Obituaries

Bilsky, Edward G. “Ed” of Framingham, MA passed away on August 24, 2021. Devoted son of the late Morton and Lois Bilsky and beloved husband of Susan M. Bilsky. Cherished father of Michela Rosenblum and her husband Zachary Rosenblum.

Ed was a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who devoted his career to the care of his fellow man. He was optimistic and brave throughout his battle with cancer, never losing his wit and sense of humor.

Services are private. In lieu of flowers, remembrances in Ed’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.

Susan E. Jacobs of Peabody, entered peacefully into rest on Monday, August 23, 2021. Devoted widow of Cyril R. Jacobs, mother to Eric Jacobs and wife Christine and Gary Jacobs and wife Vicki, sister to Linda Minsky, brother-in-law to Alan Minsky, grandmother to Natasha and Piper Jacobs, step-grandmother to EJ Genest, Auntie Susan to Jill Twomey, Adam Minsky, and Robin LaRosa, friend to many, loved and missed by all.

In addition to her family she is survived by dozens of friends, many of whom she knew for over 50 years, who became as family to her.

Susan spent her entire career doing what she loved – nursing. The qualities that made her a good nurse also made her a good mother and a good friend: an innate nurturer, a healer of hurts, a comfort to the sick.

A private graveside service will be held August 25 at Sharon Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Susan’s name to the American Stroke Association, 300 5th Ave., Suite 6, Waltham, MA 02451.

Spielman, Judith (Miller), of Newton, MA, passed away August 21, 2021. Beloved wife of the late Andrew Spielman. Devoted mother of David Spielman and his wife Susan Fay, Deborah Spielman, and Sue Spielman and her husband Steve Spielman. Proud grandmother of Madeline Beeders, Sara Spielman and husband Brandon Cipriani, Jacob Beeders, Samantha Spielman, Julia Spielman, Alexander Spielman, and Maya Beeders. Loving sister of Harold and William Miller.  Among Judith’s many accomplishments she was a Harvard University microbiologist and one of the first female PhD candidates at Johns Hopkins. Graveside services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Judith’s memory may be made to Jewish Family & Children’s Service.

Allen J. Koritz, of Wrentham,  died peacefully on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Beloved son of Sylvia (Zuckerman) Koritz and the late Harold Koritz. Loving brother of Carla Koritz and the late Karen Koritz-Estock. A private Graveside Service will be held at Sharon Memorial Park on Sunday, August 22, 2021.

Barbara Zetlin Pressman, age 84, of Parkland, FL, formerly of Wellesley and Chestnut Hill, MA, died peacefully on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.

Barbara, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother is survived by her daughter, Lori Zetlin Rosmarin and her husband Adam Rosmarin of Boca Raton, FL, Eric Zetlin of Reno, NV, and Richard and his wife Leslie Zetlin of Ashland, MA. She is the beloved grandmother of Derek and Renee, Samantha, Taylor, and Jacob Zetlin. Barbara was also a great-grandmother of Palmer Zetlin.

Barbara loved her family. She enjoyed family dinners, watching sports and spending time with friends.  Barbara was an avid Patriots, Celtics and Red Sox fan, attending as many live events as she could for many years. She formerly worked as a bookkeeper at Firestone Financial and then opened her own bookkeeping practice. Barbara loved to travel and visited amazing locations across the country and around the world. Despite the distance separating them over the years, Barbara connected with her grandchildren on a regular basis, wanting to be involved with them as much as possible.

A graveside service will be held on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:00 noon at the City of Boston Lodge Cemetery (American Austrian) 19 Washington St., Woburn, MA 01801.  The livestream is available here.

Shiva will be held Sunday, August 22, 2021 from 3:00 – 8:00 pm at the home of Leslie and Richard Zetlin.

Donations in her memory may be made to TrustBridge Hospice Foundation, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33407 in reference to “Barbara Pressman.”

Schwab, Ellen (Marks), of Waban, MA on August 17, 2021. Beloved wife of Leslie “Les” Schwab. Devoted mother of Zoe M. Schwab and Samuel W. Schwab. Loving sister of Jeffrey Marks. Funeral Services are private. Please contact the funeral home for Shiva gathering information. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Parents Helping Parents, www.parentshelpingparents.org

Helen I. (Bernstein) Cook, age 93, former resident of Natick, MA, died peacefully at home, August 14, 2021.  Pre-deceased in 2015 by her beloved husband, Burton Cook. Devoted mother of Marcia Cantor (Barry), Laurie Aaronson (Mark) and Susan Ross (Jonathan). Loving Grammy of Jeremy Cantor (Ali), David Cantor (Brittany), Benjamin Cantor (Arielle), Rebecca Slosberg, Noah Slosberg (Allie), Alex Ross (Alexandra) and Stefanie Ross. Fun-loving Great-Grammy to Asher and Evie Cantor, Charlie and Andi Cantor, Oliver Ross, and Veda Slosberg.

Born in Portland, Maine, July 29, 1928, Helen and Burton raised their family in Quincy, MA, where together they opened Tags Furniture. She was a founder of the Massachusetts Lupus Foundation, on the Board of Directors of Quincy City Hospital, the Quincy Tourism Department, and a Life member of Hadassah and B’Nai Brith.  She and her husband volunteered in Israel for the Israeli Army 3 times. Private graveside funeral with family only, Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Sharon Memorial Park. Helen had a zest for life and lived every minute to the fullest.  She will be dearly missed by many, most especially her children. Donations in her memory may be made to the Lupus Foundation or the Kidney Foundation. May her memory serve as a blessing to all who knew her.

Robert B. “Bob” Foster, age 72, resident of Scituate, MA died on August 10, 2021, from complications of lung cancer. He passed away surrounded and held by his loved ones. Bob was born August 3, 1949 in Boston, MA to Rosalyn Estelle and Melvin Jason Foster. Loving brother to Gail Rosenberg and spouse Arnold Rosenberg and Dr. Lanny Foster. Survived by his children Jessica Bode, Dr. Blake Foster, son-in-law Brian Bode, his former spouse and mother of children, Lynne Foster, the love of his life Deborah Ceccarini, her daughters Nicole and her spouse Robert Brown, Lisa Ceccarini and significant other Natalie Green, and faithful four-legged companion Vinnie Foster. He will be remembered fondly by his numerous nieces. Renowned locksmith to Wellesley, MA and surrounding areas. Owner and operator of L&M Lock Service, Boston Decorative Hardware and Foster Lock Service.

Passionate and competitive skier and golfer. Sought after ski instructor at Ragged Mountain Resort. Unwavering commitment to substance use recovery to himself and others. Lived side-by-side with his English Labrador Vinnie, forever going on adventures and giving each other love. Thrill seeker, spicy food lover and lived every day like it was his last. Movie buff, certified scuba diver and live-music enthusiast. Could be found taking the scenic route, particularly on the back of his soft-tailed Heritage Classic Harley Davidson. Always seeking peace through wind therapy riding on two wheels. His passion for life, humor and love will be eternally missed.

Three words to summarize his life: Never give up.

Memorial service held privately due to ongoing pandemic.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Massachusetts Organization of Addiction Recovery (MOAR).

Jordan Lowell Golding died August 8, 2021 at home at Fox Hill Village from complications of vascular dementia with his beloved Sandy, his wife of sixty-eight years, and his family by his side. Jordan was born in Boston on July 12, 1927, to Herman H. Golding and Dorothy C. Golding. He loved to tell people that he shared a birthday with Julius Caesar. With that auspicious start, Jordan attended Boston Latin School, graduating in 1944. Matriculating at Harvard College with the Class of 1948, he enrolled in the Navy V-12 program, which took him to Bucknell and Franklin & Marshall for a semester each, with the ultimate objective of becoming a Naval Aviator. The war ended before he could get into the air, and Jordan returned to Harvard, completing his B.A. in Economics in 1948 from his suite in Eliot House. Although not on the air, Jordan served as business manager for WHRB, foreshadowing his successful career in finance. Jordan crossed the river to Allston and joined the Harvard Business School Class of 1950.

On January 7, 1950, Jordan accepted an invitation from a B-School classmate to join in a celebratory dinner as the arranged date of Sandra Hirsh, and the rest, as they say, is history. Upon graduation, although a position with his father’s accounting firm, H.H. Golding & Company, awaited, Uncle Sam had other ideas, as the Korean Conflict had begun, and Jordan owed the Navy some more service. Abandoning his flight plan, Jordan took his business degree and joined the Supply Corps and was assigned to the USS Charles H Roan (DD853) as a Lieutenant (jg) after completing training at Bayonne. Jordan and the Roan successfully defended Newport and Cuba for two years. Jordan courted Sandy with all the pomp and circumstance that the uniform and the flag can convey, and they were married on March 15, 1953.

After a brief foray into merchandising for Navy stores, Jordan joined H.H. Golding & Company, soon renamed Golding, Golding & Company, beginning his thirty-five-year career as a Certified Public Accountant. Despite the challenges of growing a small firm, Jordan was able to achieve a good deal of visibility in the profession through his work with the Massachusetts Society and the American Institute of CPAs. By 1967, Golding, Golding & Company merged with KPMG, then Peat, Marwick & Mitchell, and Jordan went from a partner in one of Boston’s smaller firms to a partner with the largest accounting firm in the world. At KPMG, recognizing the growing importance of innovation within the Route 128 corridor, he led the development of the firm’s technology practice. Within the firm, he was noted for his active and enlightened mentorship of junior staff.

Jordan’s prominence in the business community led to key volunteer roles with such organizations as The Beth Israel Hospital, The French Library, The Boston Symphony, the Harvard Business School Association, among other non-profits. When he retired in 1988, Jordan served as an advisor to The Warren Alpert Foundation, New Balance, and Grand Circle Travel among others, while continuing his existing community engagements. As a retirement present from his partners at KPMG, Jordan was afforded the opportunity to conduct the Boston Pops in their rendition of “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Quite a capstone to a musical career that began as a lowly trumpet player in the Boston Latin School band.

Despite a demanding and challenging career, family was always foremost to Jordan. Larry (1955), Ellen (1957) and Matt (1962) were each engaged with Jordan in unique and special ways. Despite the objections of several grandparents, Jordan would indulge the vestige of his foregone Naval Aviator career by taking the kids flying out of such airfields as Norwood, North Adams and Sebago Lake. Jordan typically planned the family vacation schedule around AICPA meetings, reserving two each year for the family, and one for him and Sandy alone. Trips to Ft. Lauderdale, Savannah, Biloxi, Washington DC and the Grand Canyon stand out as such memorable family occasions.

The family rented summer homes in Ogunquit for many years, and Jordan would commute on weekends to be with the family. In 1973, he purchased a home on Lake Wequaquet in Centerville, which became the permanent focus of family summer activities. It also allowed Jordan to resume his Naval career, as he became an avid racer on Sunfish in the weekly regattas at the Wequaquet Lake Yacht Club. His love for the Cape and the lake in particular led to his becoming a founding member of the Wequaquet Lake Protective Association, dedicated to the environmental health of the ancient body of water. In 1982 and 1983, Jordan joined Larry’s crew on his chartered sailboat off the Cape. This led to the pursuit of an offshore sailing certificate and the exploration with Sandy of the Caribbean Islands that he had not conquered during the Korean Conflict. Jordan and Sandy enjoyed travel, and counted Europe, Asia, Antarctica, and the South Pacific among their many passport entries.

Ever the loyal Harvard Grad, Jordan was a season ticket holder for contests on the Gridiron at Soldiers Field. The College, in all of its manifestations, from reunions, to football, to the squash courts at the Commonwealth Avenue clubhouse to lunch at One Federal Street, was never far from his thoughts.

Jordan leaves his wife, Sandy, son Larry (Cynthia) of New York City, daughter Ellen Rosenblatt (David) of Newton, and son Matt (Dawn) of Rancho Palos Verdes in addition to four grandchildren, Eliot, Rebecca, Sam, and Josh, four step-grandchildren, Danny (Missy), Sarah, Aaron and Sarah and two step-great grandchildren, Seth and Simon. He also leaves his brother, Marvin (Sis) of Boca Raton.

Services will be held at Temple Sinai, 25 Canton St., Sharon, MA on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 12 Noon. Interment at Sharon Memorial Park, (both will be live streamed). Masks are required for anyone in attendance. The family will sit Shiva at Fox Hill Village, 10 Longwood Drive, Westwood, on Wednesday and Thursday 7-9 pm. Donations in Jordan’s memory may be made to Hebrew SeniorLife Hospice, c/o Hebrew SeniorLife Development Office, 1200 Centre Street, Boston MA 02131, with Jordan Golding in the memo line, online at giving@HebrewSeniorLife.org, or to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Office of Philanthropy, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, online at www.bidmc.org/giving.

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Janice (Hootstein) Newman, age 93, longtime resident of Needham, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2021. Predeceased by her husband of 49 years, Donald J. Newman. Janice was the devoted mother of her son Mitchel S. Newman, also of Needham. Raised in Chelsea by her parents William and Dorothy (Gale) Hootstein, Janice was the loving sister and sister-in-law of the late Milton and Rosalyn Hootstein.  Retired for many years from her job in a sales accounting department, Janice took great pride in her work, her appearance and home. She loved to hear all the news about her nephews, niece, great and great-great nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at Roxbury Mutual Cemetery in Woburn, MA on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 2:00pm. Special thanks to all the caregivers at Wingate Needham and Good Shepherds Hospice. Donations in Janice’s memory may be made to the Dementia Society of America or the Hospice that cared for Janice, or the charity of your choice.