“Henry M. Toch received an extensive obituary in the New York Times, 3 July 1933, p. 11, reading in part, ‘Henry M. Toch, president of Toch Brothers, paint manufacturers, and chairman of the board of the Standard Varnish Works, 386 Fourth Avenue, died early yesterday morning after an illness of two years at his home, 1,111 Park Avenue. He was in his seventy-first year...
‘His extended illness had compelled Mr. Toch to relinquish active interest in his manufacturing enterprises, which operate twenty-two plants in Long Island. However, as chairman of the board of the Standard Varnish Works, he went to his office at intervals to preside at directors' meetings. His last visit to his office was in March. In business he was associated with his brothers, Dr. Maximilian Toch and Frank Toch.
‘He was born in New York on Aug. 4, 1862, a son of Moses and Caroline Levy Toch. After attending high school, he was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1882.’ In addition to these details, the obituary describes Toch's interest in religious and educational work. He was treasurer of Temple Emanu-El and for 33 years a director of the Young Men's Hebrew Association. "Mr. Toch derived his interest in Jewish religious school work from his father, who was the first to start the Hebrew free schools in the City of New York in 1868” (1).
References
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Toch Brothers [internet]. 2008 [cited 2015 May 15]. Available from: http://www.waltergrutchfield.net/toch.htm