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Madeline Scheinuk suffers heart failure at 94

MADELINE L. SCHEINUK, passed away from heart failure on Sunday, October 5, 2014. She was 94.

Although she did assist other family members in work at Scheinuk the Florist on St. Charles Avenue during holidays and other busy times of...

Newcomb professor Joseph Cohen succumbs at 88

JOSEPH COHEN, a highly regarded and longtime Newcomb College (and Tulane University  professor), who founded the Jewish Studies Program that has since been established as the Jewish Studies Department at Tulane, died on Thursday, September 25, 2014 in New Orleans....

Mark Greenberg, insurance agent, investment advisor is dead at 65

MARK STEVEN GREENBERG, age 65, died on Thursday evening, September 18, 2014 after a brave battle with prostate cancer, surrounded by the love of his family and close friends.

Known best as a career agent for several insurance agencies such...

Insurance agent, broker Otto Levy dies

OTTO AARON LEVY, a retired insurance agent and broker, died September 15, 2014 in New Orleans. He was 88.

A native of New Orleans, he was reared during the Depression era. Levy attended Alcee Fortier High School for a time...

Shirley Heiman Ermon Eason, realtor, teacher dies

SHIRLEY HEIMAN ERMON EASON, who devoted much of her life as a teacher and school administrator and later worked as a successful real estate agent, died on Saturday, September 13.

A New Orleans native, she received a bachelor’s degree in...

Al Reznik, former newsman, is buried in Covington

ALVIN “AL” CHARLES REZNIK, 77, a former newspaper reporter, radio news director and public relations executive, died on Thursday, September 12 after a lengthy illness.

Reznik’s lifelong career as a journalist and writer began in the Midwest near his hometown...

Sylvia Kapelow Evensky, wife and mother, dies at 95

SYLVIA KAPELOW EVENSKY, who worked in commercial real estate development, died September 3. She was 95.

Evensky, who was an administrator with her husband Herbert for her brother Paul Kapelow, a shopping mall and commercial real estate developer, retired many...

Stan Goldberg, superhero of comic-book illustration, dies at 82

NEW YORK (JTA) — Comic-book artist Stan Goldberg, the color designer for Marvel Comics’ classic superheroes, has died.

Goldberg, known to comic-book fans as “Stan G,” died Sunday at Cavalry Hospital in the Bronx. He was 82.

He was inducted...

Antiques dealer and jeweler, Morris Herman, is dead at 85

MORRIS HERMAN, a successful antiques dealer and jeweler, who ran the J. Herman Son Antiques store on Royal Street, died peacefully at his home in New Orleans on Tuesday morning, September 2, 2014. He was 85 years old.

Herman was...

Restaurant employee Barry Mason dies

BARRY JAY MASON, a career worker in the hotel and restaurant businesses, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2014. He was 63.

A native and lifelong resident of New Orleans, Mason worked at the Crazy Lobster Restaurant at the time...