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St. Louis Jewish Light

Obituaries

Kenneth Balk

Kenneth Balk

Published December 27, 2024

Kenneth Balk passed away on December 26, 2024. He was the son of the late Max and the late Esther Balk; beloved husband of Susan Margolis Winter Balk and the late Harriet Balk; dear father of Mindy...

Marcus Tufts Cohn

Marcus Tufts Cohn

Published December 27, 2024

Marcus Tufts Cohn, October 14, 1940 – December 21, 2024 Beloved son of the late Charmian (Edlin) and Waldo E. Cohn and son-in-law of the late Denora (Yedlin) and Ben Friedman. Dear husband,...

Loretta Rose Rifkin

Loretta Rose Rifkin

Published December 25, 2024

Loretta Rose Rifkin (10/11/21), lover of unicorns and all things Frozen, passed away on 12/20/24 after a seven-month long battle with a rare type of Medulloblastoma. She was just two months past her...

Edward Balk

Edward Balk

Published December 25, 2024

Edward Balk, 96, 9/16/28 - 12/24/24 Edward Balk, son of the late Eva and Jack Balk, beloved husband for 62 years of the late Rita Balk, brother of the late Noma (the late Arthur) Simon. Brother-in-law...

Jerome J. Sincoff

Jerome J. Sincoff

Published December 23, 2024

Jerome J. Sincoff, November 7, 1933 – December 18, 2024 Jerome J. Sincoff, FAIA, passed away on December 18, 2024. A lifelong resident of St. Louis, he was the son of the late Elma and the late...

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Michael David Moss

Published December 23, 2024

Michael David Moss, 2/10/40 – 12/16/24 Son of the late Morris Moss and the late Gina (Harrison) Moss; Brother of the late Deborah Weber (the late Stanley); Hershey Moss (Susan); Leslie Moss (Sandra);...

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Rae Kootman

Published December 23, 2024

Rae Kootman peacefully passed away on December 22, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Rae was born in St. Louis on May 25, 1933, the oldest of Joe and Rose Ziglin’s four children. Throughout...

Sanford M. Palans

Sanford M. Palans

Published December 22, 2024

Sanford M. Palans, December 21, 2024 Sanford passed away peacefully after a short illness. Sandy was an Army Veteran, a pharmacist, and possessed an infectious smile. He was everyone’s...

Martin Stanford Tucker

Martin Stanford Tucker

Published December 22, 2024

Martin Stanford Tucker, born on October 4, 1939, in St. Louis, Missouri, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2024, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 85. Marty grew up in St. Louis,...

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Mark Dale Zerman

Published December 18, 2024

Mark Dale Zerman, December 17, 2024 Beloved husband of Debra Mannering Zerman for 41 years.  Dear father of Brad (Maggie) Zerman, Michael (Becky) Zerman and Zachary (Abbie) Zerman.  Loving grandfather...

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St. Louisan Ken Holtzman among 18 notable Jews who died in 2024

JTA StaffPublished December 18, 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, we look back and mourn the Jewish icons who have left outsized legacies on politics, the arts, sports and everything in between. In chronological order, here is a selection of...

Sylvia Goldman Gidlow

Sylvia Goldman Gidlow

Published December 17, 2024

Sylvia Goldman Gidlow died peacefully on Saturday December 14, 2024. She was the beloved wife of the late Oscar J Gidlow, wonderful mother and mother-in law of the late James (Kathleen) Gidlow,...

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