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Beverly Ehrlich GoldmanInsurance Broker

Beverly Ehrlich Goldman, 74, who sold insurance from the mid-1960s to early 1980s, mostly for the Silver Spring firm of Statland and Katz, died Dec. 19 at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, Tex. She had complications from a brain hemorrhage that occurred six months ago.

Mrs. Ehrlich Goldman, born Beverly Baynard, was a native Washingtonian. She was raised by her mother after her father died in 1938 and was a graduate of Roosevelt High School.

Her memberships included Temple Shalom, a reform synagogue in Chevy Chase. She was a longtime Silver Spring resident before moving to Boynton Beach, Fla., 13 years ago.

She enjoyed jazz, once having followed the tour circuit of saxophonist Stan Getz in the early 1950s. Her other interests included taking cruises.

Her first marriage, to Tom Mineo, ended in divorce. Her two later husbands died, Marvin Ehrlich in 1980 and Lou Goldman in 1996.

Survivors include two daughters from her first marriage, Hope Mineo of Brentwood, Calif., and Joy Shepherd of Dallas; four stepdaughters, Monica Brecka of Longboat Key, Fla., Ren¿e Gates of Mechanicsville, Michelle Lavenstein of Cockeysville, Md., and Dina Ellington of Prince Frederick; and a grandson.

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Haig K. TufenkTennis Umpire

Haig K. Tufenk, 78, a retired National Security Agency employee and a professional tennis umpire for 35 years, died Nov. 21 of lymphoma at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. He was a resident of the District.


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