Elisabeth Dunn
Elisabeth (Liesje) Sarphatie Dunn was born in Amsterdam on June 15, 1931, the eldest child of Simon and Johanna Jacoba (nee Muller) Sarphatie. Simon was a member of a Sephardic Jewish family; Jo came from a Christian family. Simon and Jo had eloped in 1929…
Shirley Rosen
Shirley Rosen, daughter of Lena Shlanger Binder and Joseph Binder, was born in New York City on December 16, 1930 on the lower east side. She graduated from Seward Park High School, class of 1949 and attended City College of N.Y. She was proud to…
Violeta Wittman
Violeta Sara Elina Cortes Wittman – Dearly loved wife, mother, sister, aunt, dog, turtle, and cat mom, Violet passed away peacefully on March 14th. Violet had a kind, gentle soul that was evident to everyone who interacted with her. Her daughters, animals, husband, and Judaism…
Noah Dunitz
Noah Daniel Dunitz, 91, of Saco, Maine, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2024. The son of the late Jesse and Rose Gordon Dunitz, he was born on December 22, 1932, in Goshen, New York. He lived in Florida, New York, for the first 12…
Manuel Herszkopf
Funeral for Manuel Herszkopf will be at Mount Sinai Cemetery, Hicks Street Portland, ME on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 10:30 am.
Judith Kamin
Judith (Robinson) Kamin, a committed teacher, active community member, and beloved matriarch, died peacefully January 5th, 2024, in the company of family. She was 95. She is survived by her brother, Merton D. Robinson (Donna), of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, children Janice (Kamin) Scavongelli (Gary) of…
Daniel Miller
Daniel Arthur Miller, 91, of Falmouth, ME, passed away on December 30, 2023. He was an upstanding, moral, and principled man-of-the-world who will be deeply missed by the many people he touched. Daniel was born on October 3, 1932, in Lynn, MA, the son of…
Harold Osher
Dr. Harold L. Osher, 99, died on December 23, 2023. He was born in Portland, Maine, on January 11, 1924, to Samuel and Leah (Lazarovich) Osher, immigrants from Russia and Lithuania. The middle of five children, after school he and his siblings worked alongside their…
Phyllis Katzman
Phyllis Dember Katzman, affectionately known as GG to her great grandchildren, passed away peacefully on December 9, 2023, at the age of 97 in Portland, Maine. Born on February 5, 1926 in New York City, Phyllis was a remarkable woman with an indomitable spirit who…
Elizabeth Levinsky
Elizabeth Zaitlin Levinsky, 94, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 4, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Born on June 27, 1929 in Saco, Maine to the late Hyman and Rose (Katzer) Zaitlin, Elizabeth attended Saco schools and graduated from Thornton Academy and the University…
Diana Sturman
Diana Sturman was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She left this world peacefully on November 17, 2023, at the age of 102. Diana was born to Bessie and Abraham Rubin in Dorchester, MA. She graduated from Roxbury Memorial High…
Edith Pagelson
Edith Lucas Pagelson, family matriarch, Holocaust survivor, public speaker, and educator died on October 7 at the age of 97. Edith was born in Worms, Germany in 1926. Her earliest years were spent swimming in the Rhine, helping in the family’s hardware store in Worms,…
Marsha Reynolds
Marsha Palmer Reynolds of Biddeford passed away peacefully Saturday, September 30 2023. The daughter of William and Anita Palmer, Marsha was born in New Haven, CT on June 16, 1941. She was educated in New Haven schools and graduated from Colby College in 1963, where…
Heather Brown
Heather Erin (Reagan) Brown, born March 2, 1979, passed peacefully among family and friends on September 26, 2023 after a long battle against breast cancer. Heather was a bright light, a North Star, for many of her friends, family and professional colleagues. She was dedicated to…