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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 […]

Obituaries, April 2024

Posted on: April 1st, 2024 | 22 Adar II 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Anita Joyce Barmash  Nita Barmash (nee Frank), formerly of Fox Point, died in Florida on March 13, 2024, at the age of 88.   Beloved wife of the late Ronald Barmash, loving mother of the late Linda (Ira) Abrams, Steven (Rochelle) Barmash, and Richard (Laura) Barmash; proud grandmother of Ben (Megan) Barmash, Drs. Elizabeth Barmash and […]

Obituaries, March 2024

Posted on: March 1st, 2024 | 21 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Randall “Randy” Aronson  Randall “Randy” Aronson died Feb. 2, 2024, at the age of 73.    Beloved husband of Karen Aronson (nee Cobb). Cherished father of Cara (fiancé Deron Coleman) Aronson, Ian Aronson, and Marisa Aronson. Further survived by other loving relatives and dear friends.  Funeral services held Feb. 7 at the Goodman-Bensman Whitefish Bay Funeral […]

Thank you, Herb Kohl

Thank you, Herb Kohl

Posted on: February 5th, 2024 | 26 Shevat 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

You might say Senator Herb Kohl’s breathtaking record of service to Jewish Wisconsin, and beyond, started when he was a boy.  In 1948, the Chronicle reported, in the tiniest of tiny articles, that a teenaged Herb Kohl “turned over the money he recently received as Bar Mitzvah gifts … to the campaign for the Milwaukee […]

Obituaries, February 2024

Posted on: February 2nd, 2024 | 23 Shevat 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Dr. Henry Burko Dr. Henry Burko, age 94, died peacefully on the morning of Dec. 27, at home in the company of his family. He is survived by children Julie (Michael) Czerwinski, Robert (Randi Kreger), and Terry (David Taggart).   Also survived by step-granddaughter Jessica Quimby, godchildren Jacob Reidel and Rebecca Reidel-Fry, and many dear cousins, […]

Obituaries, January 2024

Posted on: December 28th, 2023 | 16 Tevet 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Maria Borsh  Maria Borsh (nee Dorfman) died on Dec. 12, 2023, at the age of 87.    Beloved wife of the late Vladimir Borsh. Cherished mother of Margarita (Nick) Kramarchuk and dear grandmother of Yury Radov. Further survived by other loving relatives and dear friends.  A graveside service was held on Dec. 13th at Mound Zion […]

Obituaries, December 2023

Posted on: December 1st, 2023 | 18 Kislev 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Bebe Berkoff  Bebe R. Berkoff, of Bayside, died Nov. 2, 2023, age 83.  Preceded in death by beloved husband Marshall Berkoff. Treasured mother of Mark (Anne) Berkoff, Jonathan (Elissa) Berkoff, and Adam (Jennifer) Berkoff. Dear grandmother of Alex, Bella, Marie, and Ben Berkoff; Eliana (Mark) Meyer and Kira Berkoff, Craig and Dylan Kravetz; and Abra […]

Michael D. Schuman remembered 

Michael D. Schuman remembered 

Posted on: November 1st, 2023 | 17 Heshvan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Spring Hill Cemetary honored Michael D. Schuman’s (z”l) four decades of service as executive director with a Sept. 22 ceremony that included the unveiling of a memorial in his honor. Schuman is remembered as proud to be Jewish and proud to be the steward of Spring Hill Cemetary. Rabbi Noah Chertkoff, Congregation Shalom, spoke at […]