Veniamin Yuryevich Kaplan, October 2, 2024
Beloved husband of the late Irina Shifrina; dear father of Nadia (Nadezhda) Shifrina and Vladimir Kaplan; dear brother of Maria Kaplan; Uncle of Eugenia Luchinkina; Cousen of Inna Bolkovsky and Alex Ezrakhovich; friend to many.
Born March 18, 1932 in Novgorod Oblast (Novgorod District), Borovichi, Russia, former USSR. He graduated from Borovichi High School with honors and went to Leningrad to continue his education.
In 1949, Veniamin entered the Peter the Great Leningrad Polytechnic University, Faculty of Electric Drive, from which he graduated with honors in 1955.
There, at the University, he met the love of his life, classmate Irina Shifrina, and they married on March 12, 1955. They had two children – Nadia Shifrina and Vladimir Kaplan, and lived in marriage 66 years, until Irina passed away.
Veniamin worked for many years as the head of the research and development department of the Welding Institute based on the “Elektrik” plant named after N.M. Shvernik. He was always at the forefront of scientific thought and received 17 patents for his inventions and the sign . He was respected and loved by his colleagues and friends, who kept in touch with him until his last days.
His interests and knowledge were broad and deep – travel, history, politics, painting, music, he wrote poetry, had great sense of humor, always stayed in contact with his friends and family, knew German at a very good level and had been successfully studying English since his arrival in the United States in 1999.
When his wife Irina went blind, he took full care of her. With the sudden death of his wife during COVID, he lost all interest in life and three years later he passed away at the evening of Rosh Hashanah, on the hands of his daughter Nadia, who took full care of him for all that time.
He is survived by his daughter Nadia Shifrina and son Vladimir Kaplan.
Graveside service Monday, October 7, 1:00 PM at Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, 9125 Ladue Rd. 63124.
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