Dr. Philip Goldhammer, raised in Denver and a graduate of the CU Health Sciences Center, passed away Dec. 11, 2008, in Gig Harbor, Wash. after a long battle with cancer. He was 65.

Services were held Dec. 14 at the Gan Shalom Cemetery in Seattle.

“Philip was an exceptionally loving husband, a kind and giving father, a humorous friend and a compassionate physician,” the family said.

Dr. Goldhammer is survived by his wife Barbara; children Eric and Amy Beth; and siblings JoAnn (Dr. Howard) Kerstein and Nelson Goldhammer.

Contributions may be made to the Seattle Care Alliance or the Smithsonian Institute.

Martin Small, who gave voice to the agony of the Holocaust in his artwork, poems and the memoir Remember Us, passed away Nov. 29, 2008. He was 91.

Rabbi Marc Soloway of Bonai Shalom officiated at the Nov. 30 service held at Har HaShem in Boulder. Interment followed at Crist Mountain View Memorial Park. Crist Mortuary made the arrangements.

Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year, Mr. Small devoted all his strength to completing Remember Us, which was co-authored by Vic Shayne.

All the proceeds from the memoir were used to purchase a Torah for Bonai Shalom.

Mordechai Schmulevicz was born in 1916 in Molczadz, Poland.