Barbara Helen Goodman

     Barbara H. Goodman, 81, (nee Berkman) of Lorain passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain following a long illness.

     Mrs. Goodman was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 16, 1930, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Rae (nee Tucker) Berkman. She was a 1948 graduate of Glenville High School in Cleveland. She moved to Lorain in 1951.

     She had been employed an Administraive Aid/Secretary to the Rabbi at ABI Synagogue for more than 20 years, retiring in 1998. She also had worked as a kindergarten teacher's aid at Brownell School.

     Mrs. Goodman was a member of International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation, Hadassah, ABI Sisterhood and the Jewish War Veterans Auxillary.

     She is survived by her husband of 62 years Arthur Goodman, sons Mark B. (Tami) Goodman of Lorain, Ron M. Goodman of Columbus, granddaughters Anna and Sarah, sister Sandra (Harold) Kuperberg, of Baltimore, MD, a sister-in-law Lenore Berkman of Cleveland, 8 nieces and 2 nephews.

     In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Owen Berkman.

     Graveside Services will be Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 11:00 am in the Salem Cemetery, 1459 E. North Ridge Road, Sheffield Township with Cantor David Wolinski, officiating. Shiva will be observed at the family home from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

     The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation, 3932-D Swift Road, Sarasota, FL 34231, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 23297 Commerce Park, Beachwood, OH 44122, or Itzie Sepsenwol Matzoh Fund, P.O. Box 3188, Lorain, Ohio 44052.

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