Victor J. Parsonnet

Victor J. Parsonnet of West Orange died Feb. 28, 2015. He was born in Newark. 

Mr. Parsonnet joined his father in Newark at the firm of Parsonnet & Parsonnet, which later became Reitman & Parsonnet. 

He graduated from Newark Academy, Newark, and from Princeton University in 1949. He graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 1952. 

He was a member of Urban League of Essex County, New Jersey Consumer League in Newark, and the New Jersey Bar Association. 

A skilled potter and jeweler, he was also an avid biker and skier.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Joan; his children, Lissa (Joseph) Barbanel; Abey Parsonnet; and Jonathan (Michele) Parsonnet; and five grandchildren. 

Services were held March 3 with arrangements by Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, Livingston. Memorial contributions may be made to Urban League of Essex County.