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METRO End of life: Continued from page 1. “Once a day, write down three to five things you are grateful for,” she said. “They can be little things. And writing it down is better than just thinking it. If you write it down regularly, you start to train your brain to think that way.” Having prioritized the important things in life can also help ease the dying process, Reiss said. And one should not wait until one is dying to do so. “Somewhere in this life — long before serious issues arise — we should not lose sight of what is truly important to us,” she said. “And what is most important to us is usually people. You would hate to wake up one day, and wish you had spent your life differently.” Achieving closure with loved ones can be crucial in lending comfort to those who are dying, said Ralph Capone, medical director of the Sivitz Jewish Hospice. To that end, it is sometimes best to choose hospice care, providing an opportunity to spend meaningful time with their family and friends, rather than dying in a hospital while undergoing extreme life-prolonging treatments. The goal of hospice is to provide symptom management, Capone said, not to hasten the dying process. At hospice, the emotional, spiritual, and psychological needs of a patient are treated, and pain management is provided. Hospice care is not curative. “We have to recognize the limits of technology, and recognize when technology is no longer serving the patient,” Capone said. “Treating human life with dignity is important until the end,” he said. In the Middle Ages, Capone noted, people died slowly at home, giving them time to make their final peace with family
Obituaries: Continued from previous page. and Alexa Baer, Owen and Cealy Fryncko and Nicholas Rodgers. As a member of the Greatest Generation, he was a World War II U.S. Army Tank Commander; he served in armored reconnaissance with the 12th Armored Division. As such, he was one of the first soldiers to enter and liberate the Dachau Concentration Camp. After the war, Solomon and his wife were proprietors of Milligram's General Store in Harwick, Pa. He worked as a mason for over 60 years; Solomon was a member of the Pollock Lodge in Tarentum, as well as the chairman of the trustees of the Jewish Family Assistance Fund. A private service was held in Homewood Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Young People's Synagogue, 6404 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or to the Zionist Organization of America, Pittsburgh District, 6507 Wilkins Ave., Suite 102, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Arrangements by D'Alessandro Funeral Home, Ltd., 4522 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201. www.dalessandroltd.com TYSON: On Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, Shirley G. (Temeles) Tyson; beloved wife of Harvey J. Tyson and the late Dr. Harold Goldblum; beloved mother of Lee Goldblum, Pamela (Jeffrey Kaisershot) Goldblum, Jeffrey Goldblum and the late Rick Goldblum; sister of Arlen (Marlene) Temeles, the late Roy Temeles, and the late Bernice (late Joseph)
members and friends, and to have closure. “Today, we’re robbed of that opportunity,” he said. “And for many patients, it’s important to have that closure.” “Closure,” in fact, is the name of a five-year initiative, sponsored by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, to help facilitate planning for the end of life, and to educate people about the various end-of-life options available to them. “Our overall goal is to change people’s expectations for care at the end of life,” said Nancy Zionts, chief program officer for the JHF. “Closure,” which can be found at closure.org, provides tools and resources for families, allowing them to be proactive in planning for the death of loved ones. “It’s mostly about conversations,” said Zionts, emphasizing that people should to talk about what they want and don’t want at the end of life. “It’s really important that families think about these issues when they are not in a crisis situation.” Like Capone, Zionts believes that lifeprolonging technology can rob people of a comfortable and peaceful end-of-life experience. “Often, we cure someone to death,” she said, adding that most people, if given the choice, would not wish to die attached to machines in a hospital. Hospice and palliative care are what people want when they are dying, Zionts said, but these choices need to be discussed before a death is imminent. “People need to know they have a right to direct their own care, and to even refuse care,” Zionts said. “Sometimes they find out too late that they could’ve been more of a player in their own life — and death.” (Toby Tabachnick can be reached at tobyt@thejewishchronicle.net.)
Geffner; sister-in-law of Evelyn Temeles; aunt of Jon (Molly) Tyson, Samantha (Michael Schwartz) Tyson, Marisa Porter, Gillian Porter, Lisanne (Jeff) Semion, Randy (Rhonda) Temeles, Sherri Temeles, Penny (Ralph Dioletta) Temeles, Tony Brockway, Sam (Gabriela Larios) Temeles, Sam (Mare) Geffner and Debbie (Bill Holcomb) Geffner. Services and interment were private. Contributions may be made to UPMC Shadyside Hospital c/o CardioPulmonary Rehabilitation, Suite #302, 523 S. Aiken Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Arrangements by Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. www.schugar.com WEIN: On Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, Joseph Wein, (four days shy of) 84; beloved husband and best friend of Rosalyn Eisner Wein; loving father of Cheryl (David) Weisberg, Tedd Wein, and Alisa (Robbie) Oppenheim; son of the late Thomas and Sophie Wein; brother of the late Morris Wein, Victor Wein, and Rosalyn Goldberg; brother-in-law of Sam and Irwin Eisner; grandfather of Lee, Elana, Robin, Amy, Michael and Sari; also survived by a niece, nephews and cousins. Services were held at Ralph Schugar Chapel; interment Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to B'nai B'rith, 1824 Murray Ave., Ste. 302, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or HadassahGreater Pittsburgh Chapter, 1824 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Arrangements by Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. www.schugar.com
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DAVA BERKMAN .......................ESTHER BERKMAN CLARYNE & SANFORD BERMAN......................................ARTHUR W. FRIED CHARLOTTE BLUESTONE..........LEON BLUESTONE CHARLOTTE BLUESTONE ..........MORRIS VINCOUR PAULA CALLIS ..................................MEYER WEISS LOIS CRONE ............................DAVID SILVERBLATT STACEY EISNER..............................LOTTIE GERBER SHIRLEY ESTNER ............................HELEN CITRON WILLIAM FAIRMAN....................GEORGE FAIRMAN WILLIAM FAIRMAN ....................FLORENCE STONE SHERMAN FARBSTEIN............JULIA P. FARBSTEIN ROBERTA FELDMAN ...........JOSEPHINE FELDMAN SHARON & MORRY FELDMAN ...................................JEFFREY S. WEISS EILEEN FOX...................................MOLLIE SAMUEL ABE FRIEDMAN ...................................MILTON RIPP SHIRLEY GOLD..........................JACOB J. GORDON SUSAN GOLDMAN ...............ISADORE PACHTMAN MARK HELLER ...................................ETHEL RUBEN BELLA HEPPENHEIMER...............................HELENE HEPPENHEIMER ILENE ISKOE .................MARTHA TRACHTENBERG MARY JATLOW.................................CELIA GLANTZ LESLIE & CAROL ANN KLEIN ...........................................ERNESTINE KLEIN SHARON KNAPP .........................NETTIE GALANTY SHARON KNAPP .................................LEAH KNAPP LEONARD KOPELSON .............MIRIAM KOPELSON
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DR. SEYMOURE KRAUSE......SAMUEL M. KRAUSE JACK LANDIS ...............................RAE G. LEBOVITZ JERRY & JUDITH LEBOVITZ ....................................ELSEI P. LEBOVITZ MEL & RACHEL LEFF............................JAMES LEFF JAY LIPP...................................................ALICE LIPP IRENE S. LOUIK ......................BERTHA ACKERMAN MARY B. MARKS ............................JOSEPH BAKER MARY B. MARKS ........................ESTHER R. KARPO IDA JEAN & ROBERT MCCORMLEY.....................BENJAMIN SILBERMAN S. SANFORD NEFT ........................FLORENCE NEFT MARCIA & JOEL PLATT..............MADYLENE PLATT RONNA ROBINSON ........................MILTON LINDER ARLYNE SEGALL ...........HARRY & RAE BERNNARD MR. AND MRS. MARTIN SILVERMAN............................MOLLIE GREENFIELD DALE SINGER ................................SAMUEL SLOAN JOYCE SINIAKIN & FAMILY .......................................JENNIE MURSTEIN JOYCE SINIAKIN & FAMILY ...........................PHILLIP & BESSIE ESCOTT EVELYN SOLOMON ....................JOSEPH & JENNIE SHRAYER LYNDA LEE STERN .......SYLVIA & EDWARD STERN IRIS TENNENBAUM ......................ABE KOTOVSKTY ARNOLD WAGNER..........................TILLIE SCHILLIT
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22: RUTH BOIMEL, NATHAN COHEN, EVA DAVIDSON, ABRAHAM J. EPSTEIN, GERTRUDE FRIEDLANDER, ISADORE GOODMAN, MARY UNIKEL HEDEMAN, HARRY LEGON, MAX LEVENSON, TILLIE LEVENSON, MAX LEVINE, VICTOR LEVINE, ESTHER MALLINGER, JULIA MANKIN, MAURICE MARKEL, ROSE H. MIRSKEY, DAVID NEWMAN, BENJAMIN G. OCHS, MARIAN POLLACK, ESTHER RACUSIN, SAMUEL RATUSCH, EUGENE NEIL REUBEN, SARAH ROTH, ANNA RUZENWICH, MORRIS SCHAFFEL, ROSE SCHWARTZ, LEAH SHEINBERG, NACHUM RUBEN SISSMAN, LOUIS SNYDER, RAE SOLOMON, ROSE STONE, DR. LEONARD STUTZ, PAULINE WEINER, TANIA YORK, BENJAMIN A. ZACKS, ISAAC ZECHER, ABRAM M. ZIEDEN, ABRAM M. ZIEDMAN. MONDAY, JANUARY 23: PHILIP BACKER, JACK BERMAN, BERNARD BIGG, AARON H. BRAUNSTEIN, DAVID DUGAN, LOUIS FINEBERG, ABRAHAM J. FRIEDMAN, LAWRENCE F. FRIEDMAN, SAM GERSON, HARRY GLICK, JAMES A. GLICK, NATHAN GREENBERG, FRANCES S. WINSBERG GUSKY, SAMUEL HARRIS, SARAH KALLUS, HARRY LEBOW, BETTY LENCHNER, DORA R. LEVENSON, FANNY LEVINE, ABE D. LEVY, BESS LEVY, JACOB LINDER, ESTHER LIPSICH, VIOLET SEMINS PARIS, MINNIE PECARSKY, BESSIE KRASIK RASKIN, ISADORE REISBERG, FANNIE FINKELPEARL ROBIN, CHARLOTTE RUBIN, BEN SCOLNIK, ABE SEEWALD, LENA SEGAL, JACOB SHAPIRO, SARAH ESTHER SILVERBLATT, REBECCA SISSER, DR. BERNARD J. SLONE, FANNIE SMOLEVITZ, ESTHER CHARIE SOLOMON, JENNIE S. SOLOMON, ROSE STEINBERG, ANN TERGULITZA, MYER TOIG, FREDA VENETSKY, SAM R. WEISS, ISRAEL J. WILLIAMS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24: REBECCA BETTY ALPERT, BLANCHE STEIN BANOV, MATILDA BARNETT, IRENE BLOOM, CECILE K. BROWN, IDA SCHERMER BURSTIN, FLORENCE RAVICK FISHKIN, GOLDIE FRIEDMAN, HERMAN FRIEDMAN, BESSIE GOLDSTEIN, HARRY B. HARRIS, LEOPOLD HEPPENHEIMER, JENNIE HOFFMAN, ALEX HONIG, VIVIAN S. HYMAN, SAMUEL KLEIN, CARL J. KLETZ, ALBERT LEBOVITZ, JAMES LEFF, DAVID LEVY, MATHILDA LINDNER, ILENE GROSSMAN MATTOCK, TEMA MESSER, HAROLD MITTMAN, MAYER ODLE, MAYER OLDE, HELEN ORTH, BERNARD PERIS, MORRIS ROSENBLOOM, LEAH ROSENFELD, BEATRICE RITA WEIL RUBEN, DR. MAX A. RUBINSTEIN, ESTHER SADOWSKY, ELIZABETH ALPERT SAPEER, ANNA L. SAVILLE, MAX SCHLESSINGER, HARRY SCHMIDT, GERTRUDE SHAKESPEARE, MORRIS SHENDOWICH, RABBI KALMAN SLIFKIN, WILLIAM SOLOMON, WILLIAM SPOKANE, BENJAMIN STEIN, MORTON STEIN, ROSE TAUBER WASSER, ANNA WATTENMAKER, ROSE WEDNER, JONAS H. WEIL, GOLDIE WOLFE, MARY SULKES WOLK. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25: EMIL BAHM, SYLVIA S. BERGER, FRANCES LEVENSON CAREY, RUTH H. COHEN, FANNY EISENFELD, HARRY T. FEINBERG, NOCHIM GELMAN, PHILIP GOLDBLUM, NORMA MARKS KLEIN, SAMUEL E. KLEIN, MILTON E. KLEIN, MD, ANNE KLIEGER, ROSE L. KLINE, SAMUEL LEVINE, ESTELLE E. MARTIN, JACOB ALEX MILLER, JACOB H. MILLER, BESSIE NETZER, HAROLD J. PASEKOFF, RACHEL PLACK, DR. GEORGE RAFFEL, IRWIN REUBEN, SAMUEL RICHMAN, MOLLIE ROBINSON, SAMUEL ROBINSON, JACOB ROSENBERG, LOUIS L. SCHWARTZ, EVA SEDER, ANNA SHAPIRO, ANNA SHAPIRO, BESSE GRINBERG SHAPIRO, SOPHIE SHAPIRO, ANNA SIGESMUND, CHAIM SILBERBLATT, CHAIM SILBERBLATT, SOLOMON SILKEN, YETTA SINGER, HENRY SOLOMON, ELDER H. STEIN, BERTHA STEINITZ, ALBERT J. SUPOWITZ, ROSE TABOR, LOUIS TENENOUSER, DAVID VICTOR, JOHN D. WHITEMAN, GOLDIE H. ZACKS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26: ISABELLE PITLER BACKER, MOLLIE BECK, BEN BREMAN, SAMUEL DARLING, IRVIN FRANK, HARRY FRIEDMAN, LOUIS M. GARDNER, GOLDIE GOLD, SAMUEL SHY GOODMAN, SIDNEY H. GREEN, JOSEPHINE CITRON GROSS, FLORENCE HIEDOVITZ, LUCILLE UNGER HILL, PAUL IBE, MAX M. JACOBSON, FANNIE KLEIN, ROSE KLEIN, REGINA KOSSMAN, MORRIS KROW, ETHEL KRUKOFF, SARAH LEIBER, ISAAC A. LEWIS, ROSE LINDER, ABRAHAM MANDELBLATT, SOLOMON MIDDLEMAN, SIMON MOLL, YITTA MOSKOWITZ, MEYER POPKINS, LOUIS ROSENBLOOM, LOUIS Z. RUBIN, FANI SAFIR, JOSEPH SAFIR, HARRY SAUL, BLANCHE L. SCHWARTZ, BERNICE SEMINS, MABEL H. SHAEFFER, LENA SHAPIRO, SYLVIA SILBERMAN, WILLIAM SIVITZ, ABA MARJASZ SOMMERSTEIN, WILLIAM SUGAR, ABA MARJASZ SUMMERSTEIN, RUSSELL TANUR, JOSEPH WEISS, BENNETT ZEFF. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27: SAMUEL BAEM, BERTHA BAER, HARRY N. BAILISS, LIBBIE CALLET, R. OSCAR COHEN, SARA T. DAVIDSON, GEORGE J. FAIRMAN, JOSEPH GRAY, DR. JOHN J. HORWTIZ, SARA R. JACOBSON, SAM KAUFMAN, LILLIAN KLEIN, MAX KWELLER, FANNIE KWALWASSER LAZAR, REGINA GLUCK LEBEAU, SCHIMEN HIRSH LEVIN, MORRIS LEVY, KATIE LINCOFF, JOSEPH H. LUXENBERG, MAURICE A. MARCUS, HARRY MEYER, MARY MYERS, IRWIN NEWMAN, LT. LOUIS NEWMAN, LOUIS POLLOCK, HARRY PRETTER, RACHAEL RAPAPORT, BELLA RICHMAN, DOROTHY ROSENTHAL, MAX ROTH, MAX RUBIN, MOLLIE SAMUEL, NATHAN SCHEIN, MARTIN E. SELIGMAN, JACOB SHAPINSKY, DR. ABRAHAM SHAPIRA, OTTO SLIFKIN, FLORENCE STONE, PAULINE STRAUSS, MEYER STRENG, MOSES TENENBAUM, MOSES R. TRAUERMAN, JENNIE WALK, IRENE M. WOLFE, ETTA YOUNG, VICTORIA ZIMMER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28: GERTRUDE BERENFIELD, HARRY BERNNARD, NATHAN BILDER, SIGMUND BLOCK, PAUL CARPE, JOEL DAVID COHEN, MORRIS COHEN, LILLIAN COOK, MINNIE FARBER, MORRIS FLESHMAN, SAMUEL J FRANKEL, PAUL FREEDMAN, JENNIE GLICK, RAYMOND GORDON, SANFORD K. GREENBERG, MORRIS GROSSMAN, LIPA HAIMOVITZ, JOSEPH HERMAN, EDWARD HERTZ, ROSE KITMAN, ANNA HARR KRAUSE, HARRY LAUTMAN, SYLVIA LEBMAN, IDA RAE LEVENSON, JULIUS A. LEVY, YETTA MALITOVSKY, MAY MARIANS, MORRIS OSGOOD, MADYLENE PLATT, DORA PLEET, ISSAC PORTNOY, JACK QUINT, HERMAN A. REICH, FANNIE ROSE, DOROTHY ROSENTHAL, ALEC SAMUELS, DR.EUGENE J. SCHACHTER, ROSE SCHWARTZ, ROSE SCHWARTZ, REUBEN SHURE, SHOLEM SIGLER, GERTRUDE SILBERMAN, JACOB SILVERBLATT, MAX SILVERMAN, MILTON SILVERSTEIN, DR. DAVID SIMON, JACOB W. SIMON, RACHEL SINGER, SADIE KURTZ SNIDER, HARRY SPERO, JULIA STERN, HYMAN SUGAR, DR. NOAH L. SUNSTEIN, PEARL VOLENSKY, ALVIN WEINBERGER, ESTHER PAKLER WEISS, MOISHY N. WOLOVITZ, WILLIAM A. ZEFF,