Monday, March 12, 2012

Wilma F. Goldberg; formerly ran S. Chicago retail site

Wilma F. Goldberg, owner and manager of the Henrietta Building inSouth Chicago, died Sunday in Skokie.

She was a member of the first Jewish family to settle in SouthChicago, where her grandfather founded the first South Chicagosynagogue, Bikur Cholim.

Mrs. Goldberg inherited the Henrietta Building, a retail andprofessional building, from her father, and ran it from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s.

She was active in B'nai Brith Women, and a former president of theSouth Chicago B'nai Brith Chapter.

Survivors include two sons, Rabbi Bruce Goldberg and Dr. EugeneGoldberg, as well as three grandchildren.

Services were Tuesday.

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