Al Brimer, died June 2, 2009. Husband of Bobbi Brimer; father of Mark Brimer and Barry (Melanie) Brimer; brother of Ruth (the late Jack Seltzer) (Hy) Glovinsky, the late Milton (Betty) Brimer and Gerry (the late Siebert) Schwartz; grandfather of Farah and Gina Brimer. Contributions to a charity of your choice. Berger Memorial

Ruth Grossman, died June 2, 2009. Widow of Roy M. Grossman; mother of Sari (Robert) Mandresh of Indianapolis, IN and Steven (Alla) Grossman; grandmother of Benjamin, Leonid and Shoshana; sister of the late Nat (Leah), Jack (Lena), Maurice (Elizabeth) and Raymond Rosenblum, Frieda (Jack) Miller, Henrietta (Basil) Wilkerson, Ben (Mary) Seidler and Harry (Loretta) Seidler. The family would like to give special thanks to the Barnes-Jewish Extended Care family for the nine years of loving care they gave Ruth. Contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Rindskopf-Roth

Isadore Hershenhorn, died May 27, 2009. Husband of Dorothy Hershenhorn; father of Robert (Judy) Hershenhorn, Robyn (Victor) Frankel and Barbara “Bonnie” (Phillip) Miller; brother of the late Morris Hershenhorn, the late Rose (the late Paul) Levin and the late Sadie (the late Sam) House; grandfather of Lindsay Hershenhorn, Alexis (Matthew) Ross, Sarah Hershenhorn, Arik Frankel and Aron Frankel; great-grandfather of Oliver Robert Hershenhorn and Robert Ford Ross. Contributions to a charity of your choice. Berger Memorial

Lt. Col. (Ret) Sheldon Kirsner, died May 28, 2009 at the age 91. Son of the late Colonel Harry and the late Evelyn Kirsner; widower of Mary Jane; brother to Harriett Melitz and two other younger sisters; father of Wayne and Georgia Kirsner. Sheldon graduated from Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri and in 1937, at the age of 18, enlisted in the Army infantry as a private. Within a year he passed the tests to be inducted into the US Military Academy at West Point where he developed a life-long passion for the Corps and its creed of Duty, Honor, Country. He transferred to Washington University in his sophomore year where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1942 and then was shipped out to Europe as a B-17 Command Pilot in the Army Air Corps. Flying out of Podington Station in England in the spring and summer of 1944, he was credited with 35 missions over France and Germany, receiving the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross for bringing his shot-up plane back on two of four engines after leading his group on the raid on Germany’s Peenemunde Rocket Works. The heart that eventually gave out was saved that day from a chard of shrapnel which lodged in the chest of his flak suit. His aircraft wasn’t so lucky as it was perforated by 150 punctures. He returned from the War as a Captain. He spent the rest of his career as first a pilot instructor, then a Base Civil Engineer in the Air Force. Retiring from the service after 28 years in such varied climes as Korea, Turkey, Goose Bay Canada, and Homestead, Florida, he returned to St. Louis to work as an executive with Switzer’s Licorice on Laclede’s Landing for 10 years. He was an avid collector, amassing one of the biggest collections of military insignia in the United States. His collection was donated last year to the St. Louis County Parks Commission Museum at Jefferson Barracks along with his model train collection which is periodically put on display Jane Contributions to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. Rindskopf-Roth

Lorraine Claire (Wool) Lander, died May 26, 2009. Widow of Aaron Lander; mother of Suzanne K. (Dennis) McLaughlin, Margaret E. “Mimi” (Michael) Gold and Robert D. (Linda) Lander; grandmother of James and Meredith McLaughlin, Adam and Ashley Gold, and Michelle Lander; sister of Sanford Wool. Mrs. Lander was a licenced clinical social worker. Contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association, 9374 Olive Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132. Rindskopf-Roth

Jules S. Levison, died June 1, 2009. Husband of Dorothy Greenwald Levison; father of Mark Levison, Marci (Dr. David) Rosenberg and Marty (Marilyn) Levison; former father-in-law of Christina Levison; grandfather of Mariah, Samantha and Lila Levison, Rivkah (Yehudah) Reichler and Daniel Rosenberg, Matthew (April) Levison, Michelle (Mike) Rosch and Henry (Jamie) Levison; great-grandfather of Cole and David Levison and Aiden Rosch; brother of Jack Levison; brother-in-law of Marian (Norman) Kling. Mr. Levison served in the United States Army Air Corp during World War II. Contributions to B’nai El Congregation. Berger Memorial

Lilli Mamelok Lippmann, died June 1, 2009. Widow of Otto Lippmann, M.D.; mother of Steve (Judy) Lippmann and Susan Lippmann (Bill Rosenfeld); grandmother of Melanie Lippmann, Jennifer (Ashok) Lippmann, Rachel, Emily and Paul Rosenfeld and the late Michael Lippmann; sister of the late Luta (Stefan) Halford, Arthur (Cilli) Mamelok and Hela (Martin) Feibush. Contributions to Physicians For Social Responsibility (PSR), 1875 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 1012, Washington, D.C. 20009, The Blue Card Inc., 171 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016 or to the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, Mo 63146. Rindskopf-Roth

Hessell Mordecai Roberts, died May 23, 2009. Widower of Joyce Ann Roberts; father of Michael (the late Randee) Roberts and Paul (Debra) Roberts; grandfather of David (Donelle), Daniel, Stephanie, Adam (Beth) and Todd Roberts and Jeffrey and Jason Guenzburger; great-grandfather of Audrey and Hannah Roberts; brother of the late Clara Marcus and Seva Roberts; brother-in-law of Ruth Darden and the late Thelma Maltzman, Alvin Feldman and Harold Feldman; special friend of Geraldine Ambus. Contributions to the charity of the donor’s choice. Rindskopf-Roth

Edith Schermer (Nee Bender), died June 1, 2009 at the age of 79 in Milwaukee, WI. Formerly of St. Louis, widow of Stanley O. Schermer; mother of Pamela (Jim) of Milwaukee, WI, Jonathan (Verlene) of San Jose and Brian (Deborah) of Milwaukee, WI; grandmother of Jacob and Ari Schermer; sister of Max (Borah) Bender of Ann Arbor, MI. Contributions to the Ruth Hospice, c/o Manor Park Foundation, 3023 South 84th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53227, www.vmpcares.com.

Pearl Silverman, died May 29, 2009 at the age of 105. Widow of Sam Silverman; sister of the late Max (the late Thelma) Tabachnik, the late Harry (the late Theresa) Tabachnik and the late Rose (the late Charles) Rubin; aunt of Gertrude (Harold) Appel, Marcelle (Mel) Reiss, the late Peggy (the late Henry) Fanger, Paula (Jack) Lite, Mahlon (Maurine) Rubin and Shirley (Henry) Kraus; great-aunt, great-great-aunt and great-great-great aunt of 51. Contributions to a charity of your choice. Berger Memorial