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Title: In July, 1999 I made contact with Bud ARKULES, a nephew of Max' wifeClaire CHAPMAN. He sent me some comments about Max.
Text: Neil, Max Feldner was a surrogate father for me as my own father wasmurdered in a holdup when I was three or so. He married one of thesweetest people that ever existed, my beloved maternal aunt,. Clairenee Chapman {Tsipinick , sp.? }. Max came into my life when he courtedmy aunt around the late 1930"s. He was unemployed except for what heearned peddling fruit and vegtables from a horse drawn wagon. When thewar started he went to San Diego to work in the naval ship yards as awelder, a trade that he became a master of. Having made some money andacquired a trade, he returned to the Chicago area and married my aunt.They lived happily ever after. They had no children. He predeceasedher. Max loved the opera and was a prolific reader of "men's" fiction, Westerns as well as some very good magazines of thar era, ShortStory, Argosy and Blue Book. I loved him as a father. It brings tearsto my eyes when I recall him I would be pleased to tell you more.
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As I recall things about Max , I will send them on to you if it is okwith you. Until his health demanded that he quit, he was a cigarsmoker. I can recall Max playing pinochle with another uncle nightafter night. No money was involved . Max was somewhat pugnacious, butnot within the family. He was not interested in sports which suited mefine as I too never had an interest. He was very fatherly with myfirst cousin Carol {Madsen} daughter of a sister of Max's wife, whocuriously also never had comunication with her father from the day ofher birth. Perhaps, Max was atoning for his abandonment of his son.
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