He is survived by his wife of over 60 years, Ida; two sons, Harold and Kenneth; two daughters, Rita and Sandy; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services were held April 8 in Hollywood, FL.
Mr. Albinder, who had homes in Poughkeepsie, NY, and Hollywood, FL, was born in Russia in 1914 and came to the United States in 1930. He settled in Brooklyn, NY, where he went into business with a small retail fruit store in 1941, selling apples first from a pushcart, then from a horse-drawn wagon and ultimately from a truck.
A trip through the Hudson Valley in New York in 1954 in search of high-quality apples to sell led to a move to Dutchess County, NY, in the mid-1950s, where he landed a job with Hudson River Fruit Distributors. Eventually he bought the company and ran it with his son, Harold, integrating orchards and trucking into the business. The father-and-son team purchased approximately 1,200 acres in New York and Vermont. In later years, Mr. Albinder's grandson, Dan Albinder, joined the business as well.
Mr. Albinder remained active in the business and worked through the fall 2004 harvest.
He is survived by his wife of over 60 years, Ida; two sons, Harold and Kenneth; two daughters, Rita and Sandy; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services were held April 8 in Hollywood, FL.
