Stanley H. Pelter

Stanley H. Pelter of Seattle, formerly of Vestal, passed away on June 18. He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Gloria Pelter; his parents, Irving and Hannah Pelter; brother and sister-in-law Morris and Anne Pelter; and nephew Richard Pelter. He is survived by son Michael Pelter of Vestal; son Brian Pelter of Brooklyn; son David Pelter (Patricia) and two grandchildren, Samantha Pelter and Max Pelter, of Mercer Island, WA; brother-in-law Philip Adelman (Ruth) of Stamford, CT; brother-in-law Stanley Adelman (Patricia) of Fayetteville, AR; nephew Lance Pelter (Maureen) of Merritt Island, FL; niece Jill Shiner (Kenneth) of Oak Park, IL; nephew Frank Adelman (Lori) of Darien, CT; nephew William Adelman of Trumbull, CT; niece Jenny Adelman (Sam Saltz) of Providence, RI; nephew Robert Adelman of East Falmouth, MA; 10 grandnieces and grandnephews; and extended family and friends.
Stan was born in Brooklyn and raised in his beloved Bronx—he never seemed to lose any of the accent. Raised by a poor widowed mother in the Great Depression (he lost his father at age 6), he often found excitement from the old Yankee Stadium’s games and prize fights within earshot of his home. His mother cared so much about his future that she moved apartments within the Bronx just so he would land in a better school district. After receiving a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College, he started a career in accounting. In 1959, at a Pocono resort he asked Gloria Adelman if she’d like to go on a rowboat ride with him; she accepted, and they married the next summer and settled in Northern New Jersey. With Gloria’s help, he passed the CPA exam. In 1966, his brother Morris told him about a possible business opportunity in the Binghamton area, the “Valley of Opportunity,” with accountant Ed Esserman. Stan moved the family to the Binghamton area, and Esserman & Pelter, LLP, was up and running for over 45 years as a fixture on Washington Avenue in Endicott. He kept quite busy there, but eventually he found some time to take it easy—though he and Gloria traveled all corners of the globe, rarely repeating the same itinerary, they most looked forward to making the next trip to the West Coast to visit their two grandchildren, whom they adored.
The family thanks the staff of Kline Galland Home in Seattle for their warmth and diligence in taking the utmost care of Stan for the balance of the past two years.
Visitation will be on Monday, June 23, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and the funeral will start at 11:00 a.m. at Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott, NY. Interment will follow at Westlawn Cemetery on Burbank Avenue in Johnson City. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the JCC of Binghamton, Temple Concord, or a charity of your choice.