Obituaries

Norfolk—Elaine B. Lustig died peacefully in her home on June 22, 2019 after a day spent with...

San Francisco, Calif.—Lawrence Kreshin, loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed...

Virginia Beach—Benjamin Arthur “Arty” Gladstone, 77, passed away in his home in Virginia Beach on...

Raleigh, N.C.—Jerry William Ellisberg, 80 years old, of Raleigh, N.C., peacefully passed after a...

Blacksburg, Va.—Bonnie Ungar Dowdy, age 47, of Blacksburg passed into eternity, Tuesday, June 18,...

Belhaven, N.C.—Ronald “Ron” Anderson, 68, of Belhaven, NC, formerly of Wheeling, West Virginia,...

(JTA)—Murray Polner, the founding editor of the liberal Jewish magazine Present Tense who served...

Fairfax, Va.—Rita S. Meschel, formerly of Norfolk and Virginia Beach passed April 6, 2019 in...

Tucson, Arizona—Susan E. Maggiora, 67, died suddenly on May 30, 2019. Susan was born on June 7,...

Portsmouth—Marsha Ornoff Merkle, 69, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 22, 2019. She was...

Virginia Beach—Shirley Belkov Lipman, a secretary to two rabbis who, with her late husband,...

Virginia Beach—Barbara Horwitz passed away Sunday, June 2, 2019, at the age of 92. She was born...

Philadelphia, Pa.—Laurel Kanner Gutterman of Philadelphia, passed away on June 4, 2019. She was...

BOSTON (JTA)—Herman Wouk, the bestselling Orthodox Jewish author whose literary career spanned...

Norfolk—Larry Melvin Saunders passed away at the age of 84 on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Harbor’s...

Virginia Beach—Irene Mandel Blum, 95, passed away on May 10, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Irene...

Virginia Beach—Patricia Leffew Ashkenazi, 70, passed away May 9, 2019 in Virginia Beach,...

POWAY, California (JTA)—Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near...

Virginia Beach—Mike passed peacefully on April 25, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Mike was born in...