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Ruth Schudson, remembered with a smile  

Ruth Schudson, remembered with a smile  

Posted on: February 11th, 2025 | 13 Shevat 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Ruth Schudson, who co-founded the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre in the 1970s and spent decades as a regular player at local theater venues, died peacefully on Dec. 19. She was 98.   In an interview conducted by Linda Marcus in May of 2005 for the Jewish Museum Milwaukee Archive’s video oral history project, Schudson said she couldn’t […]

Obituaries, February 2025

Posted on: February 6th, 2025 | 8 Shevat 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Harriet Jean Azemove  Harriet Jean Azemove (nee Tarshis) died on Jan. 7, 2025, at the age of 89. Beloved wife of Ted Finman. Cherished mother of Beth Haddrell, Susan (Scott) Linton, Rachel Bernstein, and the late David Azemove. Dear grandmother of Joshua (Aviva) Linton, Anna (Yosef) Krausz, Matthew Levy, Noah (Chaya) Linton, and Jordan Levy. […]

Obituaries, January 2025 

Posted on: December 31st, 2024 | 30 Kislev 5785 by WJC Staff

  Rhoda Lee Baumgarten  Rhoda Lee Baumgarten (nee Heifetz) died on Nov. 14, 2024, at the age of 98.    Beloved wife of the late William Baumgarten and the late Maurice Maness. Loving mother of Susan (the late Stanley) Berg and Yeshaya (Shoshana) Maness. Proud grandmother of Joseph Berg, Alexander (Sara) Berg; Moshe Maness, Altie (Mark) […]

Jonathan Brostoff, remembered

Jonathan Brostoff, remembered

Posted on: December 4th, 2024 | 3 Kislev 5785 by Rob Golub

MILWAUKEE – Jonathan Brostoff, a city alderman and former state Assembly representative – a man who loved Milwaukee, gaming, family, people, Israel and Judaism, a passionate fighter for what he believed in – died by suicide Monday, Nov. 4.  His death came as a shock in the Milwaukee area, though Brostoff wrote publicly about his […]

Obituaries, December 2024

Posted on: November 26th, 2024 | 25 Heshvan 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Sol “Poppi” Blumenfeld  Sol “Poppi” Blumenfeld, a cherished member of the Madison, Wisconsin community, died peacefully on October 22, 2024.   Born on May 28, 1925, in Milwaukee, Sol grew up in Wausau. His family owned and operated a fruit and vegetable market there, and Sol grew up understanding the values of hard work and responsibility. […]

Obituaries, November 2024

Posted on: November 5th, 2024 | 4 Heshvan 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Jacob Assa  Jacob Assa died on Oct. 12, 2024, at the age of 79.  Beloved husband of Frances Assa (nee Peltz). Loving father of Sharone Assa, Danielle (Nathan Zimmermann) Assa and Carmel (Ethan Rosen) Assa. Proud grandfather of Eitan Menachem Assa, Gabrielle Paz Assa and Reuven Assa-Zimmermann. Dear brother of the late Menachem (Roberta) Assa.  […]

Speaker and author shared her family’s Holocaust story  

Posted on: October 15th, 2024 | 13 Tishri 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Milwaukee lost a treasure last month when Holocaust survivor, speaker and author Edith Shafer, passed away. Shafer was 83.   Shafer died on Sept. 9 after suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s over the last several years, her family said. She wrote “Shanghai Deliverance” about her parents and grandfather, who escaped Nazi Germany and lived in a […]

Obituaries, September 2024

Posted on: September 20th, 2024 | 17 Elul 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Boris Bakalinsky  Boris Bakalinsky died on May 25, 2024 at the age of 86.  Beloved husband of Svetlana Bakalinsky (nee Sidelman). Loving father of Boris (Anna) Bakalinsky. Further survived by three grandchildren, other relatives and friends.  Graveside service held May 26, 2024, at Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery, Milwaukee. Rabbi Moishe Rapoport officiated. Goodman-Bensman Whitefish Bay […]

Obituaries, August 2024

Posted on: July 31st, 2024 | 25 Tammuz 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Randal N. Arnold  Randal Neil Arnold died on July 8, 2024. He was 70.  Randal Neil Arnold was born on Nov. 23, 1953, in Edgerton to Dorothy and Jess Arnold. He was the youngest of three siblings, growing up as an only child on a dairy farm along the Rock River.  He had the life […]

Obituaries, June 2024

Posted on: June 4th, 2024 | 27 Iyyar 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Marsha Fensin  Marsha Fensin, 78, died Monday, April 15, 2024, in Waukesha with her children by her side. She had fought a courageous battle with cancer.  Marsha was born Dec. 18, 1945, in Haifa, Israel to Simon and Ruth Gelbart, both Holocaust survivors. She attended Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Florida and Stetson University […]