Saul Hershenov, 86, Oceanport, passed away suddenly Thursday October 12th at Riverview Medical Center.

Born in Brooklyn, Saul grew up in New York City, Baltimore and Santa Monica. He attended the University of Michigan and played semi-professional volleyball. Later he was an active leader in the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). He lived in Fair Haven,where for years he coached various youth sports teams, before moving to Oceanport in 1985. Saul served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was an electrical engineer at Bell Labs, in Holmdel, before taking over the educational programs for employees the Labs sponsored through post-graduate education.

Saul was an avid sailor, a volunteer at the local SPCA and a longtime member of the Red Bank Community YMCA, where he was affectionately known as “the Mayor”.

Surviving are his wife, Lynn West; his daughter Eileen Hershenov of Albany, CA and son David Hershenov of Buffalo, NY (both children from his first marriage to Jean Klerman of Fair Haven); daughter-in-law Rose Hershenov, Buffalo, NY; son-in-law Daniel Pool, Albany, CA; his brother Jack S. Fenigstein, Los Angeles, CA; his sisters Judy Chaselow, Los Angeles, CA & Aviva Freeman, Woodland Hills, CA; and six grandchildren: Elizabeth, Ben, Alexandra, Michael, Jack, and Tessa.

Saul was buried on Sunday, October 15, at Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Marlboro. Donations in his memory can be made to the Monmouth County SPCA or to the Red Cross Disaster Relief.