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EDWARD JAY SMITH, a healthcare administrator and former resident of New Orleans, passed away on September 27, 2025. He was 75.
Born in Houston, Smith attended the University of Texas before coming to New Orleans to attend Tulane University, earning...
SAMUEL BRUCE LEHER, Ph.D., a distinguished microbiologist and clinical immunology researcher whose work advanced understanding of food and environmental allergens, passed away on September 16, 2025. He was 82.
Born in New Britain, Connecticut,Lehrer pursued a...
CLARA JEAN PULITZER BERRY, a native New Orleanian, passed away at her home in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 7, 2025 after a brief illness. She was 94.
A native New Orleanian, she graduated from Isidore...
SIDNEY HOFFMAN SMITH, a local entrepreneur, businessman and nationally renowned rock photographer whose work formerly graced the pages of Rolling Stone, Cream, Circus and Hit Parader magazines and whose images are enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
BEVERLY STECKLER COHEN, a principal in the firm James A. Cohen and Sons, merchants of rare coins and purveyors of collectible and rare weapons, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2025. She was 98.
She ran the store for many...
MONA JURAN, a native of Sweden and a resident of New Orleans since 1968, died in New Orleans on August 31, 2025. She was 82.
She is survived by her husband, Leo Juran, and their children, Dan (Yoko), Mike (Michal),...
HAROLD ALTON PESSES, a health insurance broker, and a member of two different congregations who blurred the lines between the Reform and Orthodox branches of Judaism, died early on the morning of, August 29, 2025 from complications of gastric cancer....
LILA SKORECKI MILLEN, one of the last two remaining Holocaust survivors to make New Orleans her home, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025. She was 87.
A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, she was born in...
JACOB KOTTLE, an airline reservationist died on Sat., Aug. 23. He was 87.
Kottle is survived by his long-time partner, Patricia Higginbotham, her daughter Ann (Brad) Jerome, his sister Hannah Tischansky (Kenneth) and two grandchildren.
A graveside service...
THE HONORABLE STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, former Louisiana Civil District Judge and Fourth Circuit Appellate Judge, passed away on Monday, August 25, 2025. He was 89.
A resident of New Orleans for his entire lifetime, his philosophy of life was: “A...
