Harry Azen

1913 - 1994  (80 years)

• Name	Harry Azen
  Birth	26 May 1913	Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1994	Coronado, SAN DIEGO, California   [1]
  Burial	Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I112	Azen
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Max Azen (Azinsky),   b. 30 Dec 1868, Dvinsk, LATVIA, RUSSIA d. 10 May 1943, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lottie Bessie Jacobson,   b. 1870 or 1873, LATVIA d. 25 Nov 1943, Connellsville, FAYETTE, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	ca. 1894	RUSSIA
  Notes	1907 1840 Locust Avenue, PGH 1909 1211 Fifth Avenue, PGH 1915 1013 Bluff Street, PGH and all children 1918 1013 Bluff Street, PGH 1929 708 N. Negley Avenue, PGH 1938 5535 Beacon Street, PGH
  Photos		1840 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA ca. 2000 Max Azen residence ca. 1906-1909
  Documents » Slide Show		Ship's Manifest-SS Ivernia arriving Boston, MA 30 Aug 1906 Max Azen immigration
  		Federal Census 1940 - Max Azen family 5530 Beacon Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		Federal Census 1920 - Max Azen Family 708 North Negley Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		Federal Census 1910 - Max Azen Family 1211 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		Pittsburgh City Directory 1907 - Max Azen family 1840 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		City Directory of Pittsburgh, 1915 - Max Azen family 1013 Bluff Street, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  Headstones		Headstone of Max and Bessie (Jacobson) Azen
  Histories » Slide Show		1910 Census of Pittsburgh Max Azen
  		1920 Census of Pittsburgh,PA Max Azen
  		Federal Census 1930 - Max Azen family 940 North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Ruth Sohrauer,   b. 13 Jan 1916, Chicago, COOK, Illinois d. 1 Sep 2023, San Diego, SAN DIEGO, California (Age 107 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1937	WESTMORELAND, Pennsylvania
  Notes	1947 5535 Beacon Street, PGH 1955 5535 Beacon Street, PGH 1958 5854 Beacon Street, PGH
  Children	+ 1. Evelyn Mae Azen,   b. 30 Jan 1940, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania d. 3 Jan 1967, Birmingham, JEFFERSON, Alabama (Age 26 years) + 2. Living
  Documents		Azen - Sohrauer Marriage License
  Histories » Slide Show		Azen - Sohrauer Engagement Announcement The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Sunday, May 09, 1937
  		Azen - Sohrauer Wedding Announcement The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Tuesday, June 22, 1937
  		Harry Azen / Helen Ruth Sohrauer (F66) Wedding Announcement The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Tuesday, June 22, 1937, p.22
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2026

  
  

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  [S2] Obituary. Paper: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) Title: HARRY AZEN, 80, EX-FURRIER, EXPANDED FAMILY BUSINESS Date: March 7, 1994 Harry Azen, a former retailer of furs and women's apparel in the Pittsburgh area, died Friday at his winter residence in Coronado, Calif. One of his brothers, Dr. Samuel C. Azen of Lake San Marcos, Calif., said Mr. Azen, 80, of Oakland, spent the winters in Coronado. Harry Azen oversaw the expansion of the business that bore the family name after World War II. Originally, the store was on Fifth Avenue, Downtown. In 1928, it was relocated to Penn Avenue and Seventh Street before it ultimately moved to the intersection of Wood Street and Sixth and Liberty avenues, where it occupied five floors. When Max Azen, who had seven sons and five daughters, died in 1943, it was Harry, the youngest son, who oversaw the expansion of inventory and locations of the business. Mr. Azen included other items of women's apparel, in addition to the staple of furs, his wife, Helen Sohrauer Azen, said. The business, which expanded to include stores in four suburban malls, was sold by the Azens in 1981, when the Downtown store had almost 100 employees. The Downtown location is now the site of the Wood Street station of the Port Authority subway. During the six months of the year that he lived in Pittsburgh since his retirement, Mr. Azen helped small businesses as a member of the Service Corps of Retired Executives, Mrs. Azen said. In addition to his wife and brother Samuel, other survivors include a daughter, Linda de Jong of Northridge, Calif.; two sisters, Yetta Friedman Amper of Pittsburgh and Freda Jaffe of Hancock, Md.; and four grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. tomorrow at at Rodef Shalom Temple in Oakland. Visitation is an hour before the service. Burial will be at B'nai Israel Cemetery, Penn Hills. Arrangements are by Ralph Schugar Chapel. Copyright (c) 1994 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Section: OBITUARY Page: B-6