David Caplan, 71, died June 17, 2017. Mr. Caplan was born in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Penn State University and received his law degree from American University Law School in Washington, D.C. After law school, he spent the next 30 years in Malibu, Calif., until 2002 when he and… Read more »
Frances Braslawsky, nee Harlow, 92, died June 28, 2017. Mrs. Braslawsky was preceded in death by her husband, Louis, and brother, George. Survivors include her children, Gary (Leslie), Fred, Leslie (Steven) Pansky, and Marlene (Larry) Harris of Tucson; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services were held at Westlawn Cemetery… Read more »
Zellman Steinberg, 100, died June 16, 2017. Mr. Steinberg held a degree in engineering and was an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1943 to 1946, building bridges and other structures. He owned Federal Planning Mill & Architectural Manufacturing Plant in Denver. Mr. Steinberg retired to… Read more »
Roslyn Silverberg Cooper-Pilkington, 90, died June 6, 2017. Mrs. Cooper-Pilkington was born in the Bronx, N.Y. Her family moved to Los Angeles in 1941 and then in 1943 settled in Tucson, where her father, Sol Silverberg, founded S. Silverberg and Sons Jewelers. She studied music at the University of… Read more »
Moshe Meir “Maury” Lipowich, 84, died May 5, 2017. Mr. Lipowich was born in Poland and was one of the 1,200 Yaldai Tehran (Children of Tehran), a group of orphans brought to Palestine by way of Tehran during World War II. He was raised in Kfar Hanoar Hadati, a… Read more »
Betty Lyon Berkowitz, 87, died May 9, 2017. Mrs. Berkowitz was born in Nashville, Tenn. She was the president of her synagogue’s sisterhood in Birmingham, Ala. At Congregation Anshei Israel in Tucson, she was a gift shop volunteer, president of Women’s League, chair of the Torah Fund, and a… Read more »
Stuart Schwartz, 85, died April 23, 2017. Mr. Schwartz was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley. Survivors include his four children, Niles, Stacie, Danny and Steven, and best friend, Shoo Shoo Blum. Services were held at Evergreen Mortuary, followed by interment in the Temple Emanu-El section of Evergreen… Read more »
November 24, 1930 – April 30, 2017 Eileen Ruth Yelin passed away peacefully with her daughters Cindy Goritz and Debby DuBois surrounding her with love. She was preceded in death by her ex-husband and father of her three daughters, Jack Yelin. Eileen was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She married… Read more »
Dale Carol Levy, 74, of Tucson, died April 12, 2017. Mrs. Levy was born in New York City. At the age of 12, she met her future husband, Martin, at a youth group event at the Queens Village Jewish Center. Mrs. Levy was predeceased by her brother Kenneth Handler.… Read more »
Robert Stephen Hirsch, M.D., 86, died April 8, 2017. Born in New York, Dr. Hirsch attended Lawrence Woodmere Academy; Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude; and Columbia Medical School. In 1962, he moved to Tucson, where he was a physician. Survivors include his wife, Harriet; children, Julie (Brian)… Read more »
Gilbert (Gil) Alan Kurland, 86, died April 6, 2017. Mr. Kurland had a long career with the New York Life Insurance Co., first in the Cleveland area and later in Tucson. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Elaine J. Liberman Kurland; daughters, Debbie (Richard) Kurland Rich and Dana… Read more »
Gary E. Zinman, 80, died March 31, 2017. Mr. Zinman was born in Butler, Pa., where he and his family operated clothing stores including the Jay Shoppe. He was a graduate of Penn State University, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. In Butler, he… Read more »
Milton Silverman, 99, died March 25, 2017. Mr. Silverman was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His career in the insurance industry included working with his son, Kenny Silverman. Mr. Silverman was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Shirley. Survivors include his children, Kenny (Moira) Silverman and Gale… Read more »
Herman (Chaim) Gladstone, 93, died March 24, 2017. Dr. Gladstone was born in New York, N.Y. He married Renee Rechtman on Feb. 24, 1945. He attended college and medical school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and took his residency in psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital in New York. He served… Read more »
Ruth Segall Steinberg, 89, died Feb. 19, 2017 in Philadelphia. Survivors include her husband of almost 68 years, Morris; children, Diane (David) of Teaneck, N.J., Howard (Alla) of Tucson, and Edward (Ilene) of Philadelphia; 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services and interment were held in Pennsylvania. Memorial donations may… Read more »
Gerald Nathanson, 80, died March 22, 2017. Mr. Nathanson was born in Detroit, Mich. He was the founder and/or CEO of Midland Sales, Jefferson Wards, JM Fields, McCrory and Pay N Save, many of which were multibillion dollar businesses. He ended his business career as the owner/CEO of Tattoo… Read more »
Dror Sarid, 78, died Feb. 25, 2017. Dr. Sarid was born in Haifa, Israel. He was raised on a kibbutz and fought in the Six-Day War in 1967. He married Lea in 1962 and they had two sons. He earned his Ph.D. in solid state physics at Hebrew University… Read more »
Irving Rosen, 92, died March 4. Mr. Rosen received his B.A. from Brooklyn College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from Indiana University. He was a member of the Brooklyn College Alumni Association, Tucson chapter. He worked at Diamond Shamrock in Painesville, Ohio, in chemical research management, then… Read more »
Natalie Eisenberg, 91, died Feb. 7 in Albuquerque, N.M. Mrs. Eisenberg was born in Northville, Mich., and lived most of her years in Tucson. She worked in banking before become a full-time homemaker. Survivors include her children, Betta and Alan; sister, Jackie Bleich;, and two grandchildren. Graveside services were… Read more »
Eunice Morris, 91, died Feb. 11, 2017. Mrs. Morris is survived by her husband, Leo Morris; children, Lynne (Steve) Miller and Robert (May) Morris, both of Tucson; sister, Diane (Ron); five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held at Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon of Temple… Read more »
