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Dr. Edward Flick died on January 11, 2006. He was born on February 7, 1916. Dr. Flick was born and raised in South Philadelphia to an immigrant family that valued education above all else. At age 16 he received his diploma from South Philadelphia High School for Boys and wentContinue Reading

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Carol Cacile Meisels died on Saturday, December 30, 2006, after a six-year battle with cancer. She was born in Portland, Ore. on November 23, 1933 to Milton and Anita Gevurtz. Carol was raised in Portland, where she graduated from Lincoln High School. Following graduation from Stanford University in 1955, CarolContinue Reading

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Leo Okin died of lung cancer on July 30, 2006 at his home in Mesa, Ariz. He was born in Divinsk, Latvia in 1923. When Leo was seven years old, his family emigrated to the United States, and Leo spent his youth in Brooklyn. He started his career as aContinue Reading

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Sol Altchech died on November 15, 2006 at the Kline Galland Home in Seattle. Sol was born in Salonika, Greece on December 13, 1919. He was a Holocaust survivor, liberated from Auschwitz on May 5, 1945. He emigrated to Seattle in 1951 and married Mary Solam on March 8, 1953.Continue Reading

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Deborah Kaplan died on November 12, 2006 at the age of 53. She was born in Chicago, Ill. in 1952. Kaplan was an assistant professor of communication at the University of Washington, where she taught narrative journalism. Her entire career was spent in journalism, including stints at the Detroit FreeContinue Reading

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Murray Shiff died in Seattle on November 19, 2006. He was 84. Murray was born in Sandomierz, Poland on April 2, 1922. He emigrated to Toronto, Ont. with his family in 1931, and earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1949 and a Master’s of Social WorkContinue Reading

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Sheldon Garber of Kirkland died on October 28, 2006 in a motorcycle accident. He was born in Dayton, Ohio on July 20, 1953 and most recently served as a machinist for the U.S. Post office. Sheldon is survived by his mother, Selma; siblings Linda (Richie) and Martin, both of Eugene,Continue Reading