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FRANCINE “FRAN’ MENDLER LAKE, a former teacher and principal, a past president of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah and a noted Jewish community volunteer for several charities, died early Saturday, October 10, 2020. She was 71.
Mendler, a...
MARTIN HOWARD KLEIN, a pediatrician and retired professor of pediatrics, who lived in New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago, passed away in El Paso, TX, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. He was 95.
He is survived by his...
ROBERTA “BOBBIE” COOPER YUSPEH, passed away peacefully just days after her 91st birthday.
A native of Asheville, North Carolina, she attended Women’s College in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she would listen to live broadcasts emanating from the Blue Room of...
RONNIE SUE PENNER ROTH, a New Orleans native, who married and became a homemaker and, later, a paralegal for the Spiegel and Barbato law firm while living in NewYork, died earlier today, September 4, 2020, after a lengthy illness. She...
DAVID ARTHUR FELIX, a retired insurance agent for decades, passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020. He was 91.
A New Orleans native, Felix graduated from Alcee Fortier High School and attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He served...
SARA MATILE “S.M.” DAVIS LOB SCHWARZ, a woman who was the matriarch of two combined families died on Tuesday, August 18, with her family at her bedside. She was 92.
A native of Montgomery, Alabama, she came to New Orleans...ANDREA “ANDI” COOPERSTEIN MADDERA, a former banker and substitute teacher, lost her 18-month battle against pancreatic cancer on August 20, 2020. She was 61.
A native of Fort Lee, NJ, Madderra spent most of her life in the...
SHIRLEY KRASNE HASPEL, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020, just two days shy of her 96th birthday in her adopted home of Dallas, to where she had relocated following Hurricane Katrina.
Despite her living away from her beloved city...
EDWIN “ED’ “TIPTOE” and “POPPA” TANENBAUM passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 3, 2020. He was 91.
Born in Brooklyn, NY., Tanenbaum contracted polio at the age of 2, but his family sacrificed to get him the best treatments...
PAUL ERICK HYMAN, M.D., a pediatrician and highly regarded musician, passed away from complications of COVID-19 on August 7, 2020 ,following a lengthy illness.
Dr. Hyman, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, relocated to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and became...
