Louis Goldfine, 86; was a certified public accountant

Louis Goldfine, 86, of Penn Valley, a certified public accountant, died of complications of heart failure Jan. 22 at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hospital. Mr. Goldfine and his wife, Shirley Anderman Goldfine, had wintered in Pompano Beach, Fla., for the last 28 years.

Mr. Goldfine graduated from Simon Gratz High School. During World War II, he served with the Third Army in France and Germany, and participated in the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Bastogne, Belgium.

After his discharge, he earned a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Goldfine had been a partner with the Laventhol Krekstein Griffith & Co. accounting firm, which merged to become Laventhol & Horwath. Later he was managing partner, president and chairman of Glickman, Berkovitz, Levinson & Weiner in Fort Washington. He was associated with that firm for 15 years, until 1995. He served on committees for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, preparing audit guidelines and professional standards.

He maintained a private accounting practice and loved assisting clients, his son Jerald said. He was still working and playing golf until a few weeks ago, his son said.

Mr. Goldfine was past president of Temple Adath Israel in Merion and was past president of the Radnor Valley Country Club in Villanova. He was a longtime member of the Locust Club.

He and his wife had been married since 1950. They met when she was working for one of his clients. They enjoyed traveling abroad, and had visited four times the World War II battlefields where he fought and the cemeteries where his comrades were buried.

A talented craftsman, Mr. Goldfine made Victorian dollhouses for his wife, daughter, daughter-in-law and granddaughters, and made model office buildings for his grandsons.

Besides his wife and son, he is survived by a daughter, Vickie Golden, and four grandchildren.

Services were private.