obituaries
was predeceased by his beloved
Beth and his parents Pauline Polish
and Sam Ervais. Ron will be missed
by the many who knew, respected
and loved him. A graveside service
and burial was held on Monday, May
2nd at Alliance Cemetery, Gershel
Avenue, Norma, NJ.Arrangements
are under the supervision of Rone
Funeral Service, 1110 East Chest-
nut Avenue, Vineland NJ 08360. Do-
nations in memory of Ron may be
made to the Michael J. Fox Founda-
tion for Parkinson’s Research or to
the charity of one’s choice. To send
online condolences please visit our
website at www.RONEFUNERALS-
ERVICE.com RONE FUNERAL SERVICE
www.ronefuneralservice.com consulting business in 2010. Barry
loved children and was a volunteer
at the Arthur Philadelphia Public
School. He had an uncanny ability
to amuse kids – often with a great
joke. Barry was also an avid collec-
tor of pipes and fountain pens.

GORDON RHODA ‘RICKI’ (nee Perlin) on
May 16, 2022. Beloved wife of the
late Ralph; Loving mother of Mark
Gordon (Kathy), Stuart Gordon
(Donna), and Kenneth Gordon
(Beth); Devoted grandmother of
Scott, Amanda (Ben), Lindsay (Eli),
Jeffrey, and Jenna (Kenny); Ador-
ing great-grandmother of Reed,
Jackson, and Nate. Contributions
in her memory may be made to
Reform Cong. Keneseth Israel,
8339 Old York Rd., Elkins Park, PA
19027 or Hadassah, 1518 Walnut
St., Ste. 402, Phila., PA 19102.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
FRIEDMAN Marvin M. Friedman, Age 86 of
Tamarac, Florida, passed away
May 18, 2022. He was born and
raised in Brooklyn, New York. Son
of the late Samuel and Sylvia
ISAACSON GERSHON
Barry Gershon, 70, of Philadelphia,
a loving friend to many, died Tues-
day, May 10, 2022, from complica-
tions of a stroke. He is survived by
his beloved schnoodle Harpo and
his sister Janet. He is predeceased
by his parents and his brother Adam.

Raised in Long Island, Barry earned
a BS in Social Welfare and a Mas-
ters in Public Administration/Policy
from Albany, SUNY; and an MBA
from Columbia Business School.

After 6 years as a healthcare finan-
cial analyst in the New York State
senate, Barry created a coalition of
hospitals as Assistant to the Pres-
ident of Bronx Lebanon Hospital.

This was followed by a long career
in the pharmaceutical industry with
tenures at Merck, GlaxoSmithKline,
and Wyeth. He started his own
26 Howard Isaacson, M.D., passed
away on May 15 in Gladwyne,
Pennsylvania, five months short
of his 100th birthday, after a long
and valiant struggle with multiple
cancers. Born in the Bronx, New
York, in 1922, he grew up in Free-
hold, New Jersey, graduated from
Rutgers University in 1943, and
obtained his professional degree
from Jefferson Medical College in
Philadelphia in 1946, one of just a
few Jewish students to be admit-
ted under the then-existing quota
system. A year later he married his
beloved June Golove, a chemist,
who died in 1993. Military service at
Maxwell Air Force base in Alabama
took his medical career in an unan-
ticipated direction when he arrived
at the base and found, at the outset
of the postwar baby boom, that new
doctors were needed to care for
the needs of many women starting
families. Returning to Philadelphia
to open a practice in obstetrics and
gynecology, he pursued this spe-
cialty until his retirement nearly half
a century later. By his calculation he
delivered more than 10,000 babies
during his career. A member of the
American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists, the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia, the Phil-
MAY 26, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM
adelphia County Medical Society,
and the American Society for the
Study of Sterility, he was affiliated
over the years with a number of
Philadelphia–area hospitals, includ-
ing Philadelphia General Hospital,
Presbyterian Hospital, Jefferson
Medical College, the Graduate
School of Medicine of the University
of Pennsylvania, Haverford Hospi-
tal, and Lankenau Medical Center.

He also taught and served as chief
of the ob-gyn department at several
of these institutions. Dr. Isaacson is
survived by his daughter Joan Ock-
man, wife of the late Robert Slutzky,
of Elkins Park; son Bill Isaacson and
daughter-in-law Julie Benwitt Kay
Isaacson, of Bryn Mawr; grandchil-
dren Zoë Slutzky, Bobby Isaacson
and wife Jen Isaacson, and Mark
Isaacson; and great-grandchild
James Isaacson. His brother, Rob-
ert Isaacson of West Long Branch,
New Jersey, predeceased him, as
did his partner Reta Eisenberg, with
whom he enjoyed a happy long-
term relationship starting in 1996
and traveled widely. Vigorous well
into his nineties, he was also an avid
tennis player, gardener, and bridge
player. After retirement he continued
to consult on medical matters and
to assist former patients, some of
whom were women whom he had
brought into the world a generation
or more earlier. The family asks that
in lieu of sending flowers those who
wish to make a donation in his mem-
ory contribute to the Jewish Federa-
tion of Philadelphia or another char-
ity of their choice.

JOSEPH LEVINE AND SONS
www.levinefuneral.com KAMENS
Phyllis Kamens - Age 89 of Yardley,
Pa., passed away May 18, 2022.

Daughter of the late Pinkus and
Mollie (Warowitz) Levinsky. Pre-
deceased by her beloved husband
Morris after 69 years of marriage.

Phyllis is survived by her children
Brenda Kahan(Larry),
Michael Kamens (Joan), her sister Lois Ros-
enwald(Pete), her nephew Rich-
ard Rosenwald and grandchildren
Jessica Kelch (Paul), Elizabeth
Kamens, Ryan Kahan (Monique),
Matt Kahan and Lindsey Kamens
and great grandchildren Adam and
Emma. Philky as she was called by
her husband Moishe was a passion-
ate person of great conviction never
one to back down from a spirited
debate. She had strong values and
lived by them. She followed current
events closely and loved to read.

She always knew what was going
on in the world and cared deeply
for those less fortunate than herself.

What she cared about most was her
family and she reveled in her chil-
dren and grandchildrens’ success.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
KATZ Aimee Katz-On Saturday, May 7,
2022 of Bala Cynwyd, PA. A life-
long Philadelphian, Aimee was born
and raised in the Wynnefield neigh-
borhood and lived there for seven
decades. Predeceased by her hus-
band of 62 years, Bernard Aaron
Katz and by son, James Louis Katz.

Teacher, social worker and womens’
clothing designer, Aimee is survived
by two children, Samuel Katz (Con-
nie) and Kathrin Katz, grandchildren
Lauren Katz Smith (Prentiss), Philip
Katz (Leah), Elizabeth Katz (Micah
Kaplan), Benjamin Katz, Tara John-
son (Joshua) and Lyle Hall (Alycen)
and eleven great grandchildren. Re-
membrances to support Ukrainian
Jews through the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee (www.

jdc.org) JOSEPH LEVINE AND SONS
www.levinefuneral.com the days when nobody was paying
so much attention to him cause they
all just wanted Mommom. Earl left
this world early Wednesday morn-
ing, the same way he lived in it, with
little fuss, a great basketball game
on the screen and his family all
around him. He was adored and will
be deeply missed. He is survived by
his daughters Sherrie Kendall and
Margelle Liss (Shelly), his grandchil-
dren Samantha Feld, Michael Feld
(Debra), Ben Liss (Jen) and Jenna
Liss (Ethan) and great grandchil-
dren Moshe, Simcha, Bayla and
Gali Feld and Mayson, Cameron
and Emmy Liss. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to Atlantic
City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial
www.theacbhm.org and Mural Arts
Philadelphia www.muralarts.org.

JOSEPH LEVINE AND SONS
www.levinefuneral.com KINSTLICK
KENDALL KENDALL EARL May 18, 2022.

Earl Kendall was a true Philadel-
phian. A lifetime Philly sports fan, he
played basketball for Central High
and graduated from Wharton. Earl
met his one true love, the stunning
Bobbie Heisler on the Atlantic City
Boardwalk and every day since,
described her as being even more
beautiful on the inside. They married
in 1950 and raised two extraordinary
daughters. Earl was a devoted son,
taking over his family business Ken-
dall’s Home Furnishings, which he
ran for 40 years, despite dreams
of law school. He worked hard and
took great pride in helping his family
pursue their passions. He disliked
receiving gifts almost as much as
he loved giving them. Often re-
questing an item be returned, as
he already had a sweater, a shirt,
a pair of gloves, you get the pic-
ture. He also had quite the sense
of humor. Earl was very proud of
his independence, his full head of
hair and even more so that he was
still able to shovel the snow off his
front walk and complete his daily
regimen of 25 push ups. His smile
lit up a room and nobody made him
smile more than his grandchildren
and great grandchildren, except,
perhaps, his beloved wife. Bobbie
was not just his, but their whole fam-
ily’s sun, moon and stars. Earl didn’t
mind playing second fiddle. In fact,
recently he admitted that he missed
Carol Kinstlick (nee Epstein), 82, of
Merion Station, PA passed away on
April 18, 2022. Beloved wife of the
late Emanuel Kinstlick MD, daugh-
ter of the late Max and Rose Ep-
stein, she is survived by daughter
Toby Frank Zachian MD and son
Gary Frank and grandchildren Ra-
chel Zachian and Skylar Zachian.

Contributions in Carol’s memory
can be made to Congregation Beth
Tovim, Main Line Office, 1504 Von
Steuben Drive, West Chester, PA
19380-5511) or The COPD Foun-
dation, Tribute Giving www.copd-
foundation.org JOSEPH LEVINE AND SONS
www.levinefuneral.com LASSOFF
Marlene Lassoff, beloved mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother,
sister and friend passed away on
May 10, 2022 at the age of 84.

Marlene was born on July 12, 1937
in Easton, Pennsylvania. She is
survived by her children, Cheryl
Doran, Michael (Sarah) Lassoff and
Michelle (Michael) Harbold. After
lovingly raising her three children,
she went on to have a successful
career in the insurance industry.

Upon retirement, she continued
to devote her life to her family. In
addition to her children, she is sur-
vived by her precious grandchil-
dren, Jennifer (David) DiRusso,
Rachel Doran, Jared Harbold, Jes-