Obituaries

MICHAEL A. SAND

Michael A. Sand passed away on May 15, 2022, surrounded by loving family. Mr. Sand was beloved by family, friends, by many co-organizers in the civil rights organizations he founded or co-founded, and by the countless members of community organizations he advised in his more than 55 years of…

WILLIAM M. GROSS

Longtime Harrisburg, PA resident, William M. (Bill) Gross, passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 11, 2022 in Florida. Bill was born on October 18, 1930 in Harrisburg, PA, son of the late Barney and May (Maltzer) Gross. A 1948 graduate of William Penn High School, Bill went on to earn hi…

LENORE MISKIN

Lenore Janet Miskin, age 91, of Great Neck passed on Monday, April 25, 2022, just weeks shy of her May 8 birthday. Beloved daughter of Sally (Goldberger) and Sigmund A. Fox. Adored wife of 64 years to the late Howard Miskin. Loving mother of Debbie and Zachary Lobodzic, Cindi and Avrum Lapin…

CATHERINE LEO

Catherine F. Leo, 98, of Harrisburg, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg. She died peacefully during her sleep.

Catherine was the widow of Alfred Leo, who died in 1985, and is preceded in death by her four sisters, Carmella Decker, Mary Gould, Sara Bres…

BARBARA MORRISON ELLER

Barbara Morrison Eller, amazing mother, Gammie, GG, and beloved wife of the late Melvin Eller for 53 years, passed away May 4, 2022 in Tampa, FL, one week before her 96th birthday.

 

Parenting, teaching, and tennis were her greatest joys and skills. The Harrisburg native, the first ba…