Obituaries: Week of October 8, 2015

Charles Aaron died Aug. 29 at 95. Survived by daughters Michelle (Gary) Merritt, Suzanne Ehrmann; 2 grandchildren; brother Leonard. Mount Sinai

Ann Barkasz died Aug. 30 at 92.  Survived by niece Rita (Jeffrey Gramer) Shane; nephew Richard (Ellen) Gross; 1 great-niece; 2 great-nephews. Mount Sinai

Alvin “The Bazz” “Papa Al” Baslow died Aug. 29 at 89. Survived by son David; daughters Risa (Jeff) Leonard, Susan (Stewart) Epstein; 11 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

June Blumpkin died Aug. 28 at 100. Survived by daughter Janis Schwartz; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Harriet Blye died Aug. 30 at 81. Survived by son Steven (Rosario); 1 grandson. Mount Sinai

Bruce Terry Brown died Aug. 30 at 66. Survived by niece Kim Freilich; nephew David. Groman Eden

Louis Burg died Aug. 28 at 94. Survived by son Andrew; daughter Myra; son-in-law Charles Kristen; 2 grandchildren; brother Bernard; 1 niece. Mount Sinai

Shelley Diamond died Sept. 5 at 64. Survived by brother Rodney (Donna); 2 nephews. Mount Sinai

David Eisenstein died Aug. 27 at 92. Survived by brother Edward Steele; 1 niece. Hillside

Stanley Firestone died July 12 at 89. Survived by wife Maxine; sons Rick (Resa), Gary (Jennifer); 6 grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

David Forest died Aug. 13 at 66. Survived by mother Joyce; brothers Michael, Adam. Hillside

Martin Freedman died Aug. 30 at 92. Survived by sister Ann Sinclair; 2 nephews; 1 niece. Hillside

Morris Friedman died Sept. 3 at 94. Survived by sons Lee (Cande), Mark (Judith) 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Jeffrey Galant died Aug. 23 at 48. Survived by wife Rachel; sons Jacob, Jordan; mother Ilona; father Stanley; brothers Dan, Michael. Hillside

Vera Goldstein died Aug. 26 at 94. Survived by sons Donald, Jeffrey (Patricia), Phillip (Tonja); 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Judith Golton died Aug. 25 at 87. Survived by brothers William, Sidney Dressler. Hillside

Zelda Gordon died Aug. 28 at 91. Survived by daughter Frieda (Avery Cooper); 2 granddaughters; 1 great-granddaughter. Mount Sinai

Alvin Gorenbein died Aug. 26 at 91. Survived by wife Martha; daughter Lorie Rice Baxter; son Steven (Martha). Mount Sinai

Nehama Gottschalk died Sept. 2 at 86. Survived by husband Fred; sons Alfred (Ariann), Dan (Kiss); daughter Irit; 2 grandchildren; brother Avigdor (Leah) Etzioni. Hillside

Paul Aaron Gropman died Sept. 1 at 95. Survived by wife Helen; sons Charles (Nan), Ted (Barna), David (Karen), Saul; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Jack Gumbiner died Sept. 3 at 93. Survived by wife Patricia; daughters Judy (Corey) Gumbiner-Cramin, Francie (Edward) Bernstein. Hillside 

Esther Hasson died Aug. 29 at 91. Survived by daughter Janna (Todd) Hines; son Reece; 1 grandson; brother Irving (Jackie) Comhi; sisters Clara Levi, Shirley Goorman; many cousins. Groman Eden

Milton Heifetz died Aug. 20 at 94. Survived by sons Laurence, Daniel, Ronald; daughter Deborah; 9 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren.

Josephine Helman died Aug. 29 at 94. Survived by daughters Stephanie, Pamela Galen; sons Michael, Carl Galen; 1 granddaughter; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Anne Roberta Horlick died Aug. 25 at 101. Survived by niece Janice (George) Geldin. Mount Sinai

Annabelle P. Horwitz died Aug. 27 at 92. Survived by daughters Carol (Eric Taub) Zulman, Susan (Lawrence) Kane; 7 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy “Vakey” Fine. Mount Sinai

Eleanor Kovar Imber died Sept. 5 at 91. Survived by sons Lawrence, Jeffrey; 2 granddaughters; sister Leah K. Herzberg. Groman Eden

Alex Itskovitch died Aug. 25 at 81. Survived by wife Beti; daughters Clara (Seth) Baum, Paula (Mitch) Langstein. Hillside

Walter Katz died Sept. 2 at 85. Survived by son Marc (Belinda); daughters Joy (Fermin) Escabado, Jill (Mike) Yakawenko; 3 grandchildren; brother Gerald; sister Phyllis Rubin. Groman Eden

Howard Krepack died Aug. 29 at 67. Survived by wife Vivian; sons Michael, Adam; daughter Rachel; brothers Alan, Geoffrey Geiger; mother Irene. Hillside

Saul Kreshek died Sept. 1 at 79. Survived by wife Elise Nina; daughters Karel, Sandra, Diana; brother Semour; sister Helen Roseman. Hillside

Herbert Levin died Sept. 2 at 84. Survived by wife Phyllis; daughters Susan Doctrow, Barbara (John) Jergensen; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Stanley Levin died Sept. 2 at 84. Survived by daughter Judi (Barry) Greenberg; son Marc (Arlene); sister Addeline Lyons. Mount Sinai

Howard Lipstone died Aug. 24 at 87. Survived by sons Lewis (Shirley), Greg (Meg); brother Ronald. Hillside

Janice Lisker died Aug. 23 at 96. Survived by son Perry (Connie Nortron) and Daughter Barbara (Johnathan) Goldsmith. Hillside

Elliot Maltzman died Aug. 21 at 93. Survived by son Mark (Carroll); daughters Pamela (Dennis) Beck, Susan (Harold) Small, Carole Sherman; brother Donald (Joan); sister Muriel Roston. Hillside

Ralph Gerome Marcus died Aug. 31 at 88. Survived by wife Judith; daughter Miriam (Lloyd) Maxwell; stepson David Jacobson; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; 1 niece. Groman Eden

Bennet Mermel died Aug. 30 at 93. Survived by daughters Laura (Don) McGaughey, Linda Fishberg; son Leonard (Debra); 4 grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Groman Eden

Natalie Ellen May died Aug. 24 at 53. Survived by mother Sally May-Cooper; brothers James, Danny; uncle David Rothbaum; 2 nieces. Mount Sinai

Jodi Critchfield Nathanson died Sept. 4 at 53. Survived by husband Gregory Alan; daughter Lindsay; son Zack; father Ted Critchfield; brother Ryan Critchfield; sisters Becky Critchfield, Jami Critchfield. Mount Sinai

Elaine Ostiller died Aug. 28 at 87. Survived by husband Sanford; son David; daughter Susan (John) Hartmann; brother William (Joan) Gootnick. Hillside

Audrey Perkal died Aug. 27 at 88. Survived by daughter Janine (Michael Valdepena); son Gordon; 1 grandchild; brother Marshal (Susan) Winer; stepbrother Bernie Engel. Mount Sinai

Sari Polansky died Aug. 28 at 93. Survived by son Richard; daughter Diane (Louis) Israel; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ruben Poplawski died Sept. 5 at 82. Survived by wife Phyllis; son Eddie (Kim); daughters Gina (Don) Boyle, Evelyn (Sarah Trutt); stepsons Andrew (Karen) Daneman, Steven (Rebecca) Daneman, Ken (Cara) Daneman; 10 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; brother Jaime. Mount Sinai

Berek Rapoport died Aug. 29 at 92. Survived by wife Saralee; daughters Roslyn (William) Reynolds, Vicki, Schelley (Jerry) Legget, Linda; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ronald Reuben died Aug. 31 at 98. Survived by daughters Cheryl, Gayle Reisenbach; son Jim. Hillside

Paul Rosenberg died Aug. 30 at 53. Survived by sisters Betsy (Alan) Zimmerman, Cia Marshall. Hillside

Robert Abraham Rub died June 3 at 95. Survived by wife Frances; daughters Sherry (Bruce) Friedman, Debbie (Mark) Levine, Resa (Rick) Firestone; sons Marty, Barry (Shelley), Rocky (Donald) Brown; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Bernice Sacharow died Aug. 29 at 105. Survived by nieces Barbara (Jim Stern) Stern, Diane Geller. Mount Sinai

Shirley E. Schulman died Aug. 31 at 90. Survived by husband Sidney; daughter Barbara Thornton; son Mark; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Anna Shpilsky died Sept. 2 at 81. Survived by husband Roman; sons Steve (Jennifer), Leon (Tatiana); 4 grandchildren; sister Yelena (Richard) Krakovskaya. Mount Sinai

Rose Silberman died Aug. 24 at 84. Survived by sons Stephen (Susan), John; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Alan Howard Silver died Aug. 21 at 71. Survived by wife Carol; daughter Teena; sons Dan, Shane; 7 grandchildren; sister Marilyn Burleigh. Mount Sinai

Gary Sugarman died Aug. 29 at 72. Survived by wife Barbara; son Jacob (Janelle); daughter Emily (Rom Levitzky); 2 grandchildren; sister Judy (Stephen) Smith. Hillside

Anne Smith died Sept. 6 at 92. Survived by daughters Barbara (Arnold) Attell, Sandra (David) Hieronymus, Lori (Jeffrey) Cook; 3 grandchildren; sisters Rebeccah Taksa, Tess Friedman. Mount Sinai

Steven Sugarman died Aug. 26 at 68. Survived by wife Lizabeth; sons Justin, Chance, Jeremy; daughter Amariah (Jerel) Taylor; 2 grandchildren; sister Caryl (Bill) Russell. Mount Sinai

Daniel Thomas Thompson died Sept. 3 at 94. Survived by wife Ada; sons Stephen (Lynn), Craig; daughter Leslie (Brad) O’Connell; 3 grandchildren; brother Robert (Roberta). Mount Sinai

Bruce Weinstein died Aug. 31 at 64. Survived by son Garrett (Julie); daughter Sarina (Eric) Bomberg; sisters Rhoda (John) Wighton, Barbara (Lewis) Collins; former wife Felicia Becker. Mount Sinai

Seymour Weinstein died Aug. 25 at 78. Survived by wife Marcia; daughters Audrey, Cheryl; son Paul; 4 grandchildren; brothers Jerry (Bobbie), Lenney (Judy); sister Debie (John). Groman Eden

Helen Whaples died Aug. 27 at 74. Survived by daughter Charlene Lawry; son Michael (Sandra) Beraden. Hillside

Charlotte Winkour died Aug. 27 at 91. Survived by daughters Shana, Susan Berman; son Avi; brother Selwyn Touber. Hillside