Obituaries

Major Philanthropist Miriam Klein Dies at the Age of 93

By:

Aaron Passman, Staff Writer

Miriam Klein, who with her late husband Raymond, was a longtime philanthropist in the Philadelphia community and in Israel, died July 23 at age 93. Her husband died in 1995 at age 79. The pair were married for more than 56 years. Together, the Kleins helped create the Raymond and Miriam Klein Branch of the Philadelphia Jewish Community Centers, which...

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Shelly Gross, Music Fairs Entrepreneur

He was the last of the local "Three Amigos" who helped turn a tent into a tentpole for a nationwide theatrical enterprise. And when Shelly Gross died June 19 at the age of 88, there was little doubt he would be joining the late Lee Guber and Frank Ford -- Philly boys who jointly put Music Fairs on the map...

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Oscar Milner, 95, Retired Research Chemist, Educator

Oscar Milner, 95, a retired analytical chemist and educator, died May 27. Formerly of Wynnewood, Pa., and Margate, N.J., he most recently resided in Philadelphia and at Martins Run Senior Residential Community in Media. A native of Baltimore, Milner moved to Philadelphia at the age of 16. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Temple University, in...

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Alan Kahn, 86, Specialist in Transportation Law

Alan Kahn, 86, a retired attorney who specialized in transportation law, died May 23. A 1940 graduate of West Philadelphia High School, where he won a letter in gymnastics, Kahn graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in only three years, so that he could serve in the U.S. Navy. He rose to the rank of lieutenant. After the...

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Lewis J. Hartstein, 90, World War II Activist and Later, a Deli Operator

Lewis Joseph Hartstein, 90, died May 29. He was a resident of Devon. Hartstein grew up in Czechoslovakia, graduating from the Hebrew Gymnasium that his parents helped establish under Czech minority-rights laws in the city of Munkacs/Mukacevo. He dreamed of making aliyah and joined Hashomer Hazair to prepare for life as a pioneer in a free Jewish state. Recognizing that...