Obituaries

Lynn Irwin Raskin passed away surrounded by his loving family on June 12, 2021, at age 85

Paula Burnstein, age 83, passed away on July 5, 2021, in Thousand Oaks, California.

She was born in Washington, D.C. and went to grade school in Brooklyn before moving to Kansas City with her parents, David and Rose Goodman.

Penny Babs Plotsky, 81, died from Alzheimer’s disease at Clover Care Residential Home, Shawnee, KS on July 3, 2021. Penny was born June 24, 1940, in Kansas City, MO.

Catherine Elaine Rosenthal, 80, St Joseph, passed away peacefully Saturday, July 3, 2021, at home surrounded by her loving family.

Bonnie J. Carr 83, of Studio City, CA, passed away Nov. 3, 2020, of complications from COVID- 19.

Ralph Cohen, 95, passed away July 1 at the Kingwood Health Center. Ralph was born to Pauline and Ben Cohen in St. Louis on August 31, 1925.  He attended the Taylor School in Clayton, MO and then one semester at Washington University before being drafted into the Army in 1943.

Mark Dalen passed on Wednesday April 28 at the age of 67 after a brief illness. After growing up in Prairie Village and graduating from Shawnee Mission East in 1971, Mark attended the University of Missouri at Rolla and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Samuel (Sammie) Myron Gottlieb, 97, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2021. The funeral was held on July 6 at KI Blue Ridge Cemetery chapel, 1901 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Jewish Family Services food pantry or a charity of one’s choice.

Dorothy Greenberg passed away at her residence in Leawood, Kansas, on July 5, 2021 at the age of 100. She was born August 18, 1920, in Kansas City, Missouri to Morris and Ruth Hurst, both of whom predeceased her. Also preceding her in death were her husband of 58 years, Albert Greenberg; her brothers, Harold Hurst and Richard Hurst and sons-in-law, Stanford S. Block, Jr. and David H. Seelig.

Helen Romer Brown, born February 16, 1926, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, died June 21, 2021 at her home.  Daughter of Fannie and Rubin Romer, she attended elementary, high school, and college in Kansas City, graduating at the top of her UMKC class, where she majored in languages.