Times Journal, Vineland, N.J., Monday, November 15, 1954

OBITUARY

Samuel Bayuk, 84, Veteran Tobacconist Dies on Cuban Farm

Samuel Bayuk, honorary chairman of the board of Bayuk Cigars, Inc., Philadelphia, which he and his two brothers founded, died Thursday on his farm at Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba. He was 84.

Mr. Bayuk, who retired two years ago from active participation in the business, had divided his time between his island home, 90 miles from Havana, and his residence on Bent Rd., Wyncote, Pa.

A native of Russia, he came to America at age 10 together with his brothers, Max and Meyer, and his father, Moses Bayuk, and his step-mother, Annette Bayuk. They were among the original 60 families who emigrated from Bialystock, Russia in 1882 to escape the Pograms set off by the assassination of the Czar.

His father, Moses, joined the Jewish group known as "AM-OLAM" and eventually settled on a farm in Alliance, just outside of Norma, where the father, Moses, lived until 1931.

In 1897 Samuel Bayuk and his brothers, the late Max Bayuk and Meyer, now a resident of Miami, founded the Bayuk firm. It was incorporated as Bayuk Brothers in 1912 and reincorporated as Bayuk Cigars, Inc., in 1920.

After serving many years as president, Mrs. Bayuk became chairman of the board in 1930. Two years ago he became honorary chairman. In April 1952, he was honored by the National Association of Tobacco Distributors for having spent 50 years in the tobacco business.

His wife, Sadye, died in 1947. Surviving are two sons, Harry and Robert, three daughters, Mrs. Annafaye Franklin, Mrs. Bernice Gladstone and Violet, and three sisters, Mrs. Lena Bayuk of Alliance, mother of I. Harry Levin, Vineland attorney, Mrs. Bertha Rosenman of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Bluma C. Rappaport of Montgomery, Ala. and a brother, Edward, Philadelphia.

Funeral services will be at 2 P.M. tomorrow with burial in Roosevelt Cemetery, Philadelphia.