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RONALD J. LEVY, an investment banker, who specialized in municipal bonds, and was a lifelong resident of New Orleans until his displacement from Hurricane Katrina, died on March 30, 2018 in his adopted home of Tallahassee, FL. He was 86.
Levy...
STANLEY EDWARD SHERMAN, M.D., a pioneer in obstetrics and gynecology, passed away on Monday, April 2, 2018. He was 86.
A resident of Kenner, Dr. Sherman was born in New York City during the Great Depression. He attended New York University...
JAMIE BER, a local teacher, died earlier today, March 30, 2018. She was 65.
A New Orleans native, Ber earned her teaching certifications and taught in area schools. She is survived by her mother, Rosemary Ber, and her brother...
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Johan van Hulst, a Dutch seminary leader who saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust and later became a senator, has died at the age of 107.
Van Hulst and resistance activists smuggled the children to...
DEBORAH RAVICH VORHOFF, a visual arts painter and homemaker, died Monday, March 12, 2018 at her home. She was 65 years old.
She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Dr. Gregory Vorhoff; her mother, Elaine Dworkin...
JANE WALHORN MOSES, 96, died at Lambeth House earlier this morning on Friday, March 9, 2018. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of New Orleans.
She was predeceased by her husband, the Honorable Walter B. Moses, Jr.
ADELE KARP CAHN, a local resident for almost a century, passed away on the morning of March 4, 2018 at the age of 100 years.
She was predeceased by her husband Emile “Sleepy” Cahn and her son Mike E. Cahn. She is...
GEORGE GERSHON STERNE, M.D., 85, a retired pediatrician who died in Seattle, WA. on November 7, 2017, was remembered just a few days before what would have been his 86th birthday with a memorial to his life at Temple Sinai on Sunday,...
Cantor Ralph Slifkin, who enjoyed a career as a cantor with Touro Synagogue for more than three decades died on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.
Slifkin had also been an operatic singer of some note, having sung five supporting roles in...
MARILYN RASKIN GAETHE, a retired financial clerk with Mellon Financial Services and a homemaker, passed away peacefully, on Thursday, February 22, 2018.
A native of Leeds, England, she moved to the United States after marrying her husband, who was in...
