Obituaries

Norman Dritch

Norman Dritch, 74, died Feb. 1, 2015. Mr. Dritch was born in Ponca City, Okla., and moved to Tulsa with his mother when he was 3 years old. He graduated from Will Rogers High School and was an active member of AZA, BBYO’s program for Jewish teenage boys, serving… Read more »

Bobbie Roffman

Bobbie Roffman, 93, died Jan. 3, 2015. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. Roffman moved to Tucson in 1949. She was a member of Congregation Anshei Israel and was Sisterhood president for many years. She was a facilitator for the Arizona Lung Association in their smoking cessation classes and volunteered… Read more »

Matthew Gentle

Matthew S. Gentle, 54, died Nov. 17, 2014. Born in Bay City, Mich., Mr. Gentle was a member of the U.S. Air Force. He moved to Florida where he met his wife Beth Abelson. They moved to Oro Valley in 2004. Survivors include his wife of almost 20 years,… Read more »

Judith Gallen

Judith Gallen, 81, of Westport, Conn., and Tucson, died Dec. 28, 2014. Survivors include her children, Jim Gallen of Texas, Andrew (Amy) Gallen of Redding, Conn., Peter (Wendy) Gallen of Tucson, and Sarah (Felice Zwas) Gallen of Stamford, Conn.; and six grandchildren. Graveside services were held in the Congregation… Read more »

Solomon Steinfeld

Solomon C. Steinfeld, 103, died Dec. 24, 2014. Born in New York City, Mr. Steinfeld attended City College and Columbia University. He was a teacher and business department chair, who authored numerous business, bookkeeping and accounting textbooks for high school and college students. In 1983, he retired to Tucson… Read more »

Susan Kaplan

Susan Luskin Kaplan, 95, died Dec. 11, 2014. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. Kaplan was the daughter of Russian immigrants and fourth in a family of eight siblings. She moved to California after World War II, where she met Danny Luskin, a U.S. army veteran. They had two children;… Read more »

Richard Bootzin

Richard R. Bootzin, 74, died Dec. 4, 2014. Born in Milwaukee, Mr. Bootzin graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Purdue University. He was a professor of psychology at Northwestern University for 19… Read more »

Shirley Chorney

Shirley R. Chorney, 79, died Dec. 1, 2014. Born in Providence, R.I., Mrs. Chorney lived mostly in the Boston area before moving to the Tucson area in 1995. During her professional career, she was a marketing executive for Digital Equipment Corp. She was also very active in community organizations… Read more »

Lea Sarid

Lea Sarid, 79, died Nov. 25, 2014. Mrs. Sarid was born in Jeru­salem. She worked as a nurse at University Medical Center for many years. Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Dror Sarid; children, Uri (Karen) Sarid of Oakland, Calif., and Rami Sarid of Phoenix; and one grandson.… Read more »

Ezra Shorr

Ezra Storm Shorr, 26, died Nov. 19, 2014. Survivors include his parents Alisa Eve and Kenneth Shorr; brother, Reuven Shorr; and two neph­ews. Graveside services were held at Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Stephanie Aaron of Congregation Chaverim officiating.… Read more »

Inge Schneider

Inge Schneider, 89, died Nov. 20, 2014. Born in Dusseldorf, Germany, Mrs. Schneider survived the Holocaust and began a new life in New York City. She was a designer assistant and sample maker in the garment industry. In 1976 she and her husband moved the family to Tucson. She… Read more »

Gary Williams

Gary Paul Williams, 83, died Nov. 11, 2014. Born in Yakima, Wash., Mr. Williams served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and was later employed in the wholesale food industry in Spokane, Wash., for 42 years prior to his retirement.  He also enjoyed work as a dog obedience trainer.… Read more »

Clifford Altfeld

Clifford B. Altfeld, 62, died Nov. 9, 2014. Born in Elyria, Ohio, Mr. Atlfeld was partner at Altfeld & Battaile, P.C., a member of the Tucson Unified School District audit committee, Arizona School Bonds Association, State Bar of Arizona, Pima County Bar Association, and a former longtime member of… Read more »

Leonard Chaison

Leonard Chaison, 94, died Oct. 28, 2014. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Chaison was a Tucson resident for 50 years. He practiced podiatry in Tucson for 30 years. Dr. Chaison was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Elaine; son, Eric Chaison; and second wife, Estelle. Survivors… Read more »

Jan Wiesel

Jan Wiesel, 85, died Oct. 29, 2014. Born in Jasina, Czechoslovakia, Mr. Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor. He arrived in New York in 1952 after graduating from school in Sweden, where he learned his trade as a machinist. He moved to Tucson in 1960 and worked in the family… Read more »

Sherwood Miller

Sherwood (Woody) D. Miller, 81, died Sept. 4, 2014. Born in Chicago, Mr. Miller graduated from Von Steuben High School and earned a degree in history from Grinnell College in Iowa. He served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Japan. He was a founding member of the… Read more »

David Sirota

David Sirota, 86, died Oct. 2, 2014. Born in Detroit, Mr. Sirota  moved to Tucson in 1947. He graduated from Tucson High School and earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Arizona. He was a professor of real estate finance and investment, teaching at the UA,… Read more »

Robert Londer

Robert Londer, 87, died Sept. 7, 2014. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. Londer lived in Phoenix and Tucson for more than 40 years. He was a World War II veteran and a general contractor. He was also a member of B’nai B’rith and Beth El Synagogue of… Read more »

Roselle Eranger

Roselle Katherine Kahn Eranger, 81, died Aug. 31, 2014. Born in New York City, Mrs. Eranger lived in New York, Texas and for the last 25 years of her life in Sonoita, Ariz. She was an ardent animal lover and activist. Survivors include her husband, Richard Eranger of Sonoita;… Read more »

Nachman Berkowitz

Rev. Nachman Berkowitz died Sept. 5, 2014. Born in Poland, he became a rabbinical student in his youth. In 1941, he was arrested by the Russian police and taken to a concentration camp in Siberia. After he was freed, he spent several years in Kazakhstan. In 1946, he returned… Read more »