John C. Goodman, 99, died June 16, 2013. Mr. Goodman was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His parents had recently emigrated from Byelorussia. He moved to Tucson in 1950 and owned Lee’s Liquors for many years. Mr. Goodman was preceded in death by his five siblings and his wife,… Read more »
Jerold Michael Alpert, 74, died June 17, 2013. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Alpert graduated from the University of Arizona and spent his years working as a master builder and contractor in the foothills area. Survivors include his wife, Vicki; children, Sandi (Monte) Riley and Jeff Alpert; stepdaughters Audrey… Read more »
Richard B. Vosk, 95, died June 16, 2013. Mr. Vosk worked as an engineer and assisted in many government projects, including designing parts for the Nautilus submarine and radar development on ships and airplanes. He was an avid amateur radio operator. In his earlier years he was a scout… Read more »
RAFE PASKAL CENTUORI, son of Kim Paskal and Steven Centuori, celebrated becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 4 at Congregation Or Chadash. He is the grandson of Evelyn McNeill and the late Herbert Paskal of Tucson and the late Roseanne and Robert Centuori of Tucson. Rafe attends Tucson… Read more »
Debbie and Bruce Frent of Tucson announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Megan Frent, to Clifton Calvin Davis III, son of Charlene and Rusty Davis of Paradise Valley, Ariz. A May 2014 wedding is planned.… Read more »
Zachary Solomon Orman, 28, died in a paragliding accident at the Los Cienagas National Conservation Area near Sonoita, Ariz., on April 7, 2013. Born in Merced, Calif., and raised in Murphys, Calif. Mr. Orman graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in neurobiology. He… Read more »
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 »
A daughter, MIRA CLEMENTINE RAY, was born May 11, 2013 to Julie and Prasenjit Ray. Grandparents are Nancy and Jerome Glaser of Los Angeles and Kumkum and Asit Baran Ray of Charleston, W. Va.… Read more »
... and at their wedding in 1953. Sally and Sid Brodkin will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 14 with a celebration at home with their family. They were married on June 14, 1953 at the Benson Chateau in Brooklyn, N.Y. The couple lived in Forest Hills, Queens for five years, Williston Park on Long… Read more »
A son, YANAI DRUKER, was born March 8, 2013 to Oren and Meirav Druker of Moshav Dekel, Israel. Grandparents are Lora Stern Druker and Yoram Druker of Moshav Dekel and Marcello and Diana Wasser of Kibbutz Nirim, Israel. Great-grandparents are Carol and Alvin Stern of Tucson and Araham and… Read more »
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, 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 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 »
Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman Looking at the big picture, we may see a world where wars and hate are intensifying, homicides and suicides are on the rise, and peace is something humanity just can’t seem to figure out. Let’s look a little deeper. Let’s compare today’s day and age to a bygone era… Read more »
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 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 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 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 »
A son, NOLAN PATRICK MULLOY, was born March 10, 2013 to Melissa Amster Mulloy and CPT Patrick C. Mulloy of Freihung, Germany. Grandparents are Annette Miranda Amster of Mesa, Bernard Amster of Tucson, and Michael and Linda Mulloy of Springfield, Va.… Read more »
EMILY SERENE JONES, daughter of Elena and Bob Jones, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, May 18 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Judith Shepard Gomez and Temple Emanu-El’s cantorial soloist Marjorie Hochberg of Tucson, Patti and Darrell Jones of Myrtle Creek, Ore., Leslie… Read more »
