Obituaries

Irving Rubinstein, 93, died Feb. 29, 2016. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Mr. Rubinstein moved to Tucson in the early 1940s. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he started a 40-year career in building, working for Tucson architect William Wilde. In the mid 1950s, he… Read more »

Sylvia Goldberg Daniels, 95, died Feb. 12, 2016. Born and raised in New York City, Mrs. Daniels was a first generation American. In 1945, she married Max Daniels and they moved to the Bronx, N.Y. After retiring from the men’s apparel industry in 1971, she moved to Forest Hills,… Read more »

Monique V. King, M.D., died Feb. 3, 2016. Born in Paris, France, in 1932, Dr. King survived the German occupation during World War II. In 1948, she came to the United States to study for a year on an American Field Service scholarship. She returned to the United States… Read more »

Jean Aberman, 86, died March 5, 2016. Born in Gary, Ind., Mrs. Aberman married Myles “Buddie” Aberman at the age of 21. They owned and operated the family business, Comay’s Jewelers, in Northwest Indiana for 30 years before moving to Tucson, where they opened Jean and Barb, a women’s… Read more »

Abraham Nathan Kaufman, 75, died March 2, 2016. Born in the Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Kaufman was raised in Fallsburg, N.Y. During his teenage years, he worked in the kitchen of the Concord Hotel in the Catskills. He served in the U.S. Army as a military policeman. In New York… Read more »

John E. Koretz, 76, died Jan. 16, 2016. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Carol Provol Koretz; children, Jim “JK” Koretz of Northbrook, Ill., and Leslie Koretz Heros of Tucson; brothers, Allan (Tracy) Koretz of Las Vegas, and Bill Koretz of Sun Valley, Idaho; and four grandchildren. Services… Read more »

Roberta White, 88, died Jan. 16, 2016. Born in Chicago and raised in Minneapolis, Mrs. White graduated from North High School. When her brother Alvin returned from World War II, he introduced her to Mandell White. They were married in 1947 and built a series of successful businesses in… Read more »

Roslyn Sirota, 91, died Jan. 13, 2016. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in Connecticut, Mrs. Sirota graduated from The Teacher College of Connecticut and taught in a two-room schoolhouse until moving to Tucson in 1947. She earned master’s degrees in education and art history at the University of… Read more »

Shockwaves were sent throughout the Tucson community on Jan. 18 following the death of local businessman and philanthropist Donald Baker, 59, co-owner of commercial real estate firm Larsen Baker L.L.C., and his wife, Dawn Hunter-Baker, 55, in a plane crash. Baker was piloting his Cessna Citation 525, returning to… Read more »

Donald Lee Baker, 59, died Jan. 18, 2016, in an airplane accident with his wife, Dawn Hunter-Baker, while returning from a conference in Deer Valley, Utah. Mr. Baker moved to Tucson 30 years ago. He was raised in Venice Beach, Calif. He was the co-owner of Larsen Baker LLC,… Read more »

Ruth Ferleger, 88, died Dec. 9, 2015. Mrs. Ferleger grew up in Philadelphia and moved to Tucson in 2001. Mrs. Ferleger was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Arthur. Survivors include her children, Faye (David) Wolsky of Tucson and Leonard (Donna Kruman) Ferleger of Pittsburgh; and… Read more »

Jerome Allen “Jerry” Snyder, 78, died Dec. 12, 2015. Born in Louisville, Ky., Mr. Snyder graduated from Tucson High School in 1955. He graduated from the University of Louisville and was employed by the Social Security Administration for his entire working life. In 1963, Mr. Snyder married Barbara Ziblat.… Read more »

Bernadine “Bernie” Lerman, 96, died Dec. 15, 2015. She lived in Wisconsin and taught special education until moving to Tucson in 1980. Mrs. Lerman was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Jacob “Jack” Lerman, and her daughter Judith. Survivors include her daughters Sharon (Barry Mates)… Read more »

Sam Wolsky, 91, died Dec. 5, 2015. Born in Chicago, Mr. Wolsky married Bobbie shortly after his service in the Coast Guard. He owned a furniture and appliance business called Wolsky Brothers with his brother Nat, and later a catalog showroom in Chicago called Oak Supply. In 1994 Sam… Read more »

Minerva “Min” Rein, 90, died Nov. 21, 2015. Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Rein was raised in Baltimore and lived in Tucson for the past 55 years. In 1951, after a blind date, she married Milton Rein of New York City, who died in 1984. Mrs. Rein was active in… Read more »

Dr. Allen Erenberg, 72, died Nov. 20, 2015. Born in Chicago, Dr. Erenberg attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine and graduated in 1967 with an MD degree. He received his neonatology training in Torrance, Calif., served in the United States Air Force Medical Corp for two years,… Read more »

Seena Brodkin Ponemon, 83, died Oct. 31, 2015. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. Ponemon had lived in Tucson since 1974. Survivors include her sons, Edward Ponemon of Tucson and Lawrence Ponemon of Traverse City, Mich.; sister, Marcia Brodkin Perlstein of Canoga Park, Calif.; and brother, Sheldon Sid (Sally) Brodkin… Read more »

David Mordecai Steinborn, 79, died Nov. 10, 2015, in Dallas, Texas. Born in Detroit, Mich., Mr. Steinborn moved to Tucson at age 7 with his mother and brother Michael. In 1953, he moved back to Detroit to live with his father, stepmother and three of his siblings. He attended… Read more »

Theodore “Ted” Karnofsky, 93. died Oct. 24, 2015. Mr. Karnofsky loved sports. He played in the Arizona Jewish Post bowling league for over 20 years and never missed a University of Arizona home football game in over 60 years. Survivors include his wife, Shirley; children, Ilene Scannel and Shelby… Read more »

Marion Lewis Aptekar, 103, died Oct. 15, 2015 in Portland, Ore. Mrs. Aptekar was born in Garfield, N.J. Her family moved to Detroit when she was 4 years old. She was confirmed at Temple Beth El in 1926 and graduated from Northern High School in 1930. In 1934, she… Read more »