OBITS: The New York Times 16 Oct 2004; New York City, New York co., New York text-formatted by W. David Samuelsen for The USGenWeb Archives Project *********************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm *********************************************************************** Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com Bomeisler, Anne Kniffin BOMEISLER-Anne Kniffin, of NYC died Wednesday, October 13, in Greenwich, CT. Survived by her husband Douglass M. Bomeisler, sons Douglass T. Bomeisler, of Jensen Beach, FL, Stuart B. Bomeisler, of Cohasset, MA, sister Mary Huntington Snyder, of NYC, stepmother Barbara Lapp, of Cedarhurst, LI, and four grandsons. Services are private. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 19 West 56th St, NY, NY 10019. Published in the New York Times from 10/14/2004 - 10/17/2004. Rosenstein, Gertrude (Moore) ROSENSTEIN Gertrude (Moore). Beloved daughter of the late Dr. Harry and Bertha Rosenstein, died October 6, 2004 in New York City at age 77. A graduate of Barnard College, she was a devotee of theatre and opera who studied with Gian-Carlo Menotti in Italy and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She was an assistant to George Ballanchine at the New York City Ballet and assisted in the organization of her Barnard professor Minor Latham's Drama Workshop. Professionally, she was a television director both as an independent and at NBC where she was the first woman to direct a network television series, a director of the game show ``Concentration,'' and associate director of NBC's Opera Company Presentations. She was a governor of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and a member of its Emmy Awards Committee; a member, Eastern Regional Board of the Director's Guild of America; and member of the Board of Governors of the Cosmopolitan Club. She will be remembered for her elegance, her gracious hospitality to visiting diplomats and their families, and her professional dedication. A memorial service will be held at the Cosmopolitan Club, 122 East 66 St., NY, NY at 4pm on Wednesday November 3, 2004. logo Published in the New York Times from 10/15/2004 - 10/17/2004. Webman, Harold WEBMAN-Harold. On October 14, 2004. Harold Webman, Co-Founder of H/B Webman & Co. passed away. Beloved husband to Belle, loving father to Beverly, Marcia and Dorothy, and treasured ``Papa'' to Kendall Mary, he valued friendship and music above all else. Hal was a highly regarded member of the music community for over 58 years. His legacy includes being: a reporter at Billboard Magazine where he wrote a column called Blues & Rhythm Notes; Editor-inChief at Downbeat Magazine; A&R man at Decca Records; business ventures with Benny Goodman and Tom Littlefield, chart writer and grandson of Woody Herman. Hal and his family also administer several music publishing catalogs which contain over 1,900 pieces and include works written by Duke Ellington, Harry James, Woody Herman, and Dick Hyman and performed by renowned artists such as Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Dean Martin and Tony Bennett. In 1983 Hal began to represent artists on royalty audits. Today his firm conducts audits for 70+ artists including many of the queens and kings of jazz such as Benny Goodman, Rosemary Clooney, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Dinah Shore, Woody Herman, and Billie Holiday. While consulting with Next Plateau Records and Salt-n-Pepa he was dubbed ``Halman'', a name that captured his playful spirit. Hal was a treasured friend to all he touched and left his family and friends with the following instructions: ``The key to living correctly is friendship. Please treat one another as good friends and love one another completelythe rest should fall in place from there.'' The funeral will be held on Sunday, October 17 at 12 noon at Frank E. Campbell, 1076 Madison Ave, New York and interment at Pinelawn Memorial Grounds. The family will receive visitors in their home for the remainder of the day. Donations should be directed to the research efforts of Dr. Harry Raftopoulos and Dr. David Posner, or to the VH1 Save the Music Fund. For fund donations contact: 917.549.7037 or dw73@aol.com. Published in the New York Times on 10/16/2004.