Frank Victor Schapira graduated from McGill University with a B.Com. and the lieutenant governor’s gold medal for placing first in his year. He obtained his C.A. from McGill and went on to become the managing partner at Bessner, Galley, Schapira, Kreisman & Co. at a very early age.

He married Sandy Muzin and had four lovely children, Randi, Eric, Paul and Sari.  He has two granddaughters, Victoria Joy and Samantha Lauren whom he never had the pleasure of knowing.

At the age of 49 he died of a brain tumour after having lived each day to its fullest.

Sandy Schapira

1 Comment from Soryl Shulman Rosenberg

Frank was a very special guy.  He and I went to Guy Drummond together and we were in the same "gang".  I was at Camp Pembina with Frank and his sister Lois.  As "adults" we relived our youth at the camp reunion on site swimming in Lajoie Falls together.

    Fast forward - when our son was a passenger in a serious car accident I will never ever forget the call that I received from Frank.  Something so small and yet I can still  feel the emotional impact it had on me today.  That was a big part of who Frank was.

    Later when I was on a board for an anthroposophic community in Val David I asked Frank, because of his caring for others, to join me on the board and after visiting the community he accepted.  I always enjoyed my ride up to the community with Frank.  This was the time of the Meech Lake Accord and I loved his keen analysis of the situation, his sound economic recommendations for the community, and his pride when he spoke of his children.

     I will never forget his compassion - he was a special guy.

Soryl Shulman Rosenberg

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 06:59 AM