Native Milwaukeean Jack Silberman, M.D., of Fox Point, died Feb. 10 at the age of 91 of heart failure.
He was a 1931 graduate of North Division High School and a 1939 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as a U.S. Army medic in World War II in North Africa and Europe, and was awarded a Silver Star and two Bronze Stars.
After the war, he attended Chicago Medical School and completed his internship at Cook County Hospital in 1951. He worked as a family practice physician.
He was a member of Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue, the Alpha Rho chapter of Phi Lambda Kappa fraternity and Harmony Masonic Lodge #142.
He is survived by brother Sol Silberman of Des Plaines, Ill.; nephews Dr. Richard (Linda) Silberman of Glendale, Jerome (Sandee) Silberman of Glendale; and David (Deborah) Silberman of Mequon; and niece Leenore (Leonard) Engelhardt of Bayside.
Rabbi Shlomo Pontos and Cantor Jerome Berkowitz officiated at graveside funeral services Feb. 13 in Second Home Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue or the Milwaukee Jewish Federation would be appreciated by the family.
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