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OBITUARIES Sara and Nate moved to Atlanta in the late ’50s and spent the next 11 years there, where Sara decided to go to work and get a degree in education at Georgia State. By the time they moved to Austin, Texas, Sara was able to complete her degree at the University of Texas. She continued by obtaining her master’s degree in education after moving to Chicago. While she was substitute teaching, Nate and Sara moved once again to Tulsa, Okla., where Sara taught for the next 15 to 20 years in special education before finishing her professional career. Sara and Nate had many wonderful years in Tulsa, where they made many lifelong wonderful friends. They retired to the Naples area to be closer to family and friends. Sara and Nate loved to travel, and even after being diagnosed with cancer in 1985, she was determined not to let it slow down her life. She continued to travel extensively even after Nate’s death, playing bridge with her close friends at Arbor Trace in Naples. She loved seeing a movie, reading a book, challenging you to a game of Scrabble, or going to a cultural scene with her friends, whether it was the opera, a museum or a good play. Sara led an active life and continued to take classes at the university up until her death. Sara Loshak is survived by her sister, Iris Levine; a sister-in-law, Judy Kaplan; children Leda and Jack Zbar, Susie and Bruce Golubock, and Joel and Mindy Loshak; grandchildren Beth and Michael Marks, Stephanie Footer and husband Luke Warren, Clay and Shari Zbar, Andrew and Martha Golubock, Wendy and Brad Weissman, Lauren and Clark Edlund, and Brandon and Viviana Loshak; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was a wonderful lady who lived a wonderful life and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her memory to JFCS of Southwest Florida, 5025 Castello Dr., Suite 101, Naples, FL 34103, or MD Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210-4486, in memory of Sara Loshak, and write Fund Designated by Family. Sign the online guestbook at www.jewishfuneralcare.com. A graveside service was held Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, with Rabbi Steven Lebow officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.
Ina Schnitzer
Henry and Runia Vogelhut were appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt of North Carolina as charter members of the North Carolina Holocaust Council on July 12, 1982. Representing the council, they traveled the state, educating people of all ages to ensure the lessons of the Holocaust were never forgotten. “It worries me that many Americans do not appreciate the freedom and opportunities of this country. As for myself, I am proud to be a citizen of this wonderful country. … I want you to remember that you have to think and not follow crazy ideas of others without questioning them. I hope you will remember the lessons of the past.” Henry was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, Runia, and is survived and lovingly remembered by his son, Mark Vogelhut, M.D., and his wife, Rhea; his daughter and son-in-law, Adele and James Bedrick, M.D.; his four grandchildren, Emily Graubart, M.D., and her husband, Noah, Jonathan Bedrick and his wife, Kimberly, Jacob Vogelhut, and his wife, Sara, and Alina Gardner and her husband, Rabbi Tom Gardner; and his seven great-grandchildren, Olivia, Benjamin and Elizabeth Graubart, Jack Bedrick, Natalie and Gavin Vogelhut, and Runia Gardner. Graveside funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 25, at Raleigh Hebrew Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages memorial donations to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, ushmm.org. May Henry’s spirit and example endure among us as a blessing.
Death Notices
Rakhil Pustilnikov of Atlanta on Sept. 27. Karen Rabin of New York, sister of Temple Sinai member Ben Sillins and Susan Sillins, wife of Bill Rabin, and mother of Emily Rabin and RJ Rabin. Frances Rosenberg of Sandy Springs on Sept. 20. Charlotte H. Rudel, 83, of Johnstown, Pa., wife of David Rudel, mother of Neil Rudel, Mark Rudel, Barry Rudel, Miriam Quast and Karen Reb, and sister of Joseph “Jerry” Harris, on Sept. 19. Judith Warren of Marietta on Sept. 27. William “Billy” Cary Zucker, 60, of Los Angeles, brother of Temple Sinai member Scott Zucker and Neil Zucker and father of Devin Zucker, on Sept. 18.
83, Atlanta
Ina Ginsburg Schnitzer of Atlanta, age 83, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. She is survived by her children, David Schnitzer, Debra Lynn Schnitzer and Brian (Jill) Schnitzer; grandchildren Kyle, Kevin and Thomas; and brother Ira Ginsburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Atlanta Humane Society. A memorial service was held Monday, Sept. 26, at Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 3734 ChambleeDunwoody Road, Atlanta, 770-451-4999.
Henry Vogelhut Henry Vogelhut, 92, of Atlanta passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Henry was born in Krakow, Poland, on Nov. 15, 1923. Shortly after he began an apprenticeship as a tailor, the Nazis invaded Poland. Henry and his family were arrested by the Gestapo. After his enslavement in a succession of four Nazi concentration camps (Buchenwald, Gross Rosen, Krakau-Plaszow and SonnebergWest), Mr. Vogelhut was liberated by the U.S. Army on May 5, 1945. None of his family remained. He later met his beautiful wife. Runia, in a displaced persons camp. “How did I survive? Luck. Millions of us never made it,” he said. “We did not become bitter or filled with hate. Instead, we rose from the ashes of our tragedy to create new life. It took a lot of courage to bring children into this world.” Upon emigration to the United States in 1946, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society gave him a $5 bill and a siddur. Henry and Runia lived in New York for several years and had their two children, Mark in 1949 and Adele in 1954, while he began working as a tailor in the garment industry. Their family moved to Lancaster, Pa., in 1955 and lived there for 15 years before moving in 1970 to Raleigh, N.C., where Henry continued to advance in his career, ultimately becoming the vice president of operations of K&R Sportswear.
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92, Atlanta
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