Sidney Weinberg, 89

The Baltimore Sun

Sidney L. Weinberg, a retired accountant who was active in numerous philanthropic and civic organizations, died Monday of a blood disorder at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. He was 89.

Mr. Weinberg was born in Baltimore and raised on Hill Street, and then North Payson Street. He was a 1935 graduate of Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School.

He was drafted into the Army in 1942, and served as a supply clerk aboard the battleship USS Nevada until being honorably discharged in 1946.

Mr. Weinberg attended the Baltimore College of Commerce on the GI Bill, receiving his bachelor's degree in accounting. In the 1960s, he earned a law degree from the University of Baltimore but did not practice.

He was an accountant at the old Club Charles before establishing his own accounting firm, Weinberg & Griffith, in the 1940s. He retired in 1977 from the family-owned business in Timonium, now Weinberg Griffith Tucker & Jones PA.

Mr. Weinberg founded the Maryland Society of Accounts Inc., which is affiliated with the National Society of Public Accountants Inc., in 1959. He had served as president of the organization and was chairman emeritus of its board at his death.

In recognition of his years of service, the Maryland Society of Accounts Inc. established the Sidney L. Weinberg Scholarship Fund.

Mr. Weinberg was a founder, and later treasurer and board member, of the Save-A-Heart Foundation. He had served as chairman of the Jewish Chautauqua Society and of the Reformed Brotherhood Retreat. He helped organize Easterwood Park Boys Inc., and served on the board of the organization, which raises funds to aid needy city youth. He was also a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, B'nai Brith, and the Kiwanis Club of Margate, Fla. He had been a member of Temple Oheb Shalom for more than 45 years.

Mr. Weinberg divided his time between his home on Park Heights Avenue and a second home in Margate where he was active in local Democratic politics, family members said.

He enjoyed traveling, playing golf and taking photographs.

His wife of 41 years, the former Peggy Molofsky, died in 1981.

Surviving is his wife of 25 years, the former Sylvia Resnick; three sons, Michael H. Weinberg and Jeffrey T. Weinberg, both of Pikesville, and Steven J. Weinberg of Bainbridge Island, Wash.; a daughter, Cindy D. Regers of Alexandria, Va.; a stepson, Stuart Resnick of Columbia; two stepdaughters, Marilyn Dubin of Baltimore and Barbara Adler of Owings Mills; a sister, Marcia Heffner of Pikesville; 17 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services were held Wednesday.

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