Evelyn Gilman Saliman, a lifelong Denverite, passed away Feb. 17, 2013, in Denver. Rabbis Salomon Gruenwald, Ben Greenberg and Steven Foster and Cantor Martin Goldstein officiated at the Feb. 18 service held at the HEA.
Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
“She was elegant, beautiful and charming,” her children said. “Her immaculate kosher home was the center of many delicious family dinners and constantly filled with guests.
“She approached life with sound common sense in a level headed, calm manner. Throughout her life she was a loving confidante and advisor to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and served as the ideal role model to everyone.”
Alfred “Al” Koppel, who escaped Nazi Germany at 14, passed away Jan. 27, 2013, in Fort Collins. Rabbis Ben Newman and Shoshana Leis officiated at the Jan. 29 graveside service at Rose Lawn Cemetery. Goes Funeral Care made the arrangements.
A memorial service will take place Sunday, March 3, 2 p.m., at Har Shalom in Fort Collins.
“Honor was his habit,” Mr. Koppel’s family said. “He was a just man. That was his path through life and we were all elevated by the journey.
“So downtro...
Julius (Yechiel) Berger, who survived the Holocaust in Shanghai and was president of Denver’s Zera Israel for 22 years, passed away February 16, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla. He was 95.
Rabbi Tzvi Steinberg officiated at the Feb. 18 service at Zera Abraham. Mr. Berger was also eulogized by Rabbis Israel M. Kagan, Myer J. Schwab and others. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Mr. Berger was remembered as a person whose dedication to the study of Tora...
Maxine Gold Berman, a teacher and Denver resident since 1938, passed away Feb. 4, 2013, in Denver. Rabbi Brian Immerman and Cantor Regina Heit officiated at the Feb. 8 service held at Temple Emanuel. Interment followed at Emanuel Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
“Maxine’s optimism permeated her life,” her loved ones said. “Her glass was not just half full, it was brimming over. She loved people and saw the best in everyone.
“Family was the most important thing to h...
Hershel Mortimer Pesner passed away Dec. 23, 2012, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The service was held Dec. 26 at Papermans Chapel. Interment followed at Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery. Papermans Mortuary made the arrangements.
“I am blessed to have lived long enough to see my hair turn gray and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into the deep grooves on my face,” Mr. Pesner wrote for his own eulogy. “So many did not laugh long enough and died before their hair had a chance to turn sil...