Ria Maier Wolf, born in 1920 in Freiburg, Germany, came to Chicago in 1936 as refugee from Nazi oppression, and settled in Kansas City, Missouri, after her parents and brother joined her in 1937. She graduated from Central High School and then worked at the Alfred Benjamin Charity Clinic where she met her future husband, Jack W. Wolf, M.D., a clinic volunteer.
“Becky” Lurlene Rebecca Smelley Coleman, 94, of Overland Park, died Feb. 16, 2021. She was born Jan. 4, 1927, to Howard and Pearl Rogers Smelley in Lula, Georgia, and grew up in rural Georgia. She received her Bachelor of Arts from North Georgia College in Dahlonega.
Harold Bernard Pollack, 95, was born in Chicago on March 24, 1925, to Abraham and Anna Pollack.
Leonard Rosen, 84, of Lenexa, died Feb. 16, 2021. He was born Oct. 24, 1936, to the late David and Eva Rosen, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Paseo High School in 1955. Leonard married Nedra Lilly in 1968.
Arleen Berk passed away Feb. 18, 2021. After marrying Terry Berk in 1966, she worked until her first child was born and she decided to be a stay-at-home Mom for her three sons.
Lea (Tabolsky/Bulavsky) Bell, age 89, died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
Ann Federman, neé Chana Warshawski, loving wife and mother, good friend to many and a Holocaust survivor, died on Feb. 8, 2021, at the age of 95. She was born in Bedzin, Poland, on Aug. 16, 1925, to Avram and Miriam Warshawski, the 10th of 11 children.
Bettye Sue Balkin (née Sandler) passed away peacefully on Feb. 3, 2021. She was married for 72 years to Bernard Louis Balkin, who predeceased her by 11 days. She is survived by her daughter, Jan Ellen, of Falls Church, Virginia; Jack Mason Balkin, of Branford, Connecticut; and daughter-in-law, Margret Wolfe, also of Branford.
Virginia Lee Chaikin, 98, of Leawood, passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. Memorial services were held Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Mount Carmel Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Harvesters Community Food Network, 3801 Topping Avenue, Kansas City, MO. 64129.
Herbert Michael Altman, 97, of Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away peacefully at the Research Medical Center on the evening of Jan. 25, 2021.
