David and Henrietta Krumholz Family
 

David Krumholz was born in New York City on February 11, 1911, and as an infant moved to Tyler, Texas, with his family. His mother came from Poland and his father from Germany. They came because of the anti-semitism in their native lands. He had five brothers and two sisters.

David was graduated from Tyler High School and received his B. S. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A & M University. He worked as a technical foreman at Texas Gulf Refinery in Port Arthur for eight years and then went into active duty with the United States troops in 1942 as Commanding Officer for a company of chemical warfare troops, and served in the European Theatre of operations for thirty-seven months. He was retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He then worked for Reconstruction Finance Corporation supervising synthetic rubber plants throughout the nation. 

On September 18, 1949, he married Henrietta Greenberg. In January of that year, they purchased a Firestone store in Bay City and moved there from Houston. He operated David’s Firestone Store from 1950 to 1980, when he retired. He and Henrietta both received real estate broker’s licenses in 1959, and also operated David’s Real Estate, Inc., later known as Krumholz Real Estate.

David was active in the Bay City’s Lion Club for thirty years, and became a life member. He served for several years as a director of the Bay City Chamber of Commerce and the Bay City Industrial Foundation. He served for four years on the Bay City Independent School District Tax Equalization Board, as secretary.  He was a member of Beth David Center and B’nai B’rith, and served as president of both organizations. He belonged to Shearith Israel Synagogue and was a member of its Board of Directors for several years.

Henrietta was born in Richmond, Texas to Minnie and Aaron Greenberg, on August 10, 1919. She moved to Houston with her parents as an infant, and lived there until she was ten years of age. The family then moved to Bay City where she graduated for Bay City High School. She then received her B. S. and M. A. degrees in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation from the Texas State College for Women. She then taught in Crystal City High School, Bay City High School, Florida State College for Women, and the University of Oklahoma.  During the summer months she directed South Carolina Orthopedic Camps and helped to originate the idea for the establishment of The Texas Lions Crippled Children’s Camp in Kerrville.

In 1954 she was honored with the Bay City Chamber of Commerce award as Outstanding Woman Citizen, having worked with Girl Scouts, City Recreation Committee, the United Way, Matagorda County Association for Retarded Citizens, P. T. A., Wharton Chapter of Hadassah, Beth David Center, Shearith Israel Synagogue and Shearith Israel Sisterhood.  She was honored with a life membership in the P. T. A., received the highest award of Girl Scouting, served for twelve years as regional vice-president for Hadassah and received the Ben Gurion Award for Israel bonds. She served for nine years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bay City Independent School District, and as its secretary and president. 

Four children were born to the couple: Karl Krumholz, an architect in Philadelphia; Rozanne Krumholz Rosenthal, a retired teacher living in Fort Worth and mother of three children; Dr. Richard Krumholz, a practicing dentist in Galveston; Pearlynne Krumholz Kudish, who resided in Rome, Italy, where her husband was a medical student and she was writing novels and short stories.

Henrietta Krumholz - 1984

Historic Matagorda County, Volume II, p 297

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