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In Memoriam
Canada

Carole A. Clarke, Lethbridge AB
* Charlotte J. Alekson, Delta BC
* Toyo Nunoda, Vancouver BC
Paul H. Shotlander, Scarborough ON
Normand Dube, Laval QC
* Bernard Laberge, Lery QC
* Dr. Raymond Lessard, Gatineau QC
Miriam Pinchuk, Westmount QC
* Sylvia Silver, Montreal QC

Hong Kong

Nagy El Azar

Mexico

* Wanda Zakrzewski, Chapala

United States

* Emmazee Maple, Montgomery AL
* Ted R. Blomquist, Green Valley AZ
Gilbert W. Randall, Chandler AZ
Donovan R. Carlson, Redding CA
Edward Gerson, Laguna Woods CA
* Lori R. Hamm Warner, San Diego CA
Kenneth B. Hill, San Juan Capistrano CA
* John L. McMurdie, Sacramento CA
Paul D. Myers, Laguna Niguel CA
Prebble O. Potter, Pacific Grove CA
Dr. Kenneth E. Scott, Stanford CA
* James L. Tull, Sacramento CA

* Anne M. Walfield, Danvers MA
* Lynne G. Beresford, Fort Washington MD
Mathew W. Karnes, Upper Marlboro MD
* Allan H. Mazer, Towson MD
* Patricia M. Elms, Lansing MI
Paul H. Karr, Grand Blanc MI
Herbert Tyner, Bloomfield Hills MI
* Gordon H. Anderson, Andover MN
* Murray C. Appelbaum, Saint Paul MN
Benjamin Ostfield, Plymouth MN
Brickie Lyle, Kansas City MO
Meredith Price, Springfield MO
Elizabeth G. Sims, Saint Louis MO
Judy B. Snider, Ballwin MO
* Kenneth F. Ufferman, Kansas City MO
* Hazel B. Gagnier, Missoula MT
* Mary Ann Blair, Charlotte NC
* Margaret Eastman, Garner NC
* Carolyn P. Saxon, Winston Salem NC
Richard J. Thoden, Whispering Pines NC
Diane B. Will, Winterville NC
Alfred Stoloff, Livingston NJ
* Peter Manylyk, Albuquerque NM
* Nancy Ruiz, Santa Fe NM
* Richard F. Harmer, Rochester NY
Ray Labarron, Hornell NY
Russell T. Duncan, Martins Ferry OH
Jeffrey G. Dunn, Toledo OH
* Dr. Robert R. Schmidt, Columbus OH
* Bill L. Harlan, Oklahoma City OK
Bill Pence, Norman OK
* Mark Blumenthal, Portland OR

* John R. Shealy, Colorado Springs CO
Eleanor M. Brown, Bethany Beach DE
Georgeanne F. Donegan, Largo FL
* T.W. Harland, Winter Haven FL
Ed F. Harris, Miami Beach FL
Donna C. Hennessey, Jacksonville FL
Shirley Leao, Jacksonville FL
* Harvey Mandel, Delray Beach FL
Dr. Jim J. O'Brien, Tallahassee FL
Regina A. Piencikowski, Port Charlotte FL
Laurence A. Spelman, Sarasota FL
Sandra M. Webb, Jacksonville FL
* Dale E. Weick, Melbourne FL
Mary A. Wortman, Lakeland FL
Helen C. Fleishel, Canton GA
Jane A. Gaunt, McDonough GA
Cecil E. Larson, Sioux City IA
Cameron Brown, Lake Forest IL
* Robert G. Hayes, Morris IL
Carmen A. Grandy, Indianapolis IN
* Dr. Sid A. Kilsheimer, West Lafayette IN
Joseph F. Thompson, Carmel IN
* Donna M. Munson, Leavenworth KS
Frances H. Rothschild, Louisville KY
Sherrie Urbach, Louisville KY
* Eric Wright, Baton Rouge LA
Ruth Banghart, Weston MA
James E. Storer, Lexington MA

Mark Blumenthal 1942-2016
Mark Blumenthal, two-time silver medalist in the Bermuda Bowl and a former
member of Ira Corn's Aces bridge team,
died Sept. 2 in Portland OR.
Blumenthal started playing bridge as a
student of the University of Pennsylvania,
and the bridge bug bit him bad. After college, he worked in retail and played bridge with his boss. His
boss decided that Mark should spend his time playing bridge
rather than managing a retail store. That was the beginning of
his life as a professional bridge player.
High-level success came early for the bridge prodigy. In 1965,
he was on the winning Reisinger Knockout team. His reputation grew, and he soon was invited to join the Aces. The team
finished second to Italy in the 1973 Bermuda Bowl in Guaruja,
Brazil. A year later in Venice, Italy, Blumenthal was again second
in the Bermuda Bowl, playing with Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Sami Kehela and Eric Murray. Blumenthal
won his first Vanderbilt Trophy in 1973 and his second in 1977.
He married Kathy (Kate) Evans in January 1976.
About two weeks after the 1977 summer nationals, Blumenthal had open-heart surgery. Complications resulted in some

Douglas F. Princehouse, Oceanside OR
* Lori A. Benacci, Erie PA
Nancy S. Brown, Dallas PA
* Bill Grover, Lancaster PA
Ned Huber, Allentown PA
Thelma T. Januskiewicz, Edwardsville PA
William Krysiak, Upper Gwynedd PA
Lorraine Popowich, Philadelphia PA
Louis J. Russo, East Stroudsburg PA
David D. Walczyk, Lancaster PA
* Robert L. Holbrook, Bluffton SC
William D. Hills, Oak Ridge TN
Peggy M. Turner, Vonore TN
* C.F. Waddell, Athens TN
Mrs. Chalmers B. Wilson, Knoxville TN
Carolyn D. Brooks, Bogata TX
Stewart L. De Journett,
North Richland Hills TX
* Frances Galbraith, Corpus Christi TX
* Sondra Kae Goar, Burleson TX
Jack L. Grosklos, Benbrook TX
Sarah P. Jones, Fort Worth TX
B.W. Matthews, Beaumont TX
Donna G. Mcferrin, Port Arthur TX
* Joyce Nantz, Kingwood TX
Frank W. Robl, Fairview TX
Sarah L. Smith, Beaumont TX
Ray E. Walls, Boerne TX
Gene L. Crosby, Rainier WA
Newell Wagner, Mercer Island WA
* Kyun Ja Chung, Belleville WI
* Life Master

By Brent Manley

form of stroke, putting an end to his career as a bridge professional. He and his wife Kate raised two children, Erik and Laura,
in Chicago. After almost three decades, he returned to competitive bridge in 2004 and won a secondary event at the 2004 Fall
NABC. A subsequent fall caused additional brain damage, and he
never played competitive bridge again.
In 2006, he moved to Portland OR where he enjoyed being
near his children and bridge blogging. After a serious fall and additional brain damage in 2009, he could no longer use his computer and his blogging ended. Shortly before his death, according
to his wife, "he had the happiness of holding his first grandchild,
Hugo George Anderson-Blumenthal."
Said Kate Blumenthal: "For Mark, bridge was not a game. It was
constant challenge as well as a way of life. He reveled in competition at the highest levels, and his ability to focus on the game was
amazing. One anecdote stands out in my mind. Mark was playing
in a tournament in Milwaukee WI when two lovely young ladies in
hot pants and very low-cut tops sat down at the table. When the
round was over and the ladies moved on, Mark's partner remarked,
'Wow, did you get a load of that?' Mark responded, 'Yes, the way
she butchered the second hand was unbelievable.'"

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