Obituaries

Jewish Heritage Center coordinator dies

Beryl Schubert Morton died Dec. 2, 2002. She was 73. She was born in Chicago and moved to Arizona in 1957. She was a social worker.

Morton was the coordinator of the Jewish Heritage Center project of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society, an effort that reclaims for the Jewish community the first synagogue building in Phoenix. She joined the AJHS in 1989 as curator and archivist and she served as the executive director until March. She was instrumental in developing a Web site, Shema Arizona, in collaboration with Arizona State University Libraries, that contains transcriptions of 65 oral histories and photos relating to the formation of the Arizona Jewish community. She was a special exhibition curator, docent trainer and newsletter editor for the Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum in the 1980s.

Survivors include her husband, Ira; daughter, Debra Gelbart of Phoenix; son, Joel of Aspen, Colo.; mother, Anne Schubert of Phoenix; brothers, Gordon Schubert of Scottsdale and S. Roy Schubert of Hermosa Beach, Calif.; and two grandchildren.

Services were held at Sinai Mortuary Chapel. Arrangements were by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions are suggested to Jewish Heritage Center, care of the AJHS, 4710 N. 16th St., Suite 201, Phoenix 85016; or Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix 85014.

Marshall Levine

Marshall Levine of Rochester, N.Y., died Nov. 22, 2002. He was 72. He was born in Rochester, and was a brokerage owner.

Survivors include his wife, Linda; sons, David of Albany, N.Y., Robert of Rochester, and William of San Antonio; sister, Myrna of Scottsdale; and six grandchildren.

Contributions are suggested to Logan's Playground, 2515 E. Thomas Road, Suite 16, PMB 823, Phoenix 85016.

Alice Talonn

Alice Talonn of St. Louis died Nov. 23, 2002. She was 71. She was born in St. Louis, and was a retired legal secretary. She was a patron of the St. Louis Symphony.

Survivors include her husband, Dani; daughters, Michelle Blechman of Chicago, and Amy Whitesell of Indianapolis; sister, Betty Hoffman of Phoenix; and five grandchildren.

Private services were held. Contributions are suggested to Temple Beth Israel, 10460 N. 56th St., Scottsdale 85253; or the Phoenix Symphony, 6380 E. Thomas Road, Scottsdale 85251.

Helen Harris

Helen G. Harris of Phoenix died Dec. 1, 2002. She was 93. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Arizona in 1953. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Temple Beth Israel, Beth Hebrew Congregation and CARIH.

Survivors include her sons, Irwin of Phoenix, and Donald of Paradise Valley; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services were held at Sinai Mortuary Chapel, with Rabbi Martin S. Scharf officiating. Arrangements were by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions are suggested to Kivel Campus of Care, 3020 N. 36th St. Phoenix 85018.

Harold Udelman

Harold D. Udelman of Phoenix died Nov. 26, 2002. He was 69. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio, and moved to Arizona in 1964. He was a psychiatrist and served as a captain in the U.S. Army during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was past president of the Arizona Psychiatric Association and a member of the board of directors of the Maricopa County Medical Society.

Survivors include his wife, Linda; daughters, Lisa Lerner of Scottsdale and Tamara of Phoenix; son, Randall of Scottsdale; and three grandchildren.

Services were held at Sinai Mortuary Chapel, with Rabbi William C. Berk officiating. Arrangements were by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions are suggested to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, PMB 516, 3104 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix 85016; or Chrysalis Shelter, 2345 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix 85016.

Dorothy Herzberg

Dorothy Herzberg of Flagstaff died Nov. 30, 2002. She was 95. She was born in Omaha, Neb., and moved to Arizona from California in 1935. She was a member of Temple Beth Israel, and past president of the Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood and the Maricopa County Medical Society Auxiliary.

Survivors include her daughter, Phyllis Wolfskill of Flagstaff; and four grandchildren.

Services were held at Beth Israel Cemetery, with Rabbi Robert G. Klensin officiating. Arrangements were by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions are suggested to Northland Hospice, 1609 S. Plaza Way, Flagstaff 86001; or Arizona Jewish Historical Society, 4710 N. 16th St., Suite 201, Phoenix 85016.

Anne Silvers

Anne Silvers of Illinois died Nov. 30, 2002. She was 82. She was born in Chicago and resided in Scottsdale for 16 years. She was a homemaker and a former member of Temple Solel.

Survivors include her sons, Gary of Lake Forest, Ill., Scott of Burke, Va., and Dennis of Israel; sisters, Sally Cohen and Geri Wasserman; and grandchildren.

Services were held at Green Acres Cemetery. Arrangements were by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions are suggested to Council for Jewish Elderly, 3003 W. Touhy Ave., Chicago, IL 60645.

Sara Kundin

Sara Silvia Kundin of Phoenix died Dec. 4, 2002. She was 93. She was born in Newark, N.J., and moved to Arizona in 1972. She was a legal assistant. She was past president of ORT and Hadassah, and a life member of City of Hope.

Survivors include her daughter, Natalie Schimmel of Woodland Hills, Calif.; sons, Philip of Cave Creek, and Robert of New Windsor, N.Y.; sisters, Roslyn Zenker of Scottsdale, and Jeanette Rosen of Pembroke Pines, Fla.; brother, Seymour Hudson of Toms River, N.J.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services were held at Beth Israel Cemetery. Arrangements were by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions are suggested to Alzheimer's Association, 1028 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix 85006; or City of Hope, 7900 E. Greenway Road, Suite #207, Scottsdale 85260.

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