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Rebecka OPPENHEIMER (b. July 11, 1889, d. December 25, 1970). She immigrated to Toledo, Ohio from Germany 1908.

Rebecka OPPENHEIMER married (September 13, 1911) Hermann STERN (b. 26 November 1882 Niederkleiun, d. 16 October 1970 Toledo). Hermann ran his own tailor shop on Main Street in Toledo, Ohio.

Hermann was the great uncle of Edward R. SCHEINERMAN, Professor of Mathematics at The Johns Hopkins University, ers at jhu.edu.

Rebecka and Hermann had two daughters Gertrude and Helen:

• Gertrude Leona STERN (b. 10 October 1912, d. 20 July 2001 Toledo, OH) married (21 March 1937) Carl LEIBOWITZ (b. 4 Feb. 1908, d. 2002) (accountant) son of Sam LEIB. In 1920, Sam LEIB and his family moved to Toledo and changed their name to the original LEIBOWITZ. (Sam's brother lived in Toledo and had not changed his name upon moving to the US.)
  After attending Toledo schools, Gertrude attended Toledo University and then worked as a social worker during the depression. In 1941, after the birth of their first son, Carl and Gertrude moved to Chicago and changed their name back to LEIB, and Gertrude quit work to raise her family. Following moves from Toledo to Chicago and Detroit, the family, now Carl, Gertrude, and their three redheaded sons settled in Saginaw, MI, in 1950.
  Gertrude became an active member of Temple B'nai Israel, where she served as president of the Sisterhood, and was active in Hadassah. In 1964, the school board in Saginaw Township, knowing that Gertrude spoke German, asked her to become a teacher of German in the township's new high school. Over the next several years, she obtained additional college credits, her teaching certificate, and went from teaching one freshman class daily to a full time position, where she remained until retirement in 1973.
  Following their retirement, Gertrude and Carl traveled, including trips to Europe and Asia, wintered in San Diego with many of their childhood friends from Toledo, and ultimately moved back to Toledo. Gertrude found time to volunteer as a teacher of English as a second language to children in the San Diego schools, and for many years helped with activities for residents of Toledo's Darlington House.
  • James (Jimmy) Lester LEIB (b. LEIBOWITZ 13 April 1941, Toledo, Ohio, d. 7 Feb. 2007 Peoria, Illinois). Grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. Following college at Ferris State, Michigan, he began a career in the Air Force with assignments in Oklahoma, Thailand and Arizona. Meanwhile, he completed his master's degree at the University of Arizona. He married (Valentine's Day 14 February 1976, St. Louis, Missouri) to Linda Kay MOZNER (b. 18 March 1948). He was president of the Purchasing Managers Association of St. Louis. They moved to Peoria in 1992 where he was purchasing manager for the city. Jim enjoyed collecting coins and building intricately designed miniature boat models.
    • Jason Herman LEIB (b. 1972) m. Eric. They live in Algonquin.
    • Heide LEIB. Lives in Peoria.
  • Edward Samuel LEIB (Ed, Eddie) born May 1, 1946 married (April 21, 1974) Lynne Marlene METHENE. Ed works as a rheumatologist at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Lynne is a visiting nurse who specializes in pregnant women and socially high risk women and children. They live in Essex, Vermont.
    • Sarah Kathryn LEIB (b. March 6, 1976) junior at University of Vermont
    • Alisa Metheny LEIB (b. 4 May 1978) alisa.allegrini@gmail.com> married (2004) Jacob (Jake) ALLEGRINI. Children: B (b. 2011) and S (b. 2015)
  • Robert (Bob) David LEIB (b. October 15, 1950) bob.leib@cox.net. San Diego.
  
  
• Helen Elsie STERN (b. October 14, 1914, d. June 14, 1994) married (June 6, 1937) Walter S. TREUHAFT (d. June 15, 1992). Walter ran a dime store with his brother. Later with his other brother ran a pet company.
  • Linda Sue TREUHAFT (b. 6 Apr. 1941, d. 5 Aug. 2010) Linda first married (3 June 1962) Thomas Levitt FRIEDMAN (b. 18 May 1937).
    • Jeffrey Edward FRIEDMAN (b. 3 Apr. 1966
    • Dena Ann FRIEDMAN (b. 18 Apr. 1968) married (9 June 1996 Toledo) Mikel RIVES
    • Michael Howard FRIEDMAN (b. 30 Jan. 1975)
    • Melissa Elaine FRIEDMAN (twin b. 25 April 1977) married (2 Sep. 2001 Toledo) George Michael RAKOLTA
    • Rachel Lynn FRIEDMAN (twin b. 25 April 1977) married (25 May 2002 Toledo) Todd SCHROEDER.
    Linda Sue remarried (3 Aug. 1990) Thomas D. DORN Sr.
  • Thomas (Tom) STERN TREUHAFT (b. 13 June 1946) tstreuhaft@yahoo.com married (21 Dec. 1969) Jennifer Lynn KNAPP (b. 26 Jan. 1947).

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