
Jo Ann Markowitz, a Denver native and former teacher at Hillel Academy, passed away Oct. 14, 2012, in Denver.
Rabbis Steven Foster and Joe Black and Cantor Regina Heit officiated at the Oct. 18 service at Temple Emanuel. Interment followed at Emanuel Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Jo Goldsmith was born Aug. 20, 1955, in Denver. She graduated George Washington High School and Mesa College.
She married Kenneth Markowitz on Nov. 5, 1978.

Miriam Sherman, a Denver resident since 1934, passed away Oct. 18, 2012, in Denver. Rabbi Steven Foster and Cantor Joel Lichterman officiated at the Oct. 21 service at Feldman Chapel.
Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Mrs. Sherman was born July 10, 1917, in Ostrowe, Poland. She immigrated to the US in 1934 and graduated from Denver’s North High School.
Merritt Solomon Yoelin, formerly of Denver and past president of Jewish Family and Child Service of Portland, passed away Oct. 15, 2012, in Portland, Ore. He was 72. A memorial service was held Oct. 18 at Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland.
Mr. Yoelin was born Feb. 16, 1940, in Denver.
He was married to Davita “Cookie” Yoelin for over 30 years. Mrs. Yoelin passed away on Oct. 19, 1999.
A resident of Portland for the past 50 years, Mr. Yoelin practiced law at Samuels, Yoelin, Kantor for...
Abraham Friedman, a former examiner at the New York Stock Exchange, passed away Oct. 1, 2012, in Denver. Rabbi Bernard Gerson officiated at the Oct. 3 graveside service at Mt. Nebo Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
“He was an accomplished man who led a long and bountiful life,” the family said.
Mr. Friedman was born July 22, 1917, in Manhattan, NY. He went to New Utrecht High School and graduated from the City College of New York in 1939.