Bobbie Berger Hanft, 77, died July 21, 2011.
Born in Lordsburg, N.M., Mrs. Hanft attended private school in Nashville, Tenn., and moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona. She was a special education teacher in New York and Tucson. She was also a realtor, a community activist with organizations such as Casa de los Niños and Angel Charity, and past president of the Tucson Museum of Art.
Mrs. Hanft was preceded in death by her second husband, Phillip Hanft, and brother, Augie Parker. Survivors include her children, Amanda Berger Saxe of Encino, Calif., and Deborah (Austin) Berger Lehr of Greenwood Village, Colo.; loved one, Melinda Brown; six grandchildren; and first husband, Edward Berger.
Services were held at Evergreen Mortuary with Rabbi Stephanie Aaron of Congregation Chaverim officiating. Interment followed in the Temple Emanu-El section of Evergreen Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tucson Museum of Art.
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