Obituaries

Ronald Janoff

Ronald C. Janoff, 85, died June 4, 2013. Born in New York City, Mr. Janoff served in the United States Merchant Marine in World War II and in the U.S. Coast Guard. He graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in 1948. Mr. Janoff was a real… Read more »

Burton Mandel

Burton B. Mandel, 93, died May 19, 2013. Mr. Mandel was preceded in death by his wife, Eileen. Survivors include five children, seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services were held at Evergreen Mortuary with Rabbi Robert Eisen officiating. Interment followed in the Congregation Anshei Israel section of… Read more »

Hyman Dunn

Hyman Dunn, 91, died March 23, 2013. Mr. Dunn was raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Russian immigrants who came through Ellis Island around 1918. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and moved to Tucson in 1944. Mr. Dunn worked as a self-employed, door-to-door salesman and owned… Read more »

Anna Greenberg, ‘valiant warrior,’ loses battle with cancer

Anna Greenberg at her brother Isaac's wedding in February 2012.

Anna Cela Greenberg, 28, lost her courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. She died as she had lived – surrounded by the love and support of her family and innumerable friends. In the last few days before her death, friends who visited her at Carondelet St.… Read more »

Everett Gelberg

Everett Gelberg, 88, died May 10, 2013. Mr. Gelberg was an Army veteran of World War II and served in the Battle of the Bulge. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Jersey and owned and operated a pharmacy for 25 years. Upon retiring 17 years ago, he and… Read more »

Morton Tuller

Morton K. Tuller, 91, died May 1, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in Chicago, Mr. Tuller toured the country as a young man in the stage production of “Dead End Kids.” He was a pre-med student at Wright Junior College in Chicago when World War II began.… Read more »

Lois Safran

Lois Sarah Safran, 80, died April 28, 2013. Born in New York City, she moved to Laurelton on Long Island and attended Far Rockaway High School, where she met her husband, Richard Safran. For 18 years, she worked at Family and Children’s Service agency in Ft. Wayne, Ind. She… Read more »

Errol Kahn

Errol Mark Kahn, DDS, 50, died April 25, 2013. A lifelong resident of Tucson, Dr. Kahn graduated from Sabino High School, attended the University of Arizona and the University of Pacific School of Dentistry. He practiced for over 20 years in Tucson. He was past president of Southern Arizona… Read more »

Sofia Abrams

Sofia Abrams, 84, died April 17, 2013. Born in Romania, Mrs. Abrams escaped with her family from Nazi occupation during World War II, and emigrated to Mexico. In 1949 she married and moved to the United States, first to Berkeley, Calif., later to Glencoe, Ill. She was involved in… Read more »

Norma Moret

Norma Moret, 91, died April 17, 2013. Originally from the Bronx., N.Y., Mrs. Moret moved to Tucson in 1952. She earned a Master of Arts degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Arizona, and was a speech therapist with the Tucson Unified School District for 20… Read more »

Alan Toppel

Alan H. Toppel, 80, died April 22, 2013. Born in Tucson, Mr. Toppel grew up in Chicago, Ill. He graduated from the University of Illinois and served in the U.S. Army. While serving in Germany, he married Charlotte Rollin. After he received an honorable discharge, they moved back to… Read more »

Pearl Denemark

Pearl Denemark, 99, died April 9, 2013. Mrs. Denemark was born on a family farm homestead in North Dakota. Mrs. Denemark was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Denemark; son, Dr. Stephen Himmelstein; and son-in-law, Dave Seltzer. Survivors include her daughter, Phyllis Seltzer of Tucson; eight grandchildren and… Read more »

Peggy Civalier

Peggy S. Civalier, 62, died March 25, 2013. Born in Rochester, N.Y., Mrs. Civalier graduated from Franklin High School and Monroe Community College. Survivors include her husband of 39 years, Craig T. Civalier; children, Cody Civalier and Brooks Civalier, both of Phoenix; and three grandchildren. Graveside services were held… Read more »

Moses Geffen

Moses Geffen, 74, died March 20, 2013. Survivors include his children, Marc Geffen of San Diego and Gary Geffen of San Bernadino, Calif.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Graveside services were held in the Congregation Young Israel  section of Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Yossie Shemtov officiating.… Read more »

Ralph Stein

Ralph Stein, 82, died March 11, 2013. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. Stein graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and attended Ohio State University as a graduate student in nuclear engineering. He began his career as a chemical engineer for Battelle Institute in Columbus, Ohio. At Battelle, in the… Read more »

Salomon Hemmo

Salomon Hemmo, 83, died March 4, 2013. Born in Cairo, Egypt, Mr. Hemmo emigrated to Israel in 1953. He married Marylou Chaiten and moved to the United States in 1965. He was a restaurateur in Tucson. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Hemmo; children, Philip Hemmo of Springfield, Ill., David… Read more »

Lawrence Barr

Cantor Lawrence Gustav Barr, 90, died Feb. 11, 2013. Cantor Barr celebrated religious services and counseled residents at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging for the past 12 years. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Sonia Barr; children, Stefani (Carl) Litvak of Tucson, and Alan (Donita) Barr of… Read more »

Clara Davidson

Clara Davidson, 93, died Feb. 11, 2013. In 1948, Mrs. Davidson moved from New York to Tucson. She worked as an administrative assistant for the Tucson Unified School District for 20 years. After retirement, she volunteered at the Arthritis Foundation, the Cancer Society Thrift Shop, and the Association for… Read more »

Annette Freed

Annette Freed, 88, died Jan. 15, 2013. Born in Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Freed lived on Long Island, N.Y., where she worked as a knitting instructor and volunteered for ORT, before moving in 1964 to Tucson, where she managed Cele Peterson’s and owned the Monterey Beauty Salon. Survivors include her… Read more »

Bess Falkow

Bess Falkow, 94, died Jan. 15, 2013. Born in Albany, N.Y., Mrs. Falkow met her husband, Maurice, in elementary school. Following World War II, they moved to Tucson. She was a real estate agent and volunteered at Congregation Anshei Israel. Mrs. Falkow was preceded in death by her husband… Read more »