Virginia Beach —Eddie Ausch, 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on January 26, 2014.
Eddie was a native of Vienna, Austria, and was the son of the late Robert and Hilda Ausch. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and served during the Korean War.
In 1954, he met the love of his life, Erica Reisner, and joined the family business Reisner’s Delicatessen. Eddie continued to carry on the family tradition and later built one of the finest wine retail shops in the state of Virginia. He retired in 1996 and enjoyed traveling with his wife and spending time on the beach with his family.
He was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple. Eddie was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather who will be deeply missed.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Erica Reisner Ausch, his three daughters, Jodie Woodward, Linda Ausch, and Bonnie Laibstain and her husband Jeff all of Virginia Beach, and four grandchildren, Liza and Leo Woodward, and Blake and Raven Laibstain.
A funeral service was held in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts by Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg and Cantor Wally Schachet- Briskin. Burial followed in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorial donations to Ohef Sholom Temple or Virginia Beach Rescue Squad. Online condolences to the family at hdoliver.com.