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Aviva Sorkin Obituary

Sorkin, Aviva D. (nee Dolnick) the daughter of the late Max and the late Anna (nee Greenberg) Dolnick of Chicago, died at home in Hyde Park on Monday, March 16, 2009 having returned to her native city after a long sojourn in Milwaukee. Aviva was born into a household at the center of Jewish cultural life in Chicago. After completing a degree at Northwestern, she danced for many years with the Sybil Shearer Dance Company, and in her Milwaukee years taught ballet at UWM and the Performing Arts Center. Aviva was married to Leonard Sorkin of the Fine Arts String Quartet. Her son Rafael is a distinguished physicist and her daughter Naomi a distinguished dancer. She is survived by Rafael (Fatma Husein) Sorkin of Kitchener, Ontario, Naomi (Peter Tate) Sorkin of London, England, and by her sister Shulamite (Milton) Ash of Santa Monica, California. Funeral services are pending for Thursday, March 19. Please call the funeral home for service time and location. For more information on Aviva's life please see the Goodman-Bensman website. Goodman-Bensman Whitefish Bay Funeral Home, 4750 N. Santa Monica 414-964-311. www.goodmanbensman.com

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Mar. 18, 2009.

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Toba & Paul Kramer

March 20, 2009

We were good friends with Aviva and shared many good times and musical memories with her after she left Milwaukee and moved back to Chicago. Although we haven't seen her since we moved to Florida a few years ago, we kept in contact at first by telephone and after that through her good friend Gloria Gustafson in Milwaukee. We will always have wonderful memories of her.

Our sincerest condolences to the family.

Toba & Paul Kramer

denise briner

March 18, 2009

AVIVA and i shared our love of ballet together for many years. she was always an inspiration to me as a teacher and human being.
she and leonard visited us in vail, colorado, along with rafael. i think in the late 70's or early 80's.
while still in milwaukee, we shared many dinners at our table on terrace avenue.
i'm sorry to say i lost communication with aviva--regretfully.
peace be with you, aviva and god speed.
with sympathy to the family.
denise and tom briner
denver , colorado

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