Since 1897, Riverside Memorial Chapel, the largest source of Jewish funeral professionals in the New York City area, has also been the largest resource for thousands of Jewish families demanding only the best in Jewish funeral service.
-- One of Long Island's most prolific builders, William J. Levitt -- the man behind Levittown and often referred to as the father of American modern suburbia -- was laid to rest on Feb. 1, 1994. About 200 people attended his funeral service at Riverside Memorial Chapels on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Levitt had passed away four days earlier at the age of 86. His company, Levitt & Sons, took the success he found with the assembly line method for home construction and use it to create communities in several other states and countries. Mr. Levitt was buried in the Mount Ararat Cemetery, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.
