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(JTA) — Henry Heimlich, who invented the life-saving technique to save choking victims, has died.
Heimlich died on Saturday at a hospital in Cincinnati at the age of 96 from complications of a massive heart attack he had on Dec....
MICHAEL AARON BLITZ passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2016. He was 22.
A 2012 graduate of Red River Academy in Lecompte, LA, Blitz was born in Charlotte, NC. and was raised in North Carolina before becoming a...
ELAINE LUBEL VAN DER LINDEN, a homemaker and community volunteer, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, December 7.
Known affectionately as Lainey, Van der Linden gave generously of her time to many local organizations. She was a...
RALPH I. SHEPARD, a mechanical engineer who rose to the presidency of Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., a successful local company specializing in insulation and a leading fabricator of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) insulation for commercial and light industrial projects, passed...
PRAGUE (JTA) — Adolf Burger, a Holocaust survivor who was forced by the Nazis to counterfeit British banknotes during World War II, has died in Prague at 99, his family said.
Burger, a native of Slovakia, was a typographer by...
BENNET SCOTT KOREN, an attorney who specialized in consumer financial services, died on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 2016, at his New Orleans residence after a courageous battle with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). He was 64.
A native of Baltimore,...
LOUISE FEITEL WEISS, a native and lifelong resident of New Orleans, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, November 11. She was 95. She was affectionately known as “Baby” since her teenage years, but family members knew her as...
CHARLOTT OPATOWSKY ZERLIN died on Sunday morning, November 6, 2016. She was 91.
A lifelong member of Congregation Gates of Prayer, she was very involved as a member of Sisterhood. She was also a member of Hadassah.
Born a native...
LILLIAN NAIHAUS BREEN, a wife and mother, died on Sunday, October 30, 2016. She was 92.
Although she was born in St. Paul, MN., she lived all of the rest of her life as a New Orleans resident since age...
DORA RUTMAN, an accountant and bookkeeper, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 29, 2016. She was 94.
Predeceased by her husband Benjamin Rutman, she is survived by her daughters Eileen Aronivitch (Marty) and Harriet Liebmann (Frank) and her son Earl...
