Obituaries

Passed away on October 20, 2021, in Needham, just a few weeks shy of her 102^nd birthday.  Belle was born and raised in New York and was the daughter of the late Harry and Anna Orenstein.  Beloved wife of the late Albert Orlov.  Devoted sister to Goldie Greener, loving mother to Barbara of Hopedale, Peter (Peggy Cohn) of Lexington, MA, and proud grandmother to Alexandra Orlov of Denver, CO and Juliana Allen-Orlov (Daniel) of Honeoye Falls, NY.

Belle was a bright, energetic, and strong woman.  She had a long professional career as a medical assistant for the Brigham Medical Group.  She had an inquiring mind, and she expressed compassion and kindness to everyone she met.  She was an avid news and fiction reader until her last days.   She was the consummate chef and enjoyed spending hours in the kitchen cooking delicious meals for family and friends.

A Graveside Service will be held at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, MA 02067 on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 11:45 AM.  Memorial contributions may be made to The Ledges in the name of Belle Orlov, 55 Mendon St.  Hopedale, MA  01747.

Harris Coles-Of Chestnut Hill, lovingly surrounded by his family, on October 20, 2021.Beloved husband of Elinor (Golden) Coles. Devoted father of Jane Coles Ryter and her husband David and the late Kenny Coles. Devoted son of the late Allie and Rae Leshefsky) Coles. Dear grandfather of Michael and Carrie Ryter. Loving brother of the late Morris Coles. Graveside services at Sharon Memorial Park,40 Dedham St., Sharon, on Friday October 22, 2021 at 9:45 am. Masks and vacination are required. In lieu of flowers remembrances in his memory may be made to Hebrew Senior Life, Marcus Institute Fehnel Research Program, 1200 Centre St., Boston, MA 02131.

Mark David Shooman, of Newton, MA passed away on October 18, 2021. Beloved husband of Elaine Shooman. Loving brother of Harvey Shooman and his dear wife Jay-Anne Shooman of West Long Branch, NJ. Devoted father of Scott Shooman and his wife Sarah Shooman of Los Angeles, CA, Jill Peeling of Miami, FL, and Eric Shooman and his wife Amy Shooman of Westwood, MA. Proud grandfather of Jagger Shooman, Cy Shooman, Sydney Peeling, Hunter Shooman, and Hayden Shooman.

An outdoor service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St., Newton Centre, MA and live streamed. The family requests that masks be worn at the service.

The family will be observing Shiva at Temple Emanuel on the evening of Thursday October 21, 2021 from 6 – 8pm.

In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in memory of Mark Shooman to support Dr. Jacqueline Garcia’s Research Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284

To view the livestream of Mark’s funeral service, please click here

Silk, Carole M. (Berman) age 86, of Chestnut Hill passed away peacefully on Monday, October 18, 2021. Carole was born in Easton, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1935 to the late Moe and Fanny (Holtz) Berman. Towards the end of her life, she spoke fondly of being reunited with her beloved late husband, Charles Silk, who she was married to for 61 years, and her oldest son, Stephen. She is survived by her children Ellen of Sharon, Marc of Medfield and Kenneth of Chestnut Hill as well as by her sister Brenda Berman Leffer. She was predeceased by her sister Elaine Berman Gross. She was loved immensely by her six grandchildren Atlee, Kaitlyn, Camilla, Sam, and Vera Silk, and Dr. Michael Broder. She also leaves behind daughters-in-law Melissa Goodwin Silk, Abigail Gardiner Silk, and Sandi Wolchansky Silk; brothers-in law Buddy Gross and Richard Leffer; as well as many cherished nieces and nephews.

Carole attended Wilson Borough High School and Penn State before receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania. She had the distinction of being the first woman student ever to receive an undergraduate degree from Wharton, graduating as the one and only female in Wharton’s Class of ’56.  After leaving Penn, she gained employment as a statistician on Wall Street and in Cambridge, MA and later worked for the I.R.S while acquiring her real estate broker license. Beyond all of these incredible achievements, Carole invested immeasurably in her four beautiful children and set a tone of love and acceptance for all those who knew her as a matriarch. Needless to say, Carole was selfless, caring and incredibly devoted to her family. While her family always came first, Carole held a deep connection to her faith and greatly treasured her friendships.

Carole’s funeral will be held at Congregation Mishkan Tefila, 384 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA at 11am on Sunday, October 24, and to view the funeral via zoom, please visit  www.mishkantefila.org and the link will be on the homepage. Followed by memorial observance at her son Kenneth’s home until 6pm. Shiva will continue on Monday, October 25 at her daughter Ellen’s home from 4:00pm-6:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm and at her son Marc’s home Tuesday from 5:00pm-8:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Carole’s name to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, 72 River Park Street, Needham, MA 02494 or Congregation Mishkan Tefila.

Services at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, MA on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl. SW, Washington, D.C. 20024

Gladys (Stein) Forman, formerly of Hull, passed away peacefully October 15, 2021 at the age of 97. Beloved wife of the late Michael J. Forman with whom she shared 38 years of marriage.  Loving and devoted mother of Bruce Forman of Delray Beach, FL; Mark Forman of Hull, MA; and Eric Forman of Coconut Creek, FL. Loving mother-in-law of Carol Forman and Robyn Forman. Enormously proud grandmother of Matthew Forman and his fiancée, Alyssa Buell. Adoptive grandmother to Brad & Scott Hickox. Gladys is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and extended family. Graveside Services will be held on Tuesday, October 19, at 1:00pm at the Kopaigorod Cemetery, Baker Street, W. Roxbury.  At the family’s request, there will be no Shiva In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. www.michaeljfox.org

A link to view the funeral service can be found here.

Levine, Myron, 86, formerly of Newton and Natick, passed away on October 15, 2021. Beloved husband of Sandra (Cohen) Levine. Devoted father of David Levine and his wife Terry of Framingham and Steven Levine and his wife Sara of Acton. Proud grandfather of Jacqueline, Michelle, Eli and Ariel. Loving brother of the late Rhoda Kassed.

Myron was born in Boston and raised in Dorchester. He graduated from Boston English High School and Northeastern University. He was married to his wife Sandra for 61 years. They met at Nantasket Beach on Kenberma Street. He started working in his Uncle’s flower business, Central Square Florist in Cambridge, at the age of 13. He became the owner of Central Square Florist in the 1960s. He was passionate about the flower business.

Funeral arrangements are private.

Bernice P. Rich, Age 92, of Randolph, beloved wife of Martin L. Rich, died peacefully after a long illness on October 14, 2021.   Bernice was born on August 7, 1929, in Cambridge, MA and was the daughter of the late David and Dena Halpern.

Bernice was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, dedicated totally to caring for her family and working to better the community.

Bernice was predeceased by her brother Hyman Halpern as well as her sister Ruth Kaner.   She is survived by her husband, two children, daughter Darlene of Randolph and son Jordan with his wife Roberta of Boston and Jordan’s late wife Wendy, as well as granddaughter Lindsay and her husband David of New Jersey, and grandson Andrew of Boston.  Also, two beloved great-grandchildren Elle and Carter of New Jersey.  She is survived by several cousins and nephews.

Graveside service will be held at 11:45am on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, MA.  Masks are required.   Shiva will be private.   In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

Baruch Dayan Emet

You are invited by the Rich Family to a virtual Shiva (via Zoom) for

Bernice Phyllis Rich on Sunday October 17th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm.

to join meeting click here

Sumner Norton Milender, Needham, MA and formerly of Tucson, AZ and Lenox, MA, died peacefully at home on October 12, 2021. Born January 17, 1927 in Brookline, MA to Charles and Florence Milender, he was predeceased by his parents, beloved sister Marcia Milender Abrams and dear wife Edith Morse Milender.

Beloved husband of Edith Michelson Milender, he leaves behind his devoted family including 4 children: Steven Milender (Helen Raschke), Connie Goebel (Jay), Linda Ortwein (Tom), Karen Shackford (Fred), 10 grandchildren and 7 great- grandchildren.

Gregarious and friendly, he never passed up an opportunity to meet someone or start a conversation. “Happy go lucky”, a favorite song and his goal in life – to make others smile and laugh. He was an eternal optimist and entrepreneur; lifelong music lover, voracious learner and reader; avid dancer, skier and tennis player earlier in life.

Sumner attended Runkle School, Brookline High, and graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and Harvard University with a BA in History, 1948. Afterwards, he joined the family leather business, W. Milender and Sons. After selling the business he became a serial entrepreneur and consultant. He was a committed philanthropist focused on education and music. With former wife Edith Morse Milender, he founded Thinking in Music, a program currently used and embraced by the Lemberg Children’s Center at Brandeis University. He also endowed The Milender Seminar in Jewish Communal Leadership for Brandeis graduate students, funded a dance program at University of Arizona and was a generous supporter of Tanglewood music programs.

Services will be private. Donations in his memory may be made to: The Lemberg Children’s Center, 457 Old South St., MS044, Waltham, MA 02453 or Good Shepherd Community Hospice, 90 Wells Ave., Newton, MA 02459, or to a charity of your choice.

Amy (Socol) Phillips, of Framingham, MA passed away on October 10, 2021.  Beloved wife of Daryl Phillips.  Adored daughter of Jerry Socol and Nancy (Lozow) Socol.  Loving and proud parent of David and Brett Shapiro.  Loving sister of Laurie Alford (Stuart) and predeceased by her brother Steven Socol.

Amy was a loving, caring, and generous soul. She had a calling to nurture others and loved the children and families that she took care of. She was completely devoted to her husband, her sons, and her dog Bailey.

A service will be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 in the chapel on the grounds of Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, MA 02067 at 10:00 am. The family requests that masks be worn for the funeral.

The family will be observing Shiva at Amy’s late residence on Wednesday and Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Amy’s name can be made to “Why not Devin Foundation to End DIPG” P.O. Box 755, Framingham, MA 01701.