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Virginia Beach—Norma Fox, 88, passed away peacefully March 31, 2022. Mrs. Fox was born August 11, 1933 to James and Ellen Edelin in Dorsey, Maryland. Norma’s life was extraordinary to say the least. Norma’s life reads like a Danielle Steele novel. She was an orphan...

Virginia Beach—Jeffrey Alan Goldberg passed away on April 15, 2022. Jeff was born in Orange, New Jersey on February 12, 1958. He went to grade school at Mount Pleasant Elementary in Livingston, N. J. and later graduated from Plantation High School in South Florida....

Virginia Beach—Marynell Gordon was born to Teresa and James Roberts in Memphis, Tenn., on September 19, 1942. She graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1964. She danced at a party with Stephan Gordon, who became her husband, dance partner, and best friend...

Chicago—Loving mother of her son Adam, daughter Sharna, and daughter-in-law Erica. Proud nana of her granddaughter Megan. Best of friends with Anni, Debbie, Fran, Sherry, and Susan. Debbi was born on April 16, 1952, to the late Sidney and Sally Truster, and grew up...

Virginia Beach—Edward Louis Silverman, age 82, passed away on April 4, 2022. He is survived by his spouse, Helene Silverman and son, Bruce Silverman. Arrangements are entrusted to Altmeyer Funeral Home—Southside Chapel.

AMSTERDAM (JTA)—Henny Goudeketting, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, is ailing and preparing to leave the world. Goudeketting, who was sterilized in Nazi medical experiments at Auschwitz, has neither children nor other relatives to care for her. Now, after multiple...

Benjamin Scheinkopf, a Poland-born Jew who worked at his Chicago barbershop until he was 97, has died. He survived the Holocaust by cutting hair. Scheinkopf, who moved to the United States in 1954, died Saturday, Nov. 18 at the age of 98 after working for more than 80...

Portsmouth —Frances Levin Ornoff, 92, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017. She was born in Portsmouth to the late Joseph and Ethel Levin. She retired from Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority. She was a lifelong volunteer supporting various Jewish...

Chesapeake —Beatrice “Bea” Minskoff, 90, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. She retired from the U. S. Government after serving as a contracting officer at Little Creek Amphibious Base for over 13 years. Born in New York City, she was the daughter...

Norfolk —Bernard Kahn, 95, passed away November 24, 2017. A native and lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was the son of the late Morris and Hannah Kahn, and the widower of Gertrude L. Kahn. Mr. Kahn was the former owner of Azalea Auto Supply in Norfolk. He was a Navy...

Williamsburg —Baron Jack Gordon, 91, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 at Riverside Regional Medical Center. Born in Norfolk, Va., he was the son of the late Rose Salsbury Gordon and George M. Gordon. He attended Maury High School and graduated from Lynchburg...

Norfolk —Ramon Allen Cohen, 96, of the 6000 block of Newport Crescent, died peacefully on November 19, 2017. Mr. Cohen was born in Vilnius, Lithuania and immigrated to the United States as an infant. He was the son of the late Julius Cohen and Celia Shulman Cohen....