Charles Winter

   Charles Winter, 97, died Tuesday, Nov. 27.
   Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Queens, N.Y., before moving to Clearbrook 35 years ago.
   Mr. Winter was a self-employed CPA for more than 60 years. He founded the CPA firm that ultimately became Winter & Company, CPA’s, and was prominent in tax and accounting circles in New York. He was granted honorary membership by the American Institute of CPAs.
   He was a charter member of the Jewish Congregation of Clearbrook and a founder of the Jewish Community House of Laurelton/Springfield Gardens in Queens. He also was a member of Woodman of the World and B’nai Brith. He was active in the Boy Scouts here and in New York. He was awarded the Silver Beaver, the highest award a local council can give an adult, and was elected to the Order of the Arrow, an honor society within the Boy Scouts.
   His first wife of 59 years, Sadie Winter, died in 1991, and his second wife, Annette Winter, died in 2005. He is survived by two sons, Frank and his wife, Joyce, of Manalapan, and Ralph and his wife, Maria, of East Brunswick; a daughter, Judy Baum and her husband, Stephen, of East Brunswick; a sister, Selma Forrest of Bayonne; six grandchildren, Jeffrey and Lynn, Elisa and Joseph, Barbara and Don, Keath and Ceridwon, and Kevin and Brian; and three great-grand children, Eric, Ethan and Parker.
   Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 30, at 10:30 a.m. in mount Sinai memorial chapels, Cranbury Road at Evergreen Boulevard, East Brunswick, followed by interment at United Beth Israel Mordecai Cemetery, Sayerville. For directions please visit www.msmc.us. Memorial contributions may be made to the Charles Winter Memorial Fund at Central Jersey Council BSA, 4315 Route 1, Monmouth Junction, N.J., 08852-1903.