Ruth J. Weinstein, 87, died May 29, 2015. Born in Newark, N.J., Mrs. Weinstein lived in New Jersey until 1977 when she and her husband moved to Tucson. She was a congregant of Temple Emanu-El for 38 years and volunteered on many committees and assisted in the office until… Read more »
Rochelle Shoretz was the founder and executive director of Sharsheret. (Courtesy of Sharsheret)
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rochelle Shoretz was fond of saying, “There are no problems, only solutions.” Her approach to life was not to dwell on bad news, but to channel the energy that friends described as boundless into somehow making things better. It’s what drove her to establish the… Read more »
Marilyn Agron, 78, died May 15, 2015. Born in Chicago, Mrs. Agron moved to Tucson in 1957. She was a lifetime member of Hadassah. Mrs. Agron was preceded in death by her two sisters, Shirley and Florence. Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Austin Agron; children, Elise (Pat)… Read more »
Sylvia Ulan, 77, died May 14, 2015. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Mrs. Ulan was raised in Albany, N.Y. She graduated from Oneonta Teachers College and taught elementary school in the Albany school system for several years. She moved to Tucson to teach and attended the University of Arizona… Read more »
Rose Bike, 87, died May 8, 2015. Born in Chicago, Mrs. Bike graduated from Tully High School and worked in the family’s bakery and lingerie shop. She was accepted at Northwestern University, but instead began working at the telephone company as an operator, eventually becoming a supervisor and trainer… Read more »
Marjorie Emerson Paulson, 90, died May 4, 2015. Born in St. Louis, Mrs. Paulson lived most of her life in Phoenix. Mrs. Paulson was preceded in death by her first husband, Elliot. Survivors include her husband Norm Paulson and his extended family; children, Jim Emerson of Albuquerque, N.M., Gary… Read more »
Joan Lipsey, 84, died March 16, 2015. Mrs. Lipsey graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and continued her education in advanced dance in Chicago and New York City. She also trained as a lab technician. She had three dance studios in Iowa. She also taught… Read more »
Naomi Ozeri, 86, died May 1, 2015. Born in Brandenburg, Germany, Mrs. Ozeri immigrated to Israel with her family at the age of 8, on the eve of the Holocaust. She earned a degree in public nursing from Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem in 1947. She and her then-fiancé,… Read more »
Bertha Kaplan Segal, 89, died April 11, 2015. Born to Russian immigrant parents in Gouverneur, N.Y., Mrs. Segal was a language and speech pathologist for the Canton Public Schools and Skaneateles Public Schools in New York. Upon her retirement, Mrs. Segal and her late husband, Abner Segal, moved to… Read more »
Close to 700 people poured into the Tucson Jewish Community Center on April 22 to take part in a memorial service for 18-year-old Kelsey Taylor Luria, who died April 18, 2015 after battling acute myeloid leukemia for almost six months. Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, who spoke at the memorial, said… Read more »
Linda Roy, an educator at Congregation Anshei Israel for 30 years, died April 15, 2015 at age 66. Ms. Roy, a native of Southern California, came to Tucson in the early 1980s from San Bernardino, Calif. It was in Tucson that she “explored her Jewish heritage through her deep… Read more »
Elaine Lois Rapoport, 82, died April 23, 2015. Mrs. Rapoport attended Syracuse University and Washington University in St. Louis, majoring in speech and drama. Throughout high school and college, she sang with orchestras and was cast in many different lead roles as a singer and actress. Mrs. Rapoport was… Read more »
Harriet Shirley Robbins, 84, died April 20, 2015. Mrs. Robbins was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Harold. Survivors include her children, Jeffery (Becky) Robbins, Randy (Richard) Druitt, Dean Robbins, Eric (Kimberly) Robbins, and Matthew (Sylvia) Robbins; sister, Jean Weisman; and 12 grandchildren. Graveside services were… Read more »
Itzak Zvi Zamir, 92, died April 9, 2015. Born in Tel Aviv, Mr. Zamir spent many years in Cleveland. He graduated from Wayne State University and was a retired biomedical engineer. He earned advanced degrees from the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies, where he specialized in musical instruments of… Read more »
Jack Greenman, 96, died April 15, 2015 in Boynton Beach, Fla. Born and raised in New York City, Mr. Greenman attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania before serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he worked in the garment industry in… Read more »
Dr. Harold “Harry” Kaye, 98, died March 30, 2015. Born in Bayonne, N.J., Dr. Kaye graduated from Bayonne High School and received his B.S. and D.D.S. degrees from the University of Michigan. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945 at the 57th Field… Read more »
Frances Nancy Wendel, 76, died March 14, 2015. Mrs. Wendel, known as “Nancy” to all, grew up in Whitestone, N.Y. She married Henry Wendel in 1961 and they had two children. Mrs. Wendel obtained a master’s degree in counseling and served as a mental health/drug prevention counselor with the… Read more »
Sanford B. Livingston, 85, died March 15, 2015. Mr. Livingston owned Livingston’s Offset Printing in downtown Tucson since 1957. Survivors include his wife, Carol Baum Livingston; and children, David (Deborah) Livingston and Randy A. Livingston. Private services were held, with burial in the Temple Emanu-El section of Evergreen Cemetery.… Read more »
Harold Leinwand, 95, died March 14, 2015. Mr. Leinwand grew up in New York City where he graduated from The City College of New York. A short time later he joined the U.S. Army and served during World War II. Upon leaving the Army, Mr. Leinwand rejoined the accounting… Read more »
Mina Veksler, 79, died March 11, 2015. Dr. Veksler was born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine. At the age of 6, when Kiev was occupied by Nazis, she was evacuated with her mother to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her father did not make the train and is presumed to have died… Read more »
