Charlotte Oppenheim

Charlotte Oppenheim SAN JOSE, Calif. - Charlotte (Howard) Oppenheim of San Jose and Hingham, Mass., entered into rest May 27, 2010. Beloved wife of the late Dr. Harry Oppenheim, she was the devoted mother of Dr. Arnold Oppenheim and his wife Jo-Anne of Virginia Beach, Stuart Oppenheim of Denver, Colo., and Ralph Oppenheim of Ashland, Ky., and loving sister of the late Andrew Howard, Herbert Howard and June Walter and grandmother of Noah, Rachel, Harry and Barron. Mrs. Oppenheim was born in New York City and raised in New Rochelle. She graduated from Glendale (Cal) High School and was a pre- med student at LA Community College. After Pearl Harbor, she followed her father's footsteps and enlisted in the Navy. She was assigned to the newly launched bacteriologic warfare facility at Camp Detrick where she worked on an anthrax vaccine and helped to isolate Botulinum toxin. After discharge in December 1946, she married Army Major Harry Oppenheim and moved to Rockland, Mass. She taught biology at Sharon (Mass.) High School, obtained a master's in library science (Simmons College) and was a librarian at Brockton High School. Following her husband's death in 1982, she moved back to California. Mrs. Oppenheim loved gardening, was a voluminous reader, a master baker, and volunteered for a number of charities. In lieu of flowers, remembrances in her memory may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245 or Homes for Our Troops, 6 Main St., Taunton, VA 02780.