A pril 2021 D eath N otices
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ASHER Howard Burman Asher, March 19, 2021, hus-
band of Myrna (nee Zeitlin) of Phila., PA, and
Harvey Cedars, NJ. Father of Noah (Laurie
Stein), Deborah (Scott Anderson) and An-
thony (Elaine Berenson), brother of Barbara
Bronstein, grandfather of Jane Asher (Peter
Liakakis), Hillary Asher, Ethan Asher, Alison
Asher, Nathan Anderson, Kenneth Anderson,
Benjamin Asher and 2 step grandchildren
Katherine and Nikita Poliakoff. Also survived
by many nieces, nephews and friends. Contri-
butions in his memory may be made to Cong.

Keneseth Israel, Jewish Federation of Great-
er Philadelphia or Sidney Kimmel Cancer
Center of Jefferson Hospital.

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Elaine Barg (nee Albert), 89, of Merion, PA,
died on March 26. Wife of Alvin; mother to
Ron (Debbie) and Jeff (Kathy); grandmother
to Jason (Holly), Robert (Heather), Paula
(Mike) Dziura, and Rachel; great-grandmoth-
er to Mitchell, Ella, Justin, Lily, Dylan,
Brandon, and Demi. Elaine always put family
first, starting with her parents Sam and Fan-
nie Albert and most recently her great-grand-
children. Talented in needlepoint and cultivat-
ing cacti, Elaine loved sharing meals and
laughs with family and friends. Contributions
in Elaine's memory may be made by planting
a tree in Israel through the Jewish National
Fund, usa.jnf.org/jnf-tree-planting-center.

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Sona Becker, age 83 passed away on April
21, 2021 in the arms of her loving husband
Warren after a year long battle with complica-
tions of lung cancer. She was a two decade
survivor of CLL. She and Warren had a love
story that spanned over 60 years. They fell in
love in their home town of Philadelphia where
they raised their children. They then moved
first to California and then spent their last 25
years living in the state of Nevada. Sona
loved arts and crafts, playing the piano,
weekly gym workouts, attending the theater
and classic music concerts. She and Warren
enjoyed a lifetime of traveling the world, visit-
ing exotic locations and learning about the
people and their cultural customs and tradi-
tions. She especially enjoyed dancing the
rumba and many other ballroom and Latin
dances she and Warren practiced together.

Sona is survived by her husband Warren, her
brother Alvin, her three children Cheryl, Brad
and Craig and five grandchildren Geoffrey,
Zachary, Emily, Amanda and Ethan. Services
were held on April 25, 2021 at Mt Sinai at El
Camino Memorial Park, San Diego. In lieu of
flowers, please consider a donation to her fa-
vorite charity St Jude Children’s Research
Hospital. BLUM
Ethel Unger Blum, March 31, 2021, age 103.

Beloved mother of Susan (Barnett Rubin)
Blum, cherished wife of the late Theodore
Blum, sister of Victor and Leah Unger and the
late Irving Unger, and aunt of eleven nieces
and nephews and their children. Ethel's fam-
ily also comprised the students, faculty, and
staff of Akiba Hebrew Academy, where she
served for two decades as administrator,
guidance counselor, and assistant principal,
and generations of campers and staff at the
YMHA's Camp Rita, where she served as Dir-
ector. May her memory be a blessing. Contri-
butions in her honor may be made to the
charity of your choice. Gravesite services
were private.

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DONNELLY DEATH NOTICES
DAVIS BRAUFMAN
Mervin Braufman, age 98, passed away
peacefully on April 19, 2021 surrounded by
loved ones. Merv was a WWll veteran of the
Army Air Corps and started a career selling
business forms shortly after the war. He rose
to sales manager before starting his own
successful business, Key Forms, in 1972.

Merv loved work, never found fault in others,
and was loved by all. He finally retired at age
90. Merv is survived by his loving wife of 62
years Estelle (nee Shertz), sons Gary, Adam
(Sue), and Kirk (Lisa) Braufman, and adoring
grandchildren Dustin, Mia, and Sam. Contri-
butions in his memory may be made to a
charity of the donor's choice.

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Gregory Brenner, April 6, 2021 of Langhorne,
PA. Beloved husband of Eleanor (nee Fur-
man); loving father of Adam (Olga) Brenner
and Nancy (Alex) Chanin; adoring grandfath-
er of Michelle, Andrew, and David Chanin; de-
voted brother of Moishe (Emma) Brenner.

Services and interment were private. Be-
cause Gregory was a Holocaust survivor, the
family requests that, in lieu of flowers, contri-
butions in his memory be made to the Jew-
ish National Fund www.jnf.org
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Klaus Brinkmann, April 3, 2021 of Gladwyne,
PA. Beloved husband of Alice Saligman-
Brinkmann. Devoted father of Stephen (Alis-
on) Brinkmann and Ardys Persson. Cher-
ished brother of Karin Brown. Loving grand-
father of Nicholas and Rhena Brinkmann,
Kyra and Sean Persson. Services and Inter-
ment were private.

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COHN Barbara G. Cohn, 83 of Sarasota, FL, formerly
of Coatesville and Malvern PA, died Wednes-
day April 14, 2021 in Sarasota. Born Febru-
ary 8, 1938 in Harrisburg, PA, she was the
daughter of the late Edwin Garver and the late
Claire Wolfe Garver. After graduating from
John Harris High School in 1956, she worked
as a legal secretary until she met her hus-
band Sol I. Cohn. They were married for over
52 years. Barbara was a creative, curious and
competitive person who made being a wife,
mother, grandmother, friend, and caring hu-
man essential to her character and happi-
ness. She was a natural illustrator, avid read-
er and gifted chef. She enjoyed playing ten-
nis, ping-pong, board games, especially Trivi-
al Pursuit and Scrabble, as well as the fun
and community that came with playing
Bridge. She loved the art of writing and the
power of words and was excellent at cross-
word and number puzzles. Barbara and Sol
traveled extensively through the United
States and Europe together yet were always
glad to be home in their beloved
Pennsylvania or enjoying their adopted Sara-
sota. Barbara was a member of the Kesher
Israel Congregation of West Chester and the
Temple Emanu-El of Sarasota FL. In addition
to her husband Sol, she is survived by her
sons, Adam Cohn, and his wife Lindsay, Dav-
id Cohn, grandchildren Oz, North and Griffin.

She is also survived by her brother, Edwin
Garver. Graveside Services at Haym Sa-
lomon Memorial Park were private. Contribu-
tions in her name may be made to St Jude’s
Children’s Research Hospital. Online at:
http://giftfunds.stjude.org/barbara_cohn or by mail to: 501 St Jude Place, Memphis,
TN 38105, Att: Tribute Processing.

DELLAVECCHIA, REILLY, SMITH & BOYD
FUNERAL HOME, Inc.

www.DellaFH.com Doreen Sue Davis (1954-2021), passed away
on April 7, 2021 after a courageous and
steadfast twenty-one year battle with meta-
static breast cancer. She fought the disease
with the same determination and tenacity that
fueled her rise from a childhood of extreme
poverty to the top of the legal profession.

Doreen had no childhood interaction with the
legal profession to serve as a role model in
her hometown of Harvey’s Lake, a small town
near Wilkes-Barre. Every achievement was
her own. Doreen held leadership roles in top
Philadelphia and New York law firms, ulti-
mately being named among the top labor
lawyers in the country. At the time illness
forced her to retire, she was lead counsel in
the largest litigation ever before the National
Labor Relations Board. Doreen believed that
her greatest accomplishment was her daugh-
ter, Samantha Simmons. When Samantha
was in elementary school, Doreen was elec-
ted to be chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar
Association, the first working mother and
only the second woman to serve. Doreen
was equally proud of Samantha’s choice to
become an attorney and her loving marriage
to Jason Besecker. Doreen also survived by
her husband of nearly thirty-two years,
Robert Simmons, as well as numerous sib-
lings, nieces, nephews and their progeny.

She enjoyed the company of her many close
friends and legal colleagues, who, along with
her medical caregivers, provided support
throughout her course of treatment. A live
celebration will be held at a later date when
safety will permit us to laugh and cry togeth-
er. In the interim, raise a toast to her life with
a glass of her favored white burgundy. Those
who wish to remember her with a donation
may do so to a charity of their own choosing
or in her name to Women Against Abuse or
The Breast Cancer Coalition.

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www.JewishExponent.com Allan M. Dabrow, April 9, 2021, of Delray
Beach, FL and Philadelphia, PA. Beloved hus-
band of Tina (nee Kramer) Dabrow; loving
father of Gregg (Judy) Dabrow and Melissa
(Adam) Benn; cherished grandfather of Zach,
Shelby, Leo and Logan; devoted brother of
the late Arlene “Kookie” Suarez. In lieu of
flowers, contributions in his memory may be
made to Golden Slipper Club and Charities
(www.goldenslipperclub.org), ADL
(www.adl.org) or JAFCO (www.jafco.org).

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www.JewishExponent.com Elma Davis (nee Gwirtz) passed away peace-
fully at her home Monday, March 29th, 2021,
a few weeks after her 97th birthday. She is
survived by her three children Debra (Stan-
ley), Fran (Jim) and Howard (Barbara), her
seven grandchildren, Leslie (Ben), Jill (Sam),
Jeff (Jordan), Lisa, Sara (Adam), Amanda
(Jake) and Eliza, as well as seven great
grandchildren, Kylie, Henry, Blake, Ryan,
Georgia, Ava and Davis. Her beloved hus-
band of 71 years, Herbert, passed away in
2018. Before her marriage, Elma worked as a
secretary for National Jewish Hospital. To-
gether, Elma and Herbert, along with Elma’s
father, Jay and later their daughter, Fran, built
a respected and successful probate genea-
logy firm. Her shorthand and typing skills
were great assets, but Elma’s value went far
beyond her administrative abilities. She was a
trusted partner and confidante in the busi-
ness for over sixty years. Elma had a natural
gift for language and a love of travel. From
Egypt to Australia to Japan, she and Herbert
explored the world together. She truly lived a
remarkable and full life. Above all else,
however, Elma loved her family. She re-
membered and celebrated every special part
of her children and grandchildren’s lives-
from the smallest of accomplishments to the
most momentous occasions. And in return,
she was adored and treasured by each and
every member of her devoted family. A
private graveside service for family members
was held on March 31st at Roosevelt Me-
morial Park. Contributions in her memory
may be made to either Abramson Senior Care
or a charity of the donor’s choice.

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DONNELLY Helen Donnelly, age 79, passed away on
March 20, 2021 in Philadelphia, PA. Helen
was a long time resident of Northeast Phil-
adelphia, most recently being a resident of
Paul’s Run Retirement Community. Helen
was born on December 9, 1941 in Phil-
adelphia, PA, to parents, Max and Sara Barr.

Helen worked for Wawa Corporation as The
Coffee Queen until her retirement. She was a
proud volunteer for KleinLife for many years.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband
George and her son Joseph. Helen is sur-
vived by her daughter, Carol Morgan (John),
her grandson John III, granddaughter Tracy,
great grandson Scott Boyd, her sisters Ar-
lene Seefried, Ann Kaufman, Penny Barr
(Daniel), brother Gerald and numerous nieces
and nephews. Memorial contributions may be
made to American Cancer Society via
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