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Shoctor (family)
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Morris Shoctor emigrated to Edmonton from Vartajan, Romania in 1911. His wife, Nechama Tulman, daughter Eva and son Eddie followed in 1920. Joseph Hyman Shoctor, his last son, was born in Edmonton on August 18, 1922. Morris ran Western Iron and Metal, a scrapyard on 97th St. behind the present-day Winspear Centre. He was one of the founders of the original Beth Israel Synagogue on 95th St. His elder son Eddie inherited the business in 1956, and ran it until his death in 197?. Daughter Eva married Alex Gorasht. Son Joe married Kayla Wine of Saskatoon. He became a lawyer and businessman and founded the Citadel Theatre in 1965. Joe won numerous awards during his lifetime for his fundraising and volunteer work in the Jewish and general communities including: the Order of Canada in 1978; appointed Queen's Counsel in 1960, the youngest ever in Alberta; State of Israel Prime Minister's Medal in 1978, Honourary Lld. from the University of Alberta in 1981; appointed to the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1990; and was awarded the Governor General's Medal for Voluntarism in the performing arts in 1999. Joe died in April, 2001. Joe and Kayla had three children: Ian, Naomi and Marshall. Joe's son Marshall married Deborah Glaser of Toronto in 1989. He is also a lawyer and served as president of the Citadel Theatre and the Jewish Federation of Edmonton. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002.