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GREGORY NEAL CARLSON: Gregory Neal Carlson, 48, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (formerly of Mill Valley, California, and Richardson, Texas), passed away on July 19, 2024.

Greg is survived by his parents, Sheryl and Todd Carlson; wife, Marni Greenwald; and beloved 10-year-old daughter, Hannah. He is also survived by his brother Drew Carlson and his wife, Marcia; and nieces and nephews Rebecca, Scott, and Melanie Carlson; Jonah and Sophie Golomb; Caleb, Remmie, and Harlow Greenwald.

After graduating from Richardson High School in Dallas, Texas, Greg moved to Pittsburgh in 1994 to attend Carnegie Mellon University. There, on his first day, he met his future wife, Marni. They were together for 30 years.

Greg graduated in 1998 from Carnegie Mellon with a degree in civil engineering. He spent his career working in construction management and was recognized as one of the smartest and most competent people. He was an excellent craftsman, working in multiple media.
Greg was an avid reader, deep thinker, and loved to listen to music. He adored his Saint Bernard, Valentine.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Greg's name to Community Day School, 6424 Forward Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15217.

All are welcome to attend funeral services and the meal of consolation immediately following. The funeral will take place at Ralph Schugar Funeral Home, 5509 Centre Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15232 on Monday, July 22. Friends and family may gather at 10:30 a.m. Service at 11:00 a.m. The meal of consolation will immediately follow at The Oaklander Hotel, 5130 Bigelow Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Interment private. Greg will be sorely missed by all who loved him. www.schugar.com

PHYLLIS JACOBSON: On Saturday, July 20, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Marvin Jacobson. Loving mother of Cindy Jacobson and Debbie and Joel Sigal. Cherished daughter of the late Ralph and Esther Schuetzman; sister of the late Paul Schuetzman and late Boots Schuetzman. Devoted grandmother of Justin and Megan Sigal, Emelee and Nik Mihalick , Max Rosenbloom, Tess Rosenbloom, Zeke Rosenbloom, and Cole Rosenbloom. Also survived by 6 great-grandchildren. The family would like to thank the caregivers at Woodside Place. Service and Interment Private. Contributions may be made to donor's choice. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com

Join us this evening, Thursday, July 18, from 6:00-7:30 PM, at Contemporary Craft for the first part in the "Hereafter" program series - Grief and Loss from a Jewish Perspective.

This meaningful community session explores grief and loss through a Jewish lens, with speakers Sharon Ryave Brody of Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. and Nancy Zionts of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation.

The event is free, but registration is requested at

Hereafter Program Series 1 - Grief and Loss from a Jewish Perspective Join us for a meaningful community session exploring grief and loss through a Jewish lens with speakers Sharon Ryave Brody and Nancy Zionts.

DONALD L. FARKAS: Beloved husband of the late Shirley M. Farkas. Loving father of Gail (late Jamie) Bayer, Sharon Green, and the late Gary Farkas. Devoted grandfather of Jared, Alexis, Brooke and Blake. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Don grew up in McKeesport and was a hard worker, working 7 days a week to become a self-made man. He had a great sense of humor and loved his wife and family. He loved going to Costco and his and his wife's annual trips to Florida every winter. Don loved going out to dinner and was an avid card player. Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 10 AM. Visitation one hour prior to services (9 AM - 10 AM). Interment Beth Shalom Cemetery. For shiva information, call the funeral home at 412.621.8282. Contributions in Don's memory may be made to Congregation Beth Shalom, 5915 Beacon Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, or to the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. www.schugar.com

Please consider visiting the "Hereafter" exhibition at Contemporary Craft through August 24.

Artists invite discussion of ‘Hereafter’ by focusing on grief, life Visiting a Lawrenceville exhibition prompts memories of individuals absent

Sy Holzer, leader of PNC Bank and champion of community, dies at 75 "Sy was not only a gifted corporate leader, he was a gift to the community and to everyone he met."

Celebrated forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht dies at 93 Famed Pittsburgher was nationally known for his work with JFK assassination, O.J. Simpson homicide

RUTH NEVIN SINSHEIMER: On Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Eugene Sinsheimer. Loving mother of Robert Nevin Sinsheimer (late Gretchen Guelde), the late Janet Suzanne Sinsheimer (surviving spouse Alan Izumi), and Ann Sinsheimer (Marvin Sirbu). Preceded in death by three siblings. Grandmother of Andrew Sinsheimer (Jessica Marcrum), Greta (Marquis) Barnes, Rebecca (Chris) Ray, and Patrick Weeks. Great-grandmother of Miles, Carson, and Harrison Barnes and Leo, Savannah, Jaxon, and Ethan Ray. Step great-grandmother of Brooklyn Campisi and Skylar Dugan.

Ruth was born in Michigan in 1926. She attended the University of Michigan (Class of 1948) where she studied pharmacy. She was one of few women in her class. She went on to have a long career as a pharmacist, working first for a State forensic laboratory, then owning a retail pharmacy in Detroit, before finally entering hospital pharmacy. She retired in 1992 after supervising a hospital pharmacy in Ann Arbor, Michigan for many years. She met her husband in pharmacy school and married in 1954. She loved hockey, travel, old movies, opera, and classical music. She was a pianist, briefly playing professionally. She moved to Pittsburgh in 2008, where she learned to be a Pittsburgh Penguins Fan.

Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 11 AM. Visitation one hour prior to service (10 - 11 AM). Interment Private. Contributions may be made to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. www.schugar.com

ROBERT KUSHNER: On Friday, June 21, 2024. Beloved spouse of Alice Kushner. Loving father of Donald and Audrey. Brother of Ninette Stiskin. Devoted grandfather of Sidney, Madeline, Kenneth and Samantha. Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside, on Monday, June 24, 2024 at 1 PM. No prior visitation. Interment Mount Lebanon Cemetery-Beth El Section. Shiva Private. Contributions may be made to Connecting Champions, www.connectingchampions.org. www.schugar.com

DANIEL SHRAGER: Today, we gather to honor and remember Dr. Daniel Shrager, a beloved husband, devoted father, cherisned grandfather, and esteemed psychiatrist.
For 60 beautiful years, Daniel was the loving husband to Marsha. Their bond was a testament to enduring love and unwavering companionship, a beacon of commitment and partnership that has inspired all who knew them. As a psychiatrist, Daniel dedicated his life to understanding and helping others. His work was not just a profession but a calling, one that he pursued with compassion, dedication, and an unyielding desire to make a difference in the lives of his patients. He was the proud father of three wonderful children, each of whom carries forward his legacy of kindness, wisdom, and integrity. His eight grandchildren brought immense joy to his life, and he often spoke of the profound happiness they gave him. Daniel frequently shared that he led a very lucky and happy life. His words remind us of the gratitude he felt for the love, joy, and fulfillment he experienced. It is this gratitude and happiness that we will carry with us as we remember him. Though he is no longer with us, Daniel's spirit, his love, and his legacy continue to live on in our hearts and minds. We honor his memory by cherishing the lessons he taught us the love he shared with us, and the happiness he brought into our lives.
Lo nachat b'shalom, Dr. Daniel Shrager. You will be deeply missed and forever remembered. Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11 AM. Visitation one hour prior to services (10 - 11 AM). Interment B'Nai Israel Cemetery. www.schugar.com

DIANE E. CLARK: Age 66 of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away suddenly in her home early the morning of Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

Diane was a force. Born March 29, 1958, in Greenville, PA, she knew quickly she wanted more than she was told she should. After graduating from Thiel College with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Business Administration, she went on to Duquesne University School of Law in 1980. Diane didn't love law school, but she loved her new home in Pittsburgh and the friends she made along the way. After graduating in 1983, she practiced as an attorney in the city for forty years until she retired in 2023. Diane was a fierce, compassionate, and whip-smart advocate for her clients as they faced some of the worst moments of their lives through her practice in personal injury and family law. Her skill and drive inspired her daughter, Elena, to follow in her footsteps.

Diane was an avid gardener and friend to the wildlife who, despite her best efforts, ate the fruits of her labor. She has read every Sue Grafton novel and seen every season of the The Great British Bake Off Baking Show. She enjoyed knitting and baking, but adamantly did not enjoy cooking. When her children were young, she was an incredibly involved parent in the Fox Chapel Area School District Choir Department, and took particular pride in a costume she sewed a dozen knick-knacks into for the school's production of Guys and Dolls.

Diane loved the peonies in her garden, her treasured pets over the years, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Mary Tyler Moore. Most of all, though, she loved her children, Elena M**h and Nathaniel M**h, and husband, Jeffrey M**h, who survive her. Diane taught her kids to always fight for what you believe in, to be the first and last at any event, that you're never too busy to lend a helping hand, that you're never above getting dirt under your nails, and that there's very little in life that can't be helped by a quick dance party and some coffee flavored ice cream.

Diane is preceded by her parents, Hugh Clark and Rosellen Moller, her brother, Glenn Clark, and his wife, Annette, and her sister, Kathy Padrta.

The family is extremely grateful for all the kindness and well wishes sent so far. In lieu of flowers, due to the sudden and unexpected nature of Diane's passing, any donations to the memorial fund to help defray the cost of final expenses are deeply appreciated. Any excess will be donated to the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh's Injured Wildlife Fund (www.humaneanimalrescue.org). Details for a memorial service will be posted to Diane's memorial website (https://everloved.com/life-of/diane-ellen-clark/).

Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com

HARRY DRUCKER: On Monday, May 27, 2024. Beloved husband of the late Esther Drucker. Loving father of Jean (Paul) Reznick and Jeffrey (Elyse) Drucker. Cherished Papa to grandchildren Dr. David (Dr. Stephanie) Reznick, Sara (Jason) Berliner, Rachel Reznick (Aaron Greengard), and Madeline Drucker; great-grandchildren Alexandra Reznick, Leo Reznick, and Lillian Berliner; and countless friends. Preceded in death by his father, mother, three sisters, and one brother in the Holocaust. Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 12 Noon. No Prior Visitation. Interment Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, 107 Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15232; Congregation Beth Shalom, 5915 Beacon St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217; or Community Day School, 6424 Forward Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. www.schugar.com

ESTELLE OLITZKY MANN: February 4, 1933 - May 26, 2024. Peacefully, on May 26, 2024, Estelle Olitzky Mann, beloved daughter of the late Louis and Tillie Olitzky. Devoted wife for 57 years of the late Melvin Mann. Loving mother of Andrea Mann Lowenstein (Michael) and Leslie Mann (Jennifer). Adoring and adored grandmother of Lauren Bauer (Nick), Rachel Hoekstra (Mark), David Lowenstein (fiancée Nesa), Natalie Mann (fiancé John) and Alexander Mann, and great-grandmother of Samuel Bauer, Emme Hoekstra and Ellen Hoekstra.

A lifelong Pittsburgher (except for one year at the University of Michigan before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh), and a proud resident for 55 years of Winterburn Avenue in Greenfield, Estelle lived her life with relentless and irrepressible positivity and enthusiasm. "What did you have good to eat?" Whether it was in her career as a substitute teacher, or with her limitless group of close and lifelong friends, her special Schenley Park Golf Course friends (where the bench on Hole Number 3 is dedicated to Estelle and Melvin), her many cousins in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and beyond, and most of all her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, every day was a good day for Estelle, and every day was a little brighter for anyone who encountered Estelle.

For most of her life, this positive approach to life was manifested by laughter, smiles, conversation, and more conversation. Estelle was the life of many parties and always a strong contender for the last to leave, often to the bemusement of her loving and patient husband. "C'mon Gracie, it's time to go."

Even as Parkinson's robbed Estelle of much of her physical vitality and her ability to speak, it never diminished Estelle’s joy for life. Estelle enjoyed Bingo and Pokeno at Riverview and break out road trips to Big Jim’s for spaghetti Monday or Wendy’s for a Frosty. She remained faithful and devoted to all her Pittsburgh sports teams. “What channel is the Pitt game on?” But nothing made Estelle beam like seeing her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, whom she adored unconditionally and enjoyed immeasurably.

Estelle was a Lifetime Honorary Trustee of Temple Sinai, which held a special place in her heart. At Sisterhood activities, Friday night services, the High Holidays, Meals on Wheels, the Jewish Food Festival, and many other congregation functions, Temple Sinai was a central part of Estelle’s life, and Estelle and Mel’s life together. Temple Sinai was just one part of the many ways that Estelle Mann made life better for many people and left the world a better place than she found it.

Special thanks to Estelle’s caregivers, especially Mary Sherrill and Iris Marshall, everyone at Riverview Towers, and the many health care and community professionals who have been so helpful to Estelle.

Services and Interment Private. Contributions may be made to Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, or a charity of the donor's choice. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com

WILLIAM BEHREND: On Saturday, May 18, 2024. Age 98 of Oakland after a brief illness. William (Bill) Behrend was born March 20, 1926 in Jersey City, NJ to Morris D. Behrend and Esther Cohen Behrend. He and his late brothers Daniel and Dean grew up in Maplewood, NJ. Bill was a graduate of Columbia High School and New York University. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the Army Air Corp. at Fort Dix, NJ. After the war, Bill moved to Pittsburgh to marry Celeste Silberstein and they settled in Squirrell Hill. He was a mortgage banker at Pittsburgh Mortgage Corp., a partner at Urban Development Corp. and then a real estate appraiser, developer and partner at Key Management Corp. with offices in Shadyside and on Murray Avenue where he was also a Notary Public for decades serving generations with their real estate and auto title work. Bill was particularly honored to assist Holocaust survivors in receiving reparations from Germany. He was also involved in politics running local campaigns, serving as precinct committeeman and active with the 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club. Bill was a survivor having been run over by a motorboat in his teens and a head-on car crash and Polio in his 20s. Despite these challenges, he maintained incredible, understated good humor and was never once heard to complain. At 98 he was still doing the NY Times crossword puzzle everyday in ink. He was the beloved husband of the late Celeste Silberstein Behrend (1928-2009) and father of Samuel (Mary Ann O'Neil) of Tucson, AZ, Bernhard (Stefanie Forscher Behrend) of Pittsburgh and Charles (Nancy Gondleman) Behrend of Denver, CO; Grandfather of Margot, Vanessa, Daniel, Kacy, Georgia and Andrew; and Great-Grandfather of Maya, Claire, Jacob, Avery and Luka; nieces Celia Jane and Julie; nephews Douglas, Andrew (deceased) and Richard. Graveside Service and Interment will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11 AM at West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and Charity of one's choice. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com

Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D., 93, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2024. He leaves behind his loving wife Sigrid, four children David (Valerie), Daniel (Anna), Benjamin (Flynne), and Ingrid (Harold), and eleven grandchildren (Dylan, Sophie, Zoe, Gabriel, Nathan, Jacob, Sarah, Alexander, Macey, Emma, and Jessica). Cyril was born in Pittsburgh on March 20, 1931 to immigrant parents Nathan and Fannie Wecht, and raised in Bobtown, McKees Rocks and the Lower Hill District. A standout student, violinist and athlete at Fifth Avenue High School, he graduated as Class Valedictorian and went on to the University of Pittsburgh, where he distinguished himself as President of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity, Concertmaster of the Pitt Symphony, Business Manager of The Pitt News, and President of the YMCA, among many other honors. After earning his medical degree at the Pitt School of Medicine, Cyril was called into his country's service, and proudly served as a Captain in the United States Air Force. It was there that he met his wife Sigrid, herself an immigrant, who also was serving in the United States Air Force. After they both were honorably discharged, they married at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh, and lived briefly in Baltimore, where Cyril obtained his first law degree from the University of Maryland while working in the Medical Examiner's Office, and where their first child, David, was born. After returning to Pittsburgh in 1963, Cyril and Sigrid had three more children, Daniel, Benjamin, and Ingrid, and Cyril obtained his second law degree, this one at University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Cyril embarked on a long and stellar career combining his training in medicine and law, and his then-rare expertise in the nascent field of forensic pathology. Early on, Cyril juggled four jobs -- as a forensic pathologist/deputy at the Coroner's Office, as an Assistant District Attorney/medical-legal adviser to the Allegheny County District Attorney, as a pathologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital - Leech Farm, and as an attorney practicing with his friends David and Roslyn Litman. He went on to win election to several terms as Allegheny County Coroner, where he modernized the office and made it into an international model, attracting trainees from all over the world. He later served as Allegheny County's first Chief Medical Examiner. Cyril also was elected County Commissioner, County Democratic Party Chairman, and President of several professional organizations, including The American College of Legal Medicine, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Board of Legal Medicine, and many others. Cyril founded the Pittsburgh Institute of Legal Medicine and The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law at Duquesne University, where he taught for some sixty years. He was the first civilian permitted to examine the evidence from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy at the National Archives, and the first person to discover that the President's brain, and related material, was missing. He was the nation's foremost critic of the Warren Commission's infamous single bullet theory. He personally conducted tens of thousands of autopsies, consulted and testified in countless criminal and civil cases, spoke around the world to professional, lay, and student groups, held several faculty appointments, authored dozens of books and hundreds of scholarly articles, and collaborated on numerous film and television projects, including the award-winning films JFK and Concussion. He worked avidly and expertly to discover the truth surrounding deaths and injuries suffered by others, and brought comfort and justice for countless grieving and victimized families around the globe. He loved Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, and, although he traveled the world, he never would consider living anywhere else (save for his two years of military service and his brief time In Baltimore after discharge). Most of all, Cyril loved his family, and made the happiness, well-being, and education of his wife, his children and his grandchildren his top priority in life. He also was blessed to share the love and affection of many close and lifelong friends and colleagues, most of whom have departed from this realm as well. Services, Interment, and Shiva Private. A public memorial service will be announced in the future. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Cyril's memory can be made to StandWithUs, www.standwithus.com, PO Box 341069, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com

MYERS: Helene Girson Myers, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Palm Beach, Florida, adored wife of the late Morton Myers, passed away peacefully, surrounded by love on Mother's Day, May 12, 2024. Beloved mother of Jaymi Myers-Newman (Kenneth T. Newman); cherished grandmother of Grant Newman, Cole Newman, and Heath Newman. She was preceded in death by her son, the late Craig Myers, her parents, the late Harry and Lillian Ohringer Girson, and her brother, the late Ronald Girson. Helene was proud to have been born and raised in Squirrel Hill and gave that same childhood to her own children. She loved her daily walks through her neighborhood, stopping "upstreet" to chat along the way. She had enormous empathy, a vivid imagination, a quick laugh, and a generous spirit. Helene was a great beauty. She modeled in Pittsburgh and New York, was the Dapper Dan Girl, and Miss Pittsburgh. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, she taught second grade at Wightman School. She went on to own and operate a gift shop called Knock on Wood on Walnut Street in Shadyside. Helene loved her family, and she loved the movies. There was not a movie that she did not see. Oscar Night was her big event. But to her family, she was always the real star. She always will be. Friends may meet at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12 Noon and then proceed to The Homewood Cemetery for 1 PM graveside services. If you would like to make a charitable donation in Helene's memory, kindly consider the Alzheimer's Association, 225 North Michigan Avenue, 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601. www.schugar.com

FLORENCE "FAIGE" SHERMAN: On Saturday, May 4, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Alex M. Sherman. Loving mother of Michael Steven Sherman. Sister of the late Anita Ruth Cohen, Miriam C. Miller and Morris "Mashe" Cohen. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Wednesday at 11 AM. Visitation one hour prior to service (10 - 11 AM). Interment Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Make-A-Wish Greater PA and WV, 707 Grant Street, #3700, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 or a charity of the donor's choice. www.schugar.com

JUDITH LEVINE O'CONNOR: Age 79, wife of 42 years to the late Mayor Bob O'Connor. Survived by their children, Heidy O'Connor Garth (David Kadosh), Father Terrence O'Connor, and Allegheny County Controller Corey O'Connor and his wife Katie. Judy was the daughter of the late Joseph Levine, and the late Joseph and Evelyn Klemp. Survived by her brothers Larry (Pam) Levine, Buddy Klemp, and brother-in-law Jake Pelled. Her sister, Deedee Klemp Pelled, predeceased her. Bubbie to Kennedy, McKenzie, and Delaney Garth, Molly and Emmett O'Connor, and great granddaughter Chavie Hart. Judy is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Judy's unparalleled love for life was evident wherever she went, including walking the streets of Squirrel Hill, assisting on the campaign trail, and hosting the annual Bob O'Connor Cookie Cruise. Her heroic fight against ALS will inspire others for years to come. However, Judy's most important accomplishment was being an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend to all. She loved hosting the holidays and family celebrations, and going to Wildwood, NJ. Judy will be greatly missed by all.

Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 1PM. Visitation Monday, May 6, 2PM - 8PM and Tuesday 10AM - 1PM. Interment Calvary Cemetery. If you would like to make a donation in Judy's memory, please consider the Bob O'Connor Foundation, 4217 Windsor Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or The ALS Association of Western Pennsylvania Chapter, 416 Lincoln Avenue, Millvale, PA 15209. Shiva will be observed Wednesday, May 8th through Friday May 10th from 4 PM - 7 PM at the O'Connor family home, 5670 Phillips Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. www.schugar.com

LOIS BERMAN FORMAN: February 23, 1947 - April 30, 2024.
Lois died in Coconut Creek, Florida surrounded by loved ones. Beloved wife of the late Alan Stanton Forman; loving mother of Sean Forman (Pamela) and Nicholas Forman (Sheryl); and grandmother of Jonah, Lila, Scott, Spencer, and Micah. Born in Pittsburgh and raised in East Liverpool, Ohio, Lois earned a Bachelor's degree from Point Park College (now University). Lois lived in Pittsburgh and was active in the Jewish community serving on the boards of Hadassah, ORT, and the sisterhood at Parkway Jewish Center. After moving to Florida in 2009, she was involved in numerous activities including serving as an assistant building director and treasurer of the Nature & Arts Club in the Wynmoor community.

Friends may meet at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 11 AM and then proceed to Homewood Cemetery for 12 Noon Graveside Services. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Lois' memory may be made to Congregation Beth Emeth, 12523 Lawyers Road, Herndon, VA 20171 (bethemeth.org) or the Jewish Federation of Howard County, 10630 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 400, Columbia, MD 21044 (jewishhowardcounty.org). Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc.

Edward Joel Dobkin of Pittsburgh, PA, died April 24, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. He was 80 years old. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Holly Roth Dobkin, daughters Maggie D. Cham (Michael), Anna D. Baird (Peter), grandchildren Bertram Mitchell Cham, Harrison Edward Cham, Eliza Jane Cham, Charlotte Audrey Baird, sister-in-law Adair J. Roth, brother-in-law Dr. Gilbert R. Roth, sister Sandy D. Tarr and loving nephews and nieces. He served in the U.S. Army, was a Vietnam Veteran and retired with rank of Captain.

Ed was a warm, open-hearted man; a very funny and positive presence. He added life to any room he entered, and was both witty and wise, sharply intelligent and a generous spirit. Ed worked hard, held close to his personal ethics, spoke honestly, frankly and made his family a priority in his life. He lived each day to the fullest, was known for his infectious laugh and he was amazing on the dance floor.

Ed was a natural leader in both his personal and business lives. He took a small family company and transformed it into a business that deals worldwide. He always acknowledged and valued his employees for whom he was so grateful. Some of whom had been with him for more than 40 years! He welcomed and treated all with deep respect.

Ed's leadership, laughter, social grace, and wit will be greatly missed.

Service Monday, May 6 at 12:30pm at Rodef Shalom Congregation at 4905 Fifth Avenue. Visitation starting at 11am. Shiva is private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank pittsburghfoodbank.org, Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org, or the Joe Biden Victory Fund @ joebiden.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com

AUDREY R. LAZAR: On Friday, April 19th, 2024, Audrey R. Lazar passed away peacefully with her family by her side. Beloved wife of the late Robert (RP) Lazar. Loving mother of Lauren (Richard) Stern, Cathy (Gary) Zamchick and Jeffrey (Thérèse Cruite) Lazar. Cherished grandmother of Sarah, Zachary (Jesse), Sofie, and Claire. Audrey is also survived by many dear friends.

Audrey was born in Clairton to Joseph and Goldie Recht on December 11th, 1930 and was married to RP for 59 years. She and RP traveled, played golf at the Duquesne Golf Club, and loved entertaining. She remained a lifelong Pittsburgher, an active member of Ladies Hospital Aid, volunteering at the Thyroid Screening Program at Montefiore Hospital and weekly in the archives at Rodef Shalom for 20+ years.

A lover of the music and the arts, Audrey had season tickets to the Pittsburgh Symphony for many years. She was a gifted pianist and an accompanist for ballet classes and local shows. Audrey was a voracious reader, Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle enthusiast, and loved playing Mah Jongg. She enjoyed making needlepoint banners and covers for the torahs and chairs in the sanctuaries at Rodef Shalom, where she and RP were congregants for over 60 years.

If you were fortunate enough to meet Audrey, you'd know firsthand how her positivity and outgoing personality was bound to make your day brighter. She always raved about the accomplishments of her talented, artistic children and grandchildren. Everyone loved her!

Audrey moved from her apartment in Shadyside to Weinberg Terrace in Squirrel Hill in 2019, where she made many new friends and reconnected with old acquaintances. She was a vibrant member of the community, taking advantage of many activities, and enjoying the last three years of her life to the fullest.

Audrey will be deeply missed. Services were held at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. Interment West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the ACLU of Pennsylvania (http://action.aclu.org/give/tribute-aclu-pa).