Former Milwaukee resident Asher L. M. Cornfield of Kfar Sava, Israel, died Sept. 15 at the age of 71.
Born in Louisville, Ky., Cornfield moved to Milwaukee when he was a child. He graduated from Washington High School in 1952 and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received his medical degree in 1959.
After serving in the Air Force in Texas, he returned to Milwaukee in 1963, where he practiced medicine with his brother Jerome for 36 years.
He was an active member of Congregation Beth Israel, as well as Kehilat Ner Doshim in Kfar Sava. According to his family, he was a “staunch Zionist.” He also “pledged himself to the daily morning minyan,” they said.
Cornfield is survived by his wife, Joan (nee Goodman) Cornfield; son Stuart Cornfield of Haifa; daughters Sharon (Uzi) Marilus of Kfar Sava, Laura Cornfield of Jerusalem, and Marisa (Richard) Stadtmauer of Livingston, N.J.; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Sept. 17. Rabbi Adam Ferziger officiated. Burial was at Pardes Haim cemetery, Kfar Sava.
The family appreciates memorial contributions to Congregation Beth Israel.
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