Obituaries

Fred D. Stern

Fred D. Stern of Phoenix died May 14, 2004. He was 92. He was born in Germany, and moved to Arizona from Connecticut in 1960. He was a retired apparel merchant. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, and was a member of the Jewish War Veterans and Beth El Congregation.

Survivors include his sons, Steven of Newport Beach, Calif.; and Mel of Laguna Hills, Calif.

Services were held at Beth El Cemetery, with Rabbi Arthur Lavinsky and Cantor Marc Philippe officiating. Arrangements were made by Sinai Mortuary.

Contributions are suggested to American Heart Association, 2929 S. 48th St., Tempe 85282.

Raymond F. Zack

Raymond (Rick) F. Zack of Scottsdale died May 23, 2004. He was 56. He was born in Detroit and moved to Arizona from California in 1978. He was an entrepreneur.

Survivors include his sons, Erik and Andrew of Scottsdale; mother, Anna of Scottsdale; and brothers, Seymour of West Bloomfield, Mich., David of Scottsdale and Jerry of Phoenix.

Services were held at Beth El Cemetery, with Rabbi Peter S. Levi officiating. Arrangements were made by Sinai Mortuary.

Contributions are suggested to American Heart Association, 2929 S. 48th St., Tempe 85282; or American Cancer Society, 2929 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix 85016.

Fred Ligerman

Fred Ligerman of Scottsdale died May 24, 2004. He was 60. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was a trust officer in finance. He was a member of Temple Solel.

Survivors include his wife, Jan; daughter, Shari of Scottsdale; son, David of Scottsdale; parents, Rose and Morris Davidowitz of Lauderhill, Fla.; and sister, Brenda Klein of Orlando, Fla.

Services were held in Long Island, N.Y. Arrangements were made by Green Acres Mortuary.

Contributions are suggested to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 4343 E. Camelback Road, Suite 450, Phoenix 85018; or Scottsdale Healthcare Shea, 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale 85260.

Minnie Lotstein

Minnie Lotstein of Scottsdale died May 24, 2004. She was 90. She was born in Philadelphia and moved to Arizona from Pennsylvania in 1978. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include her daughter, Susan Hymson of Scottsdale; son, Barnett of Phoenix; brother, Louis Firestein of Austin, Texas; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be held 1 p.m. today (Friday, May 28) at Sinai Mortuary Chapel, with Rabbi Stephen Kahn officiating. Arrangements were made by Sinai Mortuary.

Contributions are suggest-ed to Hospice of Arizona, 2222 W. Northern Ave., Phoenix 85021.

Diana Wilmer

Diana Wilmer of Mesa died May 21, 2004. She was 89. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Arizona from California in 1990. She was a retired secretary in the manufacturing field.

Survivors include her sister, Molly Kolker of Mesa; and brothers, Steven Gordon of Prescott and Aaron Gordon of Mesa.

Arrangements were made by Sinai Mortuary. Contributions are suggested to Yiddish Book Center, 48 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA, 01075.

Toby Radasky Kornreich

Toby Radasky Kornreich, age 52, died May 25, 2004 at home in Paradise Valley, Arizona, surrounded by friends and family. Born March 27, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Solomon and Frieda Radasky, of blessed memory. She is survived by her husband Dr. Michael Kornreich and their children, Leslie, Marley and Jay of Paradise Valley, Arizona; her brother David Radasky, his wife Sylvia and their son Marc of Prairie Village, Kansas; her in-laws Jerome and Bunty Kornreich of Boynton Beach, Florida; her sisters-in-law Barbara Weston of Boynton, Beach, Florida and Margie Kornreich of Bayside, New York; her niece and nephew Lori and Michael Gurtman of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and Steven Goldsmith of Boca Raton, Florida; lifetime childhood friends Julie Schwam Harris, Adele Levy Wormser and Sherry Grossman Berlin from New Orleans, Louisiana; and dear friends from the Phoenix area and throughout the United States.

Toby was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, elected to the Who's Who Among Students In American Universities and Colleges, and received a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In the mid-1970s while living in Washington, D.C., she was the Public Relations Secretary for Congresswoman Lindy Boggs of New Orleans, then served as a United States Congressional Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In Arizona she worked as a lobbyist for the Salt River Project, at which time she helped secure multimillion-dollar funding to raise the height of Roosevelt Dam. Then, for Governor Bruce Babbitt, she served as a legislative liaison to the Arizona State Legislature. She was then a longtime Senior Research Analyst for Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

Civically, she has served on the board of Temple Beth Sholom of Chandler and on the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix. Toby also was a member of Har Zion Congregation of Scottsdale, Arizona.

Toby, a nonsmoker, lost her fight against lung cancer. Our family would like to thank all those who have visited and fed us, driven her to chemotherapy, and, especially, prayed for her during the past four-and-a-half years. Without your help, she would not have defied the odds for so long. Toby's courage was an inspiration to all who had the good fortune of knowing her.

Funeral services were held Friday, May 28th in Scottsdale, Arizona. In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be sent to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW., Washington, D.C. 20024. Arrangements by Sinai Mortuary.

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