Obituaries

Ruth Glueck of Phoenix died March 1, 2005. She was 87. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Arizona in 1978. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Temple Chai and Beth El Congregation, and was a member of the Beth El choir.

Survivors include her daughters, Helaine Adler and Ernestine Muntner, both of Phoenix; and four grandchildren.

Services were held in Sinai Mortuary Chapel, with Rabbi Mari Chernow and Cantor Sharona Feller officiating. Arrangements were made by Sinai Mortuary.

Contributions are suggested to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix 85014; or Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyn Road, Phoenix 85032.

Lillian Neches

Lillian Neches of West Palm Beach, Fla., died Feb. 22, 2005. She was 88. She was born in New York. She was a retired synagogue receptionist.

Survivors include her daughters, Judi Epstein of Phoenix and Ellen Schonwald of Durham, N.C.; sister, Pauline Chasar of Monroe, N.Y.; brother, Alex Klein of West Palm Beach, Fla.; and four grandchildren.

Services were held at Beth El Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Sinai Mortuary.

Contributions are suggested to New City Jewish Center, 43 Old Schoolhouse Road, New City, NY 10956; or Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1299 Church Road, Wyncote, PA 19095.

Seymour Seigel

Seymour Seigel of Phoenix died March 2, 2005. He was 86. He was born in Waterloo, Iowa, and moved to Arizona in 1945. He was a retired building materials merchant.

Survivors include his daughter, Judi Saban of Phoenix; and two grandchildren.

Services were held at Beth El Cemetery, with Rabbis Arthur Lavinsky and Michael Wasserman officiating. Arrangements were made by Sinai Mortuary.

Contributions are suggested to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix 85014; and Beth El Congregation, 1118 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix 85021.

Pearl Ronay

Pearl Ronay, 88, passed away February 21, 2005 in Israel.

Burial was held Friday, February 25 at Beth El Cemetery, Phoenix.

Pearl, together with her husband Robert Ronay, served the Jewish Community for decades with the Ronay's Gold Star Bakery. Preceding the Gold Star Bakery was Phoenix's first Kosher Bakery, the Sun Valley Bakeries, founded by Pearl's father, Joseph Wilkins in the 1940's. Pearl and Bob Ronay were among the founding members of Beth El Synagogue. Pearl moved to be with her daughter's family in Israel after the death of her husband in 2002.

She is survived by sister Lillian Shanks, daughter Jo-Beth (Shmuel Ben Yehuda), and sons Daniel Ronay and Shane (Rivka) Ronay. She loved and was especially proud of her five grandchildren, Noa, Shiran, and Lior in Israel, and Yoni and Tali in Monsey, NY.

Pearl leaves a legacy of giving, both of herself by volunteering her time and of giving tzedakah at every opportunity. She passed away on a Kibbutz in Israel surrounded by the people she loved. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Robert Ronay, who passed away in 2002.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the Beth El Rabbi's Discretionary Fund, c/o Beth El Congregation, 1118 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021. Additional acts of kindness will do honor to her memory.

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