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BENNETT Sun City Center, FL - BURTON
EDWIN, almost 90, formerly of
Margate, NJ, and Pompano Beach,
FL, died on October 12, 2022, after
succumbing to a number of chronic
illnesses. He was married to Jean
Lee Bennett, nee Neff, with whom he
recently celebrated their 66th year
together. They successfully raised
three children, resulting in four
grandchildren and two great-grand-
children. Burt was born in Philadel-
phia, the oldest child of Benjamin
and Dorothy (nee Wolfson) Bennett.

He graduated from West Philadel-
phia High School, where he lettered
in basketball, a sport that brought
him a good deal of joy throughout
his life. After four years of service
in the Coast Guard, Burt began a
career in the insurance business,
eventually holding executive posi-
tions in several companies. He also
proudly co-owned and operated a
hotel in Atlantic City for 12 years,
with Jean, Jean’s twin sister Irma
and Irma’s husband Aaron Hafetz.

After leaving the insurance industry,
during the early days of the casino
era, Burt tapped into his industrious
spirit and developed and ran one of
the main bus parking lots in Atlan-
tic City. In his retirement years, Burt
taught himself watch repair, using
an impressive amount of dexterity
and patience to master this delicate
skill. He enjoyed making his many
friends and customers happy by
fixing their treasured timepieces. In
addition, he designed custom-made
pieces that his grandchildren recall
and cherish until today. More re-
cently Burt turned his creativity to
painting, making collages and creat-
ing showpieces by painting abstract
designs on common household
objects. Some of his designs were
used on pillows, cutting boards, and
face masks on the Society6 creative
website under the name Bebart.

Thanks to his charm and easygo-
ing style Burt made friends easily.

Often was the time that the family
would be out, even many miles from
home, and he would run into some-
one he knew. Burt also maintained
lifelong relationships with his child-
hood friends from West Philly. Burt
leaves behind his loving wife Jean,
his children Brad Bennett (Kebby
Berg) of Clinton, NY, Paula (Stan)
Lipski of Sun City Center, and Robin
(Shlomo) Ben-Hur of Vevey, Swit-
zerland. He also leaves his cher-
ished grandchildren Michael (Beth)
and Steven Bennett, and Daniel
and Arielle Ben-Hur, along with his
great-grandchildren Gregory and
River Bennett and his sister Sally.

Burt also had a special relationship
with his nephews Scott, Drew, Larry,
and Glenn Hafetz, and their families.

He will be greatly missed. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests dona-
tions be sent in Burt’s memory to a
charity of your choice. To express
condolences online visit segalfuner-
alhome.com. SEGAL FUNERAL HOME
segalfuneralhome.com. lieu of flowers contributions in her
memory may be made to Darchei
Noam or Mitzvah Circle.

JOSEPH LEVINE & SONS
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EDWIN “ED” , Professor Emeritus
at Drexel University, died peace-
fully surrounded by family. Funeral
services private.

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BRAY BARBARA (nee Seldin), October
9, 2022 of Blue Bell, PA. Devoted
wife of Buzz Bray. Beloved mother
of Melanie Birger-Bray (Hadar of
blessed memory) and Sam (Laura)
Bray. Cherished sister of Meg Sel-
din (Reuben Altizer). Proud grand-
mother of Emma, Amethyst and
Jason. The family requests that in
GORDON CANTOR JOSHUA H.

October 5, 2022. Devoted husband
of the late Marilyn Weiss Gordon
for 50 years. Beloved father of Ra-
chel Lichten (Jason) and Howie
Gordon (Laurel). Brother of Esther
Gordon. Cherished grandfather of
Lucas Gordon and Sam, Jake and
Sophie Lichten. Dear Uncle of Gary
Blaustein (Antoinette) and the late
Ron Blaustein. Cherished cousin of
Ira Schafer (Tricia). Fiercely loyal
friend. Josh was quick with a joke
and knew how to make people feel
at ease. He loved his family fiercely,
especially his 4 grandchildren. Josh
earned his BA from Yeshiva Univer-
sity, where he studied at the Canto-
rial Training Institute and earned his
Masters degrees from Temple and
Dropsie Universities. Josh was the
Cantor at Congregation Ner Tamid
in Delaware County from 1970-81
and then became the Cantor for
Congregation Melrose B’Nai Isra-
el Emanu El for the next 36 years
before retiring. He was also a guid-
ance counselor for the School Dis-
trict of Philadelphia for 35 years,
spending most of that time at A.

Philip Randolph Vocational Tech-
nical School. Contributions in his
memory may be made to American
Friends of Magen David Adom,
www.afmda.org or the Alzheimer’s
Association, www.alz.org/delval.

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KAHN
DR. ERNEST on October 11, 2022.

Husband of the late Marcia. Father
of Rachel Kahn Ross and Beth
Kahn. Grandfather of Daniel Ross
and Brian Ross. Dr. Kahn was a
former executive with the Jewish
Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Contributions in his memory may
be made to Jewish Federation of
Greater Philadelphia, LB# 4000,
PO Box 95000, Philadelphia, PA
19195-0001. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
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KRENSEL It is with a sense of profound sor-
row but also a celebration of a life
well lived, we announce that Ed-
ward Krensel has passed away
on October 10, 2022, peacefully at
his home surrounded by those he
loved and that loved him. Ed was
89 years old. He was born on May
11, 1933 in South Philly to Molly
and Louis Krensel. He is survived
by his loving wife, Vivian, and his
children, Donna, Lauren, Michelle,
Matt, Leiba and Lauren as well as
his 16 beautiful grandchildren, his
sister Judy Burgis. Ed was pre-
ceded in death by his daughter
Lisa. He was an all-city athlete at
Olney High School and received
a track scholarship to Temple Uni-
versity. He was an entrepreneur at
an early age and while still in high
school produced a number of R&B
acts. He was drafted into the army
during the Korean War and served
with distinction as a Staff Sargent,
was tasked to produce USO shows
in Korea. He was a Mummer in the
fancy division for 45 years winning
a dozen 1st place prizes. During
his life he enjoyed sailing, winter
camping and fly fishing amongst his
many favorite activities. He was an
avid landscaper and won first prize
in the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Ed loved his cats and has had many
throughout the years. He was an
entrepreneur during his life, but his
crowning jewel was the business he
co-founded with his partner, Andy
Janczak. Their high-performance
polymer business is a well-known,
international company employing
over 60 people with distributors in
over 60 countries worldwide. When
Ed moved to Doylestown in 1996,
he became involved with the VFW
Post 175 and became involved
in many projects, most notably
the Global War on Terror Memo-
rial located at the Bucks County
Courthouse. Ed was also activity
involved in sporting clay shooting
and recently the Bucks County Fish
& Game Association named a pistol
range in his honor. He was a long-
time supporter of the Doylestown
Hospital and the County Theatre.

Ed leaves behind a legacy that has
reached far and wide. His influence
on the lives of others will carry on
through generations. His parting
words were “Make everyday a holi-
day.”In lieu of flowers or gifts, dona-
tions may be made in Ed’s honor to
the Doylestown Post 175 Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Post Office Box
1533, Doylestown, PA 18901.

JOSEPH LEVINE & SONS
www.levinefuneral.com LUTZNER
YVONNE SYTNER died peaceful-
ly on October 12th, 2022 days shy
of her 88th birthday. She was born
on October 15th, 1934 in Antwerp,
Belgium, to Polish-Jewish parents,
Abram Sytner and Rosa Rotsztejn
Sytner. Her older brother, Harry
Oskar, was born in Berlin prior to
the family’s move to Belgium. Of a
large family that extended from Po-
land to France, Yvonne was one of
very few to survive the Shoah, hav-
ing spent the war years as a hid-
den child in Brussels, living in plain
sight with an assumed identity. Yad
Vashem honored her loving rescu-
ers, the Le Chat family, as Righ-
teous Among the Nations in 2000.

At the war’s end, Yvonne spent
nearly two years at Profondsart, an
orphanage that gathered surviving
Jewish children in Belgium. Locat-
ed by a cousin in the U.S. Army,
who helped to arrange passage,
at 12 years old Yvonne made a dif-
ficult journey on a refugee ship to
the United States. There she was
welcomed by her uncle, Louis Sit-
ner, in Philadelphia, where she
settled with his daughter and son-
in-law, Miriam Sitner Clibanoff and
Louis Clibanoff, who took her in as
a sibling to their daughter Lynne
Clibanoff Selkow (Donald Selkow),
who survives her. In 1954, Yvonne
married Herman Lutzner, the boy
next door, and they spent 64 loving
years together until Herman’s death
in 2018. Yvonne and Herman’s two
children, Jodie Lutzner Garay (An-
drea Stanley) and Jeffrey Lutzner
(Jessica DeGroot), have widened
the circle with their children, Ella Lu-
tzner Garay, Jocelyn DeGroot-Lu-
tzner, and Julian DeGroot-Lutzner.

Though scarred by unfathomable
early loss and trauma, Yvonne was
a woman of remarkable strength
and resilience – and elegance.

She was a loving wife, mother, and
grandmother, who doted on her
grandchildren, cultivating a special
relationship with each one of them.

Yvonne will be sorely missed by
her close-knit family and the many
who experienced her love of life.

The family asks that friends make
a contribution in Yvonne’s name to
HIAS (https://www.hias.org), an or-
ganization that was instrumental in
helping her find refuge in the United
States. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
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MILLER RICHARD STEVEN-October 8,
2022 of Philadelphia, PA. Trea-
sured partner of Carolyn Draftz;
beloved husband of the late Iris;
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STERN RUDERMAN
ELISABETH “LISETTE”
(nee Rosenkranz)
March 16, 1936 - October 8, 2022
22 Adar 5696 - 13 Tishri 5783
Lisette Ruderman was born in Tel-
Aviv, Israel on March 16, 1936 to
Maurice and Fanny Rosenkranz.

She graduated from Gymnasia
Herzliya – Israel’s first Hebrew high
school - in 1950. After serving in
the Israeli Defense Forces, Lisette
attended the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem and graduated with
a degree in law. In 1959, she met
the love of her life and married Je-
rome (Jerry) Ruderman. In 1967
they moved to the newly completed
Kennedy House, where they resid-
ed for 55 years. Lisette studied Inte-
rior Design at Moore College of Art,
and pursued a degree in Library
Science From Villanova Univer-
sity. She worked as a high school
librarian with The School District of
Philadelphia for 32 years. The cou-
ple spent alternate summers in Tel-
Aviv, and spent time locally. In her
retirement, she and Jerry enjoyed
each other’s company, traveled
with friends and showered their
grandson and his parents with love.

Lisette is survived by her daughter
Shelley Ruderman, son-in-law Jor-
dan (Cassway) and grandson Eitan
(Cassway). Contributions in her
memory may be made to Penn
Hospice, www.pennmedicine.org.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
SILVER EUGENE “GENE” D.-A Central
High School Class 193 graduate,
passed away on October 6, 2022.

Longtime Partner of Lynne Bloom.

Father of Rebecca (Barry) Lenick
and Jonathan Silver. Stepfather of
Dr. Carl D. (Dr. Elizabeth) Bloom
and Lawrence A. (Diana) Bloom.

Grandfather of Brooke, Kyra,
Courtney and Lu Bloom. Contribu-
tions in his memory may be made
GERRIE (nee SELTZER)-Beloved
wife of Harris I. Stern “Hank” and
the late Milton Tellem, MD. Devot-
ed mother of Jamisen Shrut (Bar-
ry), Arn Tellem (Nancy), Rhonda
Sacks (Jeffrey), and Pamela Gold-
man (Andrew). Dear sister of Na-
talie Weinstein and the late Bernard
Seltzer. Loving grandmother of
Kimberly, Philip, Michael (Emma),
Jonathan (Jenny), Matthew, Allison
(Sammy), Eric, Ellissa, Sophie, and
Hope. Loving great grandmother
of Theo, Olive, Madeline, Gemma,
Lea, and Asher. Contributions in
her memory may be made to Moss
Rehab www.mossrehab.org or a
charity of the donor’s choice.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
WILF LYNNE BETH SIMON, 72, of Blue
Bell, PA passed away October 2,
2022, at home, with family by her
side. She was born to the late Mau-
rice and Mildred Simon, on March
27, 1950, in Philadelphia, PA.

Lynne graduated from Philadelphia
High School for Girls in 1967 and
received a BA from Temple Univer-
sity in 1971. Lynne was a loving
mother to Melissa Wilf (Edward
Baker) and Meredith Wilf (Daniel
Vanderbilt), and a devoted sister
to Sharon Gordon. She is also sur-
vived by the joys of her life, her two
grandchildren, Amalie Baker and
Jacqueline Vanderbilt. Lynne loved
family, friends, numbers, travel,
and nature. Lynne was immense-
ly proud of her family, and leaves
behind nothing but beautiful mem-
ories. As her health declined, she
often repeated the quote, “My heart
is full.” All donations are request-
ed to the Lung Cancer Research
Foundation. www.

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