Obituary of Arkady Tabak

Arkady Tabak, age 76 of the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center, died on Monday morning, June 10, 2013 at the Albany Medical Center after a long illness. Mr. Tabak was born in Poltava, Ukraine on April 2, 1937. At age 8 he joined the Army Orchestra and later played the tuba. In 1960, he moved to Kiev where he married Maria Rubin until her passing in 1983. In 1989 he moved to the United States with his daughter and her family. He is survived by his daughter, Inna ( Vladimir) Lozhkin. He was the grandfather of Jane and Marat. Great grandfather of Sasha. He also leaves 2 brothers, Yakov and Danyl and 2 sisters, Inna and Polina. Mr. Tabak is also survived by nephews, Gregory Khaitov, Alex Tabak, Leonid Damsky and Gregory Tabak, as well as nieces, Kira Khaitov and Marina Ivashin. Services at the Levine Memorial Chapel, 649 Washington Avenue Albany on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 11:30am, Friends may call at the chapel commencing at 10:30am. Interment will follow in the Temple Israel Cemetery, Guilderland, NY