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ROBERT MORRIS GOLDSTEIN, a retired captain in the United States Navy and the U.S. Naval Reserve, passed away on April 28, 2016 in Hendersonville, TN. at a health facilty there. He was 79.
A New Orleans native, Goldstein had only...
CHERYL FRAME KLEIN, an advocate for Tobacco Free Living (TFL) and a compassionate campaigner for healthy living, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 26. She was 65.
Klein was the Region 9 manager of the Louisiana Public Health Institute and...
LEON ABRAHAM (AV) SZYLLER, the founder of L.A.S. Enterprises, one of the region’s largest manufacturers of vinyl and aluminum siding, insulated windows and decorative shutters, and who later became a successful psychotherapist, died Wednesday, April 27 in Covington, LA....
MARCUS D. USPRICH, a salesman, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Tulane Medical Center. He was 50 years old.
Known by friends and family as “Corky,” he was a longtime salesman for Zales Jewelry, known for his wonderful...
MIRIAM BARBER KATZ a former retailer, died on April 16, 2016. She was 93.
She was a resident of New Orleans since 1960 and a member of Congregation Beth Israel.
She was married for 67 years to the late Benjamin...
EVELYN GORDON COHN, a realtor and former clothing retailer, passed away Thursday evening, April 14, at her New Orleans home with her children by her side. She was 83.
Cohn was born into a family with an established New Orleans...
DARRYL SUE MORAIS WHITE, a New Orleans native and the former CEO and director of nursing at River Oaks Psychiatric Hospital, passed away on April 5, 2016, after an epic eight-year battle with cancer. She was 71.
White was described...
JANET LAWENT BLUM, a housewife and mother, died in Milwaukee, WI. on April 3, 2016.
She is survived by Laurie (Gary Margolis) Blum.
Graveside services were held on Wednesday, April 6 at 10 a.m. at the Old Beth Israel Cemetery, 4321 Frenchmen...
JOSEPH HANNON BALFOUR, a registered tax preparer, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2016.
Balfour, who had a tax preparation service in Metairie, was registered through the Internal Revenue Service.
Remarkably, Balfour was a rare pancreatic cancer survivor for the...
JOSEPH SHER, a retired tailor and the oldest Holocaust survivor living in New Orleans, died early March 24 at Lambeth House. He was 100 years old.
Sher, who was born in Krzepice, Poland, described many close calls both before and...
