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DAVID WILLIAM HARSHA, Ph.D., passed away peacefully on November 11, 2019. He was 70.
Harsha earned his undergraduate degree at Kansas University and his doctorate in Physical Anthropology from Tulane University.
He was a leading researcher for the Bogalusa Heart...
SAMUEL ELLIS “SAM’ SCHUDMAK, III, an attorney and real estate investor, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the age of 71.
A longtime resident of Jefferson Parish, he was an active member of the community and a member of...
BERYL RUSAKOF GURIEVSKY, a homemaker, passed away on November 3, 2019.
She was happy to work as a volunteer, often eschewing the spotlight. She derived satisfaction from doing a good job and contributing to a worthwhile cause.
Gurievsky graduated from...
SAM CORENSWET, JR., a business owner who specialized in wholesale housewears, died yesterday, October 17, 2019. He was 95 years of age.
A New Orleans native, he graduated with a bachelor of science degree, before embarking on his business career.
...MARRIANNE WINTER MILLER COHN, a New Orleans civic leader and philanthropist, died Thursday, October 17, 2019 at her Metairie residence. She was 91.
Cohn began her civic career at the age of 17, when she volunteered at National Jewish Hospital,...
(JTA) — Morton Mandel, a Cleveland businessman who donated tens of millions of dollars to Jewish causes, has died.
Mandel died Wednesday at his home in Florida, according to the Cleveland Jewish News. He was 98.
His family left Poland...
ELAINE BLAU RABIN, a community volunteer and leader, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019 in Metairie. She was 82.
Along with her identical twin sister, Rabin was a local celebrity in her hometown of Detroit, MI. as the two...
SIDNEY VICTOR OPOTOWSKY, an owner of several businesses passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, October 5, 2019. He was 91.
Opotowsky was a native New Orleanian, who grew up on Peniston Street in the Uptown area....
TSIPALEIA SOLOMONIK GLOTSER, a Russian emigré who came to the United States as a retiree, died on Friday, October 4, 2019. She was 92.
Glotser was a native of Vitebsk and formerly worked as an executive assistant in the...
JAY LEONARD BUCKMAN, an attorney and financial specialist, died on September 13, 2019 in his adopted home of Houston. He was 79.
A New Orleans native, Buckman was a graduate of Isidore Newman School before...
