Obituaries

Danville—Dr. Norman Tavss, 92, of the 200 block of Oakwood Circle, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2012....

Clairemont Calif.—Ferdinand Bernard Spieker, 82, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, Nov....

Norfolk—Martha Klaff Robbins, 90, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 in Lake Taylor Transitional...

Chesapeake—Bevalan Cohen Rafal, 83, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 surrounded by her...

Norfolk—Jane Hope Stern Beskin, 91, a New York City native who made Norfolk her home shortly after...

WASHINGTON (JTA)—George McGovern is widely remembered for advocating immediate American withdrawal...

NORFOLK—Harvey G. Saks, 78, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 at The Talbot on Granby, his...

Virginia Beach—Roger Lee Oberndorf passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at Norfolk General...

Virginia Beach—Seymour Lenox, 83, died Tuesday, Oc. 16, 2012. He was a native of Chelsea, Mass....

Virginia Beach—Helen Hurst Levin, age 92, died peacefully at her residence on Friday Nov. 2, 2012....

Virginia Beach—Ruth Sherman Kroskin, 72, of Silver Sands Circle in Virginia Beach, passed away...

Norfolk—Ben Gordon, 76, died on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. He was predeceased by his parents, Sam...

Virginia Beach—Iris G. Elkins, 93, of Virginia Beach, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. She...

WASHINGTON (JTA)—During his 30 years in the clubby confines of the U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter...

Chapel Hill—Harry Kittner, 90, passed away on Oct. 12, 2012, after a period of declining health....

Norfolk—Mildred Ruth Smith Johnson, beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother and...

Winter Park, Fla—Melissa Susan Jaffe, 61, of Winter Park, Fla., passed away unexpectedly Tuesday,...

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who was publisher of The New York Times for more than three decades, has...

Israeli scholar Yehuda Elkana, an Auschwitz survivor who headed the Central European University,...

Richmond—Mollie Plotkin Weinstein, 89, of Richmond, Va passed away peacefully on Sept.11, 2012....