Marvin Wilbur Goodman died on March 10, 2021, at Westchester Village of Lenexa at the age of 98 years and 1 day. Marvin was born March 9, 1923, to William Eli Goodman and Lillian Goldansky Goodman in Kansas City, Missouri. He spent his childhood in Kansas City with a large close family and enjoyed many boyhood summers in Times Beach, Missouri, working for his aunt and uncle.
Ruth Abend Krigel Tivol passed away on March 10, 2021. A Zoom memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 21. Email for more information. The family requests no flowers. Donations may be sent to the Ruth Krigel Tivol Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation, 5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, Kansas 66211, or the charity of your choice.
Dorothy Bronfman, 89, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2021. A private family graveside was to be held at Rose Hill Cemetery on Wednesday, March 17. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Heritage Center at The Jewish Community Center.
Roger Alan Magilow passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021, after a prolonged struggle with Type I Diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. He died suddenly and without suffering.
Phyllis Elston Brod, 96, of Overland Park, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 5, 2021, at Prairie Elder Care in Overland Park.
Phyllis was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Rose and Herman Saizow.
Myron S. Cramer passed away peacefully on Feb. 15, 2021. Born in Kansas City, Kansas, on Aug. 30, 1937, Myron lived a life of unparalleled, indescribable magnitude. He grew up in Kansas City, attended and graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1955 and remained in the Kansas City area for the better part of his extraordinary life.
William “Bill” Kessler, 87, died peacefully in his Overland Park home on Feb. 24, 2021. Bill was born on June 10, 1933. The son of Phil and Jean Kessler, he grew up in Kansas City, Missouri.
Paul Bruce Milgrim, 66, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021, at Menorah Medical Center. Paul was born to the late Pauline and Ben Milgrim in Joplin, Missouri.
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.
