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Glenda Chance and Michael Portnoy

Glenda Chance and Michael Portnoy were married in May 2022 at The Fields at 1890, an event space in Tracy, Missouri.

Kregstein/Bratt

Mischa Kregstein and Scott Bratt were married Sunday, August 1, 2021, at Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder, Colorado.

Frank Lipsman and Janet Mark of Kansas City, Missouri, and Michael and Ines Hanly of Pullman, Washington, and Bern, Switzerland, announce the wedding of their daughters, Danielle Lipsman and Fiona Hanly, on May 1, 2021 in Piedmont, California.

Abby Shapiro and James Gibson

Abby Shapiro and James Gibson were married July 10, 2021, at Union Station in Kansas City.

Daniel Hamburg and Hannah Geller

Dr. Mitchell and Lisa Hamburg of Leawood, Kansas, announce the engagement of their son, Daniel Hamburg, to Hannah Geller, daughter of Nora Kavner of Los Angeles, California, and Matthew and Janet Geller of Los Angeles, California.

Rachel Salvay and Brian Crawford

Rachel Anne Salvay and Brian John Crawford were married May 14, 2021, in a private ceremony at sunrise on the banks of Wellington Lake, near Bailey, Colorado.

Barbara & Robert Frager celebrate 60th anniversary

Barbara & Robert Frager of Prairie Village will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 20.

Myron Donald Samuels

Myron Donald "Donnie" Samuels passed away in Rockville, Maryland, from a heart attack on Dec. 24, 2022 at the age of 88.

Carol Ann Planzer Weinstock

Mrs. Chana (Carol Ann) Planzer Weinstock, 81, passed away September 5 at her daughter’s home in Israel. She was a Judaic teacher in Kansas City for 44 years. She volunteered for the sisterhood of Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner and headed the Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society) for 14 years. She was a member of BIAV and the Chabad House. She was very involved in the community at large.

KATIANNE BORDY TANNENWALD

Katianne Bordy Tannenwald, 28, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away with her family by her side on September 1, 2021. She was a proud graduate of Blue Valley North and the Blue Valley Access Program.

Leah (Marlene) Rose Hurwich

Leah (Marlene) Rose Hurwich passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, in Laurel, Maryland. Born in Kansas City on November 28, 1938, she graduated from Paseo High School. Leah met Mel Hurwich while in college, and they were married in 1959. Soon after, they moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where sons Marc and Scott were born. The family then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and finally settled in Columbia, Maryland.

Eli Karsh

Eli Karsh, 53, of St. Louis, died from a sudden heart attack on September 5, 2021.

Thelma (“Tibby”) Sylvia Rissien

Thelma (“Tibby”) Sylvia Rissien, 98, passed away on September 7, 2021, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas, surrounded by family. Tibby was born June 6, 1923, in Des Moines, Iowa, and lived there the majority of her life until she moved to Overland Park, Kansas, in 2012 to be closer to family.