Bertha Hartsman, nee Green, of Milwaukee, died Nov. 12 of congestive heart failure. She was 96.
She was born in Yugoslavia and came to the United States as a child. She graduated from East St. Louis High School and moved from there to Milwaukee in 1936.
She worked “her entire adult life” in retail sales for many stores, mostly for The Grand for 25 years, according to her family.
She was a member of B’nai B’rith Women and a past president of BBW’s Bowling Association. After she retired from retail sales, she volunteered at the Jewish Home and Care Center gift shop for 10 years. She also enjoyed bridge and needlepoint.
Her husband, David Hartsman, died in 1980. She is survived by daughter Janice (Jack Padek) Dubin of Milwaukee and son Robert (Sharon) Hartsman of Goodyear, Ariz.; and three grandchildren.
Goodman-Bensman Whitefish Bay Funeral Home handled arrangements. Rabbi Steve Adams officiated at the funeral on Nov. 15. Burial was in Second Home Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Jewish Home and Care Center Hand in Hand Gift Shop or the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.
Jane Schapiro, nee Sadek, died Dec. 7. She was 100.
She was a native and lifelong Milwaukeean. She graduated from West Division High School, then attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduating as a business major in 1934.
She married Arnold Malver the following year. After his death in 1942, she married cellist William Schapiro. He died in 1993.
She was a soprano singer who performed in community choruses. She was active in the MacDowell Club, Eastern Star, ORT, the National Council of Jewish Women, book clubs and bridge groups. She served as treasurer of the North Shore LX Club and was a Milwaukee Brewers fan.
She is survived by children Sandra (Stephen) Malver Goodman of Denver, Frederick (Karen) Malver of New Brighton, Minn., and Sherman Schapiro of Blue Lake, Calif.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Goodman-Bensman Whitefish Bay Funeral Home handled arrangements. Funeral services were held Dec. 10. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery.
The family requests memorial contributions to Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun.
Beverly Schuminsky, nee Himmelreich, formerly of Mequon, died Nov. 14 in Scottsdale, Ariz. She was 82.
She was active in Milwaukee’s Jewish community. She was a vice president of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation Women’s Division.
She was a founder of the Milwaukee Jewish Archives of the Milwaukee Jewish Historical Society, now the Jewish Museum Milwaukee archives. She and her second husband Norman led a Milwaukee Jewish community mission to Israel in 1980.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Norman Weiss. In addition to her second husband, she is survived by children Gary (Elisa Birnbaum) Weiss, Michael (Debbie) Weiss, Julie (Steve Chatinsky) Ellsworth and David Schuminsky; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Blane Goodman Funeral Service handled arrangements. A funeral service was held Nov. 17 at Congregation Shalom. Burial was in Agudas Achim Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Camp Interlaken Schuminsky Family Fund of the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee, or to Congregation Shalom.
Milwaukee native Theodore Sernovitz of Estero, Fla., died on Dec. 8 of complications of old age. He was 99.
He graduated from North Division High School in 1932 and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1938. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the Philippines during World War II.
After the war, he was traffic manager for the Gimbels department store before he founded Loop Cartage in Milwaukee. He sold the company and retired in 1984. He and his wife moved to Florida in 2006.
He was a founding member of Congregation Shalom. According to his family he was a fan of the Green Bay Packers and the UW-Madison Badgers sports teams, and was an avid swimmer who swam half-a-mile a day until age 95.
His wife, Blanche (nee Todes), died in 2010. He is survived by sons James (Millie) Sernovitz of Bonita Springs, Fla., and Neal (Seema) Sernovitz of Mequon; siblings Burton (Fran) Sernovitz, Edith Gross, Ruth Pardo and Elaine (George) Zimbel; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Fuller Funeral Home handled arrangements. The funeral took place Dec. 11 at Palm Royale Cemetery in Naples, Fla.
Miriam Shadur, nee Yampol, of Milwaukee and Boca Raton, Fla., died Oct. 15. She was 89.
She was born in Harrisburg, Pa. She was a graduate of the George Peabody College of Education in Nashville, Tenn. She married Aaron Joseph Shadur in 1948 and moved with him from Chicago to Milwaukee.
She was a past Sisterhood president at Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue and a lifetime member of Hadassah. According to her family, she enjoyed teaching, volunteering and being a homemaker.
Her husband died in 2010. She is survived by children Linda Sue Shadur of Boca Raton, David (Beverly Bing) Shadur of Baltimore and Debra Shadur (Dr. Frederick) Pelz of Memphis, Tenn.; sister Judith Mussman of Tucson, Ariz.; brother Rabbi Hillel (Carol) Yampol of Chicago; brother-in-law Milton (Eleanor) Shadur of Chicago; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Chicago Funeral Services handled arrangements. Rabbi Hillel Yampol officiated at the funeral on Oct. 18. Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Ill.
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