Obituaries
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Long before he shaped the political landscape and influenced an Oscar-winning screenplay, David Garth was a Woodmere resident who was born David Goldberg on March 5, 1930 to Leo Goldberg, a lingerie manufacturer, and Beulah Jagoda, who was national vice president of the American Jewish Congress, according to a 1980 New York Times article. more
Longtime resident and business owner Beatrice (Bea) Tolle of Cedarhurst, died on Nov. 29 at the age of 91. more
Creative and intellectual, Cedarhurst resident Andrzej Rzewski could paint and speak intelligently on a broad spectrum of topics. more
Longtime Woodmere resident Norman H. Dachs, a renowned insurance law lawyer who founded one of the oldest legal firms in Nassau County, died of lung cancer at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre on Dec. 10. He was 81. more
Woodmere native Peggy Norden Walker (née Margaret Ann Norden) was known for her generosity of spirit, boundless reserves of love and wisdom, deep loyalty and compassion, a wonderful sense of humor, curiosity, and a rare creative spark that found its expression in color and song, family members said. more
A philanthropist who supported several Jewish organizations and developed a niche market for her family’s supermarket franchise, Lawrence native Randie W. Malinsky died at her home on Oct. 18 of lung cancer. She was 64. more
A self-cultured woman with a self-deprecating sense of humor, Elaine Ruth Brust (née Wieseneck) left her family a gallery of stunning sculpture and a trove of memories. She died in Denver, Colo. on Nov. 14. Brust was 89. more
Former Woodmere resident Pearl Silverstein, who enjoyed games from the handball court to putting puzzles together, died on Nov. 12. She was 93. more
Jo Amer, a Five Towns community activist, who advocated for Jewish rights and the environment, an was involved in politics, died on Oct. 20 after a five-year bout with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 69. more
She was a smart woman who had the highest grades in her high school, attended college and taught French and English in the New York City school system in Brooklyn for five years. more
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