DEATH NOTICES

2009-11-18 / Obituaries

CLAIRE S. (nee Miller) DRIBEN, 97, of Marlton, died on Oct. 25. Wife for 42 years of the late Abe (Al) Driben. Mother of Louise I. Driben of Marlton and Dr. Charles J. Driben. Mother-in-law of Brenda Driben of Cherry Hill. Grandmother of four and great-grandmother of six. Claire sang with the Metropolitan Opera and worked with Bert Parks and Kitty Carlisle. She appeared as Golda in the JCC production of Fiddler on the Roof and spent many years in the formation and teaching of the Yiddish Club at the JCC.

ROBERT FELDMAN, of Naples, FL, died on Oct. 23. Husband of the late Jean Feldman. Father of Linda and David Shapiro and Ronnie and Robert Cobden. Brother-in-law of Richard and Rochelle Noch and Irene Feldman. Grandfather of five and great-grandfather of one.

DOROTHY (nee Goldfrit) HANDELMAN, of Voorhees, died on Nov. 2. Wife of the late Norman Handelman. Mother of Rhonda Lauer, Iris (Ed) Nagel and Wendy (Steve) Bobb. Grandmother of eight and greatgrandmother of one.

DAVID M. HIRSCH, of Willingboro, died on Oct. 26. Husband of the former Roslyn Morse. Brother of Dolores (Gary) Garfinkle and the late Melvin (Marilyn) Hirsch. Father of the late Jacqueline (Jeff) Lesser. Grandfather of five. David was a retired accountant and served in the US Army for over 23 years prior to his retirement as a Master Sergeant. He was a member of the Jewish War Veterans. Contributions can be made to the Jewish War Veterans, 1811 R St. NW, Washington, DC, 20009.

SYLVIA K. (nee Kushner) HOFFMAN, of Voorhees, died on Nov. 1. Wife of the late Paul Hoffman. Mother of David (Hope) Hoffman and the late Burton (Jacqueline) Hoffman. Grandmother of five and greatgrandmother of eight. Contributions can be made to Hadassah, PO Box 2911, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034.

SHIRLEY M. (nee Mondal) RAVITCH, of Delray Beach, FL, died on Oct. 25. Wife of Leonard Ravitch. Mother of Eileen Kaplan and Dale (Greg) Rutz. Sister of Harriet (Richard) Grossman. Grandmother of three. Sister-in-law of Murray and Roberta Ravitch.

DANIEL M. SALSBURG, of Wynnewood, PA, died on Oct. 31. Brother of Linda Markoff and Michael (Linda) Salsburg. Uncle to nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Daniel was the proprietor of The Paperwork Book Shop in Ardmore, PA. He was a member and a past president of Wolfe Baron Lodge #56 Brith Sholom.

SHIRLEY (nee Malkin) SCHAPIRO, of Marlton, died on Oct. 26. Wife of the late Joe Sacks and the late Morton Schapiro. Mother of Ilene Sacks, Dr. Fred (Leslee) Sacks and the late Bruce Sacks. Stepmother of Glen (Barbara) Schapiro. Grandmother of three. Sister of Morton Malkin and the late Sid Malkin. Aunt to nieces and nephews. .