Remembering locals who made a difference
FLO ECKSTEIN
Publisher
Phoenix too experienced the loss this year of a number of men and women who made a difference in our community. Among them are:
Otto Bendheim, 92, pioneer Valley psychiatrist and founder of Camelback Hos-pital.
Glorianne Engel, 63, associate professor of theater at Arizona State University who designed, directed or performed in 86 plays; and her brother Sheldon, 75, a radio producer.
Florence Frank, 96, executive director in the 1950s of Jewish Family & Children's Service.
Aubrey Grouskay, 88, cattle rancher and longtime president of the board of Kivel Campus of Care.
Dorothy Pickelner, 100, humanities teacher, public speaker, national Hadassah leader, and recipient of the Medal of Honor of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix for decades of leadership.
Fannie Schlomowitz, 94, who successfully lobbied Congress for legislation prohibiting the government from considering Holocaust restitution as income.
Joe Stocker, 90, co-founder in 1948 of the Phoenix Jewish News (now Jewish News of Greater Phoenix), author and bicyclist.
Belle Soltz, 84, site man-ager of the Jewish Com-munity Center Senior Center and recipient of the Belle Latchman Award of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix.
Lois Tuchler, 83, executive director of Jewish Family & Children's Service from 1964-1986, and a child-welfare advocate.
Nat Silverman, 94, com-munity leader and volunteer for 50 years, including for Temple Beth Israel and the United Jewish Campaign.
Saul Silverman, 79, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix for 11 years from the mid-'60s to the mid-'70s.
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