Harold P.
Ehrenfreund
Cambridge-Harold
P.
Ehrenfreund,
91, of
Cambridge,
passed away
Friday,
November 30,
2018 at the
Bennington
Health and
Rehabilitation
Center.
Born
June 29,
1927 in
White
Plains, NY,
he was the
son of the
late Albert
and Ruth
(Palmer)
Ehrenfreund.
Harold
moved to
Cambridge in
1942 and
graduated
from the
Cambridge
Union School
and attended
the NY State
Maritime
Academy,
Frogs Neck,
New York
majoring in
engineering.
He served in
the Naval
Reserves for
2 ½ years.
He was a
member of
the
Cambridge
Masonic
Lodge #481
since 1950
and also a
Shriner and
Jester in
Troy, New
York. Hal
served on
the board of
directors
for the Mary
McClellan
Hospital and
the
Meiklenox
Presbyterian
Home, both
in
Cambridge.
He was a
regional
board member
for Key Bank
and belong
to the State
Poultry
Association
and NY State
Food Brokers
Association.
In the
Bennington
community
where he
lived for 47
years Hal
belonged to
the Rotary
and was a
Paul Harris
Fellow. A
longtime
member of
the Old
First Church
in
Bennington,
Hal served
on the board
of Trustees
and was
Chair for
several of
them. He
led the
capital
campaign to
raise funds
for the
church’s
major
restoration
in the
mid-90s. He
enjoyed
framing
pictures and
playing
bridge.
Hal, founder
of Owlkill
Farm started
hatching
eggs in the
cellar with
his mother
in 1942.
This grew
into a
breeding
farm with a
million egg
capacity.
When his egg
distribution
dissolved,
he sold
surplus eggs
in the
Albany area.
Creating a
new market
he picked up
all the
major chains
such as
Price
Chopper,
Grand Union,
A&P and Star
Markets. He
sold fertile
eggs for
vaccines to
Sterling
Drug which
led him into
a different
market.
During the
time he
owned
Owlkill farm
he employed
150 people
from the
Cambridge
and Ghent
area.
Along with
his friends
Cle Dodge in
Hoosick
Falls and
Less Driggs,
the NY State
Director of
Marketing,
Hal invented
and patented
two
specialized
egg
processing
machines one
which peeled
eggs and the
other
homogenized
them for
freezing and
selling to
the
commercial
market.
Hal’s other
careers
included
managing
Star
Electric in
Bennington
and later
becoming the
regional
sales
representative
for Safelite
Autoglass.
Upon
retirement
Hal became a
Real Estate
Agent for
Bob Martins
Real Estate
in
Bennington
and Tinkham
Realty in
Hoosick
Falls.
In addition
to his
parents, Hal
was
predeceased
by a sister,
Evelyn Smith
and a
brother,
Herbert
Ehrenfreund,
two nephews
Brian
Betchelder
and Charles
Tiedemann
and niece
Brenda
Barnak and
sisters-in-laws
Eleanor
Betts and
Midge
Ehrenfreund.
Harold is
survived by
his wife of
67 years,
Elizabeth
“Betsy”
(Tiedemann)
Ehrenfreund;
his
children,
Susan
Congdon of
Bennington,
Dian
Ehrenfreund
of
Cambridge,
Nancy
(William)
Dwyer of
Forest, VA
and Erich
Ehrenfreund
of
Cambridge,
NY. He is
also
survived by
his
grandchildren,
Matthew and
family, Ryan
and Amelia
Wistuk,
Dennett
(Kate),
Jesse, Scott
(Amani)
Dwyer and
Justin
Ehrenfreund
and many
nieces and
nephews.
The funeral
service will
be held at
the First
Congregational
Church,
Monument
Avenue in
Old
Bennington
on Thursday,
December 6,
2018 at 2:00
p.m. with
the Rev.
Kenneth
Clarke,
officiating.
Reception
following at
the Old
First Church
Barn on
Monument
Circle.
Arrangements
are being
handled by
the Ackley,
Ross &
Gariepy
Funeral
Home, 73
West Main
Street,
Cambridge,
NY.
Memorial
contributions
can be made
to the First
Congregational
Church
Preservation
Fund, 1
Monument
Circle,
Bennington,
VT 05201 or
to the
Shriners
Hospital,
516 Carew
Street,
Springfield,
MA 01104.
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