November

Stan passed away peacefully at home with his best friend, confident, colleague, and wife, Dr Jean Mercer, by his side.

Stan was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he completed his formal years of school. Following graduation, with his 6 ft 10 in frame, he was scouted by the University of Idaho with a scholarship to play basketball. His basketball career was shortened by injury.

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dr Chava Eve Rotem, at age 92, on 15 August 2020. Eve was born in Berlin, Germany, on 15 January 1928, and at age 5 left Germany with her parents to begin a new life in Palestine (Israel). Eve would begin charting her own course in life, unaware of being a pioneer and role model for many women to follow.

After a 16-year courageous battle with breast cancer, Marianne left the world on her own terms peacefully at the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital on Wednesday, 26 August 2020, at 1:30 a.m. with her family by her side.