‘We hope his legacy will be a beautiful one’: 101-year-old WWII veteran memorialized

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From using his World War II veteran's hat, and promotion of his 100th birthday in 2015, Henderson resident Herbert Muskin ended up being widely known in the neighborhood.

" People would acknowledge my father around town and always thank him for his service, anywhere, casinos, Trader Joe's, Costco. People would offer to purchase him a meal," his child, John Muskin, said.

Hours prior to his death Thursday at age 101 following injuries he suffered in a car crash this month, Muskin, a previous Army captain and among the last making it through servicemen of the war, scrawled "today" in a note he offered to family members.

" He died that day," his kid Drew Muskin said. "He knew he was so ill.".

Muskin and his partner moved to Henderson when he retired more than two decades ago from his Long Island, New York, orthodontics practice, according to Drew Muskin.

His patients were mainly kids however he also did work on adults and for charities, for example treating police and special needs people free of charge on Saturdays, he stated.

" He worked until he was 79," Drew Muskin said. He 'd go to the casinos practically every day.".

Muskin was driving house with his spouse, Sherry, on March 1 and stopped at a traffic signal near Sunset Road and Stephanie Street when police state a stolen vehicle driven at 80 mph by 29-year-old armed robbery suspect Kassandra Alvarez smashed into the back of their automobile, pressing it into a pole.

He lived and suffered a damaged neck with it in a hospital bed for almost a month.

His wife of 67 years was less significantly hurt, but still withstands pain in her back and chest, Drew Muskin said.

Herbert Muskin, who was Jewish, joined the temple Congregation Ner Tamid in Henderson last year, and he and spouse had participated in services each week, the temple's Cantor Jessica Hutchings stated.

" We're just truly unfortunate that he's gone away and we're proud he served his country, and we hope his tradition will be a stunning one," Hutchings stated.

Muskin's family has actually set up a GoFundMe page, at first to raise funds for Herbert Muskin, that now will be used to help defray the expenditures incurred by his widow, Sherry.

Services for Herbert Muskin will take place Wednesday in Long Island followed by his burial at the New Montefiore cemetery in West Babylon, N.Y., not far from the household's previous house in Jericho, John Muskin stated.

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