Irvine Gershman

Services for Irvine Gershman, 89, will be conducted from Harrod Brothers Funeral Home at 2pm Monday, January 4, 2016, with Dr. Bob Browning officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Frankfort Cemetery. Family and friends will be received Sunday from 5-8pm at the funeral home. Mr. Gershman passed away Wednesday at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. A native of Frankfort, Irvine was born April 15, 1926, a son to the direct descendants of Kiev, Russia, Louis and Sarah Levine Gershman. He enlisted in the US Army, serving during World War II and earned his bachelor''s degree in science and chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. Enticed to return to the family-owned clothing store by his father for the sum of $200 a month, Irv left his job as a chemist for a state highway testing lab to work full time at Gershman''s until closing the store in 1999 to retire. Mr. Gershman was actively involved in the Franklin County community by participating in charitable organizations in and around the county. He was a member of the Frankfort Lyons Club, VFW Post 4075, Frankfort Jaycees, Frankfort Elks Lodge #530, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, The Frankfort Area Chamber of Commerce, and served a term on the Board of the Paul Sawyier Public Library. Mr. Gershman received special gratitude from the Frankfort Optimist Club in recognition of his untiring efforts to make a difference in the lives of the children of Frankfort and Franklin County and for 62 years as a faithful and devoted member. Irvine was a member of the Senior Activity Center of Franklin County and the Ohavay Zion Synagogue, Lexington. He is survived by beloved wife of 34 years, Priscilla Gershman; children, Mark T. Gershman, Elizabeth Gershman, and Joan F. Gershman; stepchildren, Dr. Philip R. Travis (Chris Rucker) and Paula Michelle Woolum (Michael Allen Woolum); and step grandchildren, Jordan Allen Woolum (Pharm.D.), Dylan Michael Woolum, and Amanda Marie Woolum. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. Martin Gershman (the late Millie Wolfe Gershman). Chris Rucker, Jordan Woolum, Dylan Woolum, Jack Burch, Michael Woolum and John Downs will honor Mr. Gershman''s memory by serving as Pallbearers. Arrangements are under the direction of Harrod Brothers Funeral Home;

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Irvine Gershman

April 15, 1926 - December 30, 2015