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Marian Ruth Tranin Shultz passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 4.
She was born on Oct. 27, 1920, in Kansas City, Mo. She was the daughter of Earl J. and Leona Kessler Tranin, and loving wife of Dr. Alvin W. Shultz (deceased).
Marian will be greatly missed by her son, Dr. Kenneth (Peggy) Shultz and daughter, Beverly (Jeffrey) Adler; grandchildren, Jennifer Shultz, Michael Shultz, Jared (Stephanie) Adler, and Dr. Adam (Sabrina) Adler; great-grandson, Jacob Adler; sister, Shirley (Stanley) Morantz; and sister-in-law, Sally Tranin (Donald Tranin, deceased). She was blessed with many loving cousins, nieces and nephews.
Marian was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where she was a member of Sigma Delta Tau Sorority. Always active in the community, Marian was a past president and life member of Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary as well as a life member of Hadassah International Women and the National Council of Jewish Women. Additionally, she was a member of the Kehilath Israel Synagogue, its Sisterhood, Shalom Geriatric Auxiliary and the Menorah Medical Center Legacy Foundation Board. She was honored with the HCA Frist Humanitarian Award in recognition of exemplary service to patients in the healthcare community. Marian received the Ingram Heroes in Healthcare award as the Outstanding Community Volunteer in 2006. On her 88th birthday, Marian was recognized for 45 years of volunteer service by the Menorah Medical Center.
In addition to her lifelong commitment to volunteerism, she enjoyed traveling with her children and grandchildren, knitting, needle pointing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Earl and Leona Tranin Foundation, Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary’s Health Resource Library or Kansas City Hospice.
A memorial service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Avenue. A private interment will follow the service.
An online guestbook is accessible at www.louismemorialchapel.com.
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David Blackman passed peacefully at age 83 on Monday, Dec. 28, surrounded by the family whom he cherished.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Dec. 30, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, with burial at Mount Carmel Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to Kansas City Hospice House, 12000 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64145.
Mr. Blackman was born Dec. 22, 1926, to Max and Dora Blackman and was a lifelong area resident.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the USS Juneau.
On his return, he married Sue Moskovitz and they spent over 60 loving years together.
Mr. Blackman was a successful, self-employed businessman. He took great pride in working with his family in all of his endeavors.
He was a kind, gentle, loving person who always put others first.
Mr. Blackman was a member of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah and was a past president and member of Congregation Ohev Sholom.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Max and Dora Blackman, and his brother, Abe Blackman.
Mr. Blackman is survived by his wife, Sue Blackman; sons and daughters-in-law, Stephen L. and Sherry Blackman and Bruce L. and Suzi Blackman; daughters and sons-in-law, Marianne and David Hudgins and Nancy and Gary Kepko; grandchildren, Michael and Cecily Blackman, Josh and Carrie Blackman, Leslie Blackman, Gregory Blackman, Daniel Kepko, Jamie Kepko and Douglas Kepko; great-grandchildren, Aubree Blackman and Samuel Jack Blackman; brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Muriel Blackman; and sister-in-law, Ida Mae Blackman.
An online guestbook is available at www.louismemorialchapel.com.
Arr: The Louis Memorial Chapel, (816) 361-5211.
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Born to Isador and Anna Peysachson Friedman, who emigrated from Russia and Poland, Morris Friedman lived in the Kansas City area for 87 years. He graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1941 before interning at St. Louis Jewish Hospital from 1941 to 1942, and performing a residency at Pontiac General Hospital. He then voluntarily entered the Armed Forces on Nov. 9, 1942. He served as medical officer of the 40th Field Airborne Hospital for the 9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army on March 27, 1946, with the rank of major.
Dr. Friedman returned to Kansas City and married Jeanette Birenboim Friedman on Oct. 20, 1946. The two had four children together. He practiced internal medicine in Kansas City for 45 years, retiring in August 1986. He served active memberships on the medical staffs of Baptist Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center, as well as maintaining memberships with the American Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Society, Missouri Society of Internal Medicine and Kansas City Society of Internists. He served as president of Menorah Medical Staff 1964-1965 and was chairman of multiple medical committees, and held a lifetime membership at Oakwood Country Club.
On April 26, 2003, he moved to Sun City, Ariz., for the sun and golf courses, which he dominated until 92 years of age. His children and grandchildren would visit him there to eat large bars of chocolate with him and invariably be beaten in games of bridge.
A beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather, he was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Jeanette; his son, Stephen Bennett Friedman; and his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte B. Friedman; children, Lauren A. Friedman and spouse Lee Rudin of San Francisco, Geoffrey B. Friedman and spouse Sharon D. Friedman of Kansas City, Dr. Michael K. Friedman and spouse Dr. Sabine vonPreyss-Friedman of Seattle and Janice Friedman of Lawrence, Kan.; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his devoted brother, Jacob Friedman; and his sister, Dorothy Loeffler.
Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 28, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, with burial in Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery.
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Linda Levine, 70, Overland Park, Kan., passed away Thursday, Dec. 24, at St. Luke’s South.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 27, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Nathan and Ruth Keller, and brother-in-law, Garry Summers.
She is survived by her husband of almost 50 years, Harvey Levine, of the home; daughters and sons-in-law, Nanci and Brian Bucksner and Lisa and Greg Kurz, all of Overland Park; son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Darla Levine, Overland Park; grandchildren, Lindsay and Erin Devins, Taylor and Blake Levine and Danielle and Dylan Kurz, all of Overland Park; and sister, Harriet Summers, St. Louis, Mo.
Linda’s whole life was family and her grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
An online guestbook is available able at www.louismemorialchapel.com.
Arr: Louis Memorial Chapel, (816) 361-5211.
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Born Sept. 30, 1919, Bernie passed peacefully in the night on Dec. 25. He was a native of Kansas City and had resided in Saucon Valley Manor, Hellertown, Pa., with the care of his son and daughter-in law since 2007.
Bernie is survived by Lillian Robbins, beloved wife of 69 years, of Village Shalom, Overland Park; four daughters, Doreen Sandage of Prairie Village, Micki Hoffman of Manchester, Mo., Shelley Douglas of Prairie Village and Leslie Robbins-Cureau of Schenectady, N.Y.; son, Bob Robbins of Bethlehem, Pa.; a sister, Laurel Daitch of Coconut Creek, Fla.; and a brother, Dave Robbins of Brooklyn, N.Y. He also leaves five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Bernie worked for TWA for 40 years, beginning prior to World War II as an engine mechanic before retiring as a lead mechanic from the Kansas City overhaul base in 1985. He also worked part-time for many years at Circle Auto Parts of Kansas City.
He served in the U.S. Air Force, continuing as an engine mechanic, and was discharged in 1952, returning to TWA. Bernie was also an active volunteer at the Kansas City VA Hospital, dedicating more than 1,500 hours in six years, believing in giving back to his fellow soldiers in need. He was also a member of the East Gate Masonic Lodge # 630.
Bernie will be missed by his family and friends, and in the words of his son, “He was a true example of the kind of person who did his part to help build America to be strong and safe for future generations to come — through hard work and serving his country proudly. Dad, you’re a good man.”
Graveside services were to be privately held for immediate family. Donations are encouraged to be made to the Kansas City Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, 8787 Old Santa Fe Road, Kansas City, MO 64138, in memory of Bernie Robbins.
An online guestbook is available at www.louismemorialchapel.com.
Arr: The Louis Memorial Chapel, (816) 361-5211.
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Jessie Swaden, 95, St. Paul, Minn., died Monday, Dec. 28. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend.
Jessie was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney; parents, Benjamin and Sarah Closeman; and brother, Martin. She is survived by her children, Patti (Al) Shapiro, of Kansas City, Mo., Barbara (Robert) Rosen, Marty (Liz) Swaden and Mitchell (Debra) Swaden; grandchildren, Peter (Amy), Julia (Tom), Molly, Tony (Kelly), Mara (Stephen), Elizabeth (Danny), Jonathan, Sydney, Hannah and Eli; 13 great-grandchildren; and special friend and caregiver of 22 years, Kim Walker.
The family would like to thank the staff at Sholom Home West for the care and kindness that Jessie received.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Hodroff-Epstein Memorial Chapel in St. Paul. Memorials are preferred to the Sholom Community Alliance.
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Doris Edelman, 84, of Overland Park, passed away on Monday, Dec. 21.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 24, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, with burial at Mount Moriah Cemetery.
Doris was born in Hildesheim, Germany, the daughter of Jacob and Fanny Tager. After Kristallnacht, the family left Germany through the assistance of her uncle, Zvi Brender, traveling to the Netherlands, where they boarded the Rotterdam for passage across the Atlantic to Cuba. The family lived in Havana for a year and a half, after which she and her family immigrated to the United States and Kansas City, where they were sponsored by members of the local Jewish community, including Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah and Doris’s cousins, Jay and Henry Duni.
She attended Central High School and Kansas City University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and economics. After graduation, Doris worked at Butler Manufacturing, translating Spanish, German and French correspondence. She met Dr. William Edelman of Cleveland, with whom she shared a happy marriage of 62 years.
Doris was a life member of Hadassah and was active in Youth Aliyah, the National Council of Jewish Women, Congregation Beth Shalom and its Sisterhood and The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. She was an avid bridge player and enjoyed travel to Vail, Colo., where she summered with Bill for 32 years. After raising three boys, she began a successful career as a stockbroker, becoming head of the syndicate department and the first female vice-president and partner of B.C. Christopher and Company, where she worked for more than 20 years.
Doris is survived by her husband Bill, of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Mark Edelman and Karin Lichterman of Leawood and their son, CJ Edelman, and daughter, Risa Edelman, of Washington, D.C.; Alan Edelman and Debbie Sosland-Edelman of Leawood and their son, Alex Edelman, of Leawood, daughter, Katja Edelman, of Israel and son, Jonathan Edelman, of the home; and Ron Edelman and Joan Nunnink of Leawood and their sons, Thomas Nunnink, of Kansas City and Tim Nunnink and Joe Nunnink, of the home.
Please consider a donation to the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy.
An online guestbook is available at www.louismemorialchapel.com.
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Hilary M. Lewis, 62, of Prairie Village, died Friday, Dec. 18, at Kansas City Hospice House after a prolonged illness.
Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 21, at Congregation Beth Torah, with burial at Mount Moriah Cemetery. The family requests donations to the Hilary Lewis Memorial Fund, which is being established at the University of Kansas Hillel Foundation, 722 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS 66044, to support that organization’s Shabbat programming, or to a charity of the giver’s choice.
She was born Hilary Marcia Louis, March 4, 1947, in Kansas City, Mo., and lived in the Kansas City area most of her life. She held a bachelor’s degree in education from Northwest Missouri State University and a master’s degree in Jewish studies from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
After teaching elementary school for a few years, she began the career that would occupy her for more than 35 years as a Jewish educator. She served as principal of the religious schools of Congregation Har Hashem in Boulder, Colo., and Temple Beth El in Overland Park, and was instrumental in organizing the United Religious School and its successor organization, the Community Religious School, which combined the religious-school programs of congregations representing various branches of Judaism, and she served as principal of both of these. For the past 25 years, she held various positions in the educational programs of the Jewish Federation, as director of school services and director of the teachers’ resource center, where she both planned programs and worked one-on-one with Jewish educators throughout the community. She also served as a consultant for the religious school of the Lawrence Jewish Community Center. Along with her other jobs, she was principal of the Community High School of Jewish studies, an evening program which brought together students from the entire metro area, a position she held until her death.
Hilary was a talented educator who was respected throughout the entire Kansas City Jewish community. She had a gift for creativity and problem solving and made every person she worked with feel important and valued. She was passionate about children, teachers and Jewish learning and believed that almost anything could be an educational opportunity. From the students she directly taught to the teachers she advised and trained to the schools she ran, Hilary impacted countless lives and multiple generations.
She was also a talented artist, specializing in Jewish-themed gel-pen drawings. She was a member of Congregation Beth Torah. She enjoyed taking cruises and was an avid reader. In recent years, her favorite activity was spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Stuart Lewis, of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Jay and Kimberly Lewis of Overland Park and Craig and Jennifer Lewis of Irvine, Calif.; mother, Marilynne Rosenthal, Overland Park; sisters and brothers-in-law, Joan and Arnold Kort, Overland Park, and Judy and Jed Sederholm, Katy, Texas; brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Teresa Rosenthal, Overland Park; grandchildren, Mckenna, Keaton and Eden Lewis; and several nieces and nephews.
An online guestbook is available at www.louismemorialchapel.com.
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