Obituaries

Florence (Hass) Liebeskind, 90, died Feb. 6, 2018. Mrs. Liebeskind was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Liebeskind. Survivors include her children, Gail (Cal) Rudner of Tucson and Wayne Liebeskind of Springfield, New Jersey; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held in the Congregation Anshei… Read more »

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Billy Graham, the giant of American evangelism who was exalted by Jews for his championing of Israel at its hour of need and then condemned when a nasty anti-Semitic streak was revealed, has died. Graham, 99, died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina,… Read more »

Alan Martin Winner, 100, died Jan. 25, 2018. Lt. Col. Winner was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Forest Park High School. He worked at May Company, studying nights at University of Baltimore Law School to become an attorney and practiced law for three months before he was… Read more »

Martin Brent Halpern, 78, died Jan. 21, 2018. Mr. Halpern grew up in Tucson and was valedictorian at the University of Arizona before earning his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard and doing post-doctorate studies at the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton University. He was awarded a postdoctoral… Read more »

Harvey K. Spivack, 86, died Jan. 25, 2018. Mr. Spivack graduated from Forest Hills High School and Cornell University. He was a real estate developer in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. A Tucson resident for 47 years, he was a past president of the Tucson Museum of Art… Read more »

Harriet Grace (Soshnick) Hirsch, 83, of Tucson died Jan. 20, 2018. Born in New York City, Mrs. Hirsch attended Bronx Science High School, went on to Skidmore College where she majored in psychology, and received a master’s in education from Columbia University Teachers College. She was a teacher in… Read more »

Martin Rosenthal, M.D., 69, died Jan. 14, 2018. Dr. Rosenthal grew up in Akron, Ohio, graduating from Buchtel High School, Indiana University and Ohio State Medical School. He left the Midwest and ventured west to Phoenix, eventually settling in Tucson, where he spent many years as an emergency room… Read more »

Sheldon Silverman, 91, died Jan. 8, 2018. Mr. Silverman was born in Chicago and had lived in Tucson since 1992. He served in World War II as a private in the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1950, he graduated from Roosevelt University in Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in… Read more »

Faye Mincer, age 84, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Mrs. Mincer was born in Chicago. She was the owner of Southern Arizona Glassworks for almost four decades. Mrs. Mincer was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Fred. Survivors include her children, Marty (Joy) Mincer, Anita (Terry)… Read more »

Donald Philip Golos, 84, died Dec. 4, 2017. Mr. Golos grew up in Geneva, New York. He graduated from Cornell University, where he played varsity lacrosse for four years, and then served in the Marines. He was a manager at John Hancock Life Insurance Company before becoming a real… Read more »

Herbert Phil Meshel, 79, died Dec. 8, 2017. Mr. Meshel was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Mara Lynn Meshel. Survivors include his children, Marlene (Ed) Bernstein of Santa Clarita, California, and Jodie (Brian) Montgomery and Andy (Sasha) Meshel, both of Tucson; six grandchildren; and his sweetheart, Lois… Read more »

Thomas M. Lewin, 86, died Dec. 13, 2017 in Minneapolis. Mr. Lewin was born in Berlin, Germany, and sent to England in 1939. At the end of World War II, he was reunited in Minneapolis with his father, who escaped Germany in 1940. Upon his father’s death, Mr. Lewin… Read more »

Tucson attorney Lowell Rothschild died Dec. 29, 2017. Mr. Rothschild, a founding partner of Mesch Clark Rothschild, received his J.D. in 1952 from the University of Arizona College of Law and had recently celebrated his 65th year in the profession. He was listed in the Best Lawyers in America… Read more »

The first yahrtzeit of Harvey Zeligman, M.D., will be observed on Jan. 1, 2018. Dr. Zeligman was a beloved father, grandfather, husband, and physician serving the community for over 40 years. The family will hold an unveiling ceremony at East Lawn Cemetery on Jan. 1 at 10 a.m. with… Read more »

Bernice Saffer, 99, died Dec. 3, 2017. Mrs. Saffer was a longtime member of Temple Emanu-El. Mrs. Saffer was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Rudy, and daughter-in-law, Susan Saffer. Survivors include her children, Donald Saffer and Shirley (Joe) Hanold of Tucson, and William (Sandy) Saffer, of Las… Read more »

Martin Morris, 92, died Nov. 24, 2017. Born in the Bronx, Mr. Morris attended the N.Y. State Maritime Academy and served as a naval officer in World War II and the Korean War. He lived in Livingston, N.J., with his family where he owned a home improvement business… Read more »

Paula Karchmer, 95, died Nov. 23, 2017. Mrs. Karchmer was born in Springfield, Ill., and spent much of her childhood in Utica, N.Y. Her father’s career as a manager of department stores moved the family to Wilmington, Del., for her last year of high school. She graduated with a… Read more »

Peter Graham Constable, 87, died Nov. 16, 2017. Mr. Constable was born in Chelmsford, England. After a number of years as a seaman, first on tankers and then as a steward on luxury passenger ships (including the Queen of Bermuda and the Queen Mary), he… Read more »

Ronald Sheldon Sandler, 87, died Oct. 17, 2017. Survivors include his wife, Marlene; and children, Jon and Amy of Tucson and Adam of Australia. Services were held at Congregation Anshei Israel with Rabbi Robert Eisen officiating, followed by interment at Evergreen Cemetery.… Read more »

Alfred Paul “Fred” Havas, 71, died Oct. 15, 2017. Mr. Havas was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His family immigrated to the United States and settled in Ogden, Utah. Mr. Havas, who spoke seven languages, spent time studying and working in Israel, but returned to Ogden and took over… Read more »