April 25, 2003/Nisan 23 5763, Vol. 55, No. 35
Jewish News co-founder dies
Stocker joined the Phoenix Jewish News in the late 1940s as co-publisher with Bud Goldman. Stocker and Goldman took over the then-monthly publication from the Phoenix Jewish Community Council (predecessor to Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix) to create an independent Jewish comm-unity newspaper. Soon after, Goldman bought out Stocker and hired him as editor, a position Stocker held until 1961 when the paper was sold to Pearl and Cecil Newmark. Stocker also served as a free-lance writer for Sat-urday Evening Post, Collier's Redbook, McCall's, Popular Mechanics, Reader's Digest and Arizona Highways. He wrote four books on education and travel. Stocker was a veteran of World War II. He was involved with the Council for Civic Unity, the Arizona Civil Liberties Union, the Anti-De-famation League and was editor of the ADL newsletter on a volunteer basis. Survivors include his sons, David Stocker, Marc Stocker and Steven Stocker; sister, Naomi Gordon; brother, Allan Stocker and one grandchild. Funeral services were held April 22 at Sinai Memorial Chapel. |
