Saul Teichman
1924 - 2021Saul Teichman passed away in Hamden, CT on January 4, 2021 at 96 years of age.
The middle son of Morris and Jennie Teichman, Saul was raised in Brooklyn, NY, where he attended Stuyvesant High School. During WWII, he worked for Western Electric testing the Norden bombsight, while also attending Cooper Union College at night and moonlighting as a New York City cabbie. With electronic jobs scarce after the war, Saul worked for a pawn broker, evaluating and repairing jewelry, then traveled to the West Coast and worked odd jobs, including an apple picker and a horse groomer. He later returned to New York, where he worked for his brother, Buddy, at his dry cleaning business.
In November 1949, while setting up a sound system for a local dance, Saul met Norma Padwe and was smitten; they married soon after in August 1950. After supporting Norma throughout her pursuit of a master’s degree in library science at Columbia University, he completed his own education, graduating from Hofstra University in 1957 with an engineering degree in applied physics. His first job after Hofstra was with Remington Rand, where he worked on a project with multiple companies and banks to design the system of characters that are printed on the bottom of every bank check.
Saul and Norma moved to Stamford, CT, where his twin sons were born in 1959, and he worked 10 years for Sorensen designing power supplies. After Sorensen, he worked 15 years in the same capacity for Firing Circuits in Norwalk, CT. Upon retiring in 1986, he started a business, Lightronics, out of his home in Oronoque Village in Stratford, CT, repairing power supplies used by commercial photographers to run their flash heads. While running that business for 15 years, he took up tennis (remarkably playing into his early 90’s), became the maintenance chairman for the Oronoque tennis facility, and also managed the sound system for numerous Oronoque Village functions.
Known to many as “Mr. Fixit,” Saul was always available to guide his sons, helping them in-person, while also providing advice through a simple saying such as, “think before you speak” or “home ownership
– never a dull day.” He was an incredible husband to Norma, supporting her when she lost full mobility in both feet due to circulatory problems in the 1970s and 1980s. He took on additional household responsibilities, enabling Norma to continue her career as a librarian. Always wanting to enrich their minds and explore new places, he and Norma traveled both domestically and internationally to England, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean, and Alaska, while enjoying vacations and many visits with their sons and grandchildren. Throughout the years, they continued to twirl on the dance floor as often as they could, until Norma’s passing in 2007.
In 2010, Saul reconnected with Nina Bleiweiss, who had met Norma in high school and had been a family friend since then. Together for the last 10 years, he and Nina moved to The Whitney Center in Hamden, CT in 2017.
Always offering to help others, dedicated and caring to those he loved, known by many as a great dancer – including a dance with his granddaughter, Maegan, at her wedding, where he told her with unwavering confidence, that he was “the best dancer in the room,” Saul was a positive influence on everyone who met him and will be sorely missed.
He is survived by his sons, Daniel Teichman and his wife, Margaret of Hollis, NH, and Michael Teichman and his wife, Andrea of Medfield, MA. He loved being a grandfather to his four grandchildren: Maegan (Craig) Coleman, Eric Teichman, Sarah Teichman, and Emily Teichman. He was predeceased by his wife Norma, parents Morris and Jennie Teichman, and brothers Bernard Teichman and Sidney Teichman.
As there will be no services for Saul at this time, should you wish to do so, please make a donation to your favorite charity.