Peter W. Silton

Peter W Silton

Peter W Silton, a former resident of Rye Brook, NY passed away on January 16, 2021. He was married to the late Lore Rosenberg Silton for 67 years. He is survived by his son Andrew M. Silton and his wife Margaret Kanze Silton, daughter Nicole Klemens, former son-in-law Michael Klemens, grandchildren Katherine Silton, Andrew C. Silton and his wife Katherine Weissler, Daniel Klemens, and Robert Klemens, and great granddaughters Annabel and Emily Williams and Elizabeth Silton.

Peter was born in Hamburg Germany on February 18, 1924 to Kurt Silberstein and Elli Laqueur. He had a younger sister, Ruth, who died in 1943. Peter and his family left Germany in 1933 and lived in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. The family fled the advancing German army and were arrested by Italian authorities and survived the remainder of World War II in the Ferramonti Concentration Camp in southern Italy.

Peter came to the United States in 1947, settling in New York City where he met Lore. They married in 1949. They lived in Queens and in Dallas, Texas and from 1960 until 2015 in Rye Brook. He first found employment after arriving in the United States doing clerical work in the freight and airline industries. He spent 31 years working for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines beginning in sales and rising to senior executive positions in New York..

Peter was an avid gardener, photographer, tennis player, and genealogist for his mother's family (Laqueur). Throughout his life, he was sustained by classical music, especially in his final years. He was a longtime member of the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains and the Westchester Chess club, and was also active in local politics. Peter and Lore traveled through dozens of America's national parks, explored many of the world's great cities, reunited with family and friends spread across the continents, and returned often to his spiritual home, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.

In the last year of his life, Peter lost his grandson-in-law Roger Williams to ALS. Roger's illness and the effect on his granddaughter Kate and his great granddaughters Annabel and Emily troubled Peter far more than his own health issues. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:

Team Gleason Foundation, PO BOX 24493, New Orleans, LA 70184, ( https://teamgleason.org/donate/ ) which supported Roger and his family, or

AuthoroCare Collective, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405, 336.621.2500, which provides ongoing counseling support to the children (https://www.authoracare.org/give)