Three Brothers Bakery co-founder Sigmund Jucker dead at 98
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Sigmund Jucker (Left) and his son Robert Jucker (Right)
Sigmund Jucker, one of the original founders of Three Brothers Bakery, died Friday. He “passed away peacefully at the age of 98,” according to his obituary.
Jucker was born in the town of Crzanow, Poland on Feb. 23, 1922. He and his three siblings were the fourth generation to work at this family’s bakery, which was established around 1825.
“Although he always dreamed of being a scientist and was an excellent student, his dreams would be dashed when the war broke out in Europe in 1939,” Jucker’s obituary read. “At 17, he was sent to a concentration camp and survived the horrors of 21 camps during the Holocaust until liberated on May 8th, 1945, a day he celebrated as a 2nd birthday, for that was when he began to live again. Several years later he left Germany with his brothers and followed his sister to Houston to start a new life.”