OBITUARIES Geri Burke, age 81 of Miamisburg, passed away Oct. 4. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie NahumParenti; son David Burke and wife Kathy of New Mexico and Texas; four grandchildren, Joseph Nahum, Zachary Johnson, Rachel Burke and Jessica Burke; two greatgrandchildren, Jaylen and Kira; one sister, Linda Sable. She was a medical technologist at Good Samaritan Hospital for more than 30 years and was an avid Ohio State Buckeyes fan and true animal lover. Interment was at Riverview Cemetery. The family requests that donations be made to the SICSA Pet Adoption Center, 2612 Wilmington Pike, Kettering OH 45429. Doris (Miller) Hulman, age 89, of Lafayette Hill, Pa., formerly of Dayton, passed away on Oct. 16 after six months of declining health due to congestive heart failure. She was born in Dayton on Nov. 17, 1923, and resided in Dayton until March 2007, when she moved to Lafayette Hill at age 83, to be near her children. Mrs. Hulman was the youngest of the six children of the late Herman and Hannah Miller. Her father was in the real estate and building business, which provided Mrs. Hulman an early taste of what she did and did not like in building and homes, and played a major role in her life. Her mother instilled her with her major lifelong passion, being part of a large family and caring for family members in their times of need. She met her late husband, Jule Hulman, when he was working at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during World War II.
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They married in 1944, and began building a life together and raising a family. Doris and Jule built their home in Dayton View in 1953, which became a place where family gathered for holidays, anniversaries and birthdays. She was a longtime member of Beth Abraham Synagogue. Mrs. Hulman is survived by her three children, Bruce Hulman of Smyrna, Del., Sonia Hulman of Philadelphia, and Jan Goldman of Olney, Md. She was the proud grandmother of Jan’s three children, Julian Goldman of Olney, Sam Goldman of New York, and Nina Goldman of Baltimore and the very proud great-grandmother of Julian and Masha Goldman’s son, David Goldman. Mrs. Hulman was preceded in death by her husband, Jule Hulman, her parents, her brothers, Morris Miller (Beverly Hills), Albert Miller, Zimmel Miller, Norman Miller (Dayton), and sister, Gertrude Stern (Bloomington, Ill.). Interment was at Beth Abraham Cemetery. The family requests contributions to Organizing for Action, 1201 16th St. NW, Suite 414, Washington, D.C. 20036. Roslyn S. “Roz” Klein, age 82 of Kettering, passed away comfortably at Hospice of Dayton on Oct. 9. Mrs. Klein was a member of Temple Israel, Hadassah and the Ohio and Miami Valley Geriatric Association. She had served on the boards of Hospice of Dayton and Jewish Family Service. Mrs. Klein was an employee of Good Samaritan Hospital for 20 years in pastoral care geriatric counselling and also taught classes there in elder care. She taught courses in the graduate department at the University of Dayton and co-authored two published books. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis D. Klein, and her son, Jay Klein. Mrs. Klein is survived by her husband, Dr. Morton Nelson; daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Robert Rinsky of Cincinnati; two grandchildren, Jessica and Ben Rinsky; sister and brother-in-law, Esther and Joe Farruggio; nephews and cousins. Interment was at Riverview Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Dayton, Good Samaritan Hospital, Down Syndrome Association or the charity of your choice.
Ernest Ostreicher passed away on Oct. 12. He was born April 10, 1925 in Sighet, Romania. He was preceded in death by his parents and younger sister in the Holocaust. He was also preceded in death by his brothers-in-law Jack Wolf and Eugene Krauss. He is survived by his devoted wife of 63 years, Evelyn; daughters, Helen Halcomb, Isabelle Bernal (Robert), Sharon Ostreicher; grandson Aidan Bernal; sisters Shari Krauss and Gita Meryl (Moshe); numerous nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews and cousins. Mr. Ostreicher came to this country via Sweden after World War II as a jeweler. He met his wife and started his family in Lorain, Ohio where he established his profession, learned diamond setting and then opened his own jewelry store, Stricker’s Jewelry. There he met his future partner. He went into the discount business opening Ontario Stores in Springfield and Dayton, where he moved his family. After he left that business, he opened Omart Inc. discount stores in Sidney, Belfontaine and Urbana. When the changes of the discount dynamics happened, he established Drug Mart, a deep discount pharmacy chain in Dayton. After selling his Drug Mart chain, he moved to Sun City Summerlin in Las Vegas. There, he was able to indulge his passions for golf, skiing and playing poker as his full-time retirement activities. He lived there healthy and happy for 17 years. After successfully battling his first occurrence of cancer, he and his wife moved to Walnut Creek, Calif., near two of their daughters. Mr. Ostreicher loved his life and thoroughly enjoyed sharing with children in schools his experiences of living firsthand through the Holocaust. He received tremendous satisfaction knowing that he helped educate people about a horrible time in modern life so that it would never happen again. Mr. Ostreicher considered the United States as the greatest country in the world, only matched by his love for the state of Israel. He communicated this great love by having a tattoo of both flags put above his number from Auschwitz concentration camp. Interment was at Gan Shalom Cemetery, Martinez, Calif. Donations can be made to the Holocaust memorial fund of your choice.
Roz Klein brought Jewish presence to Good Samaritan By Renate Frydman Non-Jewish staff, doctors and Special To The Observer clergy also attended in search Having brought so much of better understanding of the solace and comfort to so many, Jewish faith. Roslyn S. Klein slipped quietly Slowly, Roz’s interaction away on Oct. 9 at Hospice of with Jewish patients expanded. Dayton, leaving a huge gap in She read a Jewish prayer over the hearts of those she had bethe public address system on friended and helped throughFriday mornings. Only Cathoout her life. lic prayers had previously been There are long lists of the read. She had Jewish prayer organizations Roz had voluncards printed to hand out to teered with through the years: patients of all faiths. in the Jewish comShe brought in munity she was a chicken soup and member of the Jewish matzah balls to her Federation’s United department, nurses Jewish Campaign stations, and to Cabinet and on the patients, with permisboard of Jewish Famsion. Roz led seminars ily Service. She also for the entire hospital gave a tremendous dietary staff on Jewish amount of support to menus and recipes. Hospice of Dayton, She promoted offering Hadassah, and the chicken soup on FriRoz Klein University of Dayton. days for all patients. But her greatest influence was Passing out electric candefelt at Good Samaritan Hospilabras for Jewish patients for tal, where she was employed in Friday night and making sure the Pastoral Care Department they had small gifts for Chanufor 20 years. kah were also innovations Roz This Catholic institution had brought to the hospital. many Jewish doctors, nurses “Understanding is key,” Roz and supporters; however, once said, and so she had pastoral Roz came on the scene in the care and other staff to her home Pastoral Care Department in for Sabbath and holiday meals. the mid 1970s, she made the A beautifully set table and disJewish presence felt in a way as cussions of customs heightened never before. their interest in Judaism. She started with those in Roz was with Jewish paher own department, asking if tients when they were in the she could hold services in the last moments of their life and chapel for the High Holy Days: with their families when they Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipwere in turmoil, needing a kind pur. Roz brought touch and sympain Rabbi P. Irving ‘Understanding thetic person to Bloom from is key,’ Roz said, listen. She could Temple Israel for walk spiritedly the first services and so she had into a patient’s and then Rabbi pastoral care and room and bring Samuel Press other staff to her her warmth and from Beth Abrasunny spirit, or home for Sabbath she could tiptoe ham to assist with Passover and holiday meals. silently when services. They they just needed chose prayer texts and wrote a reassuring presence. some parts themselves. The “She had a very special services were well received by generosity of spirit and gift to staff and doctors, nurses and give other people. She lit up a patients, and not just Jewish room with her strong presence ones. and doctors treasured her,” Roz went one step fursays Mary Ann Westhoventher and enabled bedridden Widdowson, her former superpatients to view the services visor. “She had gone through through closed circuit TV in a lot of grief herself, with the their rooms on the holidays. loss of her son to an accident She invited Jewish doctors and her husband, Lewis. She and nurses to participate in turned that around to minister the services, held in the setting to others, understanding their of a Catholic hospital chapel losses. Roz’s influence will go with Catholic religious artion at Good Sam like the ripples facts covered up by approval. in a pond.” THE DAYTON JEWISH OBSERVER • NOVEMBER 2013