of friends and enjoyed his Monday
night tennis and duplicate bridge
games for more than 28 years.

Contributions in his name may be
sent to Abington Health Foundation
at abingtonhealth.org or a check,
payable to Abington Health Foun-
dation and mailed to: 1200 Old York
Road, Abington, PA 19001.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
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FREEDMAN Jerome E. Freedman, age 78, a
resident of Elkins Park, PA for 33
years, died on August 3, 2022. He
was the beloved husband of Sherri
Lynn Hoffman for 42 years. Born
in Philadelphia, he was the son of
the late Frank Freedman and the
late Lena Schreiber. Jerome grad-
uated from Northeast High School
in 1962. Jerome was employed as
a salesman at Micros P.O.S., from
where he retired in 2014. He was
the owner and operator of Freed-
man Cash Register. He enjoyed
spending time with his family, live
music, and volunteering at Holy
Redeemer Hospital. In addition to
his wife, he is survived by his loving
children and their spouses; Saman-
tha (and Kyle) Fisher of Hunting-
don Valley, PA, Allison (and Adam)
Blechman of Ambler, PA and Julian
Freedman of Philadelphia, PA; and
his five dear grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his sister,
Loraine Freedman. Services will
be held privately. A Celebration of
Life will be held on September 18,
2022. Please check back for further
details. Memorial contributions may
be sent to the Philadelphia Folk-
song Society, 6156 Ridge Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19128, American
Cancer Society, PO Box 6704,
Hagerstown, MD 21741 (www.

donate3.cancer.org) and National
Alliance of Mental Illness, PO Box
49104, Baltimore, MD 21297 (do-
nate.nami.org). KATZ
HAROLD - August 2, 2022 of
Huntingdon Valley, PA. Beloved
husband of the late Ruth (nee
Abrams); loving father of Steven
Katz (Sharon), Ellen Spector (the
late Rick) and Joseph Katz (Leon-
tien Ruttenberg); also survived by
7 grandchildren and 2 great grand-
children. In lieu of flowers, contribu-
tions in his memory may be made
to Angelman Syndrome Foundation
(www.angelman.org) or Temple Si-
nai of Dresher, PA.

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LEVITAN Curtis F. Levitan of Plymouth Meet-
ing, formerly of Phila., devoted hus-
band of Barbara (nee Servetnick)
of Plymouth Meeting, PA, loving
father of Rachael Levitan and Erika
Levy (nee Levitan), son of Abraham
and Rose Levitan (nee Chackman),
brother of Elliot (Elaine) Levitan
and the late Walter Levitan. Be-
loved Poppy to Ayla, Ethan and Eli-
ana. In lieu of flowers, contributions
in Curtis’s memory may be made
to the American Lung Association
(lung.org). GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
LOTMAN Evelyn Lotman (nee Trust) passed
peacefully on August 9, 2022.

Beloved wife of the late Bernard
Lotman; adoring mother of Robyn
(Richard) Goldberg, Helene (Frank
Tallman) and Steven. Loving grand-
mother of Brett, Cara (Brad) Max,
Sam, and Olivia; great-grand-
mother of Dawson and Cooper.

Contributions in her memory may
be made to the Developmental En-
terprise Corporation, https://decmc.

org/ways-to-give/. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
MASTRONI Frederick “Fred” Mastroni left us to
join the jam session in the sky on
August 6, 2022 at 82 years of age.

Fred was born in Philadelphia, Pa
in 1939. As a young man, his big-
gest passion in life was music. An
avid guitar player, he traveled the
east coast playing with his bands,
“The In-Sexx”, “The Down Children”
and “The Monkey Men”. They fre-
quently performed at popular clubs
where he met legendary blues mu-
sician Roy Buchanan and recorded
multiple albums with him. Not long
after, he met his lifelong partner,
love of his life Rita (Petrushansky)
Mastroni, and married her. His fam-
ily then became his new passion,
but he never gave up his love of
music and his passion for play-
ing guitar. He was a funny, kind,
and gentle soul who had a way
with words and could make any-
one smile in his presence and feel
welcome. He was a force of love,
light, and compassion to everyone
he touched in his life. He was pre-
deceased by his father Frederick
Mastroni Sr. and his mother, Helen
Sheridan. He is survived by his wife
of 52 years, Rita (Petrushansky)
Mastroni and his three children
Cheryl Mastroni Dilks, Robin Mas-
troni Rose, and Nadine Mastroni
Belisle. His grandchildren whom
he adored with all of his heart, Este
Dilks, Lauren Dilks, Skylar Belisle,
and Carma Belisle also survive
him. He is survived by his two sons
in law that he loved dearly, James
Belisle and John Rose. He is also
survived by his sister, Lori Mastroni
Kauffmann. In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions may be made to Bucks Coun-
ty SPCA https://buckscountyspca.

org/ or Lubavitch of Bucks County,
25 N State St, Newtown, PA 18940.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
PASKEL Merrill Paskel (nee Gordon) on
August 5, 2022. Wife of Leonard
Paskel, mother of the late Shalyn
Fay Paskel, sister of Lane (Lynda)
Gordon and both the late Ian and
Jay Gordon. Contributions in her
memory may be made to a charity
of the donor’s choice.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
Daughter in law Robyn, 4 Grand-
children Alex Salaman (Fiance Ali
Eisner),Daniel Salaman, Harrison
Perlstein, Jordan Perlstein, and 2
Granddogs Riley and Daisy.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
PLASKY Harriet (nee Mintz). August 8, 2022.

Devoted wife of David Plasky. Lov-
ing mother of Charlene Plasky, Eric
Plasky (Lois), and Ellen Roth (Bar-
ry). Beloved grandmother of Fallon
Roth and Rachel Plasky. Cherished
daughter of the late Anna and the
late Charles Mintz. Dear sister of
the late Sam Mintz. Happily married
for 66 years. Funeral services are
private. Contributions in her mem-
ory may be made to ALS, www.als.

org, or the charity of the donor’s
choice. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
SACHAROFF PEARL
Richard Pearl-August 4, 2022,
beloved husband of Myna (nee
Sobelman), cherished father of
Karen (Mitch) Prager and the late
Lisa and Stephen Pearl. He was
the very proud and adoring grand-
father of Lucy and Sophie, brother
of Janet Levy and brother-in-law of
Roy Levy, son of the late Freda and
Harry Pearl. Donations in his mem-
ory may be made to Abramson Se-
nior Care, 5 Century Parkway East,
Suite 100, Blue Bell, PA 19422.

JOSEPH LEVINE & SONS
www.levinefuneral.com PERLSTEIN
Myron Jack Perlstein - Age 85
passed away on August 6 2022 in
Boca Raton Fl after a brief illness.

Myron was born 06/21/1937 on the
longest day of the year. He grew up
in Philadelphia, Pa and graduated
from Overbrook High School, and
received his degree from Temple
University. Myron was preceded in
death by his beloved wife Carol Joy
Hofferman. He was a loving father
and grandfather. He is survived by
His Daughter Heidi Salaman, Son
in law Michael, Son Scott Perlstein,
Mark Sacharoff, who died August
7, 2022, was born in Waterbury,
Connecticut in 1929 to two Russian
Jewish immigrant parents. They
were too poor or perhaps indiffer-
ent to send him to Hebrew school,
and so a neighbor paid for Mark to
cram for several months so he could
have his Bar Mitzvah. He attended
Crosby High School and then Wes-
leyan College, the first in his family
to attend college, where he ma-
jored in philosophy. Mark excelled
in college but after graduation in
1950 decided to pursue a career as
a writer and playwright rather than
as an academic or a professional.

He moved to Greenwich Village
where he fell in with other writers
and artists, particularly beatniks.

He loved this ten-year period and
in later years talked of it often. He
enjoyed drinks at the White Horse
Tavern with Allen Ginsburg, Jack
Kerouac, and Dylan Thomas. He
read an early manuscript of Ker-
ouac’s On the Road, but didn’t like
it. He worked odd jobs to stay afloat,
including as a night auditor at the
Plaza Hotel. By 1960, however, he
had grown disenchanted with this
life. He remembers one night he
invited two friends to a party. While
he was socializing, the two friends
snuck into a bedroom to steal all the
coats for drug money. That’s when
he knew it was time to move on. In
1961 he married Joan Larsh. They
soon had a son, Laurent, and later
a daughter, Ariadne. Upon Laurent’s
birth, Mark bought a television that
he carried home in his arms several
blocks, beginning a lifelong love of
TV. Over the years, the family would
gather to watch Mary Tyler Moore,
Fernwood Tonight, Phillies Games,
Seinfeld, and Star Trek: Next Gen-
eration. Also in the early 1960s,
Mark went to Hunter to earn a PhD
in English and wrote his dissertation
on Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cres-
sida. He argued that scholars were
unable to appreciate that the play
defied genre, and was neither com-
edy nor tragedy, but both, and satire
as well. In 1967, Mark started as an
English professor at Temple Uni-
versity in Philadelphia. During the
1970s, Mark became a dedicated
anti-Vietnam war activist. He orga-
nized numerous events and played
an indirect role in the disclosure of
the Pentagon Papers. The New York
Times published an influential bibli-
ography he gathered of the growing
literature on American war crimes in
Vietnam. New York Times reporter
Neil Sheehan wrote a comprehen-
sive essay summarizing potential
American war crimes and credited
Mark with his contribution, writing:
“By this simple act he has signifi-
cantly widened our consciousness.”
(The New York Times re-printed
Sheehan’s essay last year). Mark
also wrote plays and worked with Al-
bert Benzwie at Theater Centre Phil-
adelphia. His own play, The Front
Door, was produced by the Play-
wrights’ Workshop, predecessor to
the Theatre Center, at the YMHA.

Mark was also an early supporter of
the Painted Bride. He is survived by
his wife, Joan, his son, Laurent, his
daughter, Ariadne Green, and her
husband, Jon Green. Mark is also
survived by his two grandchildren,
Charlotte and Ezra Green. His fam-
ily remembers him as a wonderfully
warm, delightful storyteller. He was
an open-minded intellect, a life-long
leftist with a fascination for politics
who nevertheless could see and
understand even those most op-
posed to his beliefs. Contributions
in his memory may be made to
UNICEF, particularly to help children
in Ukraine.

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RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
WALD MICHAEL K., August 8, 2022. Hus-
band of the late Marjorie L. Wald
(nee Smookler). Father of Eman-
uel (Cathleen) and Samuel Wald.

Brother of Stephen and the late
Joseph Wald. Grandfather of Lukas
and Ryan Wald. Contributions in
his memory may be made to Amer-
ican Cancer Society or to a charity
of the donor’s choice.

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