Obituaries

VIRGINIA BEACH—Melvin Ticatch, 88, died on Thursday, June 30, 2016. A native of New Boston, Ohio,...

Virginia Beach —Irwin Arthur Stavin passed away peacefully at the age of 97 on July 11, 2016. He...

Norfolk —Renee Heyman of Norfolk, Va., a beloved wife, mom, and grandmother died at her home on...

St. Pete Beach , Fla .—Fred A. Buns, 92, passed away July 9, 2016. Born in Baltimore, Md., Fred...

Norfolk —Ralph “Jerry” Bernstein, 89, of the 1600 block of Sheppard Avenue, passed away on...

Norfolk —Patricia Kelsay Wisoff, beloved wife for 65 years to Dr. Carl Peter Wisoff, passed away...

Norfolk —Elliot M. Juren, 70, passed away June 7, 2016 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer....

Norfolk — Edward Warren Banyai, 92, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016. A native of the Bronx,...

Liberal American Rabbi Michael Lerner was invited to speak at boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s...

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)—Gerson Bergher, one of Brazil’s most prominent Jewish activists, has died at...

Norfolk —Dr. Peter Walker “Pete,” 67, of the 5400 block of Bulls Bay Drive passed away May 24,...

Ingrid Schwartz died Wednesday, May 18, at 10:10 am. Her big brother, Garry and two wonderful...

Virginia Beach —Juliette (Allegria) Pearce, 87, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016 in Virginia...

Norfolk —Lorraine Manassee Fleder passed away Friday, June 3, 2016 at the age of 86 in her home at...

Rabbi Morton Leifman, who oversaw the training of Conservative movement cantors for decades, has...

NEW YORK (JTA)—Ernest (Ernie) Michel, who after surviving Auschwitz and a forced death march went...

Virginia Beach —Estelle Ruth Hochstadt, 93, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2016. She was born in...

Coconut Grove , Fla .—Rose Ann Leventhal Grossman died peacefully in her home on May 4, 2016. She...

Joyce Garver Keller, the longtime executive director of Ohio’s Jewish community relations council...

Frederick Mayer, a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany in 1938 and parachuted back in seven years...