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DAVID H. LEVIN, a retired furniture store owner, died Thursday, November 8 at a hospice in Hammond. He was 85 years of age. With his brother-in-law, Levin ran the L and D Furniture Store for decades.
An avid sportsman and...
Rabbi Ethan Linden of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation has announced with sadness the sudden passing of Dr. Peter Gesund, the father of newcomer Keren Gesund and a member of his synagogue. Dr. Gesund, an anesthesiologist died in Las Vegas, NV...
STANLEY H. LANGER, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, died on October 25 at age 86. Langer, a native and former resident of New Orleans, was awarded patents from the U. S....
SARAH GREENBERG GERBER, the former proprietor of Gerber’s Loan and Jewelry Company passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 in Carbondale, CO. She was 96.
She was predeceased by her husband of many years Benjamin Gerber and is survived...
BENJAMIN SELTZER, a neurologist, researcher and former professor at Tulane University School of Medicine died October 22 in Phoenix at the age of 67.
Seltzer was highly regarded as a physician, teacher and researcher who loved New Orleans and, were...
BARBARA JESKIN, a former secretary for Temple Sinai for many years, died Sunday, October 21 after a long illness. She was 76.
Jeskin, who was pre-deceased by a former husband, came to Judaism by choice. A New Orleans native, she attended...
William “Bill” Springer, a salesman, golfing enthusiast and World War II pilot, died September 30. He was 94 years old. A scratch golfer, he regularly shot his age well into his octogenarian years. His love of golfing won him several...
FELICIA LEWKOWITZ FUKSMAN, a Holocaust survivor from Poland who traveled the Deep South teaching about the dangers of human evil and the fragility of civilization, died on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 in New Orleans. Fuksman, 92, was a former president...
Henry Galler, a Holocaust survivor who was alternatively known as Mr. Henry the Tailor, but who has not lived in New Orleans since evacuating for Hurricane Katrina in 2005, died earlier today.
Galler, 91, was one of the last of...
Benjamin Goodman, a lawyer who was also a financier, died after a short illness. Goodman who was looking forward to celebrating his 100th birthday in March was 99 at the time of his death in Shreveport, the home he adopted...
