Jewely Store Owner, Irwin (Irv) Govberg 84
From Legacy.com
Irwin Govberg, former president of Govberg Jewelers, passed away at his home in Jupiter, Florida on Thursday, July 16, 2020 from complications of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 84.
Born in 1936 to the late Evelyn and Albert Govberg, Irv grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs. He graduated from Lower Merion High School and earned his bachelor’s degree at Temple University before joining his father as the second generation of his family to work at and cultivate Govberg Jewelers into the Philadelphia-based institution that it is today. Irv assumed the role of president of Govberg Jewelers in 1964, and ‘officially’ welcomed his sons Danny and Jeffrey into the business in 1983.
Irwin Govberg’s father, Albert Govberg, and his uncle Sam Govberg, started the business on South Street in 1916. In 1922, they opened a store on Samson Street (Jewelers Row).
The Govbergs opened their first suburban store, located in Narberth, in 1987. They moved to a Bala Cynwyd location in 1991. In 2012 they moved again, to their current location in Suburban Square.
More recently Govberg’s has become a retailer focusing primarily on high end watches.