Obituary

Philip martin “zayde” goldstein dds, of charleston, wv, passed away peacefully on friday, may 16, 2014 in kenosha. He was born on november 7, 1922 to the late samuel and lily (cohen) goldstein in charleston, wv. Phil graduated from wv university and northwestern university dental school. At northwestern, he was the president of the alpha omega dental social fraternity. On june 20, 1948 he married shirley ardman in charleston. She preceded him in death on september 27, 2011. Phil served in the us army from 1943-1944 and again in 1955-1957. He was also in the us navy from 1945-1946. Phil practiced general dentistry in charleston for a total of 44 years. He was president of the wv dental association and director of the kanawha county dental clinic for many years. Phil was a member of beth hillel temple in kenosha and a lifelong member of b’nai jacob synagogue in charleston. He started and organized an archive museum at the synagogue, which depicts over 100 years of history for the charleston jewish community. Phil enjoyed participating in sports in his younger days and coached youth basketball and softball for many years. In honor of all of his years of coaching, the gymnasium at b’nai jacob was renamed the phil goldstein gymnasium. After retirement, phil started painting and writing short stories. He was so proud of his stories that were published and his art show at tamarack in wv. He is preceded in death by three sisters and a brother. Phil is survived by his loving children charles (lynn) goldstein of houston, tx, connie (david) covey of kenosha and sheila (barry) wilson of arthur, wv, his grandchildren jeremy (kim) covey, matt (kara) covey, allen goldstein, keegan (kasie robb) haid, tanner (alexandra) haid, jena van slyke and jolie saunders and his great grandchildren cayden, sienna, owen and skye. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.M., wednesday, may 21, 2014 at barlow & bonsall funeral home with rabbi victor urecki officiating. Interment will follow at b’nai jacob eternal home cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials would be appreciated to b’nai jacob synagogue or to hospice alliance. You may send condolences to the family at: www.Barlowbonsall.Com barlow bonsall funeral home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.