Obituaries

Victor (Vic) Allen Applebaum, age 75, passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of his family, on June 29, at Village Shalom.

Mark Rafsky, 74, of Southfield, Michigan, died on July 7. Graveside services were held at Mt. Carmel Cemetery on July 13.

Barbara Marilyn Schwartz, 75, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away on July 5. 

Blanche E. Sosland died on July 5 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas, following an extended illness. She was 90 years old.

Joseph Wolf passed away in Framingham, Massachusetts, on June 21, just two months short of his 90th birthday.

Erika A. Clayman, 79, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on June 17. Graveside services were held on June 22 at Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery.

Rabbi Yehuda Fleischmann passed away in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 29 at the age of 97.

Carole Kaplan of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on June 7.

Joseph Megerman, 49, died peacefully at his home in Overland Park, Kansas, on June 3.

Bonnie Jean Mandel, born Dec. 7, 1963, passed away on April 23, 2026.