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FRANK ADLER Obituary

FRANK JULIUS ADLER Frank Julius Adler, 94, Administrative Director Emeritus of The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah, died Friday, March 30, 2018, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Services will be held Monday, April 2, at The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah, starting with a musical prelude at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Frank J. Adler Leadership Endowment Fund of The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah, 12320 Nall Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66209, or to the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, 5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211. He was born as Franz Julius Schwarzadler in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the city in which his father's family was the oldest one - non-Jewish as well as Jewish - in length of fully documented local residence: 14 successive generations, 1487-1939. He was a knowledgeable, observant 4th-generation Reform Jew. His high school education was begun at Frankfurt's historic "Philanthropin" Reformrealgymnasium and completed in England after emigration following the "Kristallnacht" pogrom. He came to the United States (Chicago) at age 16 and immediately began full-time clerical employment. He received his college education in nine years of night classes before and following wartime U.S. Army service in New Guinea and the Philippines, graduating from the University of Chicago's College of Liberal Arts in 1952. He served as administrator of Temple Isaiah Israel (now K.A.M. Isaiah Israel), Chicago, for seven years (1946-1953), as well as its non-ordained rabbinical assistant for six of those years. Mr. Adler came to Kansas City in 1953 to become the administrative director of The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah for the next 30 years. He then served B'nai Jehudah for an additional eight years as director of endowment development, retiring in 1991. Thereafter, for four more years, he was a Planned Giving consultant to other charities. He was among the first of his profession to be certified as a Fellow in Temple Administration. He was the President of the National Association of Temple Administrators in 1963-65 and of the Mid-America Planned Giving Council in 1989-1991. He served on the Board of Directors of the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and on its speakers' bureau. He was a member of the national Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now Union for Reform Judaism) for four years and served as administrative consultant to other Midwest congregations for over two decades. He served as well on the board of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau of Greater Kansas City. He was a founding member of the National Association of Church Business Administrators' Heart of America Chapter in 1971. He was an honorary member of B'nai Jehudah's Sisterhood, as well as a member of the B'nai Jehudah Brotherhood, the Association of Reform Zionists of America, the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the Leo Baeck Institute, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, and the Mainstream Coalition. His centennial history volume of The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah, Roots in a Moving Stream (1972), was praised nationwide as a model of excellence. He contributed numerous book reviews and articles on Jewish history and genealogy to The Kansas City Star, the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, and to national and international journals. The "Frank J. Adler Grove" of 1,000 trees in Israel's Bicentennial National Forest near Jerusalem was dedicated by The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah in 1978. He received the State of Israel's "City of Peace Award" in 1984. B'nai Jehudah's current administrative offices in Overland Park were designated as "The Frank J. Adler Administrative Suite." He was preceded in death by Lois Adler, his wife of 56 years. He is survived by his wife Elisabeth Adler; sons Daniel Adler (wife Jeanne), Leawood, and Dr. Paul Adler (wife Heidi), East Longmeadow, MA; grandchildren Michelle Wexler (husband David), David Adler (wife Allison), Jonathan Adler and Katherine Adler, as well as great-grandchildren Marissa Ann McLain and Jack Frank Adler. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.louismemorialchapel.com. Arr.: The Louis Memorial Chapel, 816-361-5211.

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Published by Kansas City Star from Mar. 31 to Apr. 1, 2018.

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Evy Buzzell

April 21, 2018

Back in 1979, Frank was the first person I ever corresponded with on genealogy who was related to me. His joy and enthusiasm about family history was so contagious as together we explored our family's history. His research was thorough and academic and he set a standard that I hope to achieve. Everything I admire in him, I am sure was displayed in all aspects of his life. He will be so missed.

barbara and scott hecht

April 3, 2018

I had the privileged to know Frank and can only imagine your loss. As President of Sisterhood and having the honor to sit on the Temple's Board, I read and reread Frank's book. I gave his book as gifts to my dearest friends. His outstanding bus trips through KC Jewish history and the synagogues of KC were very special. As I entered the Temple, I always looked for Frank. I am sure he left his imprint on many in many many ways. May your grief lessen with each and every memory of Frank. With all of our condolences, Barbara and Scott Hecht

April 2, 2018

May the family find comfort in God's word and be strengthen during this time of deep sorrow. God keeps those who pass on in his memory because they are precious in his eyes and you have my sincerest condolences. ( Psalms 116:15)

April 2, 2018

Dear Elizabeth,
We are so sorry about the loss of this wonderful man, and feel fortunate to have known him. We send heartfelt condolences. It's hard to lose a companion like Frank. We sympathize and empathize.
Yours,
Suzanne Sherr and Jerry Yochim

kiki

March 31, 2018

You are not alone during this time of sorrow and pain. May God give your family strength and comfort to help you endure this loss. As you remember your beloved one, may the God of peace give you comfort and peace in every way. May you find Strength from the love and care that surrounds you and comfort in the memories that you shared. Please accept my sincere condolences. IS 41:10

kiki

March 31, 2018

You are not alone during this time of sorrow and pain. May God give your family strength and comfort to help you endure this loss. As you remember your beloved one, may the God of peace give you comfort and peace in every way. May you find Strength from the love and care that surrounds you and comfort in the memories that you shared. Please accept my sincere condolences. IS 41:10

March 31, 2018

My sincere sympathy for your loss. May God be a source of comfort during this difficult time. Ps. 94:19 When anxieties overwhelmed me, You comforted and soothed me.

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