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Cheltenham. She was passionate
about public service and educa-
tion, which she considered part of
her Jewish heritage and identity,
and served on executive commit-
tees for local chapters of the League
of Women Voters, American
Cancer Society, American Field
Service, Cheltenham Township
Government Study Commission,
the Cheltenham Center for the
Arts, the Cheltenham Adult
School and the Elkins Park
Library. She was awarded a citation
from the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives for her exemplary
record of service in 1995.

In 2004, she and her
husband retired and spent
several years in Bend, Oregon,
where they provided a schol-
arship for students at the local
community college.

“She just loved being
involved with the community
and volunteering, and she was
one of those people who would
do absolutely anything for you
if she could,” her daughter
Connie Franckle said.

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of COVID-19 at the age of 91.

She was raised by her father
and grandparents in West
Philadelphia aft er her mother
died when she was young.

She grew up speaking Yiddish
with her grandparents, who
immigrated from the Pale
of Settlement, and remained
fl uent throughout her life.

She graduated
from Overbrook High School in
1947 and worked as a secretary
for Milton Shapp, who would
go on to become Pennsylvania’s
governor, before she became a
mother. She married Leonard
Hoberman and had three
children. Th e couple would
have celebrated their 70th
wedding anniversary on Jan 7.

Sally Hoberman
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Her daughter Eileen Roseman
Dec. 30 due to complications said she was a dedicated mother
known throughout her neigh-
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Berman Th e Yardley resident was
born and raised in South
Philadelphia, and his family
was one of only a few Jewish
families in the area. He was a
graduate of Temple University,
where he earned a bachelor’s
degree and a master’s degree
in psychology. He served in
the Air Force in Bermuda and
worked as a logistics manager
for the Navy for 35 years.

He was married to his wife,
Karen Malinoff , for 40 years
before her death in 2007. Th e
couple raised their children
Conservative Jewish and
belonged to Congregations of
Shaare Shamayim.

“He and my mom were very
active with the synagogue,”
said his son, Josh Malinoff .

He was an avid Philadelphia
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sports fan and enjoyed visiting
Edward Malinoff , 84, died the Jersey shore, especially
of COVID-19 on Jan. 19.

Margate and Atlantic City. He
also loved music, sang frequently
and even sent a song he wrote to
Billy Joel, who wrote back to say
he only sang his own material.

He remembered the lyrics to
songs from old movies with
great accuracy despite having
dementia in his later years.

“What we really, to be
honest, remember the most is
his sense of humor,” said his
daughter Dori Cowan, adding
that her father was known for
his love of witty puns.

her grandchildren with school-
work and playing games with
them. “Since she passed away,
we’ve had people who grew up
in the neighborhood talking
about how they always felt
welcome coming to our home,”
she said.

She was diagnosed with
dementia at age 89 and moved
to Artis Senior Living of
Huntingdon Valley.

Roseman remembers her
mother’s love of laughter.

“We would just laugh at the
silliest things, and then, you
know, we would get it under
control and I would look at her
and she would look at me and
we just start laughing all over
again,” she said.

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Song Book,” an album of
original songs, with his writing
partner Marvin Weisbord at
age 102. Th e album garnered
national attention and was
covered by CBS, NPR, Th e
Washington Post and even
“Th e Kelly Clarkson Show.”
“Aside from boundless
creativity, Alan was a hopeless
romantic. He wrote verses
non-stop and enjoyed charming
an audience,” Weisbord said in a
statement. Tripp was born in
Leavenworth, Kansas, and
graduated from Northwestern
University. He worked as a
newspaper reporter in Chicago,
a radio broadcaster in New
York, a copywriter for a New
York advertising agency and a
columnist for an ad business
trade journal before moving to
Philadelphia. He spent four years in
the Army Signals Corps and
served during World War II.

He became president of the ad
agency Bauer, Tripp, Foley, Inc.,
which produced live weekly
TV musicals and oversaw local
and national TV ads.

He relocated to New York in
1966 and served as president
and CEO of Product Resources
International before returning to
Philadelphia in 1987 to be near
his family. He was married to his
wife, Maggie Tripp, for 73 years.

“He was a source of just
Alan Tripp
constant support in every way to
Alan Tripp died of COVID-19 me and my family,” his grand-
at Beaumont at Bryn Mawr retire- daughter Dr. Abigail Tripp
ment community on Dec. 24. He Berman said. ●
was 103.

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