Obituaries

Leonard Brown, 96, Entrepreneur Who Capitalized on Rubbing Alcohol

Leonard (Lee) Brown, 96, retired owner of the Mifflin Company, died July 21. He was a resident of Jupiter, Fla., and formerly of Philadelphia. Brown created the Ric Cosmetic Products Company and the Brown Drug and Chemical Company in 1942, after a short time in the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1943, he merged his company with the Mifflin Chemical Company...

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Henry Skorr, 88, Restaurateur and Author of Book on Shoah

Henry Skorr (Skorupa), 88, a retired store manager and Holocaust survivor, died July 13. Skorr was born in Kalicz, Poland. At the advent of the German invasion, his father and older brother joined the Russian army and were killed on the front. He escaped to the forests of Russia, and helped evacuate the remainder of his family. During the war,...

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H. Donald Busch, 74, Attorney Who Owned Budco Movie Theaters

H. Donald Busch, 74, a physicist, lawyer and businessman who established legal precedents that shaped the distribution of motion pictures, died July 12 at Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse. He was a resident of Philadelphia; Ventnor, N.J.; and Boca Raton, Fla. Busch owned Budco Movie Theaters, now part of AMC Theaters, and served as chairman of the National Organization of Theater...

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'Sunny' Feldman, Teacher for 28 Years, Dies at 78

By:

Aaron Passman, JE Feature

Though her parents named her Selma, those who knew the late "Sunny" Feldman said that the nickname she gave herself as a youngster on the Jersey shore was the perfect handle. "I have to believe that Sunny was the perfect name for this woman, because she brought sunshine to everyone," said Wendy Smith, principal of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman...

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Barry R. Halpern, 81, Urologist Who Was Also Skilled in Sports

Barry Roy Halpern, 81, a physician who practiced urology in South Philadelphia for 40 years, died June 27. Born in Philadelphia, his parents moved to Atlantic City, N.J., soon after his birth. Halpern attended Atlantic City High School, where he skipped two grades along the way. An outstanding swimmer, he worked as a lifeguard on the Margate beach and completed...