OPPENHEIMER family

Gustav (Gedaliah) OPPENHEIMER son of Moses OPPENHEIMER

Gustav (Gedaliah) OPPENHEIMER (b. December 26, 1892 Hemsbach, d. April 1, 1970, buried Oakridge Jewish Cemetery block #29, Lot #54). Moved in 1907 to Frankfurt to further religious education and enter the world of commerce, first serving his apprenticeship at Carlebach & Co before establishing a business with partners in 1922. In should be remembered that World War I (in which he served for 1914 to 1918) intervened. On April 16, 1923, Gustav married Amanda (Miriam) FLORSHEIM (b. 17 February 1898 Bad Nauheim, d. 26 November 1957 Chicago, buried Oakridge Jewish Cemetery block #28, Lot #57).

Amanda helped run the Hotel Flörsheim in the resort town of Bad Nauheim.

Hotel Flörsheim, Bad-Nauheim, Karlstraße, Telefon 2315
Kosher Under Supervision of the Rev. Rabbi Dr. N. Cohn, Marburg
Our well-known hotel is centrally located at Bad-Nauheim, within a short distance from the baths, sources and the Kurpark. Its appointments are first-class and modern. All rooms have hot and cold running water, central heat, most of them balconies. Rooms with private bath, and public telephones on every floor. Lounges and public rooms are inviting and home-like.
The hotel kitchen, under our personal direction, is known for its excellancy. Dietary cooking, in strict accordance with medical prescriptions, without extra charge. Individual and attentive service by a well-trained staff.
Reduced prices prior to and after season. Special arrangements for families for a prolonged stay. The hotel is opened throughout the year. Our motto: Highest Service at Moderate Prices.

Amanda and their two sons escaped Germany for Chicago, September 1938 on the Hamburg-Amerika liner SS Hansa. Gustav escaped in 1939 with Carl OPPENHEIMER and his wife and son Stephen LOEB on the SS New Amsterdam.

Amanda was responsible for the installation of a kosher kitchen in the Chicago Self Help Home for the Aged. She was very acitve in Hyde Park Hadassah, and the Jewish National Fund. She was an active member of Hapoel Hamizrachi of Chicago and a member of Kenesses Israel Congregation.

Gustav and Amanda were deeply religious and very family oriented.

• Erich (Eric) Jakob OPPENHEIMER (b. July 16, 1924) married May 3, 1953 Beatrice GOLDBERG (b. 8 May 1924, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, d. 11 Oct. 2004 St. Louis). Moved to St. Louis from Chicago, August 1969.
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  • Howard Myron OPPENHEIMER (b. July 21, 1954) howjac@aol.com married January 4, 1976 Jaclyn Adrienne FELDMAN (b. September 5, 1954). Howard is an executive of Delmar Gardens Enterprises, and four-time president of Young Israel of St. Louis. Jackie teaches at the nursery and special learning program at Epstein Hebrew Academy.
    • Amanda (Mandy) Sharon OPPENHEIMER, 27 November 1978. Named after grandmother. Married ??? SILVERMAN. Children: Phoebe Pearl SILVERMAN (b. 16 Sep. 2005) and Aidan Gabriel SILVERMAN (b. 30 July 2008).
    • Delia Nechama OPPENHEIMER (b. 21 July 1981) married Jeff GLOGOWER. Children: Yaffa GLOGOWER (b. 18 May 2014), Rami Jacob GLOGOWER (b. ~March 2017).
    • Max (Avraham Azriel Avigdor) OPPENHEIMER (b. 18 February 1988) studies at Yeshiva University.
  
  
• Alfred OPPENHEIMER (b. October 29, 1925 = 11 Heshvan 5686 Frankfurst A/M, d. November 1, 1985 = 17 Heshvan 5746, Haifa). Alfred was known as a boy as Fredy. Later as Al. In Israel, he was known by his Hebrew name Asher. Alfred married (November 5, 1950 = 20 Elul 5750) Betty Viola (Batya) STEIN (b. April 12, 1928 = 22 Nissan 5688 Mishawaka, IN). Batya's parents were William (Hillel) STEIN and Rose (Rachel) ARONSON. (Batya remarried (9 September 1990 = 20 Elul 5750) Max GUTTMAN (b. 29 January 1924 = 24 Shvat 5684 Minneapolis, MN, d. 2005)
  • Gil Moshe OPHIR (orig. OPPENHEIMER), (b. November 19, 1952 = 1 Kislev 5713 Tiberius), married (June 6, 1979 = 11 Sivan 5739) Chana FREUND (b. 10 March 1950 = 21 Adar 5710 Israel). They live in Moshav Qeshet in the Golan Heights, Israel.
    • Matanya OPHIR , b. 14 May 1980 = 28 Iyar 5740
    • Eyal Naftali OPHIR, b. 4 August 1981 = 4 Av 5741
    • Rachel OPHIR , b. 10 July 1983 = 29 Tammuz 5743
    • Avital OPHIR , b. 27 December 1985 = 16 Tevet 5746
    • Roi Asher OPHIR , b. 1 May 1990 = 6 Iyar 5750
  • Orna Mina OPPENHEIMER (b. March 19, 1956 = 7 Nissan 5716 Safed, Israel) married (13 July 1976 = 15 Tammuz 5736) Rabbi Menachem Mordechai COHEN (b. 12 January 1955 = 19 Tevet 5715 Israel). They live in Arad.
    • Miryam Navah Tehilah COHEN (b. 23 February 1978 = 16 Adar 5738) married (20 June 1999 = 6 Tamuz 5759 Jerusalem) to Assaf YAFFIN (b. 17 December 1977 = 7 Kislev 5738). They live in Mizpe-Yeriho where Asaf attends Yeshiva Netivot-Yosef.
    • Amitai Gedaliah COHEN (b. 15 August 1979 = 22 Av 5739)
    • Eliahou Yaer Ilan COHEN (b. 20 January 1981 = 15 Shvat 5741)
    • Emunah Zimratiah COHEN (b. 9 September 1983 = 10 Tishrei 5744)
    • Noam Asher COHEN (b. 10 February 1987 = 12 Shvat 5747)
    • Malkiel Yigal COHEN (b. 5 August 1990 = 14 Av 5750)
    • Moshe David Yehudah COHEN (b. 5 August 1993 = 18 Av 5753)
    • Shuvah Shirel T'mimah COHEN (b. 7 January 1997 = 28 Tevet 5757 Jerusalem)
  • Dan Yacov OPPENHEIMER(b. March 6, 1959 = 26 Adar I. 5719 South Bend, IN) dentist married (b. October 12, 1982 = 25 Tishrei 5743) Miriam COMEMI (b. 5 January 1962 = 29 Tevet 5722 Israel), dentist, daughter of Yemenite family.
    • Shmuel OPPENHEIMER (b. 12 June 1987 = 16 Sivan 5747)
    • Asher OPPENHEIMER (b. 8 September 1989 = 8 Elul 5749)
    • Hillel Yedidia OPPENHEIMER (b. 18 January 1996 = 26 Tevet 5756)
  • Miriam Aliza OPPENHEIMER (b. September 20, 1961) married 22 September 1986 David MAGDER from Toronto. They live on Ramot Aleph in Jerusalem.
    • Chava Ilana MAGDER (b. 14 July 1987 = 17 Tammuz 5747)
    • Rivka Amalia MAGDER (b. 19 May 1989 = 16 Iyar 5749)
    • Asher MAGDER (b. 24 September 1991 = 17 Tishrei 5752)
    • Tirza Malka MAGDER (b. 31 March 1994 = 19 Nissan 5754)
    • Renana Nechama MAGDER (b. 30 Novemeber 1998 = 11 Kislev 5749)
  • Joel Ari OPPENHEIMER (b. September 24, 1966 = 10 Tishrei 5727 South Bend, IN) married (4 February 1994 = 26 Shvat 5754) Tehilla Haya AUERBACH (b. 19 September 1968, 26 Elul 5728 Israel)
    • Yakov OPPENHEIMER (b. 16 June 1999 = 2 Tammuz 5759)

After Amanda's death, Gustav OPPENHEIMER remarried (22 March 1959) Blanca FREUND (b. 17 Oct. 1901, d.) (widow of PENNENBERG)

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