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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 […]

Mark Brickman remembered – a ‘founding father’ for Jewish Milwaukee

Posted on: October 27th, 2023 | 12 Heshvan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Mark Brickman, a lifelong Jewish community leader who served in countless ways, died on Oct. 5, 2023, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 89.  He devoted much of his life to the Milwaukee Jewish community. Brickman was board chair for Milwaukee Jewish Federation, annual campaign chair, and Jewish Community Foundation chair, among many, many […]

Obituaries, November 2023

Posted on: October 27th, 2023 | 12 Heshvan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Mark Edward Brickman  Mark Edward Brickman passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 5, 2023, surrounded by family and his beloved pets, at the age of 89.  Born in Milwaukee on June 1, 1934, he was the son of Mae (nee Bogost) and Norman Brickman, brother of Marilyn Last of Chicago, and predeceased by sister […]

Obituaries, October 2023

Posted on: September 27th, 2023 | 12 Tishri 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Helen Mautner Helen T. Mautner (née Goldberg) was born in Milwaukee on July 4, 1930, and died Sept. 3 at age 93. A 1948 graduate of Whitefish Bay High School, she spent two years at the University of Iowa before transferring to UW-Madison where she earned a BS in social work in 1952. She married […]

Obituaries, September 2023 

Posted on: August 31st, 2023 | 14 Elul 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Ruth Mallin Braun  Ruth Mallin Braun passed away on June 23, 2023 at the age of 89. Loving wife of the late William Braun; cherished mother of Ellen Sue (John) Geiger, Michael Braun, and Steven (Karen) Braun; proud grandmother of Heidi Braun, Cory Trones, Sam Trones (Amanda Deer), Lauren (Jacob) Orlofsky, and David (Yeonjae) Braun; […]