Madison native and Jewish activist Julius “Jack” Heifetz of Boca Raton, Fla., died Dec. 15. He was 86.
He graduated from West High School in Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. According to his family, while still in college, he met with Sen. Joseph McCarthy to bring his Holocaust survivor uncle Jake to Madison.
He worked in insurance, owning his own firm, Jack Heifetz Insurance. He also worked as a building developer, owner, real-estate investor and property manager. He owned Apartments of Madison, and owned and managed private college dormatories. One of his companies was named Hi-Ray Corporation, named after his wife’s Hebrew name (Chaya Raizel). He taught real estate and finance at the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
He was one of the founders of Beth Israel Center in Madison and served two terms as its president. He also headed the Madison Chevra Kadisha and supported Chabad of Madison. According to his family, he was a member of a delegation of Jewish leaders who met with President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C.
After retiring to Boca Raton in 1991, he served as a president of Young Israel of Boca Raton, was one of the founders of the Chevra Kadisha of Boca Raton Synagogue serving Palm Beach County and was a member of the Boca Raton Jewish Center-Shaaray Tefilla.
He was also a volunteer firefighter in Madison and a member of Boca Raton’s police community patrol.
His first wife, Irma R. Heifetz, nee Cohen, died in 1984. He is survived by his wife Trudi Sponder Heifetz; children Laurie (Richard C. Murray), Beth (Glenn Fine), Deena (Steve) Borzak, Rona Heifetz; and six grandchildren.
Cress Funeral Home in Madison handled arrangements. Rabbi Yaakov Gibber officiated at the funeral on Dec. 16. Burial was in Madison.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Rose & Morris Heifetz Welfare Fund of Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound St., Madison, WI, 53711.
Milwaukee native Harvey Rotter of Boca Raton, Fla., died on Jan. 14. He was 84.
He graduated from North Division High School in 1948 and attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He served as a paratrooper in the Korean War.
He was a former owner of Curley’s Tap, a coin collector, an employee of Publix and a rescue dog lover.
He is survived by wife Betty Rotter; children Scott (Lisa Cohen) Rotter, Cindy (Max) Rasansky, Jeff (Julie Coopersmith) Rotter; and eight grandchildren.
Blane Goodman Funeral Service handled arrangements. Rabbi Marc Berkson officiated at the funeral on Jan. 19. Burial was in Wisconsin Memorial Park.
Jane Shlimovitz, nee Teweles, of Mequon died Jan. 30 of cardiac arrest. She was 78.
She graduated from Milwaukee University School in 1954.
She was a member of Congregation Sinai.
She is survived by husband Jack Shlimovitz; children Jim (Connie) Shlimovitz and Jill Anderson; sister Ann Rendon and brother Hugh Teweles; and four grandchildren.
Blane Goodman Funeral Services handled arrangements. Graveside services were held Feb. 2 at Greenwood Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Congregation Sinai.
Bluma Weinstock, nee Pelman, of Bayside, died Dec. 16. She was 94.
She was born in Radomsko, Poland. She was a Holocaust survivor who endured the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen camps.
Her story and that of her late husband, Pincus Weinstock, who died in 2003, were videotaped by the Shoah Foundation and can be found at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and the University of Southern California.
A news obituary about her was published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Dec. 17 and is available online.
She and her husband came to Milwaukee in 1952.
She is survived by daughters Esther (Fredric) Ancel, Gitta (Barry) Chaet and Rosie (Michael) Bamberger; ten grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Blane Goodman Funeral Service handled arrangements. Rabbi Shmaya Shmotkin officiated at the service on Dec. 18. Burial was in Agudas Achim Cemetery.
The family would appreciate memorial contributions to The Shul or the Pincus and Bluma Weinstock Holocaust Endowment Fund at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center.
Milwaukeean Robert David Zarne died on Dec. 15 of pneumonia. He was 94.
He graduated from Whitefish Bay High School in 1938. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps the week after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and served as a corporal.
He was the former owner of Register Printing Co. He was a member of Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun. According to his family, he enjoyed sports and followed the Milwaukee Brewers, Green Bay Packers and Marquette Basketball.
He is survived by his wife Jeane (nee Krom); children Louise (William) Schuckit and Daniel Zarne; sister Carla Pearson; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Blane Goodman Funeral Service handled arrangements. Rabbi Marc Berkson officiated at the funeral on Dec. 18. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery.
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