A Community Remembers April 2013 : Page 2

ARKIN DEATH NOTICES A PRIL , 201 3 D EATH N OTICES DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES KAHAN DEATH NOTICES ARKIN FLORENCE ARKIN (nee GELMAN) passed away on April 13, 2013. She was the beloved wife of JACK ARKIN; loving mother of LYNN ARKIN, SANDY (RIC) ZAPPAN and CHERYL (HARVEY) LEVIN; adored grandmother of JA-SON, JUSTIN (ADRIENNE), RORY and SEAN. Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Macular Degeneration Founda-tion, P.O. Box 515, Northampton, MA 01061-0515. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS BLAU ROBERT S., on April 1, 2013 of Boothwyn, PA. Beloved husband of HUA HUA ZHANG. Father of MARGAUX AMELIA BLAU. Son of EVELYN (nee GELLAR) BLAU and the late SEYMOUR BLAU. Brother of STEPHEN, DAVID and MARK BLAU. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Jim Henson Foundation, 37-18 Northern Blvd., Suite 400, Long Island City, New York 11101, In the memo section, please include "In memory of Robert Blau". JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC DAVIS (CORCHIN) JEAN (CORCHIN) DAVIS (nee MAYERSON), age 90, died on April 18, 2013. She resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wife of the late BENJAMIN DAVIS and JER-OME CORCHIN; mother of KAREN (ALBERT) WEISS and the late MARK CORCHIN; sister of HY (COLLEEN) MAYERSON, RUTH (KAL) ROBINSON and the late ESTELLE OSTROFF; and also survived by 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 555 North Lane, Suite 5010, Conshohocken, PA 19428 or the Ron-ald McDonald House, 3925 Chestnut St., Phila., PA 19104. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS GEFFEN JEAN C. GEFFEN (nee CHASIN), age 95, died on March 21, 2013. She was a retired educa-tional secretary who resided in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Wife of the MORTON; mother of CHARLES (HEIDI) GEFFEN; and grand-mother of MARC and PAIGE GEFFEN. Contri-butions in her memory may be made to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine Development, 3535 Market Street, Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS GOLDENBERG RHEA (nee GELMAN), April 9, 2013, of Bryn Mawr. Wife of the late DR. DONALD. Mother of DR. RONALD (SUSAN) GOLDENBERG and DR. ANDREW (KELLY) GOLDENBERG. Sister of SHIRLEY MINES and SELMA MARGULIES. Grandmother of HANNAH (KYLE) VENIT, RE-BECCA (STEPHEN) SILVER and DEBRA (JA-SON) SEROTA. Great-grandmother of DAN-IEL, NOAH, JOSHUA, JONAH and JACOB. The family request contributions in her mem-ory be made to a charity of the donor's choice . JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC BLUME FRED BLUME age 72, chairman emeritus of the prestigious Blank Rome law firm in Phila-delphia, died Monday, April 8, at his Penn Valley home after a long illness. MR. BLUME was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Fel-tonville. He graduated from Olney High School in 1959 and earned a bachelor's de-gree in 1963 from Temple University, where he graduated first in his class. He earned his law degree in 1966 from the University of Pennsylvania . MR. BLUME joined Blank Rome in 1967. MR. BLUME was the husband of SYLVIA "SIVY" (nee BINDER); father of ED-WARD (ALLISON), MICHAEL (JILL STEIN-BERG), and DEBORAH STUTMAN (STEVEN); brother of MARTIN (TONI); grandfather of MAGGIE, SPENCER, PERI, WILL, ROBBIE, JASON and ZEKE. Contributions in his name may be made to City Year Greater Philadel-phia, University of Pennsylvania Law School, or the Fox School of Business at Temple Uni-versity. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS GILL ALAN A., March 31, 2013. Husband of MAL-LIANN (nee LAZAR). Father of HEATHER (DEAN) RUBENSTEIN and JOSHUA (CARRIE) GILL; brother of GLENNA GILL (KENNY SMITH); grand-father of SHARA, LAURA, EMILY and LUCAS. The family respectfully requests contributions in his memory be made to Philabundance or a local animal shelter. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC DAVIS RUDOLPH "RUDY" DAVIS, a retired lamp shade manufacturer died April 13, 2013 He resided in Northeast Philadelphia. MR. DAVIS was a Veteran of WWII (branch of the Army) Husband of the late SYLVIA; father of MAU-REEN (MICHAEL, ESQ.) ROSTOLSKY and KIMBERLEY (RICHARD) GOODHART; brother of SIDNEY DAVIS; grandfather of BRAD (JENNIFER) ROSTOLSKY, BLAIR ROSTOL-SKY, ANDREW GOODHART, and CHAD GOODHART; and great grandfather of SKY-LAR. Contributions in his memory may be made to Make A Wish Foundation, One Valley Square, Unit 13, 512 Township Line Rd, Blue Bell, PA 19422 or to the American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 1010, Rockville MD 20852. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS GOLDMAN LENORA J. GOLDMAN (nee GORSEN)died April 5,2013. Beloved wife of DANIEL,loving mother of LISSA POLITZ, JEFFREY GOLD-MAN (MAXINE),devoted sister of FRANCES NEIFELD (DAVID),dear grandmother of MICHAEL GOLDMAN (KELLY), JENNIE DI-NENBERG (DAVID),ELIZABETH POLITZ,dear great grandmother of MAXWELL and BENJA-MIN DINENBERG, dear aunt of SCOTT NEIFELD,CATHY NEIFELD. Contributions in her memory may be made to Montgomery Home Care and Hospice,25 W Fornance Street,Norristown,Pa 19403 AXLER DAVID A. AXLER 71, of Gouldsboro, PA, passed away unexpectedly on April 15, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, GERI AXLER (nee KASSOWAY); daughter and son-in-law, LAUREN and JOHN CASIELLO; grandchildren, GABRIEL and LEAH; sister and brother-in-law LYNN and BRUCE GREENBERG; brothers-in-law, RICHARD and WALTER KASSOWAY, sister-in-law, CAROL KASSOWAY and many nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to a schol-arship fund set up in his name. Please make checks payable to Commonwealth Medical College in honor of David A. Axler and send to 525 Pine St., Scranton, PA 18509 GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS GITOMER IRVING GITOMER, March 23, 2013, of Cherry Hill, NJ. Husband of MARCIA GITOMER. Fa-ther of DAVID (TOM KLEIN) GITOMER, JONATHAN (BARBARA) GITOMER, PHILIP (TERESA MAONE) GITOMER, ELLEN (WIL-LIAM KOPPENHEFFER) GITOMER, DANIEL (LAURIE STEBER) GITOMER, ANDREW (BETH LANDAU) BRECKMAN, RISA (PETER WOLK) BRECKMAN, and DAVID (CAMERON MEYER) BRECKMAN. Grandfather of JOSHUA, BENJAMIN, RACHEL, JULIE, JA-COB, DOUGLAS, ARAMINTA, COREN, MAR-TIN, ARIANA, MOLLY and EVAN. Great-grandfather of LUCY. Int. Crescent Mem. Park, Pennsauken, NJ. Contributions may be made to Society Hill Synagogue, Philadelphia, PA 19106. PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC. GROSS IRENE (nee MUHR), on April 17, 2013. Wife of RICHARD GROSS, mother of LINDA GROSS and ROBERT (JULIE) GROSS, grand-mother of RACHAEL, ANNA and LEAH. Con-tributions in her memory may be made to the Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Phila., PA 19111. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC BRAID ARTHUR BRAID, age 84, died on March 30, 2013. He was a retired printing forms broker who resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Husband of SELMA (nee RABINOWITZ); and father of BEVERLY BRAID and FRED (BRENDA) BRAID. Contributions in his mem-ory may be made to the Alzheimer's Associa-tion, 399 Market Street, Suite 102, Philadel-phia, Pennsylvania 19106. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS DISCOUNT GARY, April 17, 2013, of Mt. Laurel, NJ. Fa-ther of ROBERT DISCOUNT; Brother of STU-ART (EDYE) DISCOUNT and the late ELLEN LAPIDES; Brother-in-law of BARRY LAPIDES; Son of the late NORMAN & BERTHA LAP-IDES; Uncle of BRETT & CORY GOLDMAN and BRIAN & AMY DISCOUNT; Great-Uncle of ELIZABETH & ANDREW GOLDMAN. Fu-neral services were held April 19, 2013 at Jo-seph Levine & Sons, 4737 Street Road, Trevose,PA. Interment Roosevelt Memorial Park. Contributions in his memory may be made to A Charity of the Donor's Choice. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC BERKOWITZ SARAH BERKOWITZ a homemaker died March 25, 2013, she resided in Boynton Beach, FL. The former SARAH WEINSTOCK, wife of the late JOSEPH; mother of ROSE (COOKIE) GABER (PERRY), KAREN BROD-SKY (JAMES) and CHERYL CANNIZZARO (the late ROBERT); sister of MIRIAM GREEN-BERG; grandmother of ALAN GABER (CHRISTINE), STEPHANIE SIEGEL, RAMON GABER (ILENE), STUART BRODSKY (LINDA), PAUL BRODSKY (YVETTE); also survived by 12 great grandchildren. Friends wishing may contribute to Volen Center 1515 West Palmetto Park Road Boca Raton, FL 33480 or Hospice of Palm Beach County 5300 East Avenue West Palm Beach, FL 33407 GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS HARWOOD DOROTHY HARWOOD (nee WENDROW), died March 27, 2013. She lived in Northeast Philadelphia. Wife of the late RALPH. Mother of RICHARD (HELENE) HARWOOD and AU-DREY (late ALAN) LEIPZIGER. Grandmother of LORI (KEITH) WARREN, DAIVD LEIPZI-GER, MARC (LISA) HARWOOD, SHARI (TOM) RUSSELL and ROBYN (JASON) ALT-MAN. "GG" to BRENDAN, RILEY, ALYSON, SIMON, TALIA, MILO and HARPER. Contri-butions in her memory may be made to Tif-ereth Israel of Lower Bucks County, 2909 Bristol Road, Bensalem,Pa. 19020 or charity of the donor's choice. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS GOLDBERG MIRIAM "MIMI" GOLDBERG (nee SILVER-MAN) of Ann's Choice, Warminster, Pa., passed away peacefully at Abington Hospice at Warminster on March 20, 2013. She was 87 years old. MRS. GOLDBERG was a retired purchasing agent at the Naval Depot. Wife of over 50 years to the late LEON C. GOLDBERG. Mother of EILEEN and DANIEL "DON" SILVER and JOYCE STRONGIN. Grandmother of JULIE and JOSH GOLD-STEIN, DAVID SILVER, TRACEY PAUL, GREGG, SCOTT and DENISE STRONGIN; 7 great grandchildren and one great grand-puppy. Sister of LORRAINE RAKLIFF and the late MARGIE VERBIT MIRIAM was devoted to her family and enjoyed her life at Ann's Choice with her devoted friends. Contributions in her memory may be made to Abington Hospice at Warminster, 225 New-town Road, Warminster, Pa 18974. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS BUDILOV LOUIS BUDILOV passed away on March 25, 2013 at the age of 97. He was the husband of the late RENA; beloved father of JAMIE (STEVEN) KATZ; loving grandfather of NICOLE and CARLY KATZ; and loving com-panion of ROSEANNE ABRAMS. MR. BUDILOV was a store owner who worked in the health and beauty supply in-dustry. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS DUBOW MARK ALAN DUBOW, March 17,2013, of Philadelphia, PA. Loving father of IVAN (MAUREEN) DUBOW, STACEY (MITCHELL) GOLDBERG, SCOTT (SUSAN) DUBOW, BRYN (JEFFREY) MICHAELS and grandfather of ADAM, ALLY, JORDYN, DANI, JAKE, ABBY, CHLOE, SLOANE, PAIGE and CHASE. Son of the late CELIA (SYD) and JOSEPH DUBOW. MARK was a dedicated pharmacist for many years after graduating from Temple Univer-sity. He dearly loved his extended family, in-cluding all his aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was a kind and generous man and an avid lover of animals, with a special fondness for dogs. Contributions in his memory may be made to PA SPCA, 350 E. Erie Ave., Phila., PA 19134 or North Shore Animal League, 25 Davis Avenue, Port Washington, NY 11050 BEVITZ EMANUEL BEVITZ 91, of Delray Beach, Flor-ida formally of Philadelphia passed away on April 17, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, ANN GITZES BEVITZ and the Late ANNE T. BEVITZ wife of 42 years, a Son, HARVEY BEVITZ, daughter ROCHELLE and son-in-law STEVEN WASSERMAN, Daughter the late ARLENE BEVITZ LITT, Granddaughter MINDY and husband DR. MICHAEL VICHNIN, Grandson BRIAN WASSERMAN and wife DR. MARINA NIKHINSON, Granddaughter DEBBIE GLEESON and husband FRANK GLEESON, Grandson and Granddaughter ERIK LITT and ELYCE LITT MACKIE, Great-Grandchildren, ALEX, EVAN, MAYA, and ARLYNN . Also survived by his extended family, BEVERLY and ERIC BLUMBERG, CINDY and STEVE GRANDE and the late STU-ART GITZES, Grandchildren SUSAN and husband DAVID MCCAFFERTY, ROBERT BLUMBERG and DEAN GRANDE GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS COHEN AMY S COHEN Loving mother,grandmother, and great grandmother died peacefully in the home of her grand daughter on Monday April 8,2013. She will be missed. KAHAN THEODORE (TED) KAHAN passed away peacefully on March 31, 2013 after a long life of over 100 years. A 1935 graduate of the Univ. of Chicago and retired chemist, former-ly of Phila.,he had lived in Akron since August 2003. He was a member of Beth El Congrega-tion and an Associate Life member of Hadas-sah. His hobbies included tennis, bridge, and competing in the Sr. Olympics, where he earned 40 medals. He loved to dance. He is survived by his children: DANIEL(TRUDY) and NANCY (MEL) MER-MELSTEIN; grandchildren ROBYN(MICHAEL) EBERST and MICHAEL (RHONDA TYGER) MERMELSTEIN; and great-grandchildren ABAGAIL LEWIS and MARISOL DIFEO. Funeral service were held in Akron, Ohio. Please send condolences to Nancy Mermel-stein at 1785 Brookwood Drive, Akron, OH 44313. COHEN EDWARD COHEN a retired retail merchant in the food industry died April 10, 2013, he re-sided in Exton, PA. Husband of the late EVE-LYN, father of STEPHEN (LINDA) COHEN and TERRI (ROBERT) STEINHAUER; grandfather of JENNIFER WNEK (GARY) and BROOKE HOFFMAN (LEE); great grandfather of SAW-YER HOFFMAN. Contributions in his memory may be made to American Heart Association 5455 North High Street Columbus, Ohio 43214 GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS GOLDBERG FELDMAN PHYLLIS D. (nee FISHER), April 5, 2013. Wife of the late LEONARD. Mother of STACI (HERNANDO) RUIZ. Grandmother of ANTO-NIO. MRS. FELDMAN was a school teacher and resided in King of Prussia, PA. Contribu-tions in her memory may be made to the Gift of Life, 401 N. 3rd St., Phila., PA 19103 GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS Phyllis B.GOLDBERG (nee BERLINBERG) of Huntingdon Valley, died on April 5, 2013 at the age of 92. Beloved wife of the late MARTIN. Loving mother of REYNOLD (CAROL). She worked in the capacity of a teacher and a high school guidance coun-selor in the Phila. School District for 27 years. After retiring, she and her husband spend the winters in Scottsdale, Arizona. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS, INC 2 APRIL, 2013 JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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