Obituaries

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.—Ilene Weingarten Goldburg, 93 passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at...

CHESAPEAKE—Melvin Halpern, 91, passed away on July 4, 2020. Born October 23, 1928 in Brooklyn,...

PORTSMOUTH—Sidney Marcus, 98, died June 23, 2020. A native of Portsmouth, he was the widower of...

Virginia Beach—Stan Smolen passed away May 27, 2020 at the age of 95. He was a veteran of WWII who...

Norfolk—Khana S. Volkova, 96, mother of Nellie Podolskaya (of blessed memory), passed away June...

Naples, FLA.—Howard Morton Weisberg, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 just 10 days shy of his...

Norfolk—Evelyn Liskin Berger was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Ida and Joseph Liskin on February 13,...

Virginia Beach—Lt. Col. Seymour D. Glanzer, USAF Res., Ret., 95, died on June 3, 2020, in Virginia...

Virginia Beach—Allen Joseph Gordon, 89, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at home. He was a native and...

Richmond—Alfred William Lehman was born on September 19, 1926 to Ethel and Max Lehman, Russian...

Norfolk—Kurt Michael Rosenbach, 97, passed away June 6, 2020. A native of Kassel, Germany, he was...

Norfolk—Felice Mae Saks, 86, died peacefully at home with her family at her side. She is a Norfolk...

Norfolk—Helen Bell Walker Shapiro, 79, passed away at her home in Norfolk on Monday, June 8, 2020,...

Richmond—Barry Steven Comess, one of life’s greatest characters, passed away on Tuesday, May 26,...

Norfolk—Donna Skwarlo Kootner, 77, a long time member of Ohef Sholom Temple, passed away on May...

Chesapeake—Shoshana (Rosalyn) Lis, 92, of Chesapeake, Virginia, surrounded by her family, passed...

Virginia Beach—Leo S. Simon passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on...

Richmond—Lois Lowenberg Snyder, 95, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 in Richmond, Va. Born in...

Norfolk—Thelma Steingold, 93, was born in Norfolk and raised in the Ghent/West Ghent area. She was...

Larry Kramer, one of the most important figures in the history of LGBTQ activism and a writer,...