18 — THE JEWISH CHRONICLE DECEMBER 22, 2011
OBITUARY ALT: On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, Pearl Alt; beloved wife of the late Albert Alt; beloved mother of Peter (Ava) Alt and Ronna (Marc) Taub; sister of Sammy (Gloria) Lightman, the late Edith (Ivan) Weiskopf, Henry Lightman and A. Roy Lightman; sister-in-law of Eleanor Morley, Ben Freedman, the late May (Irv) Croll, Sam (Estelle) Alt, Lester (Jeanette) Alt, Dorothy Freedman, and Vivian (Al) Nadler; grandmother of Heather (Matt) Olsen, Andrew Alt, Emily (Adam) Webb and David (Rasheena) Taub; great-grandmother of Ari and Ella Taub and Violet and Oliver Webb; also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Services were held at Temple Beth El of Boca Raton, Fla. Entombment Temple Beth El Mausoleum. Contributions may be made to Children's Tumor Foundation, 95 Pine St., 16th Floor, New York, NY 10005 or Temple Emanuel of South Hills, 1250 Bower Hill Road, Pittsburgh , PA 15243. Arrangements by Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. www.schugar.com
BAER: On Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, Helen (Scheimer) Baer, 91, of Mt. Lebanon; beloved wife of the late Henry “Budd” Baer; loving mother of Max (Beth) Baer, Mark (Jill) Baer, Lisa (Curt) Cron; sister of Buz Schiemer; grandmother of Ben, Andy, Bryan (Jenna), Samantha (Greg) McVicker and Adam (Claire), Gregg (Stacey), Chadd (Tracy) and Kalli; great-grandmother of Ella, Grace, Delaney, Carter, Jackson and Jillian. Services were held at William Slater II Funeral Service; contributions may be made to The Allegheny County Music Festival Fund (ACMFF), Dept. of Human Services Attn: Marc Cherna, 1 Smithfield St. 1st Fl., Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Arrangements by William Slater II Funeral Service, 1650 Greentree Road, Scott Township, PA 15220. www.slaterfuneral.com FRIEDLAND: On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011; Sandra M. Friedland; beloved wife of the Late Aaron J. Friedland; loving mother of Gregory
(Dawn) Friedland of Monroeville and Andrew (Denise) Friedland of Plum Boro; sister of Alvin Gothardt; grandmother of Joshua, Alyssa and Ashley Friedland. Services and interment at Temple Sinai Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. www.schugar.com
was also active in building the Shaare Torah shul on Murray Avenue; interment Taos. Contributions may be made to Temple Emanuel of South Hills, 1250 Bower Hill Road, Pittsburgh 15243. Arrangements by Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. www.schugar.com
GORDON: On Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, Norman Gordon, 94 of Taos, N.M., formerly of Mt. Lebanon and Scottsdale, Ariz.; devoted husband of the late Jean Wald Gordon; beloved father of Robert Gordon of Sydney, Australia, and Betty (Scott) Sanger of Taos; cherished grandfather of Abby (Robert) Gonzalez and Aaron Sanger; beloved brother of Ruth (Jack) London of Pittsburgh; also survived by nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. Norman was one of the founding members, a long-time lay leader and the fourth president of Temple Emanuel of South Hills. He
MENDELSON: On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, Alan Frank Mendelson; dear friend of George A. Virostek; beloved son of the late Richard and Sylvia Mendelson; brother of Renee (Robert S.) Epstein of Gilbert, Ariz.; uncle of the late Jacob Ross Epstein. Services and interment at Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Pittsburgh Aids Task Force, 5913 Penn Ave., 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Arrangements by Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. www.schugar.com
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