A longtime member of the Massachusetts insurance industry and CEO of the Feingold Companies
WORCESTER – Saul Frank Feingold, husband of the late Norma Feingold, died on March 15, 2026, at age 93.
Saul was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Anita Potashinsky Feingold and Nathaniel A. Feingold. As Saul would proudly say, Worcester has been a welcoming home to five generations of Feingolds. After attending Classical High School, Saul graduated in 1954 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Because his first-grade teacher, Ms. Wilson, decided to move him ahead by a half-year, Saul ended up in the same graduating class as Norma, who selected him to be her life partner.
After serving as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, Saul began working at what is now the Feingold Companies, which was started by his father in 1935. Work was of central importance to Saul, who followed the market and took care of his clients until the week before he died. Saul, the Feingold Companies’ CEO, saw the business grow over 70 years from a single-room insurance agency to a sophisticated financial services company beyond what his father could have imagined.
Saul was deeply committed to the Jewish community, serving as Campaign Chair and Vice President of the board of directors of what is now the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts. Saul and Norma went on various Federation missions to Israel and traveled to Russia in the late 1970s to meet in secret with Jewish Refuseniks. Saul also sat on the boards of the Jewish Healthcare Center, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Central Massachusetts, and Temple Emanuel.
Saul was dedicated to supporting the local community and was especially passionate about providing educational opportunities for aspiring scholars. Together with Norma, Saul established scholarships at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, and Worcester State University, and he provided tuition assistance to the children and grandchildren of Feingold Companies employees.
An avid Boston sports fan and eager amateur athlete, Saul relished a good competition. A life-long lover of golf, he began caddying at Green Hill Golf Course at age 8 and played golf for the next 70 years. His passion was more robust than his athletic ability, a trait humorously noted by his high school coach, who described him as “the best of those that can’t play.”
Saul was a devoted husband to Norma and the “biggest fan” of each of his children and grandchildren. He is survived by his three children and their spouses, Lainey Feingold and Randy Shaw, Steven Feingold and Debbie Levy Feingold, and Deborah Feingold and David Dimenstein, as well as six grandchildren, Anita and Ariel Feingold-Shaw, Jeremy and Nathaniel Feingold, and Libby and Caleb Dimenstein. He also leaves his brother, David Feingold, and his partner of eight years, Judith Marks.
Saul Feingold was an eternal optimist, someone who believed that worrying about the future was a bad use of one’s limited time. He was curious about other people’s passions and loved to learn a new fact, whether it be through a conversation with a client, a dinner with a grandchild, or a well-written presidential biography. Saul was uniquely open to being delighted by the world, always describing the most recent trip or concert or play as the best one yet. Grateful until the end, Saul would often shake his head in wonder at his luck in living the life he lived.
Family and friends will gather to honor Saul’s remarkable life at his Funeral Service at 11:00 AM on Friday, March 20th at Temple Emanuel Sinai, 661 Salisbury Street, Worcester. Interment will follow at B’nai Brith Cemetery, 55 St. John’s Road, Worcester. Memorial Observance will be announced. Arrangements are in the care of Miles Funeral Home of Holden.
Donations and tributes can be made on the Miles Funeral Home page where Mr. Feingold’s obituary first appeared.
