In Memory
March 14, 2008

ALTERMAN. Mr. Jerold "Jerry" Alterman died Feb. 29, 2008, at the Francis E. Parker Home in New Brunswick. He was 85.

Born in Newark, Mr. Alterman moved to Hillside more than 50 years ago. He served in the Army during World War II as a radioman in the 3rd Army. He was employed as a salesman for more than 40 years with M. Rothman and Company in Ramsey before retiring in 1991. He was a former board member of Temple Shomrei Torah in Hillside, a member of B’nai B’rith, and a life member of Hadassah Associates.

Mr. Alterman is survived by his beloved wife, Carol (née Amdur); children, Gail M. Alterman and Randi Alterman; and four grandchildren. Interment at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin. Arrangements by Menorah Chapels at Millburn, Union. Donations in Jerry’s memory may be made to Hadassah or the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

CARLIN. Mrs. Esther Carlin (née Coopersmith), a lifelong resident of Elizabeth, died March 7, 2007, at home. She was 85.

Mrs. Carlin was a secretary for William H. Long Insurance in Cranford before retiring in 1993, and a member of O.R.T. She was predeceased by her husband, Jacob Jack Carlin, and her sister, Ruth Levy.

Mrs. Carlin is survived by her son, Richard; daughter, Adrian Carlin-Salevsky; grandchildren, Jonathan and Eric Salevsky; and sister, Sylvia Solomon. Interment at Gomel Chesed Cemetery in Newark. Arrangements by Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home, Westfield.

DERMAN. Mrs. Claire Sirulnick Derman died March 5, 2008, at Greenwood House, Ewing. She was 93.

Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Derman lived in Jamaica Estates, Queens, South Orange and Springfield before moving to Manalapan, where she lived for eight years until becoming a resident of Greenwood House. Her husband, Sam, died in 1992. She was also predeceased by her two sisters, Ann Hochman and Selma Leonard, and three brothers, Ezekial Barber, Alan Serle and Harry Sirulnick.

Mrs. Derman is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lois and Lewis Baskin of Dayton; sons and daughters-in-law, Harvey and Natalie of West Windsor, Dr. Arnold and Harriet of Metuchen, and Gary and Helen of Easton, Mass.; grandchildren, Seth, Paul, Bret, Melanie, Adam, Keith, Russell, Mitchell, Noah, Aaron and Wendy; and great-grandchildren, Stewart, Sarah, Whitney, Allison, Chelsie, Amanda, Sam, Danny, Sabrina, Alexa, Kayla, Jackson, Benjamin, Alexandra, Justina, Russell and Zachary.

Interment at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Arrangements by Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick.

EICHEN. Mr. George Eichen of Edison died Feb. 26, 2008, at home. He was 82.

Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Eichen grew up in the Somerset section of Franklin, and has been a resident of Edison for more than 40 years. He was the manager of Pep Boy Stores in New Brunswick, Perth Amboy and Elizabeth for many years. In 1968 he opened his own business, Best Pak Corporation, Edison, an industrial supply company that served the tri-state area. He retired in 2007. He was a decorated U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, attaining the rank of chief petty officer. He served aboard the USS Sims in the Pacific. Son of the late Robert and Bertha (Schenker) Eichen, he was also predeceased by his brothers, Ralph and Bernard.

Mr. Eichen is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marie (DeFrancesco); children, David of North Brunswick, Barbara Girvan of Highland Park, Judith Dilsheimer of Philadelphia, Pa., Barry of Warren and Gerald of Flemington, and their respective families; brother, Larry of Brooklyn; sisters, Florence Feinberg of Highland Park and Harriet Meyers of Houston, Texas; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin. Arrangements by Crabiel Parkwest Funeral Chapel, New Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 120 Little Albany St., New Brunswick, NJ 08903.

FINKLER. Mrs. Florence Finkler (née Davis) died Feb. 27, 2008, in Elizabeth.

Born in Elizabeth, Mrs. Finkler owned and operated Florences Novelties in Hillside. She was past treasurer of the American Legion Post 50 Ladies Auxiliary and a member of the Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary and the Hillside Senior Citizens Advisory Council. She also volunteered at Ronald McDonald House.

Mrs. Finkler was the beloved wife of Philip Finkler; devoted mother of Arlene Finkler and Gail Caminsky; and loving grandmother of Rachel, Megan and Tyler. Interment at Gomel Chesed Cemetery, Newark. Arrangements by Menorah Chapels at Millburn, Union. Donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Metro N.J. Elizabeth Region, 507 Westminster Ave., Elizabeth, N.J.

FRANKEL. Mrs. Mildred Evelyn Isaacson Frankel died March 6, 2008, at Overlook Hospital in Summit. She was 82.

Born in Plainfield, Mildred was raised in North Plainfield and lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and Somerville before moving to Bridgewater in 1960. She graduated from Plainfield High School in 1943 and received her R.N. degree from Newark Beth Israel School of Nursing in Newark. She worked alongside her husband, Dr. Theodore H. Frankel, a surgeon at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, as both an R.N. and an accountant until they both retired. Mildred’s husband died in 2004.

Mildred is survived by her son, Jared Frankel of Hightstown; daughters and sons-in-law, Adonna Frankel Smith and Paul, of Nevada, Susan Frankel Rocco, D.O., and Mario, of Berkeley Heights, and Debra H. Frankel Coyle and Robert, of Bridgewater; and grandchildren, Sophia and Francesca Rocco. Interment at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Arrangements by Higgins Home for Funerals, Watchung.

FREEDMAN. Mr. Joseph H. Freedman died Feb. 24, 2008, in New Brunswick. He was 89.

Born in Bayonne, Joe grew up in Highland Park and attended New Brunswick High School. He was a stand out in sports, excelling in both track and soccer. He represented New Brunswick High School at the Penn Relays in the 1930s, and held several track records. As a young man Joe developed his business acumen at the side of his father, A. Harry Freedman, a pioneer in the trucking business and president of Freedman Service, an over the road trucking company serving the Mid-Atlantic states. Joe served in the military as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II and was stationed stateside as dictated by the policy of Sole Surviving Son, after his brother, Edward, was killed in a front line battle in Northern France. He married his beloved Florence Schechter in 1942. After receiving honorable discharge he returned to Freedman Service and assumed the role as vice president. In the later part of the 1950s he started Freedman Warehouse Corporation, providing commercial warehousing services to many of the largest corporations in the United States, including Johnson & Johnson, Westinghouse, Revlon and BASF. Joe was active in his temple, serving on the board of trustees of Anshe Emeth in New Brunswick. He represented the third generation of his family to be a member of this congregation. He traveled the world with friends and his wife, Florence, and was passionate about golf and tennis. Nevertheless, his preferred activity was being surrounded by friends and family.

Mr. Freedman is survived by his wife of 66 years, Florence (Schechter); children, Dr. Ed Freedman of Seattle, Edie Freedman of East Brunswick, Ralph Freedman and his wife, Kim, of Bradenton, Fla., and Paul Freedman and his wife, Laura Papell, of Lawrenceville; grandchildren, Sasha, Lauren, Jesse, Emma, Zoey and Michael; and sister, Gloria Cohn of Monroe. Arrangements are by Crabiel Parkwest Funeral Chapel, 239 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Contributions in Mr. Freedman’s name can be made to the Jewish Federation of Middlesex County or to the Alzheimer’s Association.

GOLDSTEIN. Mr. Abraham Goldstein of Highland Park died March 2, 2008, at the Regency Heritage Nursing & Rehab Center, Somerset. He was 89.

Born in New York, Mr. Goldstein lived in New Brunswick for a short time before moving to Highland Park, where he lived most of his life. He was a decorated Army veteran, having served in World War II, where he took part in the Battle of the Bulge and D-Day, and he helped in the liberation of Normandy. He owned King of Slacks, New Brunswick and was a principal owner of New Brunswick Lamp Shades Co., New Brunswick. He was a lifetime member of Congregation Poile Zedek, New Brunswick.

Mr. Goldstein is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Gertrude Zankel Goldstein; sons and daughters-in-law, Ted and Kim of Sea Bright, and Simon and Susan of Portland, Ore.; and grandsons, Adam and Eric and his wife, Keeley. Entombment at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Arrangements by The Goldstein Funeral Chapel, Edison.

LABOW. Mrs. Mary Cohen Labow died Feb. 12, 2008. She was 99.

Born in Greensburg, Pa, Mrs. Labow lived in Scarsdale, N.Y.; Silver Spring, Md; Chicago, Ill.; and Princeton. She was active for many years in Hadassah, B’nai B’rith Women, and temple affairs.

Mrs. Labow is survived by her daughter, Arlene Hauser of Princeton; her son, Marshall Labow of Stamford, Conn.; and grandchildren, Alissa Brown and her husband, Steve, and Aron Hauser. Memorial contributions may be made to the Brown Hauser Tikkun Olam Fund c/o the Jewish Community Foundation of the Greater East Bay, 300 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610.

LIGHTDALE. Mrs. Alice Lightdale (née LeBauer), a longtime resident of Basking Ridge, died suddenly on Feb. 26, 2008, at Overlook Hospital in Summit. She was 68.

Born in New York, Mrs. Lightdale was a longtime resident of Basking Ridge. She was an active guidance counselor for many years at Jonathan Dayton Regional High School in Springfield. She graduated from Wilson College in Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. She received her master’s degree in education from Harvard University.

Mrs. Lightdale was the beloved wife of the late Mayer Lightdale; loving mother of Marc Lightdale; sister of Betsy Groskin; step-sister of the late Edward Van Raalte and Wilma Leinhart and the late Peter Van Raalte and his wife, Marilyn Van Raalte. Arrangements by Menorah Chapels at Millburn, Union. Interment at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Fairview. Donations can be made to American Heart Association Go Red for Women in her memory.

SACK. Mrs. Roslyn Ros Cohen Sack died peacefully on March 5, 2008, in Glastonbury, Conn.. after a long illness. She was 79.

Born in Plainfield, the daughter of Morris and Minnie Cohen, Ros lived in North Plainfield and graduated from North Plainfield High School. She was a bookkeeper at the Jewish Community Center in Plainfield and a member of Temple Beth El. Ros spent many wonderful years in the Plainfield area with her family and lifelong friends before moving to Connecticut to live with her daughter in 2001. The love of her life, her husband, Seymour Sack, died in 1984.

Mrs. Sack is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Barbara of Belleville, and Stephen and Cornelia of Brussels, Belgium; daughters and sons-in-law, Debra and Dennis McCormack of Glastonbury, Conn., and Jodi and Paul L’Heureux of Savannah, Ga.; brother and sister-in-law, Irving and Beverly Cohen of Middlesex; sister, Hannah Cohen of New York City; grandchildren, Jason Sack, Michael McCormack, Eliza Sack, Devon, Wren and Kai L’Heureux; and nieces, Elisa and Marcy Cohen. Interment at Hebrew Cemetery, South Plainfield. Arrangements by Higgins Home for Funerals, Plainfield.

SAMUELSON. Dr. Lawrence Alfred Samuelson of Metuchen died March 4, 2008, at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 80.

Born in New York City, Dr. Samuelson graduated from Syracuse University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1945. He received his medical degree from New York University Medical School in 1950. After completing his residency training in psychiatry at New York University Bellevue Hospital, he served in the United States Army Medical Corps as a captain and was chief of neuropsychiatry at the 179th Station Hospital in Berlin, Germany. While in Germany, Dr. Samuelson served as an attending physician at the Allied Military Prison in Spandau where he provided medical supervision to the seven top-ranking Nazi German war criminals, including Rudolf Hess, Albert Speer and Admiral Karl Doenitz. After completing his military service, Dr. Samuelson returned to New York and served for more than 25 years at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, where he was an attending psychiatrist and director of the Mental Health Clinic and supervisor of the residency training program. He was also director of psychiatry at Staten Island Hospital. In the late 1970s he moved to New Jersey and held privileges and teaching appointments at Hackensack University Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey until he retired in 1996. He also maintained a private practice in psychiatry in Englewood from 1956 through 1998. In addition to his professional appointments, Dr. Samuelson was a consultant to several Jewish community counseling service agencies. His first wife, Sandra Flax Samuelson, died in 1989.

Dr. Samuelson is survived by his wife, Carolyn Stern Samuelson of Metuchen; sons, Evan L. of Fair Oaks, Calif., and Jonathan L. of Raleigh, N.C.; daughter, Dr. Melissa Samuelson Mannle of Kensington, Md.; and four grandchildren. Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge. Arrangements by Flynn & Son/Koyen Funeral Home, Metuchen. Donations to Doctors Without Borders or the charity of one’s choice may be made in his memory.

SEGAL. Rabbi Zev Segal died March 6, 2008. He was 91.

Born in Saratov, Russia, on Jan. 7, 1917, Rabbi Segal was the eldest of eight children of Joseph and Miriam Sapir Segal. His father was a rabbi and a renowned Talmudic scholar. The Segal family left Russia for Palestine in 1919. Rabbi Segal came to the United States in 1939 and was ordained at the Skokie Yeshiva in Illinois. From 1945 to 1978, he was the leader of Young Israel of Newark, a congregation that no longer exists. An ardent Zionist, Rabbi Segal organized a pilgrimage by more than 200 American Orthodox rabbis to pray at the Western Wall in June 1967. A month earlier, the wall — the last remnant of the ancient Temple Court in Jerusalem — had been taken from Arab control by Israeli armed forces during the Six-Day War. From 1968 to 1971, Rabbi Segal was president of the Rabbinical Council of America, which represents about 1,000 Orthodox rabbis in 14 countries. He had been a vice president of the group for 10 years. Since his retirement Rabbi Segal spent much of his time working for the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. He was a man that all his children looked up to, 6’2" — including his 6’7" son, radio personality Nachum Segal, host of the most popular Jewish music and news radio program in the U.S., JM in the AM on WFMU in Jersey City. Rabbi Segal’s last morning was spent helping his famous son on the air in his annual fundraising marathon.

Rabbi Segal is survived by his wife of 59 years, Esther (née Piperburg); sons, Nachum of Manhattan, Moshe of Brooklyn, Yigal of Jerusalem, and Rabbi Chaim Nate Segal of Staten Island; daughters, Leah Aharonov of Tzur Hadasa, Israel, and Peninah Rabin of Petach Tikva, Israel; brothers, Avram, of Chicago, Yitzchak, of Kfar Saba, Israel, and Zalman, of Phoenix; sisters, Zahava Sukenik of Jerusalem, Chana Shapiro of Beer Sheva, Israel, and Zelda Cohen of Chicago; 25 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

SHEFFLER. Mr. Robert Sheffler of Morganville, Marlboro, died Jan. 12, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold. He was 79.

Born in New York City and raised in Long Island, Mr. Sheffler lived in Morganville for the past 40 years. He fought in Japan for the Army during World War II. He was an Eagle Scout and past president of Congregation Beth Ohr, and was instrumental in the establishment of the synagogue and Hebrew school. He also was an award winning philatelist, specializing in early Palestine and Israel. He attended Polytechnic Institute, where he received his B.S. in chemical engineering; he then obtained his master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He worked for Revlon for 36 years; after leaving, he established his own consulting firm called Compac. He held many patents on packaging design and was inducted into the Packaging Engineer Hall of Fame. He will be deeply and sorely missed. He was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Enny Sheffler; and a brother, Frank.

Mr. Sheffler is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Paula; daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and Dr. Edward Julie of Wayne, Amy and Gary Kalieta of Morganville, and Mindy and Carl Offit of Hillsborough; grandchildren, Cory, Jacquelyn, Benjamin, Andrew, Kristopher and Rachel; and many loving nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, Manalapan. Donations in Mr. Sheffler’s name may be made to Congregation Beth Ohr in Old Bridge, or the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union in West Orange, or Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County in Marlboro.

SHRIBER. Mrs. Thelma C. Shriber of Somerset died Feb. 29, 2008, two weeks shy of her 79th birthday.

Born in Providence, R.I., Mrs. Shriber graduated from Curry College in Milton, Mass. After that, she moved to New York City and lived at the Barbizon. She was employed with numerous firms in the retail industry, most recently with Douglass Cook Co-Op at Rutgers University, where she worked since 1982. She married Harold Shriber in 1954, and they moved to North Brunswick in 1956. In 2007, Mrs. Shriber moved to Somerset. She enjoyed her family most of all and she traveled with them extensively. She spent many of her summers on Long Beach Island with family and friends. In addition, she attended many special occasions at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe, where she and Hal were members for 45 years. She was a longstanding member of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick. Her husband, Harold, died in 2001.

Mrs. Shriber is survived by her sons, Mitchell of Clearwater, Fla., and Kenneth of New York City; grandchildren, Abigail, Jeremy, Chloe and Eli, all of New York; and brother, Jerrold Blumenthal, of Frisco, Texas. Interment at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Arrangements by Crabiel Parkwest Funeral Chapel, New Brunswick. Donations may be made to Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 222 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick.

STUART. Mrs. Harriet Frigand Stuart died March 8, 2008, at home. She was 86.

Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Stuart lived in the Clearbrook section of Monroe for the past 23 years. She was a freelance commercial artist for most of her life. During World War II she helped design the operations manual for the Corsair aircraft used by the Army during the war. Her husband, Sid, died in 2004.

Mrs. Stuart is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Dr. James Friend of Staten Island; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Molly of Grapevine, Texas; brother, Sidney Frigand of Manhattan; grandsons, Adam and Kevin Friend and Thomas and William Stuart; and great-grandsons, Zachary and Jared Friend. Arrangements by Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick.Memorial contributions may be made to The New Building Fund at University Medical Center at Princeton. For information on contributions, call (609) 497-4190.

WALDBAUM. Mr. William Waldbaum of Sunrise, Fla., formerly of Newark, died Feb. 24, 2008. He was 82.

William was a World War II Navy veteran, proudly serving from 1942 to 1946 aboard various warships in the Pacific Theater. He received the American Pacific Campaign Medal, as well as the Asiatic Pacific Campaign, the Pacific Victory and World War II Freedom medals, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. While stationed in the Philippines, he also served as a Naval Shore Patrol officer. After the war, he served with the Naval Reserves until 1953. He retired to Florida in 1988 after working for 36 years at the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company of Montvale. Previously, he worked with his father, Jacob, as a carpenter in the Newark area. He was predeceased by his parents, Jacob and Mary, and his sisters, Florence and Gertrude.

William is survived by his wife of 59 years, Yetta; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Lisa of Princeton; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Edward Soltys of Edison; granddaughter, Rebecca of Edison; and sister, Ida, of Sunrise, Fla. Interment, including a Naval Honor Guard ceremony, at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Arrangements by Bloomfield Cooper Jewish Chapels, Manalapan.

WERNIK. Mrs. Amelia T. (Eosso) Wernik of Metuchen died Feb. 24, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 73.

Born in Metuchen, Amelia, also known as Amy, was a lifelong resident of the borough, and worked at the JFK Medical Center Billing Department in Edison for 12 years, retiring in 1989.

Mrs. Wernik is survived by her husband of 51 years, Malcolm B.; daughters and sons-in-law, Fay and Rick Sagotsky of Pennington and Ila and Raymond Fortuna of Metuchen; son, Robert of Stockton; brother, Joseph Eosso of Clearwater, Fla.; and grandchildren, Stephen, Zachary, Matthew, Andrew and Rachel. Entombment at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Arrangements by Flynn and Son Funeral Home, Metuchen. Contributions may be made in Mrs. Wernik’s memory to The Cancer Institute of N.J., 120 Albany St., Tower Two, 5th floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, or the 32nd Degree Masonic Learning Center for Children, 102-1 Little Oxmead Road, Burlington, NJ 08016.