Dumes.Net
A website dedicated to the family of Chaim and Sadie Silk Dumes from Viski, Latvia
Dumes.Net
At the top of the tree are brothers Chaim (A), Jossel-Leib (B) and Schender (C). Each generation adds a letter; the letter represents your birth order, A for the 1st, B for the 2nd, etc.
So Sarah, first child of Chaim, is AA. Her husband, Jacob Kaplan, is Aa, the lower-case a indicating that he married into the Dumes family.
I've also used the lower-case letter for my two step-sons to indicate a non-bloodline Dumes relationship.
Edna's father
Abraham Schultz
b. 1884
d. 21 Jan 1960
Edna's mother
Anna Dumes
b. 24 Mar 1900
d. 21 Oct 1983
Edna Schultz Tockman
Terre Haute, Indiana
Chicago, Illinois
Miami, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Edna Schultz Tockman, a founder and organizer of the Senior L.I.F.T. Center located in the Kendall area of Miami, Florida, passed away Friday, July 28th, 2006. She and her husband Irving Tockman (past President of the L.I.F.T. Center) retired to the area in 1981and noticed the need for a center that provided viable programs for the local Seniors. They helped to establish and secure funding for a comfortable center that welcomed the area Senior Citizens with Educational, Health, Financial, Creative and Social Programs and Activities. In addition to all of her organizational activities, she enjoyed organizing and editing the L.I.F.T. Center Newsletter.
Before her retirement to South Miami Kendall area, Edna taught Third and Fourth grade at the Dawes Elementary School in Evanston, Illinois for more than 20 years. She became the Dawes liason to the District Mathematics Office and created unique teaching materials and opportunities for the entire school. It was her profound conviction that mastery of the 'basics' in a supportive, creative and self-motivating environment was the key to a successful learning experience.
Edna was born, Feb. 18, 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Abe and Anna Schultz, where she lived until 1941 when she married Irving Tockman and moved to Chicago. At the time of her death, July 28th, 2006, she was a resident of the Arden Courts in Tampa, Florida.
Edna was a beloved Mother and Sister, and adored Grandmother.
She is survived by her children Melvyn (Beth) Tockman of Tampa, Florida, Janet (Marten) Kernis of Boone, North Carolina, and Stuart (Yoly) Tockman of Miami, Florida;daughter-in-law Sue Kogan of Miami;grandchildren Ariel, Danny, David;;sister Blanche Rose (Albert) Katz.
In addition to her parents, she was preceeded in death by her devoted husband Irving, and her brother Hy (Annabelle) Schultz.
The graveside service was held at Westlawn Cemetery on July 31st, 2006. Rabbi Victor Weissberg officiated. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to:
The Johnnie B. Byrd. Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute
15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 320
Tampa, FL 33647
The Byrd Institute is a 501 (C3) organized for Federal Income Tax purposes.
