Dallas Jewish Funerals

Roslyn Wechsler, 94 years old, passed away on August 3, 2024 at Village on the Parkway-Plano in Plano, Texas. She was born on November 2,1929 in Forest Hills, New York to Samuel and Esther Zaiff. Roslyn grew up in New York and graduated from Forest Hills High School. After high school she received her teaching certification from New York University after which she taught in the New York Public School System for several years before she relocated to Dallas, Texas after she married Roslyn married Lawrence Wechsler on November 24, 1951. They were happily married for 69 years when Larry passed away in October 2019. After moving to Dallas, Roz retired from teaching and became a full-time...

Seymour Ralph Thum, beloved father, grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away peacefully in Dallas at the age of 93. Sy was born in Brooklyn, NY to the late Sally and Morris Thum. He was married to Barbara Kreditor for 57 years. After leaving the Army, Sy graduated with an engineering degree from NC State University. Sy's home for over 55 years was in Dallas. He was very involved in numerous charities including Shearith Israel Synagogue, JCC, Greenhill School, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and volunteering teaching Diabetes management at the VA. He is preceded in death by his parents Sally and Morris Thum, his wife Barbara Thum, and his sister Roslyn Lucks. He is survived by four...

Sidney (Sid) Stahl passed away on March 14, 2024. He was born on August 28, 1933 in Dallas, Texas to I.L. (Louis) and Sarah Stahl. He was a devoted brother to Don Stahl, Helen Rosenberg and Harvey Stahl (of blessed memory). Sid lived in Dallas throughout his life. He received a business degree and, in 1956, a law degree, each from SMU. He served in the US Air Force, based in San Antonio, for two years after law school. There he met his future wife, Judy Sugerman (of blessed memory). They had two daughters, Lori Stahl and Cathy Golden, and three grandchildren, Sara, Stahl, Will Golden and Charlie Golden. Sid had a long and rewarding legal career that included his co-founding the law...

Murray, Fred Colton age 79 passed away peacefully on January 16, 2024, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Murray was preceded in death by his parents, Evelyn, and Jules Colton. He is survived by his loving wife, Diane, sister, Iris, (Dennis) Topletz, sisters in Law, Marla (Joe) Hill, and Pamela Bothwell, nephews Lane (Lupe) Topletz, Casey (Jade) Topletz and niece Wendy Topletz and great nieces and one great nephew. Murray was born May 2, 1944, in Chicago Illinois and moved to Dallas as a young child. He graduated from Hillcrest high school, earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He also served in the...

Kace Benjamin Phillips - devoted husband, loving father and cherished son, brother and friend. Kace, born on May 19, 1986, passed away peacefully with family by his side on January 1, 2024, after a 16-month battle against glioblastoma brain cancer. He packed much into his 37 years, and leaves behind a legacy of warmth and kindness, unwavering love for his family, and unrelenting drive to live life to the fullest. Kace attended St. Mark's School of Texas and then went on to graduate from Arizona State University. He was co-founder and partner at RBA, an award-winning branding and advertising company with a wide array of clients. Family was everything to Kace. He would do anything for his...

Robert E. Kayser passed away in his sleep on Monday, December 4, 2023, in Carrollton, Texas. Please go to https://www.distinctivelife.com/obituaries/Robert-Kayser2/#!/Obituary.com

Rosalind Sue Bell, better known as Rusti to all who knew and loved her, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on December 2, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. She was born on June 20, 1947, the daughter of Lillie and Raymond Steinhorn. Her childhood was spent in both Dallas and Houston, where she graduated from Bellaire High School in 1965. After earning her degree in Education at the University of Oklahoma, Rusti returned to Dallas and became an elementary school teacher. Over the course of her life, Rusti formed many lasting friendships that guaranteed a calendar filled with lunch dates (where chocolate was almost always present) but, more importantly, a loyal team that cared...

Harvey Morris Weiner died on Friday, November 24, 2023 at the age of 83. Harvey was the loving husband of the late Gail Rosinoff Weiner, who passed away in July, 2023. He was the devoted father of Marcia Weiner Mankoff (Doug) and Mark Weiner (Regina). He was the brother of Debbie Weiner Ross (Evan), Margie Weiner Abelson (Gary), and the late Eleanor Weiner Newman (Marvin), and brother-in-law of Bruce Rosinoff (Susan). Harvey cherished his role as grandfather, or "Zayde", to his four grandchildren, Sarah, Max and Eli Mankoff and Ezra Weiner, all four of whom laughed at his jokes, even when they were not funny. That is how much they loved him. Born on July 27, 1940 in the Bronx, NY to parents...

Gail Rosinoff Weiner passed away on July 26, 2023 at the age of 81, surrounded by the love of her family. Gail was the beloved wife of Harvey Weiner, loving mother to Marcia Weiner Mankoff and Mark Weiner, a loyal big sister to brother Bruce Rosinoff, welcoming mother-in-law to Doug Mankoff and Regina Weiner, and devoted "Mooma" to Sarah, Max and Eli Mankoff and Ezra Weiner. Born on April 7, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY to loving parents Marcia and Fredric Rosinoff, Gail grew up in Larchmont, NY, where she learned to dance and was a high school cheerleader. Gail graduated from Wheelock College in Boston in 1963 with her Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education, and from University of Texas at...

Bruce Seymour Schlosberg passed away at age 79 from a two-year battle with Stage IV metastatic melanoma on Monday, June 26. Born in Everett, MA on March 25, 1944, to Freda and David Schlosberg, Bruce attended UMASS where he graduated with a BA in Political Science and received an MPA from the University of Albany. Bruce decided to venture into urban renewal to work to make city living more dynamic and functional. Influenced by political conversations around the table, Bruce's parents instilled in him, his brother Paul, and sister Phyllis (of blessed memory) a passion for helping the underprivileged. He was a lifelong ardent Democrat who frequently took to Facebook to air his...

FRIEDMAN-Marvin. On April 5, 2022. Beloved husband of the late Elisabeth. Father of Roseanne (Richard Amoils), Norman (Stephanie), Samuel G.(Angela). Grandfather of Robert and Alyssa Amoils, Morgan Friedman, Ella and Veronica Friedman. Memorial Service on Friday, 3 PM at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, TX. For more information please refer to Dallasjewishfunerals.com.

Frank Malcolm Cytron, born April 12, 1925, died Jan. 12, 2022. Preceded in death by his loving wife of 72 years, Frances Cytron, and survived by his sons Ron (Betsy) and Scott (Kevin Turner). Proud grandfather of Bryan, Jess (Matias), Melanie and Jacob, and remembered deeply by his sisters Carole Harris and Janice Rosen (deceased), along with numerous nephews, neices and cousins. Frank was born in St. Louis, Mo., to Stanley Cytron and Mildred Cytron Bright, but grew up in Louisville, Ky. After serving in World War II, Frank began his lifetime work in the wholesale manufacturing business selling women's coats throughout the Southwest. He soon met Frances and knew they were destined to spend...

Howard Michael Shapiro, 76, passed away on September 14, 2021, in Dallas, TX surrounded by loving family. Howard was born to Leonard and Roma Shapiro on January 26, 1945, in Detroit, MI. After graduating from Detroit Country Day School in 1962, he attended the University of Michigan where he first earned his BA in history in 1966, and later his medical degree in 1970. He went on to pursue an accomplished career in neuroradiology. He met the love of his life, Linda, in a Jewish photography club in Chicago, IL in 1978, and they married on July 8, 1979. Their first years of marriage were in Chicago, and they moved to Dallas, TX in 1983. They had four children, Deborah, Murray, Samuel, and...

Debra Faye Wishnow Freed, loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend lost her courageous battle with pancreatic cancer peacefully on Sunday, September 12, 2021, surrounded by her family. Debbie was born in Houston on December 2, 1957 to Bess Gelman Wishnow and Harry Meyer Wishnow (a blessed memory). She grew up with her sister (Cindi), enormous extended family and more friends than one could imagine. She learned to play the piano at an early age and became an amazing pianist, in addition to numerous other talents. Debbie attended Bellaire High School where she was a cheerleader, member of the National Honor Society, the Anchor Club, and received the Senior Superlative...

Edward L. Weitz (84) passed away at home on June 17, 2021, from complications of Parkinson's Disease. Edward was born on September 20, 1936, to Dr. Frank and Rose (Manheim) Weitz, in New Orleans, LA. He was raised in Atlanta, GA and graduated from Tulane University. Edward was a Captain in the US Army Reserves, married, raised two children, and worked in the family antique business, Manheim Galleries of New Orleans. In 1982, he and his family moved to Dallas, where he ran Manheim Galleries of Dallas, and then Manheim Weitz, continuing the family business of selling antiques and building high-end custom furniture for world-wide hospitality and retail customers. Edward married Linda...

Carolyn Winick Schlossberg (86) passed away at home on May 7, after a short battle with cancer. Carolyn was born August 19, 1934 in Muncie, Indiana. She graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She married Alan Schlossberg on May 27, 1956, and they raised their family in the Chicago area. They moved to Dallas in 1980. They were happily together until his death in 2010. Carolyn was a tax accountant, serving over 30 years at Vogel CPAs, until she retired at age 82. She is survived by children Kim (and partner Walter Wm. Hofheinz) of Dallas, Mark (and wife Ruth) of Chicago, and Michael (and wife Karen) of Lucas and four loving grandchildren whom she cherished and loved to...

Frances Kahn Cytron, born Feb. 11, 1929, died March 26, 2021. Survived by Frank Cytron, her husband of 72 years, and her sons' Ron Cytron (Betsy) and Scott Cytron (Kevin Turner). Proud grandmother of Bryan, Jess, Melanie and Jacob, and remembered deeply by her sister Sandra Katz, along with numerous nephews, nieces and cousins. Frances was born in Denton, Texas, to Raymond and Ruby Kahn, attended The University of Texas at Austin, and lived her entire adult life in Dallas. A lifelong member of Shearith Israel Synagogue, she will be greatly missed and remembered by all who knew her. The family requests that donations be made in her name to the Paul and Mark Wolens Senior Fund at Shearith...

Lillian Alva Morrow Bierner was born February 20, 1926, in Temple, OK, and died January 18, 2021 in Dallas, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Monroe Sherman Bierner, her parents Thomas and Flossye Morrow, her brother TJ, and her sisters Margaret, Mary Estelle, Edith, and Loma Roselle (Winkie). She is survived by her son Samuel M. Bierner (Joseph Pinson III), her daughter Sally Wells (Wayne), her grandchildren Christopher Keeping, Rachel Jackson, Sara Bierner, and Hanna Bierner, and four great-grandchildren. The family gratefully recognizes Carolyn Payne for her compassionate caregiving and steadfast devotion to our mother over the past ten years. Donations in her...

DORYS SANDRA SUSSMAN passed away in Dallas, Texas on December 30, 2020. Dorys was born in Staten Island, NY to Murray and Edith Rosen on June 14, 1936, and moved to West Palm Beach, FL where she grew up and graduated from West Palm Beach High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Miami, and taught elementary school in the Coral Gables school district. She retained a strong focus on education throughout her life.Dorys and her husband, Paul, to whom she remained devoted for 47 years until his passing in 2004, moved to Texas in 1961, where she raised her family and worked for 25 years as a community liaison for the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, where she...

Naomi Bradford Starr ended her journey peacefully, surrounded by family, Saturday, December 12, 2020 - during Shabbat and Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. Naomi is survived by her son Alex Starr, his wife Lynn (Shapiro) and their children Jamie and Adam; her son Andy Starr, his wife Wendy (Kosberg) and their children Shayna, Jared and Jolie; her son Jonathan Starr and his wife Liz (Bogatin); her brother Rabbi Joe Simckes and his wife Chana; her sister Sima Schapiro and her husband Karl; and her brother Seymour Simckes. Naomi was born on January 19, 1929 to Rabbi Herbert Simckes and Fayette Simckes, in Brooklyn, New York. The family settled near Boston, Massachusetts, where Naomi grew up as...

Stanley Sutkin, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 10, 2020, due to heart failure. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 yrs, Laurie; their children: Gary (Josie), Wes (Tricia), Jennifer (Reid); 7 grandchildren and his faithful companion, his dog Abby. The family had a private graveside on Monday. For more information visit www.dallasjewishfunerals.com