Charlotte Blatteis
Charlotte Blatteis passed away peacefully in her home July 31, 2015, two weeks before her 94th birthday.
Loving wife of the late Samuel Blatteis, mother of David (Jane) Blatteis, Louise (Kenneth) Brownell, Jonathan (Bonnie) Blatteis and Daniel (Angela) Blatteis. Grandmother of Jessica (David) Brandwein, Samuel Brownell, Noah (Meghan) Brownell, Jeremy Blatteis, Zachary Blatteis, Sarah (Craig) Epstein, Alexandra Blatteis, Samantha Blatteis, Benjamin Blatteis, Jacqlyn Blatteis, Sabrina Blatteis and Hudson Blatteis. Great-grandmother to Mila and Charlotte Brandwein and Hannah Brownell. Caring friend to Maura Menendez and Mylyn Vargas.
Donations in Charlotte’s name can be made to Peninsula Temple Beth El and Mills Peninsula Hospital.
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Stephen David Shapiro
Stephen David Shapiro passed away after a long, courageous battle with cancer on July 28, 2015, at the age of 63. He was born in San Francisco to the late Dr. Eugene and Mary Shapiro and leaves behind his loving younger sister, Linda Greenberg, and brother-in-law Ron Greenberg. He is also survived by his beloved aunt, Eleanor Aronovsky and his cousins, Ronald, Marsha & Susan Aronovsky as well as his nieces, Lauren and Nicole Greenberg.
A graduate of San Diego State University, Steve owned and operated Marathon Runner Courier Service for many years before he retired. He enjoyed going back and forth between San Francisco and Santa Rosa and possessed a thirst for life that was unparalleled, traveling the world even when he was very ill. Steve’s love for travel took him far and wide, including his most recent trip to Australia. He spent many years volunteering at the Santa Rosa Food Bank as well as Project Open Hand in San Francisco, and continued until the last week of his life. Steve’s unrelenting determination and compassion toward others was inspirational, and will never be forgotten.
At Steve’s request, a private, family service was held. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Leukemia/Lymphoma Society.
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Avri Andre Unger
Born March 3, 1928 in Pie’stany, Czechoslovakia and died July 26, 2015 at the Jewish Home, San Francisco.
His life was brutally interrupted in 1939 with the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia. Avri’s next home was an orphanage near Jerusalem. He spoke neither Hebrew nor Yiddish. During this period Avri suffered the loss of his mother, brother, and sister.
Avri enlisted in the British army at the age of 16. He was trained as a soldier in Egypt and shipped to Europe to fight in the war there, then returned to Israel in 1948 to fight in the War of Independence. Avri was wounded in the Galilee and subsequently decorated as one of the men in the first truck to push through the blockade of Jerusalem.
After the War of Independence, Avri was among a group of veterans who went south to Eilat. These pioneers formed a very successful fishing cooperative that established modern fishing in that area. Avri’s son, Nir, was born in 1958.
After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Avri became employed by the Marine Research Institute, leading a great number of scientific and mapping expeditions to the then-unknown Sinai. The following years were spent in Massawa, off the east African coast of Ethiopia, now Eritrea, as a trawler captain for a skills training project of the agriculture and fishery ministry. A friend recalls Avri as being a selfless person who always helped those in need, and who worked with others from his good heart, with lots of patience.
Funeral and burial took place Aug. 5 at Gan Shalom Cemetery, Briones.
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