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 »
Yale Palchick, 93, died March 3, 2015, in Rockville, Md. Dr. Palchick was born in Cleveland. He served in the Pacific theatre in World War II as part of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Upon his return in 1947, he married and moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he attended… Read more »
David Eisenberg David Eisenberg, 89, died March 10, 2015 in Scottsdale. Mr. Eisenberg was born in Detroit. His career at Hughes Aircraft in Tucson spanned 40 years. Survivors include his wife Natalie (Brader) Eisenberg; children Betta of Phoenix and Alan Eisenberg; sister, Leatrice (Mark) Osterloh; and two grandchildren. Graveside services were… Read more »
Judith Skrill
Judith Rose Skrill, 57, died March 7, 2015. Prior to moving to Tucson in 1992, Mrs. Skrill worked in advertising in New York City, and later worked as a floral designer. She met her husband in 1990 and together they started a chiropractic practice in Tucson. Mrs. Skrill was… Read more »
Eduard Moiseevich Ostrovskiy, 80, died Feb. 23, 2015. Mr. Ostrovsky was born in Dneprope- trovsk, Ukraine. His family fled to Uzbekistan during World War II. When his father concluded military service, they returned to Dnepropetrovsk, where Mr. Ostrovskiy graduated from high school and dental college with honors. He also… Read more »
Barbara Ann Longo, 72, died Feb. 13, 2015. Mrs. Longo volunteered at the food bank in Catalina for many years. Mrs. Longo was preceded in death by her husband, Frank;, and sister, Marlene. Survivors include her children, Joshua Longo of East Brunswick, N.J., and Paula Magee of Indianapolis; and… Read more »
Leonard Flax, 88, died on Feb. 17, 2015. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Flax was a World War II veteran who served in Germany and Japan. He moved to Tucson in 1975. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Carrie; children, Gary (Susan), Scott (David) and Stephanie;… Read more »
Joan Buchalter, 87, died Feb. 17, 2015. Mrs. Buchalter was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., graduated from Erasmus Hall High School and attended the Pratt Institute of Art. She lived for 29 years in Rockville Centre, N.Y. and for the last 31 years in Tucson. Mrs. Buchalter volunteered… Read more »
(JTA) — Leonard Nimoy, the actor best known for his role as Spock on “Star Trek,” died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles. The cause of death was end-stage chronic pulmonary disease, the New York Times reported. He was 83. Nimoy’s Spock has proved to be one… Read more »
