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GERD L. OPPENHEIM, died peacefully at his residence on Oct. 8. He was 83.
Gerd is survived by his wife of 58 years, Trudy H. Oppenheim; two children, Daniel A. Oppenheim (Patrice) and four grandchildren.
A celebration...
THEONE MILMAN HALPERN, the proprietress of Halpern’s Fabrics, a once successful chain of stores located throughout the Southeast and a real estate developer, died at her home on Saturday, October 29, 2016. She was 83.
Halpern was a model for...
FREDALEE POLLOCK MARSH passed away peacefully at her Metairie home on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. She was 87.
A native of New Orleans, she was a housewife and mother and a longtime member of Congregation Gates of Prayer in Metairie.
She...
EDWARD ZERLIN, a native of New Orleans, died on Sunday, October 16, at the age of 93.
Zerlin was a lifelong member of Congregation Gates of Prayer, and was a graduate of Samuel J. Peters High School.
KURT ERNST SCHON, an internationally renowned art dealer who had been a part of the French Quarter art scene for more than 50 years, died on Yom Kippur, Wednesday, October 12 at his Vieux Carré home. He was 94.
Together...NEW YORK (JTA) — Jack Greenberg, a prominent lawyer in the U.S. civil rights movement who once defended the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died.
Greenberg had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, said his wife, Deborah Cole Greenberg, according...
LEONE MAAS GOLDSMITH, a native New Orleanian, died October 5, 2016 in Boca Raton, FL, where she had retired. She was 102 years old. A graduate of Isidore Newman School in 1930, she matriculated from Newcomb College in 1934 with...
LOS ANGELES (JTA)– Gordon Davidson, a Brooklyn-born director and producer who played a key role in transforming Los Angeles from a perceived theatrical backwater into a creative center for innovative and controversial plays, has died
Davidson died Sunday after collapsing...
LEONA LASSEN FINKELSTEIN, a lifelong resident of New Orleans, passed away on September 16, 2016, after a short illness. She was 87 years old.
She graduated from McMain High School in New Orleans and also attended Loyola University in New...
LESTER BENJAMIN SHAPIRO, the owner and operator of Royal Antiques in the French Quarter, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2016, surrounded by loving family members. He was 94.
Shapiro’s family-owned business was established in 1899 and was considered one...
