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Gail Sardegna

Gail Sardegna

Apr 19, 2019

Gail C. Sardegna, age 61, of Tampa passed peacefully, Friday, April 19, 2019, surrounded by loving family. Ms. Sardegna was a lifelong resident of Tampa. She graduated from Tampa Catholic High School in 1975 and attended the University of South Florida from 1975-1977 studying psychology. Ms. Sardegna was an accomplished and successful realtor. She was a member of the...

Betty Schecht

Betty Schecht

Apr 19, 2019

SCHECHT Betty, age 89 of Tampa passed peacefully, Friday, April 19, 2019. Mrs. Schecht was born in New York and came to Tampa 37 years ago from Chicago, IL. Betty was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt. She was a great friend to all. Betty’s biggest joy was spending time with her loving family. She thoroughly enjoyed...

Harriet Mandel

Harriet Mandel

Apr 17, 2019

Harriet Mandel passed away on April 17 after 80 wonderful years.  She was with her daughter Valerie at the time of her passing.  Fortunately the two of them had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time together before her passing.  Harriet will be remembered by friends and loved ones, especially her children Valerie an Kenny, for her...

Jan Cohen

Jan Cohen

Apr 16, 2019

Jan Sheryl Cohen, born September 27, 1954, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at the age of 64. Raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Jan was a graduate of Woodlawn High School. She later became a legal assistant, loving wife, and devoted mother and Grammy. Jan enjoyed traveling, shopping, great food, and spoiling her grandbabies. After surviving breast cancer, Jan relocated...

Regina Konsker

Regina Konsker

Apr 12, 2019

KONSKER, Regina (Rywka), age 96, of Tampa passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Konsker was born in Poland and was a survivor of the Holocaust. She emigrated to The U.S. moving to Kansas City, MO. and came to Tampa from Atlanta, GA where she had resided for many years. She was preceded in...

Christina Clark

Christina Clark

Apr 10, 2019

Clark, Christina Nicole, 33 of Tampa, passed away suddenly on April 10, 2019. Christina was preceded in death by her Mother, Donna and her Father Michael. Christina leaves behind her three children, Michael, Cayden and Ariana, her brother Michael, her aunt Lisa and uncle Frank, uncle Jimmy, and lots of nephews and nieces. Christina was a beautiful person inside and out....

Henry "Bob" Troner

Henry "Bob" Troner

Apr 8, 2019

TRONER, Henry Robert “Bob”, age 92, of Tampa, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2019, surrounded by friends & family. Bob was born in New York, NY on March 28, 1927, and spent his youth in the Bronx, before enlisting in the Navy at the age of seventeen, during World War II. He served as a medical and dental corpsman and...

Isabel Perri

Isabel Perri

Apr 8, 2019

PERRI, Isabel (Garcia) 89, a life-long resident of Tampa, passed away on Monday,  April 8, 2019. She was born on December 8, 1929, and was married to Joe Perri for 49 years when he preceded her in death in 1997. As a younger woman, she owned Isabel’s Beauty Salon on Henderson but eventually turned to real estate and was...

Betty Kopelman

Betty Kopelman

Apr 6, 2019

Kopelman, Betty Jane, 80, of Tampa, passed away on April 6, 2019. Born in Springfield, Illinois, on May 7, 1938, Betty lived in many places while growing up, but always considered Little Rock, Arkansas to be her home. She was an amazing woman who cherished and loved her family dearly; she will be sorely missed. She is preceded in death...

Sharon Balber

Sharon Balber

Apr 3, 2019

BALBER, Sharon Lynn, age 43 of Tampa died Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Survivors include her husband, David, cherished sons, Jake & Brett, parents, Abert & Sheila Goodman, brothers, David  & Carl Goodman and sister, Lori Vingot. Graveside services were held.

Sandi Sylver

Sandi Sylver

Apr 1, 2019

Sandi Sylver was reunited with her sweet Mother and loving dog Apache (Patches) on April 1st 2019. She had suffered a difficult illness over the last year. She was born to Sheldon and Lillian Sylver and spent her first 13 years in Mount Vernon New York. Her father had an opportunity to relocate to NMB Florida where she graduated Miami Norland Senior High School. Sandi had a sense of...

Irene Rubenstein

Irene Rubenstein

Mar 28, 2019

RUBENSTEIN, IRENE BERGER passed away, Thursday, March 28, 2019 at home surrounded by her loving family. A long time resident of Tampa, Irene came originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She was a graduate of Towson State Teacher’s College, Maryland, and taught fifth grade at B.C. Graham School in Tampa. She and her husband, Paul, had the well-known cinematography business, Photomart,...

Jack Perman

Jack Perman

Mar 23, 2019

PERMAN, Jack, age 73 of Lutz died March 23, 2019. Dr. Perman served proudly in the US Army and was a chemist, assistant director of the state lab and Adjunct Professor at USF. He was a member of Congregation Beth Am. Survivors include his beloved wife of nearly 40 years, Linda Ann,  son and daughter-in-law, Jason & Audrey Perman,...

Alexandra Spears

Alexandra Spears

Mar 12, 2019

SPEARS, Alexandra B. "Ali" passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019, while surrounded by her loving family. Born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Ali was a willful and feisty kind of girl with a personality that could light up any room. She was a people person and loved baking, taking charge, and the Indianapolis Colts. Like most young girls, Ali enjoyed...

Alma Greenberg

Alma Greenberg

Mar 11, 2019

GREENBERG, Alma Beck, age 88, of Tampa, died Monday, March 11, 2019. Mrs. Greenberg came to Tampa six years ago from her native New York and was a former member of Congregation Ohav Sholom in Merrick. She was endlessly devoted to her family; her children and grandchildren were her greatest gift.  Alma is preceded in death by her beloved husband, William Howard Greenberg. Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Steven Haubenstock, and...

Barbara Friedman

Barbara Friedman

Mar 10, 2019

FRIEDMAN, Barbara, age 68, of Tampa, passed away March 10, 2019. A lifelong resident of Tampa, she enjoyed traveling and making the most out of life. Above anything else, Barbara loved her family and spending quality time with them as often as possible. She was the director of social work at Menorah Manor and a bereavement counselor for Suncoast Hospice....

Dr. Judith Szentivanyi

Dr. Judith Szentivanyi

Mar 9, 2019

SZENTIVANYI, Dr. Judith (Szasz), age 90, of Lutz, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2019. Born in Miskolc, Hungary on April 4, 1928, Judith was a Holocaust survivor and immigrated to the USA after the Hungarian Revolution. In 1952 she finished medical school and specialized in internal medicine in 1956. She went on to finish her residency in dermatology at the...

Hilda Steinberger

Hilda Steinberger

Mar 9, 2019

STEINBERGER, Hilda Rosen, age 95, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2019. Born in Hazleton, PA on May 8, 1923, Hilda lived her adult life in Pottsville, PA before moving to Miami, Pembroke Pines and Tampa, Florida. She was the loving wife of the late Irving Steinberger and is survived by her children, Terry (Les) Freedman, Mark (Ann) Steinberger, and Ellen...

Eli Bobo

Eli Bobo

Mar 6, 2019

BOBO, Eli Abraham, age 30 of Tampa passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Eli was a lifelong resident of Tampa. He graduated Tampa Prep where he participated in gymnastics and was a notable diver, later graduating Wharton School of Business. He had an affinity for the arts, enjoying theater and music and he, himself a painter and sculptor....

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez

Mar 4, 2019

RODRIQUEZ, Robert (age 87), of Tampa, passed away on March 4, 2019. Robert was born in Tampa on January 20, 1932 to Julio and Grace Rodriguez. He was a fireman for the City of Tampa for 20 years and owned and operated Emerald Pools for over a decade. In 1951 he married Nancy Gigilo and together they had two...

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