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ROBERTA LYNN WINSTON DEUTCH, an insurance administrator and rental property manager associated with her family’s Harry’s Ace Hardware business, passed away on March 22, 2020. She was 74.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, she moved to New Orleans with her family...
SAMUEL THEODORE “TEDDY” ALCUS, III, a businessman and entrepreneur who succeeded in the fields of finance insurance before becoming a member of the petrochemical industry, passed away on Monday, March 16, at Touro Infirmary, the third victim of the COVID-19...
DARA NAN DULITZ, a former Jefferson Parish school nurse who left New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, died of a heart attack on Monday, March 16, in New Brighton, PA. She was 62.
Dulitz was a native of New Orleans and...
SONIA PACKMAN WASHOFSKY, died at her Metairie residence on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. She was 88.
Born in New York, she moved to the Greater New Orleans area and was a longtime resident. Along with her husband, she owned several...
ELLIS JAY PAILET, the first entertainment attorney in the state, region and entire South, passed away on March 11, 2020 at Chateau De Notre Dame. He was 80.
Pailet was a trailblazer, who focused on entertainment and intellectual property law...
AUDREY SINGER OPPENHEIM, a retired bookkeeper, secretary and former hospital dietitian, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2010, just two weeks past her 97th birthday.
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, she first married architect Maurice “Maury” Singer in 1946...
DAN S. SCHARFF, JR., died peacefully in his sleep and surrounded by family on February 21, 2020. He was 95.
Scharff was honored six years ago for he and his family’s commitment to the Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS) at...
JACOB M.FRIED, JR., a prominent New Orleans certified public accountant (CPA), passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at the age of 100 years.
Fried shared his leadership across many arenas. He served as president of the Louisiana CPA Society...
THAIA LEOPOLD PICK, a homemaker and New Orleans native, died on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. She was 95.
Pick was predeceaded by her husband Louis Pick and by her son L. Barry Pick in 1995. She is survived by her...
PENNY RABIN BROWN, a retired nurse and native of the Crescent City who had relocated to Mississippi, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Ridgeland, Mississippi on February 11, 2020. She was 75 years old.
She attended Isidore Newman School...
