Friday, 10/13/2000 - 14 Tishri 5761
Rose Bein Lerman, 86, died September 25 at Jewish Hospital.
Mrs. Lerman was born in New York City in 1913.Her first
professional engagement on the piano came at the age of 10
when she began performing regularly on WAVE radio.Not long
after, she became a pianist with The Louisville Orchestra.In the
1970s, she became a liaison for Columbia Artists Management, a
personal accompanist to Jan Pearce for his Florida concerts, she
served as coach and and pianist to singers and opera companies,
was a pianist at the Hilton Supper Club and was pianist on numerous
cruise ship engagements.
Mrs. Lerman is survived by:son, David Lerman; daughter, Ruth
`Fitzpatrick; a brother, Dr. Joseph Bein; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held today, at 2:45pm at Four
Courts Senior Center, 2100 Millvale Road.
Memorial contributions can be given to the Louisville Orchestra.
Sunday, 10/8/2000 - 9 Tishri 5761
Jeff Bracker, 47, died Thursday evening at the Hospice
Inpatient Unit at the Norton Healthcare Pavilion.
He joined the University of Louisville's College of Business
and Public Administration in 1991 as the Brown & Williamson Chair
in Entrepreneurship.No professor has had as notable an impact
on the college and its students in such a short time.
Jeff's students have created more than twenty companies,
and over the past three years he coached four MBA teams into
regional or national collegiate business plan competitions.In
recognition of his devotion to new business creation, he was
named the 1996 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
(Entrepreneurship Supporter category) for the Kentucky/Southern
Indiana region.
His classroom energy, and his dedication to mentoring students,
earned him the college's 1997 "Faculty Excellence Award" and the
university's 1999 "Red Apple Award," which is given for making a
"significant contribution to an individual's life."(He was
nominated by Joan Tully, a former student.)
He taught corporate entrepreneurship, global strategy, new venture
creation, and business plan development.Jeff also was the
original team leader on the college's MBA program in Hong Kong-
which is now in its third year.
Jeff helped the college earn its recent national rankings among MBA
entrepreneurship programs:Success Magazine's recognition for
"Top 10 Up and Comers" ('96)... "Top 25" ('97) and "#7" ('98).This
year, we were ranked #2 by the U.S. Association for Small Business
and Entrepreneurship in that group's annual selection of the Model
Programs in Entrepreneurship.
Apart from his teaching and mentoring, Jeff was an entrepreneur,
having been CEO ('86-'89) and director ('87-'92) of BioSurge, a maker
of cardiovascular medical devices.A BioSurge product - an
economical, auto transfusion device that ensured the delivery of
disease-free blood reinfusion during surgery-was named by
Business Week as one of the best-designed products in 1990.
As a strong believer in the importance of family businesses, Jeff
helped launch the college's Family Business Center.The center is
a partnership between the college and the Jewish Family and
Vocational Service.It counsels local family business owners as
they deal with intra-family issues and generational succession.Jeff
was also a former member of the Board of Directors of Jewish
Family and Vocational Service.
Outside the classroom, Jeff was a prolific researcher.He published
and presented about 145 articles and papers, and was considered
an authority on the relationship between strategic planning and
performance in entrepreneurial firms, and on closely - held family
venture funds.
Jeff is survived by:his wife, Lisa Bracker; a daughter, Rachel
Bracker; stepdaughters, Christina Galoozis and Elizabeth M.
Galoozis; his mother, Ellarae Bracker; a brother, Kenneth Bracker;
a sister, Joy Ouriel; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00am today with visitation
beginning after 9:30am.Interment
will follow in The Temple
Cemetery, 2716 Preston Highway.
Memorial contributions can be made to The Jeffrey S. Bracker
Memorial Entrepreneur Fund at The College of Business and
Public Administration c/o The University of Louisville, 40292.
Contributions can also be made to the Hospice Inpatient Unit
at the Norton Health Care Pavilion.
Tuesday, 10/3/2000 - 4 Tishri 5761
Minnie L. Temkin, 103, died Sunday evening at Four Courts Senior
Center.She was the former Minnie Lerner, a native of Russia, and a
dressmaker in New York City.
Mrs. Temkin's survivors include:nephews, Ivan Greenspan, Irvin
Glazer, Dr. Norman Glazer; and numerous other nephews andnieces.
A graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00am today at the Anshei
Sfard Cemetery, 721 Locust Lane.Memorial gifts can be given to
either Four Courts Senior Center or to Congregation Anshei Sfard.
Wednesday, 9/27/2000 - 27 Elul 5760
Ada Fox, died Monday evening at Baptist Hospital East.She was
a member of Keneseth Israel Congregation, Keneseth Israel
Sisterhood, Anshei Sfard Sisterhood, the Jewish Hospital Guild,
and Bnai Brith.
Her survivors include:her husband, Bernard "Bensie"Fox;
four daughters, Helane Lamb, Susan Morris, Linda Borowick,
and Beverly Leischner; a son,Lawrence Fox; a brother, Bernard Lewis;
twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Mrs. Fox's funeral will be at 1:00pm today with visitation beginning
after 11:30am.Interment
will follow the service at Keneseth Israel
Cemetery, 719 Locust Lane.
Memorial gifts can be given to the Arthritis Foundation or to the
J. Graham Brown Cancer Research Center.
Monday, 9/25/2000 - 25 Elul 5760
Rose Bein Lerman, 86, died Sunday at Jewish Hospital.
Mrs. Lerman was born in New York City in 1913.Her first
professional engagement on the piano came at the age of 10
when she began performing regularly on WAVE radio.Not long
after, she became a pianist with The Louisville Orchestra.In the
1970s, she became a liaison for Columbia Artists Management, a
personal accompanist to Jan Pearce for his Florida concerts, she
served as coach and and pianist to singers and opera companies,
was a pianist at the Hilton Supper Club and was pianist on numerous
cruise ship engagements.
Mrs. Lerman is survived by:son, David Lerman; daughter, Ruth
`Fitzpatrick; a brother, Dr. Joseph Bein; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on October 13, at 2:45pm at Four
Courts Senior Center, 2100 Millvale Road.
Memorial contributions can be given to the Louisville Orchestra.
Sunday, 9/24/2000 - 24 Elul 5760
Adele Greenstein Linker, 86, died Friday at her home. She was a
member of National Council of Jewish Women Louisville Council,
Hadassah, Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Temple Sisterhood, Jewish
Hospital Guild and The Temple. Survivors: sons Stephen and
Dr. Donald Linker; and five grandchildren. Funeral: 2:30 p.m. today.
Burial: Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Visitation: after 1:30 p.m. today
Memorial gifts: Hospice & Palliative Care of Louisville or The Temple
Friday, 9/22/2000 - 22 Elul 5760
Mayme G. Cohen, 96, died Thursday morning at Four Courts
Senior Center.She was the former Mayme Goldberg,
a member of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Hadassah, National
Council of Jewish Women-Louisville section, a retired school
teacher in the Louisville Public School System, and a member of
the Jewish Community Center.
Her survivors include:two daughters, BonnieWabner and
Sonia Levine; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30pm today with interment
following in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery.Visitation will begin
after 2:30pm.Memorial gifts can be given to Hadassah or Adath
Jeshurun Congregation.
Thursday, 9/21/2000 - 21 Elul 5760
Martin H. Cohn was a promoter who was responsible for
bringing marquee acts such as Pearl Bailey, Joan Baez, Paul
Anka, James Brown and Chubby Checker to Louisville in the
1960s.
He was killed Monday in a wreck involving his car and two tractor
trailers on Interstate 65.He was 72.
Cohn, a native of Germany, began promoting and booking theatrical
and musical attractions for Louisville in the 1950s.
In 1959 he arranged for Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, JP "The Big
Bopper" Richardson, and Dion & the Belmonts to perform in town.
But days before the show, Valens, Holly and Richardson died in a
plane crash in Iowa.
In the early 1960s, such people as jazz legend Miles Davis and
television magnate Dick Clark came to Louisville because of Cohn's
efforts, and in 1964 he landed the Rolling Stones for a performance in
Memorial Auditorium that attracted 1,700 people.
Cohn retired in 1981.He had been a teacher in the Old Louisville
school system's Shawnee and Whitney Young elementary schools.
He periodically took students to New York and Cincinnati to see plays.
Cohn managed and owned Tiff's Record Store on Fourth Avenue.
He opened the shop in 1960 to sell tickets for shows he promoted.
He is survived by several cousins and friends.
His funeral will be at 10am today, with interment
in The Temple Cemetery.
Visitation will be at 9:00am today.
Memorial gifts may go to the Temple Shalom's Rabbi Stanley Miles
Discretionary Fund or to the Donor's favorite charity.
Friday, 9/15/2000 - 15 Elul 5760
Denise Wolff,91, died Wednesday at Four Courts Senior
Center. She was the former Denise Hirsch, a native of
Alsaci, France, first recipient of the Elsie Judah Memorial
Award at the Jewish Community Center, B'nai Brith Queen
of the year, founding member of Amical Francaise and a
member of The Temple, Hadassah, the Adult Social Club at
Jewish Community Center, National Council of Jewish Women
Louisville Section and a member of Alliance Francaise.
Survivors: sons Francis and Hugh Wolff; seven grandchildren
and eight great grandchildren. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday,
Herman Meyer & Son Inc. 1338 Ellison. Ave.Burial: The
Temple Cemetery. Visitation after 1 p.m. Friday. Memorial
gifts: Jewish Community Center or The Temple .
Monday, 9/11/2000 - 11 Elul 5760
Gertrude Brownstein, 83, died Friday at the California
Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California.She was
a retired court reporter for the San Francisco Municipal Courts.
She is survived by: a nephew, Harold Goldman of Pennsylvania;
a niece, Marilyn Weinman, of Memphis, Tennessee; several
cousins.
A graveside service will be held today at the Anshei Sfard
Cemetery, 721 Locust Lane, at 3:00pm.
Memorial gifts can be made to the donor's favorite charity.
Friday, 9/8/2000 - 8 Elul 5760
Frances Strong Alper,died Wednesday in Houston, Texas. Although
a resident of Houston, Texas for the past two years, she made her home
in Louisville for most of her life.She retired from McKesson and Robbins
and was a volunteer at Jewish Hospital in Louisville and a member of The
Temple.Mrs. Alper was preceded in death by her husband, Ike Alper.
She is survived by:daughters, Barbee Alper and Joyce Alper; two sons,
Bill S. Alper and Stephen K. Alper; five grandchildren, Brian Alper, Gregg
Alper, Laura Alper, David Alper and Elizabeth Alper; one great
grandchild,Sophie Angela Alper.
A graveside funeral service will be held today at The Temple Cemetery,
2716 Preston Highway, at 11:00am.
Memorial gifts can be made in care of The Temple, 5101 U.S. Highway 42
Louisville, KY40241.
Thursday, 9/7/2000 - 7 Elul 5760
Gay Comer, 68, died today at Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Norton Health
Care Pavilion.She was the former Gay Smith, a retired Interior Designer
and a homemaker.
Mrs. Comer is survived by:her husband, Dr. Milton Comer; a daughter,
Julie Hoffman; two sons, Evan Comer and Joel Comer; her mother, Bertha
Fagin Helfenbaum; and four grandchildren.
There will be no service or visitation.
Memorial gifts can be made to:Jewish Hospital Foundation; The Kent's
Hill School, in Kent's Hill, Maine; or to the Hospice Inpatient Unit at the
Norton Health Care Pavilion.
Monday, 9/4/2000 - 4 Elul 5760
Gerhard Herz, an internationally renowned Bach scholar who taught
at the University of Louisville for 40 years, died Sunday at Baptist
Hospital East. He was 88 and had been ill for several weeks.
Herz was inextricably bound up in the musical life of the university and
the city.
He was largely responsible for establishing the Chamber Music Society
of Louisville and personally responsible for bringing some of the
best-known classical artists to the city. His seminars at U of L attracted
a wide following, as did his music-appreciation sessions at public-library
branches.
Herz's early career reflected the turmoil of a world in crisis. A native
ofDusseldorf, Germany, and the son of a prominent Jewish judge,
he fled the Nazis in 1937. He arrived in New York with a Ph.D. from the
University of Zurich -- but without a job.
He carried, however, a powerful asset: a recommendation from Albert
Schweitzer, who was an authority on J.S. Bach as well as a famous
humanitarian. Herz soon made a connection with the U of L School
of Music and its dean, Dwight Anderson. By early 1938, Herz,
then 26, had gained an appointment to the music faculty.
"He created the music history department at U of L," William Mootz,
a former Courier-Journal critic who was one of Herz's students,
recalled yesterday. "Gerhard was this dynamo. . . . He didn't lecture --
he acted."
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Anderson, Mayor Charles Farnsley
and the Louisville Orchestra's founding conductor, Robert Whitney,
redefined what was possible in the performing arts in Louisville.
In 1938, Herz and Emilie Strong Smith organized the Chamber Music
Society. He drew on personal contacts to engage such performers
as the Budapest String Quartet.
At U of L his classes and scholarship were gaining momentum,
and other schools were casting envious glances toward Louisville.
Herz spent a semester in 1945 guest-teaching at the Indiana University
School of Music in Bloomington, and IU was doing its best to make
his stay permanent.
Herz's brother Werner recalled: "Charlie Farnsley came over to our
apartment on Cherokee Road, sat down with Gerhard and said: 'You
must stay here -- we need you; we're beginning a great musical life in
Louisville. IU is not going to give that to you.' It went on for two hours."
Evidently persuaded, Herz remained at U of L until retiring in 1978.
Along the way he married Mary Jo Fink Herz, who taught French at
U of L from 1942 until 1979. She died in 1995; they had no children.
"His love for our school was strong," said Herbert Koerselman, the
current dean. "The School of Music is, I understand, the main
beneficiary of his estate, (supporting) a Bach scholar that would . . .
be in residence for a semester every three years or so."
Over the decades, Herz's scholarly investigations drew increasing
admiration in this country and elsewhere. He produced significant
editions of several Bach cantatas and other sacred choral works,
serving also as the first head of the American chapter of the Neue
Bach-gesell-schaft (New Bach Society). In 1984 he produced the
400-page "Bach Sources in America."
"He basically tracked down every scrap of paper that had anything to
do with Bach that existed in this country," said Melvin Dickinson,
director of the Louisville Bach Society and a colleague of Herz's at
U of L. One of those scraps was the only known original in the United
States of Bach's signature, which Herz himself owned.
Besides his brother Werner, Herz is survived by another brother,
John Herz of New York City; and by a sister, Lore Kingsley of Pacific
Palisades, Calif.
The funeral will be private.
There will be a public memorial concert at the U of L School of Music
at 4 p.m. Sept. 16, with performances by the Bach Society and other
artists.
Memorial gifts may go to the Chamber Music Society or the Louisville
Bach Society.
