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While the case of the Estate of David Kwinter constituted a great legal victory in the face of seemingly insurmountable factual and legal challenges, the legal case should not serve to obscure the fact that David Kwinter was a real and vital person who had a profound impact on the lives of the many people he interacted with.  In the midst of a roiling trial, when emotions were running at their highest and competing interests drew family members against one another, the Trial Judge, in an effort to gain a correct measure of the man who was at the center of the dispute asked Aaron Gelber to describe his assessment of David Kwinter, as a real person and not just a name on a document.  In one of the few moments of clarity in his long and tortured testimony, Aaron Gelber, without hesitation and with great emotion simply stated:  "He was a gentleman". 

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During his life, David Kwinter played many roles: an officer and gentleman who served his country nobly during World War II; a loving husband, who was married to Laya, the love of his life, for 30 years; a kind and caring father and grandfather and an accomplished business leader.   And he played each of these changing roles with considerable personal dignity, kindness and loyalty.  The following photographs provide a pictorial record of a good life, well lived.

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