Harry Gevurtz was born in Portland on January 8, 1897 to Isaac and Cecelia Gerson Gevurtz. His parents met in Oregon and were married by Rabbi Jacob Bloch at Temple Beth Israel in 1986. He had two brothers: Louis and Milton. He also had twin sisters: Lillian (Brandt) and Fanny (Crohn). He went to Ladd Elementary School, Lincoln High …
Read MoreMyra Enkelis was born August 5, 1937, the daughter of Jacob and Jennie Enkelis. She was born into a large extended family that stemmed from the marriage of twin sisters Rose and Celia (Simma) Himmelfarb to Joseph Enkelis and Shia Sussman, respectively. The two twins raised their children as closely as siblings and Myra grew up …
Read MoreHoward Cohn was born in Portland on May 25, 1927, as was his father Sol. The family immigrated from the Russian/Polish border at the beginning of the 20th Century. The family lived on Portland’s east side and attended Temple Beth Israel. Howard grew up at the Jewish Community Center, serving on the board of the …
Read MoreJoan (Joanie) Campf was born in Northeast Portland in November 1942 to George and Sylvia Davis Campf; her brother is Melvin Campf. Her grandparents on her father’s side were Sam and Molly Sherman Campf. Sam was the head tailor in the Men’s Department of the downtown Meier & Frank Department Store. Before that time, he …
Read MoreTrudi Schnitzer Stone was born in Portland, Oregon on January 2, 1944 to Manuel and Ruth (Rosumny) Schnitzer. Her maternal grandparents, William and Annie Rosumny, owned the Star Bakery, where Trudi’s mother and her siblings grew up working. Trudi’s uncles Marvin Rosumny and Ben Medofsky continued to run the bakery as Trudi grew up. Trudi’s family …
Read MoreTed Rubenstein was born in 1932, the second child of Harry and Anne Kaplon Rubenstein. His father had moved the family to Medford, Oregon during the Depression and owned a general store there, which Ted grew up working in during the summers and vacations. Ted’s older sister, Helen (Stern) and his cousin Norman Kaplon and he …
Read MoreAbraham Edward “English” Rosenberg was born on June 17, 1901 in Hull, England to Lazarus and Anna Rosenberg. He was born the second of seven children. His parents were originally from the Kovno gubernia in Russia, and they moved to Hull in approximately 1899. Abraham and his family immigrated to the United States in 1914 and …
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