Herbert Max Rosenthal, 82, passed away on Oct. 29.
Herbert Max Rosenthal was born on March 18, 1942, at Menorah Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to Selma (Loeb) Rosenthal and Werner Rosenthal. He grew up on his parent's farm in Kansas City, Kansas, and attended Washington High School in KCK.
Herb joined the U.S. Navy in 1960 and served as a radar man aboard the U.S.S. Providence for four years. He traveled to Japan, Haiti and many other ports during his service. He was honorably discharged in 1966.
Herb attended Kansas State University briefly and then attended a local vocational-technical school where he studied to become a draftsman. He worked for Wilcox Electric and then Wulfsberg Electronics until the mid 1980s.
Herb married Myrna Lee Goodrich in June of 1967, and together they had three children. They were longtime members of Congregation Ohev Sholom until moving to South Florida in 1987.
Herb and Myrna divorced in 1995, and Herb married Charlene McArtor of Hollywood, Florida, in 2005. They moved to Covington, Georgia, where Herb lived until 2020. With the COVID pandemic, he could no longer visit his wife at her care facility, and his health was declining. His children moved him to the Kansas City area to be closer to family. Herb spent the last days of his life at Villa St. Francis Care Center in Olathe, Kansas, under Catholic Community Health Hospice.
Herb was preceded in death by his parents, Werner Rosenthal and Selma (Loeb) Rosenthal; and his wife, Charlene. He is survived by his three children, Rachel Rosenthal-Fleming, Seth Rosenthal (Erika) and Debbie Beznovsky (Roman); eight grandchildren, Jacob (Kaitlyn) and Eric Fleming, Ethan and Sadie Rosenthal, and Noah, Sam, Ari and Asher Beznovsky; two brothers, Ronald Rosenthal (Cindy) and Steven Rosenthal (Yvonne); and many cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Jewish Family Services of Kansas City (jfskc.org), Catholic Community Health Hospice (catholiccommunityhealth.org/hospice) or any charity of choice in Herb's memory.
Graveside services were held on Friday, Nov. 1, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Online condolences for the family may be left at louismemorialchapel.com.
