Published in the Intermountain Jewish News:
"Sonya (Toni) Binstock, a beloved member of Denver's Jewish community, passed away Nov. 16, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Rabbis Bruce Dollin, Steven Foster and Selwyn Franklin and Cantors Martin Goldstein and Joel Lichterman officiated at the Nov. 18 memorial service at the HEA.
Mrs. Binstock was laid to rest at Mt. Nebo Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Her children remember their mother as someone who was completely devoted to her family.
Daughter Jodi describes Mrs. Binstock as a woman who had "a joy for life that was infectious," and daughter Terri says she "connected to everyone she met."
Son-in-law Jeff remembers her as "selfless — someone who, to the end, was only concerned with the well-being of others."
Sonya Katsh was born June 26, 1930, in Amarillo, Texas. She grew up in Borger, Texas, and Los Angeles.
She attended Los Angeles High School and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California-Los Angeles in 1947.
On March 22, 1953, she married Robert (Bob) Binstock. There were happily married for over 50 years. Mr. Binstock passed away on Aug. 18, 2003.
Mrs. Binstock was a licensed clinical social worker who specialized in counseling battered women and children of divorce. She counseled clients in private practice from 1979 until shortly before her death.
In 1979, Mrs. Binstock earned an MA from the DU School of Social Work.
Instrumental in the creation of CHAI, the Denver Jewish community's response to domestic abuse, she also served on Judge Richard Match's committee to implement the DPS integration decision in the 1970s.
Mrs. Binstock, a lifelong member of BMH-BJ, was active with ActionIsrael, the JCC, JFS, the BBYO adult committee, IST, DU's Holocaust Awareness Institute and KEEP, the Kepner Educational Excellence Program.
Committed to Holocaust education, she interviewed over 50 Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation. She received the Holocaust Institute Awareness' Shoah Remembrance and Hope Award in 2003.
A member of the JCC for over 30 years, she helped create the JCC Health Club.
Mrs. Binstock is survived by her children Terri (Jeffrey) Auerbach of Denver and Jodi Binstock of Los Angeles; sister Sylvia Aptekar of Encino, Calif.; grandchildren Logan Binstock, Jason (Alexandra) Auerbach, Michael (Samantha) Auerbach, Julie, Michelle and Molly Auerbach; and great-grandson Henry Auerbach.
Contributions may be made to the Toni Binstock Holocaust Education Fund at KEEP, c/o the Denver Foundation, attn: Jack Thompson, 55 Madison St., Denver, CO 80206."
"Sonya (Toni) Binstock, a beloved member of Denver's Jewish community, passed away Nov. 16, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Rabbis Bruce Dollin, Steven Foster and Selwyn Franklin and Cantors Martin Goldstein and Joel Lichterman officiated at the Nov. 18 memorial service at the HEA.
Mrs. Binstock was laid to rest at Mt. Nebo Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Her children remember their mother as someone who was completely devoted to her family.
Daughter Jodi describes Mrs. Binstock as a woman who had "a joy for life that was infectious," and daughter Terri says she "connected to everyone she met."
Son-in-law Jeff remembers her as "selfless — someone who, to the end, was only concerned with the well-being of others."
Sonya Katsh was born June 26, 1930, in Amarillo, Texas. She grew up in Borger, Texas, and Los Angeles.
She attended Los Angeles High School and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California-Los Angeles in 1947.
On March 22, 1953, she married Robert (Bob) Binstock. There were happily married for over 50 years. Mr. Binstock passed away on Aug. 18, 2003.
Mrs. Binstock was a licensed clinical social worker who specialized in counseling battered women and children of divorce. She counseled clients in private practice from 1979 until shortly before her death.
In 1979, Mrs. Binstock earned an MA from the DU School of Social Work.
Instrumental in the creation of CHAI, the Denver Jewish community's response to domestic abuse, she also served on Judge Richard Match's committee to implement the DPS integration decision in the 1970s.
Mrs. Binstock, a lifelong member of BMH-BJ, was active with ActionIsrael, the JCC, JFS, the BBYO adult committee, IST, DU's Holocaust Awareness Institute and KEEP, the Kepner Educational Excellence Program.
Committed to Holocaust education, she interviewed over 50 Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation. She received the Holocaust Institute Awareness' Shoah Remembrance and Hope Award in 2003.
A member of the JCC for over 30 years, she helped create the JCC Health Club.
Mrs. Binstock is survived by her children Terri (Jeffrey) Auerbach of Denver and Jodi Binstock of Los Angeles; sister Sylvia Aptekar of Encino, Calif.; grandchildren Logan Binstock, Jason (Alexandra) Auerbach, Michael (Samantha) Auerbach, Julie, Michelle and Molly Auerbach; and great-grandson Henry Auerbach.
Contributions may be made to the Toni Binstock Holocaust Education Fund at KEEP, c/o the Denver Foundation, attn: Jack Thompson, 55 Madison St., Denver, CO 80206."
Published in the Intermountain Jewish News:
"Sonya (Toni) Binstock, a beloved member of Denver's Jewish community, passed away Nov. 16, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Rabbis Bruce Dollin, Steven Foster and Selwyn Franklin and Cantors Martin Goldstein and Joel Lichterman officiated at the Nov. 18 memorial service at the HEA.
Mrs. Binstock was laid to rest at Mt. Nebo Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Her children remember their mother as someone who was completely devoted to her family.
Daughter Jodi describes Mrs. Binstock as a woman who had "a joy for life that was infectious," and daughter Terri says she "connected to everyone she met."
Son-in-law Jeff remembers her as "selfless — someone who, to the end, was only concerned with the well-being of others."
Sonya Katsh was born June 26, 1930, in Amarillo, Texas. She grew up in Borger, Texas, and Los Angeles.
She attended Los Angeles High School and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California-Los Angeles in 1947.
On March 22, 1953, she married Robert (Bob) Binstock. There were happily married for over 50 years. Mr. Binstock passed away on Aug. 18, 2003.
Mrs. Binstock was a licensed clinical social worker who specialized in counseling battered women and children of divorce. She counseled clients in private practice from 1979 until shortly before her death.
In 1979, Mrs. Binstock earned an MA from the DU School of Social Work.
Instrumental in the creation of CHAI, the Denver Jewish community's response to domestic abuse, she also served on Judge Richard Match's committee to implement the DPS integration decision in the 1970s.
Mrs. Binstock, a lifelong member of BMH-BJ, was active with ActionIsrael, the JCC, JFS, the BBYO adult committee, IST, DU's Holocaust Awareness Institute and KEEP, the Kepner Educational Excellence Program.
Committed to Holocaust education, she interviewed over 50 Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation. She received the Holocaust Institute Awareness' Shoah Remembrance and Hope Award in 2003.
A member of the JCC for over 30 years, she helped create the JCC Health Club.
Mrs. Binstock is survived by her children Terri (Jeffrey) Auerbach of Denver and Jodi Binstock of Los Angeles; sister Sylvia Aptekar of Encino, Calif.; grandchildren Logan Binstock, Jason (Alexandra) Auerbach, Michael (Samantha) Auerbach, Julie, Michelle and Molly Auerbach; and great-grandson Henry Auerbach.
Contributions may be made to the Toni Binstock Holocaust Education Fund at KEEP, c/o the Denver Foundation, attn: Jack Thompson, 55 Madison St., Denver, CO 80206."
"Sonya (Toni) Binstock, a beloved member of Denver's Jewish community, passed away Nov. 16, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Rabbis Bruce Dollin, Steven Foster and Selwyn Franklin and Cantors Martin Goldstein and Joel Lichterman officiated at the Nov. 18 memorial service at the HEA.
Mrs. Binstock was laid to rest at Mt. Nebo Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Her children remember their mother as someone who was completely devoted to her family.
Daughter Jodi describes Mrs. Binstock as a woman who had "a joy for life that was infectious," and daughter Terri says she "connected to everyone she met."
Son-in-law Jeff remembers her as "selfless — someone who, to the end, was only concerned with the well-being of others."
Sonya Katsh was born June 26, 1930, in Amarillo, Texas. She grew up in Borger, Texas, and Los Angeles.
She attended Los Angeles High School and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California-Los Angeles in 1947.
On March 22, 1953, she married Robert (Bob) Binstock. There were happily married for over 50 years. Mr. Binstock passed away on Aug. 18, 2003.
Mrs. Binstock was a licensed clinical social worker who specialized in counseling battered women and children of divorce. She counseled clients in private practice from 1979 until shortly before her death.
In 1979, Mrs. Binstock earned an MA from the DU School of Social Work.
Instrumental in the creation of CHAI, the Denver Jewish community's response to domestic abuse, she also served on Judge Richard Match's committee to implement the DPS integration decision in the 1970s.
Mrs. Binstock, a lifelong member of BMH-BJ, was active with ActionIsrael, the JCC, JFS, the BBYO adult committee, IST, DU's Holocaust Awareness Institute and KEEP, the Kepner Educational Excellence Program.
Committed to Holocaust education, she interviewed over 50 Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation. She received the Holocaust Institute Awareness' Shoah Remembrance and Hope Award in 2003.
A member of the JCC for over 30 years, she helped create the JCC Health Club.
Mrs. Binstock is survived by her children Terri (Jeffrey) Auerbach of Denver and Jodi Binstock of Los Angeles; sister Sylvia Aptekar of Encino, Calif.; grandchildren Logan Binstock, Jason (Alexandra) Auerbach, Michael (Samantha) Auerbach, Julie, Michelle and Molly Auerbach; and great-grandson Henry Auerbach.
Contributions may be made to the Toni Binstock Holocaust Education Fund at KEEP, c/o the Denver Foundation, attn: Jack Thompson, 55 Madison St., Denver, CO 80206."
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
