Obituaries

Norfolk —Barbara Broudy Howie passed away unexpectedly in her sleep at her home on Sunday, July...

Virginia Beach —Linda Mayer Gissen, Loving and compassionate mother, grandmother and friend, died...

Virginia Beach —Herbert Lewis Bregman, PE, 91, passed peacefully on Sunday, July 12, 2015. A...

Burt Shavitz, the Jewish beekeeper and co-founder of the Burt’s Bees cosmetics company, has died....

Virginia Beach —Harry Sterling, 99, Holocaust survivor, Jewish educator, cantor, passed away...

Portsmouth — Blanche Dubins Lipman passed away on June 30, 2015 at Churchland House in Portsmouth....

NORFOLK—Selma Leach, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, with her family by her...

Norfolk — Sylvia Karlin Gould, 97, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015. She was a lifelong resident...

Norfolk — Willie Chernitzer, 90, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, Wednesday, July 1,...

Bonna Devora Haberman, the founder of Women of the Wall, a group pressing for egalitarian prayer...

Ron Moody, a British Jewish actor best known for playing a character historically considered an...

Norfolk —Jerrold G. Weinberg, 87, passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2015 in a local hospital. A...

Virginia Beach—Melissa Hoffman Schoen, formerly of Virginia Beach, Va., died December 19, 2014, in...

Virginia Beach —Alan Richard Hirsch, age 85, passed away June 15, 2015. Born in Newark, N. J. in...

Virginia Beach —Marlene Beverley Braver Wilks passed away on May 12, 2015. She was born in...

Virginia Beach —Irene Silver Topolcic, a librarian in Hampton Roads for more than 30 years, died...

Norfolk — Roslyn Gladstone Brown, 77, died on May 24, 2015 at the home in Norfolk she shared with...

Virginia Beach —Duane Laurence Aikman, 73, passed away on May 21, 2015. He was born April 24, 1942...

The body of Israeli hiker Or Asraf was retrieved from a remote area of Nepal and was returned to...