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Gilbert N. Sklover

February 29, 2024

Gilbert N. Sklover of Salem, MA, 98, passed away peacefully on February 29, 2024. Gilbert was born on March 8, 1925, in Marblehead. He was the son of the late Ann (Hessel) and Joseph Sklover. He was the loving husband of the late Phyllis {Sipel) Sklover with whom he shared 64 years of marriage. His family was one of the first Jewish families in Marblehead.

He attended schools in Marblehead and Wentworth Institute of Technology. He served in the military right after high school from 1943-1946. Gil’s successful career as a metallurgist for the United States Government included working on projects such as the Apollo Space Program.

He was an active member and past President of the Brotherhood of Temple Shalom in Salem. He was passionate and knowledgeable about Big Band Jazz and attended jazz concerts at the Marblehead Arts Association for over 30 years. He was also an avid chess player.

A great day for Gil was going for coffee in Marblehead with his wife Phyllis.

Gilbert is survived by his son Steven and wife Patricia of Santa Barbara, CA, and his daughter Susan Grant and her husband Michael of Beverly. He was the proud grandfather of Andrew, Lindsay, Rachel, and Jacob.

Graveside service will be held on Monday March 4, 2024 at 12:00 noon at  Sons of Jacob Cemetery, 16 Buxton Lane off of Route 114 in Danvers.

Following the service, memorial observance will be held at the home of Susan and Michael Grant until 6 pm.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Templeemanuel.com/Gift Giving/Preschool/Rand H Grant Fund.

 

Paulette Silberberg

February 26, 2024

Paulette Silberberg-On February 26, 2024.Private Graveside services were held in New York on February 29th.

Rosalyn Naomi Shlager

February 25, 2024

Rosalyn Naomi Shlager died Sunday, February 25, 2024, two days before her 97th birthday.

Born in Somerville in 1927, Rosalyn had more recently lived for over 20 years in Wellesley at Glen Grove Senior apartments, where she had many loyal friends. For the last three years she was lovingly cared for by the staff of Hebrew Senior Life in Roslindale.  She had been married for over 63 years to her devoted husband, Sumner, prior to his passing in 2010.  Rosalyn was the daughter of the late Philip and Bertha Flaxman, and was predeceased by her dear sister and confidant, Marion Dreifus.

Beloved mother of Bruce and his wife Michele, Jeffrey and his wife Isabele, and Gary.  Devoted grandmother of Jocelyn and her husband David, Jason, Jessica and her husband Matt, and Vanessa.

Loving great-grandmother of Brandon and his wife Siobhan, Brianna, Camron, Charlotte, and David, great- great-grandmother of Sinead. She was also a devoted Aunt to Jay, Peter, Kurt, and Lauren (of blessed memory). She is survived by numerous cousins, great-nephews and nieces.

Roz was devoted to her family and happiest when spending time with them. She enthusiastically welcomed new family members with open arms and always had a welcome mat out for her sons’ friends including “#4 son” Robert Curran, a classmate of Bruce. She was often described by family and friends as vibrant, high energy, feisty, and full of life, . . .all the more impressive because of her childhood battle with paralysis caused by polio. Her full recovery contributed to her lifelong interest in staying fit and active. For many years Roz and her husband Sumner volunteered for the Bowleros, a Natick area bowling league providing community-based recreation and sports activities for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, including annual visits to performances of the Boston Pops. She was highly knowledgeable about Boston’s professional sports teams and strongly rooted for the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins. She loved the excitement of being at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos, particularly enjoying her many years of trips to the casino with cousin Natalie, and later, with her daughter-in-law Isabele.

In the late 1940’s Roz entered the workforce as a sales clerk at Boston’s Filene’s Basement, where she honed her skills for providing top quality customer service while also learning to love shopping. After leaving the workforce to raise her three sons, she re-entered the work world as an office manager and salesperson at Sid Green’s Wayside Dinette and finished her retail sales career at Filene’s at Natick Mall.

Roz was enthusiastic about acquiring all kinds of kitchen gadgets, and she loved to bake.  Her one-of-a-kind chocolate chip cookies, cranberry squares, and mandel bread are just a few of the baked goods that are legendary within the family, which also enjoyed many helpings of Roz’s kugel, apple sauce, sweet and sour meatballs, and rice stuffing, particularly at Thanksgiving.

Rosalyn will be greatly missed by family and friends.  May her memory be a blessing and may she be at peace.

Donations in Rosalyn’s name may be made to Charles River Center, Needham; Hebrew Senior Life, Roslindale, or a charity of your choice.

Graveside services are private.  A springtime gathering to celebrate Rosalyn’s life will take place at a later date.

 

Lewis Fendell DMD

February 22, 2024

Lewis Fendell-Of Los Angeles, CA, on February 22, 2024. Private interment was held at Pride of  Jacob Cemetery, West Roxbury.

Marilyn “Max” Baker

February 19, 2024

Marilyn “Max” Baker passed away early Monday morning, February 19, 2024.  Max lived in Lexington for over 50 years before being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and moving into assisted living.  Her beloved husband, Jacob Baker, died in December, 2015.  She is survived by her brother, Howard Berger, daughters Dasha Baker and Pamela DeGuzman, and grandchildren Joe Lessard, Zoe DeGuzman, and Claire DeGuzman.  The funeral will be held Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Westview Cemetery in Lexington followed by an informal gathering and lunch at Temple Isaiah in Lexington.

 

 

Nancy Lewis

February 19, 2024

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Lewis, Nancy (Blake), of Easton, MA, passed away February 19, 2024. Beloved wife of Harvey Lewis. Devoted mother of Rebecca Rodman and her husband Michael of Sharon, and Craig Lewis. Proud grandmother of Ava, Peri, and Marcus Rodman. Loving sister of Joan Levinson. Nancy leaves adored nephews, and great nieces and nephews. Funeral Services at B’Nai Tikvah, 1301 Washington St., Canton, MA on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm. Interment to follow at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, MA. Shiva observance will be at the Lewis Home, Wednesday 7-9 pm, Thursday 2-4 & 7-9 pm, Friday 2-4 pm and Sunday 2-4 & 7-9 pm.  In lieu of flowers, donations in Nancy’s memory may be made to Temple B’Nai Tikvah, the Simon Weisenthal Center or The American Heart Association.

 

 

 

Saul M. Nathan

February 17, 2024

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Saul M. Nathan of Waltham, MA passed away February 15, 2024, surrounded by his dear family. He was the beloved husband of Eleanor for 64 years.  He was a dear father to Judd, Steven and his wife Geralyn, Rachel and her husband Tabor. He was a wonderful grandfather to Lauren, Emilee, Jeffrey, Haley, Holden, and Iris. He was a special great-grandfather to Layla and Gio.

Services will be at Congregation Or Atid, 97 Concord Rd Wayland MA on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Interment to follow at New Town Cemetery, 357 Concord Rd, Sudbury MA.

Saul was happiest spending time with friends and family and loved Boston sports, especially the Red Sox and Patriots.  A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1957, he began his career in sales at Oster before he opened his own business. Saul loved to travel and leisurely read the paper while drinking his morning cup of coffee. He always kept up with current events, enjoyed listening to jazz music, and loved fishing later in life.  He was enthusiastic about acquiring the latest gadgets and had a notorious sweet tooth. He passed down to his family his love of birding and our beloved Grampie will be deeply missed.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Saul’s memory may be made to the Jimmy Fund or the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Stephen Pauker

February 16, 2024

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Dr. Stephen Gary Pauker of Weston, Massachusetts passed away at the age of 81 on February 16, 2024. Dr. Pauker pioneered the field of medical decision making, cared for patients in the specialties of internal medicine, cardiology and clinical hypnosis at Tufts Medical Center for over 40 years and served as the Sara Murray Jordan Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Pauker was born in 1942 to Helen Yurdin Pauker and Carl Jacob Pauker in New York City and  raised in Kingston, New York. Stephen delighted in being an older brother to Kenneth Yurdin Pauker of Laguna Niguel, California, and Jonathan Phillip Pauker, who passed away in 2003.

Valedictorian of his class at Kingston High School, Dr. Pauker graduated Magna cum Laude in biomedical sciences from Harvard College as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and then from Harvard Medical School, Magna cum Laude as President of the Alpha Omega Alpha society. Dr. Pauker trained in cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In 1967, Dr. Pauker married Dr. Susan Perlmutter Pauker, who became a clinical geneticist and mentor at Harvard Medical School. Together, the Drs. Pauker developed the field of prenatal diagnostic decision making. They raised their children, Sheridan Joanna Pauker of Berkeley, California, and Scott Gregory Pauker of Moab, Utah, along with numerous dogs whose names also began with the letter “S,” in Weston, Massachusetts.

Beginning in the 1970’s, Dr. Pauker co-authored over 350 medical journal articles with his beloved peers and mentees at Tufts that have been cited over 14,000 times in the fields of decision analysis, cardiology, hypnosis, genetic screening, and many others. He was among the first to apply artificial intelligence to medicine, establish rational thresholds for testing and treatment, introduce the importance of patient preferences in medical decisions, and perform a decision analysis for a care decision for a patient. Dr. Pauker wrote the original code for the first medical decision analysis program. He founded and was Chief of the Division of Clinical Decision Making at Tufts Medical Center, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a Master of the American College of Physicians, a member of the Institute of Medicine, and President of the American Board of Medical Hypnosis and of the Society for Medical Decision Making.

In addition to the family members mentioned above, Dr. Pauker leaves son-in-law Jonathan Kaplan and grandson Jonah Mateo Pauker Kaplan, beloved colleagues at Tufts Medical Center, and dear family friend Lorena Richards, who lovingly cared for Dr. Pauker in his home for many years. The Pauker Family is deeply grateful to the staff of Lasell House in Auburndale, Massachusetts for their loving care of Dr. Pauker.

After a family burial, Dr. Pauker’s memorial service will be held at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, Massachusetts on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Tufts Medical Center, Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Decision Making. Please visit giving.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/give-now to make an online donation, or call (617) 636-7656 and designate the “Stephen G. Pauker Memorial Lecture Fund” in the comments line.

Daisy Katz

February 16, 2024

Daisy (Delicia) Nahmias Katz was born on January 4,1923 to Chaim and Oro Nahmias in New York City. She was predeceased by her husband Sam, siblings Fanny Assa, Martha Engel and Leo Nahmias as well as her son Robert, daughter-in-law Kathleen and son-in-law Robert Zalosh.
She is survived by her daughter Gloria Zalosh, daughter-in-law Donna Mitchell and her four grandsons Michael (Burke) and Matthew (Alisa) Zalosh and Ahmon and Sam (Chanel) Katz. She is also survived by her eight great-grandchildren, Sophie, Sam, Nina, Will, Jasmine, Tansy, Ivy, and Nina and many nieces and nephews.
Daisy married Samuel Katz in 1943 in New York City and they raised their family in the Bronx where they enjoyed all the cultural benefits of the city.
Daisy was a great cook and baker as well as an accomplished artist, seamstress and knitter. Daisy and Sam retired to Florida in 1978 and after her beloved Sam died in 1980, she broadened her artistic endeavors to include sculpture, stained glass and calligraphy. She was an inveterate traveler well into her eighties and a daily walker into her nineties. After her second retirement in Florida, she began volunteering in elementary schools since she always wanted to be a teacher.
She relocated to Massachusetts in 2010.
Daisy had a full and rich life and will be sorely missed.

Israel Kupiec

February 15, 2024

Israel Kupiec, January 15, 1936 – February 15, 2024

Israel Kupiec was born in Tel Aviv, the son of Polish immigrants who fled with his older brother just a few years before the outbreak of World War II. He was the first to attend college in his family and came to the United States in 1961 with a degree in electrical engineering from the Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology and a plan to study at Ohio University. But the plan changed. On the ship sailing from Haifa to New York City, Israel met and fell in love with his future wife, Charlotte Mass (the Brooklyn-born Charlotte was heading home to care for her sick father, leaving behind her kibbutz and her dream of a life in Israel). To be closer to Charlotte, Israel transferred to Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, where he would earn his PhD in electrophysics.

Israel taught Charlotte to drive, an inherently intense situation made even more so by the busy streets and highways of Brooklyn, and she knew then this relationship would last. They were married April 10, 1962. The newlyweds would make their first homes together in the outer boroughs, where they had three children, and ultimately moved to the house in Bedford, MA, where the fourth was born. This would be their Eden. Together, they planted maple and spruce and gardens, and Israel strung the trees with birdhouses, observing the songbirds and waterfowl that came to feed and nest. New rooms were added and the bedrooms preserved so that the children always had a place to sleep when they returned as college grads and ultimately as parents with children of their own.

Israel worked until the age of 82 at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he eventually became the associate group leader in the Aerospace Division and was responsible for many high-profile radar developments. He enjoyed the respect and affection of the younger generations of engineers through mentorship and over lunches in the lab cafeteria. Israel took his family for two assignments to Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, where he commuted daily by plane between islands and eventually became associate site manager, helping to oversee the work of scientists and staff engaged in military research. When not at work, he swam in a warm lagoon, got sunburned on fishing boats and trips by barge to local islands, and tried scuba diving, tennis, and running.

He studied English systematically, intrigued by its slang and vast vocabulary, and was a voracious reader of novels, nonfiction, poetry, and the news (he was deeply engaged in world politics his entire life). But he never stopped reading in Hebrew, and his memories of growing up in Israel remained sharp. He could quiet a noisy family dinner with recollections of his military service and childhood larks, of former teachers and old friendships, and of the struggle for statehood. He brought this intellect and curiosity to his practice of Judaism at home, where he led the Passover seder and Friday night kiddish, and at Temple Emunah, where he was often called upon to read the torah and haftorah.

Israel could be bearishly gruff and disarmingly sentimental, a keen interpreter of the world and a composer of silly fantasies and dances for his young children. He could be terse on the phone, focused on evidence of his children’s wellbeing, and tender in his letters and during kitchen conversations. The family took many trips together and indulged his love for mountain drives and big vistas. But perhaps most of all, he loved to be at home, in the warmth of visiting children and grandchildren, in a haven of the familiar, and with the freedom to nap as he pleased and to tinker—to build birdhouses (and even a bat house) and to do all sorts of home improvement projects for which one usually hires a professional but which could be done by a layperson who could teach himself almost anything.

Israel is survived by his wife Charlotte of 62 years, his four children and their spouses (Raun Kupiec and Barbara Gazley, Yael Kupiec-Dar and Yaron Dar, Tamar Kupiec and Steve Tremble, and Nadav Kupiec and Jennifer Kupiec) and seven grandchildren (Eli, Netta, Shani, Mina, Aviv, Amos, and Benjamin). He will be forever adored and remembered.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 10:00 am at Temple Emunah in Lexington, MA. Interment to follow at Shawsheen Cemetery in Bedford, MA.

Shiva with a service will take place at his late home Sunday, February 18 – Thursday, February 22 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, and visiting hours will be held Monday, February 19 and Tuesday, February 20 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Remembrances may be made to Temple Emunah and Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

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