Leslie Bandar was a native of San Francisco. Surrounded by his family, he passed away peacefully in San Francisco, CA on July 10, 2007 at the age of 77.
Beloved husband of Adrianne Bandar; loving father of Linda (Randy) Feldman, Dana (Brad) Krouskup. Devoted grandfather of Brett and Scott Krouskup, Jessica and Alison Feldman.
Les graduated from Washington High School in San Francisco and was a ZBT at the University of California at Berkeley. For over 50 years he was co-owner of Bandar-Covall & Company, a San Mateo based insurance agency. He served on the boards of the Jewish Family and Children’s Services and the Rhoda Goldman Plaza. He was a member of Bay City Lodge No. 526, F. & A. M. for over 50 years.
A Memorial Service was held to celebrate his life on Friday, July 13 at Peninsula Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. Memorial donations may be made to the Jewish Family and Children’s Services, 2150 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, or to any charity of your choice. Arrangements made by Sinai Memorial Chapel.
Gladys B. Jonah, born Minneapolis 1913, passed away in San Francisco on July 10, 2007 at age 94. Dear sister of Sidney (and Doris) Pearlman; aunt of many nieces and nephews.
An active volunteer in many organizations, including City of Hope and B’nai B’rith, Gladys also volunteered with Mount Zion (Pediatrics), the JCC, Belmont, CA, and for many years at the Jewish Home in San Francisco. Her working career included the Admissions Office of City College of San Francisco, and Resident Manager of the Pinecrest Facility at the Jewish Home for three years. Gladys became a resident at the Jewish Home in 1997 and there continued her volunteer services. She was a long time member of Peninsula Temple Sholom. Funeral services were held July 13, 2007 at Hills of Eternity Cemetery in Colma. Donations to the Jewish Home, 302 Silver Ave., SF, CA 94112, phone 415-334-2500. Sinai Memorial Chapel.
Fay Braverman Phillips, a longtime resident of Petaluma, California, passed away on Tuesday June 26th, 2007 in San Rafael at age 93. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband George Phillips and by her son, David Silverstein.
Born in Dixon, California on August 25, 1913 — Fay spent her early years in Redding. Fay was the youngest of four Braverman children. The family moved to San Francisco and she spent her young adult years living in the City and working selling children’s encyclopedias and later as a legal secretary.
She also worked for a few years in Washington, DC. She met and married her beloved George in the early 1950s. They moved to Petaluma in 1962, living in the house that George built for the next 40 years. Fay and George grew the vegetables and fruit they ate in their own garden and were beekeepers as well. Fay enjoyed art and needlework. She also enjoyed reading and studying French and traveling — especially to France. She was a caregiver to the elderly for many years and was known for her love of growing things and caring for stray animals; she was especially fond of cats. Fay spent the last few years of her life with friends and the loving staff at Aldersley House in San Rafael.
Fay will be missed by her grandchildren Elissa Silverstein, Daniel Silverstein and his wife, Irene Romano; great grandchildren Alexander and Juliana Romano-Silverstein and Natalia Grace Gioia; brother-in-law John Phillips; sister-in-law Millie Phillips; daughters-in-laws Corlan Johnson and Angelica Forti-Lewis; nephews and nieces Marilyn and Neil Branston, Phil and Alison Braverman, Jeannie and Michael Klinger, Dan and Shirley Lee, Denise and Jack McCoy, Fred and Inga Phillips, Dr. Jennifer Phillips, Leland and Debbie Phillips, Richard Phillips, Dr. Victoria “Torbie” Phillips, many great nieces and nephews, and many, many dear friends and neighbors.
She contributed to the National Organization for Women (NOW), NARAL Pro-Choice America (formerly known as The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) in Petaluma, and many more worthwhile organizations.
At Fay’s request, no funeral service was held. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held in August. For more information about the service, you may contact either of her nephews Dan Lee (408-268-0926) or Phil Braverman (916-988-7110) after July 28.
Donations in Fay’s memory may be sent to the Committee for the Shelterless, P.O. Box 2744, Petaluma, CA 94953, (www.cots-homeless.org) or the charity of your choice.
Gerald Jonas died July 5, 2007, at home.
Born in Germany in 1909, Gerald Jonas had fully completed his education and training for a stellar legal career as a judge by the 1930s; but because he was Jewish, that career was taken from him by the Nazi government. Together with his wife and companion for life, Hilda Klestadt Jonas, he fled from Germany in 1938 and eventually settled in Hawaii — and later in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to San Francisco in 1975. Unable to use his German legal training in the United States, he became a public accountant and tax expert. His first job in Cincinnati was for Charles P. Taft, son of former President Taft.
He remained an intellectual at heart, reading voraciously and widely, from the sciences to art, history and Jewish culture — and surprised everyone around him with his treasures of knowledge. He was an artistic photographer. He had an in-depth knowledge and love of music, and was a great listener. He was a Renaissance man.
He will be remembered for his grace and adaptability, his ever-hopeful outlook even in the worst of times and facing personal tragedies, his generous spirit, his devotion to family — and his unique sense of humor. Even at his 90th birthday party, he made everyone laugh. In San Francisco, as a volunteer, he read and typed for the blind. He was truly a great human being, and lived life to the fullest for 98 years.
During their 30 years living in Cincinnati, the Jonas family belonged to the Isaac M. Wise Temple, the oldest Reform temple in the country.
He is survived by his wife of 69 years, harpsichordist/pianist Hilda Jonas, of San Francisco, by two daughters — Susanne Jonas of Pacifica and Linda Jonas Schroeder of Halifax, Nova Scotia — and by three grandchildren, Rebecca Bodenheimer, Emily Schroeder, and Daniel Schroeder.
There will be a private memorial. No flowers please. Those wishing to do so may contribute to a charity of their choice.
Naomi Rosenberg peacefully in her home in Novato on July 13, 2007 on her 85th birthday. Beloved wife of the late Lt. Col. Leslie B. Rosenberg; mother of Paul Rosenberg, Tirtza and Barry Pearl; grandmother of Morgan Lane Stanphill; sister of the late Gladys Boyd; sister-in-law of Janice Scharman and the late Carol Schwartz; aunt and cousin. Naomi was a proud native San Franciscan. Resident of Novato since 1964. She was a long time volunteer at the Jewish Home, for the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. and for many other community organizations. Naomi was fondly known in Novato as the gray haired “scooter lady” with the straw hat. She did it her way!
Services were held at Sinai Memorial Chapel, 1501 Divisadero St. at Geary, SF. Contributions in Naomi’s memory may be made to Breathe California, 2171 Junipero Serra Blvd., Suite 720, Daly City, CA 94014 or Light House for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 214 Van Ness Ave., SF/CA 94102.
Devoted father of Elliot James and loving husband of Lynn (Sparks), Arnold Martin Scher died peacefully at home July 6, 2007 at age 58.
Arnold was an inveterate collector; his childhood room was home to snakes, turtles and alligators. He traded his Palo Alto paperboy wages for rare coins and built up his collection throughout his lifetime. For 20 years, Arnold and Lynn were the proprietors of San Francisco’s Beaver Brothers Antiques, selling furnishings from local estates and antiques collected on European buying trips. During the 20 years he operated Beaver Brothers, Arnold promoted the store and the related prop rental business to film makers; many movies filmed in San Francisco featured the store: Star Trek, Mrs. Doubtfire and the Rock, among others. Arnold’s skills as an appraiser were notable. He recently appeared as an expert witness in an elaborate court case as well as stumping the host of Antiques Road Show.
Arnold recently retired to manage his real estate investments and engage in adventure traveling with Lynn and Elliot. He was focused on expanding his antique cane and other collections, and kept up with the news by carefully reading three newspapers each day.
The second son of Hannah and Meyer Scher, Arnold was born in Hollywood and raised in Palo Alto. Arnold attended Hoover elementary, Wilbur Junior High and Palo Alto High Schools, graduating from Palo Alto High School in 1966. Pursuing his passion for animals at veterinary school in Oklahoma, Arnold returned to California, where he met Lynn, a fellow student at the San Francisco Art Institute. Arnold earned his BFA in photography and promptly combined his discerning eye for quality with his passion for collecting and launched, with Lynn, Beaver Brothers Antiques.
Arnold loved cooking and was known by friends and family for his creativity at the grill, serving delicious gourmet meals to grateful and hungry guests, often his brothers and their wives: Les and Carol, Danny, Robert and Elise, Eddie and Lori and Jerry and Susan. The instigator behind numerous Scher family gatherings, Uncle Arnold engaged his nieces and nephews in his “Spanish Inquisition,” catching up on the accomplishments of his nieces Rachelle, Hadassah, Paula, Sarah, Jordan, Roxanne, Jacqueline, Dina, Mia and nephews David, Corey, Abe, Jonathan and Saul. At holidays with Lynn’s family, Arnold entertained Lynn’s sisters Flo Sparks and Sue Sparks (Dave Kubiak) and his nephews Alex and Andrew Kubiak with humorous stories while preparing gourmet feasts featuring holiday inspired ingredients.
Arnold is survived by his loving wife and life partner, Lynn, his beloved son Elliot, parents Hannah and Meyer Scher, his five brothers, seven sisters-in-law, brother in law, 9 nieces and 6 nephews, numerous friends who will miss and remember Arnold’s humor, generosity and love for his family.
Services were held at Sinai Memorial Chapel (1501 Divisadero Street, San Francisco) with interment at the Hills of Eternity Cemetery, Colma. Donations in memory of Arnold may be made to the charity of your choice.
Jacob Schulman in San Francisco on July 11, 2007. Beloved husband of the late Rita W. Schulman; loving father of Leon and Edward (Sally) Schulman. Dear uncle of Elaine & David Freed and their family, Phyllis Plotkin, Kenneth Plotkin and Anita Crawley and her family. Private services will be held under the direction of Sinai Memorial Chapel.
Peter F. Sloss, attorney and life long San Francisco resident, 75 years of age, passed peacefully on July 8th with his family by his side. Peter is survived by his widow Rebecca Martinez, daughter Hillary Sloss, son Alan Sloss (Olivia), grandchildren Andrew and William, and sister Nancy Sloss. He was a Trustee of the Rosenberg Foundation, served on the Boards of the Berkley Repertory Theatre, the Institute on Aging, the Fleishhacker Foundation. Peter served as President of Mount Zion Hospital for 20 years. Donations in his memory can be sent to the Berkley Repertory Theatre, 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704, or the Institute on Aging, 3330 Geary Blvd., 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94118. A memorial service for Peter will be held on Sunday, August 5th at 3:00 p.m. at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Sinai Memorial Chapel.