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EPSTEIN -- SEYMOUR J., PH.D. "SY" Longtime Albuquerque resident, Seymour J. Epstein passed away July 4, 2012. He was born in 1924 in New York, NY to Sabina (Rand) and Jonas Epstein. Sy was a veteran of WWII, serving in the European Theater. He graduated from New York University, attended graduate school in economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and obtained a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas. He met LaRene Lewis in the Ph.D. program at KU; they married in 1962 and together provided psychological services in Kansas for many years. Dr. Epstein was a consulting psychologist at the Menninger Foundation. He developed and administered community mental health programs in Kansas and Kentucky, and his research in the field of psychology was published in numerous scientific journals. He was in private practice in Carlsbad, NM until his retirement in 1986. Sy enjoyed world travel, politics, reading, and time with his family. He was known for his keen wit, caring, and generosity, and will be deeply missed. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ira Epstein and his sister, Phyllis Pressman. He is survived by his spouse, LaRene Lewis of Albuquerque; daughter, Rebecca Sitterly of Grand Rapids, Mich. and Albuquerque; daughter, Cassandra Sitterly of Fort Collins, Colo.; grandson, Nicholas Sitterly of Albuquerque; sons-in-law, Paul Mason of Fort Collins and William Jack of Grand Rapids; and nephews, Steven Pressman and Alan Pressman of New York, NY. Private interment at Sunset Memorial Park has taken place.
        Published on: Thu July 26, 2012