Lorna M. Eichorn, age 63, died Nov. 17. She is survived by her brother, Al (Nancy) Eichorn and her sister, Sally (John) Reinicke. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Dorothy Eichorn. A lifetime Dayton resident, Ms. Eichorn was an active member of The Dayton Knitting Guild; Brothers’ Keeper, Dayton Chapter; Crafts for a Cause; and several quilting groups. She served as a supervisor of the Montgomery County Department of Human Services for many years. Interment was at Riverview Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to The Hospice of Dayton or to SICSA pet adoption center.

Howard Lubow, 84, of Englewood, died Dec. 4 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Lubow was born Aug. 13, 1927 in the Bronx, N.Y. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Lubow of Cincinnati and Annette Rosen of New York. After graduating from The Ohio State University, he had a long career managing his real estate business, the Lubow Realty Company. He graduated from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law in Cincinnati and subsequently was an attorney with Bogin and Patterson. He was on the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Advisory Board of the Anti-Defamation League. He served on the board of directors of the Montgomery County Council for Retarded Children, the Dayton View Neighborhood Council, and Hillel Academy. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Henny (Torf) Lubow of Cincinnati; his children, Cheryl, Jeff (Anna Trakhter), Barry (Susan) and Judy; and his grandchildren, Rebecca, Elias, Jenna and Eden Lubow. Memorial contributions to the Ohio Parkinson Foundation Southwest Region, c/o Fairborn Senior Center, 325 North Third St., Fairborn, Ohio 45324, or to the organization of your choice would be greatly appreciated.

Leatrice Joy Phillips, age 83 of Dayton, passed away Dec. 10. In her youth, Ms. Phillips was an accomplished pianist. She worked most of her adult life as a teacher and school librarian. Ms. Phillips earned her master’s degree from Villanova University. She is survived by her twin daughters, Holly Hernandez and Gwen (Harry) Jones; two grandchildren, Peter Hernandez and Morgan Jones; brother, Larry (Dena) Briskin; two nieces and a nephew. Interment was at David’s Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Temple Beth Or, Beth Abraham Synagogue or the charity of your choice.

Bertha Sender, age 90 of Dayton, passed away Nov. 27. Mrs. Sender was a member of Beth Abraham Synagogue and its sisterhood and was a life member of Hadassah. She was preceded in death by her husband, Julius. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Miriam and Lewis Barr of Cleveland, Sharon and Bob Burick of Dayton; son and daughter-in-law Jim and Liz Sender of Frisco, Texas; six grandchildren, David (Kelly) Barr, Jennifer (Philip) Michaelson, Lisa (John) Kobalka, Michelle (Jon) Ruben, Jordan Sender and Brooke Sender; eight great grandchildren. Interment was at Beth Abraham Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to The Hospice of Dayton, Beth Abraham Synagogue or the charity of your choice.

Sidney F. Weiner, age 92, passed away Dec. 16. Mr. Weiner was a pioneer in the development of I-75/725. President of the Imperial House South, Town and Country Furniture and Holiday Inn Dayton Mall, he also played a vital part in Dayton’s cultural life. Sid to his friends and “Zaz” to much of his family, Mr. Weiner was born in Brooklyn in 1919, and raised in Glens Falls, N.Y. He spent the last 70 years of his life in Dayton, where he met his wife Jeanne Betty, and Longboat Key, Fla., becoming an important part of the community in both towns. A gifted musician from the start, he began playing violin and piano at the age of 6. When his father was stricken with tuberculosis, he played piano to help support his family. For the rest of his life, he would be inseparable from the piano. He attended the University of Miami in Florida for a year on a music scholarship, graduated from The Ohio State University, then received his master’s degree in business from Columbia University and became a CPA. But it was his time away from school, when he would play shows on the famed Borscht Belt circuit in the Catskill Mountains, which produced some of his happiest musical memories. Mr. Weiner accompanied some of the great musical entertainers of the day, even once playing at the same piano with Count Basie, and later playing in New York. During World War II, Mr. Weiner was a captain in the United States Air Force. It was while stationed at Wright Patterson AFB near Dayton that he fell in love with Jeanne Betty Rothenberg. Feeling pressured to impress her family without much money, he turned to music, writing a song for each of her relatives. The strategy worked and the two were married in Dayton in 1944, beginning a romance that would last nearly seven decades. Following the war, Mr. Weiner and his business partners first opened K.L. Garwin Furniture Company, then the Arcade Furniture Company (which they purchased from Arthur Beerman), and then Town and Country Furniture Store, the first contemporary furniture store in Dayton. During the early ‘60s, Mr. Weiner discovered a passion for commercial real estate, purchasing and developing farmland that soon became three of the four corners at the intersection of I-75 and 725. These were the most satisfying times of his business career. Throughout this time, music continued to be a central part of his life. In the early ‘50s, he and Jeanne Betty were part of a professional act called the Daytones, known throughout the tri-state area. Even after the group disbanded, he and Jeanne Betty, and often their children, performed for many organizations in Dayton, from the Jewish Federation and Meadowbrook Country Club to local churches and organizations of all denominations. He wrote original musicals for Temple Israel and Antioch College that attracted the attention of the famous composer, Frank Loesser. A firm believer in the importance of community events, Mr. Weiner also sat on the board of the Dayton Philharmonic for more than a decade. Late in life, Mr. Weiner discovered another passion: scuba diving, and became a certified diver at the age of 70. In 2000, at the age of 80, he achieved his goal of diving the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, receiving a certificate of commendation for being the oldest diver on that portion of the reef. It is impossible to communicate the joy and laughter Mr. Weiner brought with him wherever he went. Even his last days were filled with the one-liners that had always endeared him to everyone he met. Mr. Weiner is survived by his wife, Jeanne Betty; their children, Wendy Bichel, of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Tony Weiner of Eurika, Calif., Lori Bichel of Orlando, Fla., and Randal Weiner of Boulder, Co., their spouses; five grandchildren, Alex Bichel, Nicholas and Alexandra Fox, Aaron and Elijah Weiner; and two great- grandchildren, Sabrina and Marcus Bichel. The Weiners were married for 67 years.