Chaim Stephenson obituary

My husband, Chaim Stephenson, who has died aged 89, was a prolific sculptor who first began to develop his art while working for two decades as a shepherd in a kibbutz in Israel.Chaim was born in Liverpool to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Karl and Gertrude (nee London). His father was a clarinettist whose original surname was Stupinsky, but which he changed when his conductor had trouble pronouncing it. After attending a local Jewish school, Chaim, whose given name was Harry, was a Bevin Boy