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Obituaries: Week of May 22–28

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May 21, 2015

David Allan Ball died April 29 at 74. Survived by wife Marlene; daughters Donna (William) Martensen, Denise Razavi; stepson Kevin (Maria) Berensohn; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Joseph (Cathy). Mount Sinai

Bernice Bergman died May 4 at 93. Survived by son Sandy (Jill); brother Alan Wolf. Mount Sinai

Irwin Burman died May 7 at 92. Survived by wife Lea; sons Steven (Barbara), Barry (Marifer); daughter Marilyn (Anastasia); 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Eleanor Butnik died May 3 at 91. Survived by sons Michael (Joanne), Richard (Christine), Robert; daughters Estee Huff, Donna Schindler; 7 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Joyce Cramer died April 28 at 85. Survived by husband Isaac; son Kenneth (Tessa); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Leonard Raymond Dubin died May 2 at 77. Survived by wife Loretta; daughters Alyssa, Lindsey (Jeff) Goldbloom. Mount Sinai

John Hans Eisinger died May 6 at 83. Survived by wife Carole; son Stephen (Sherri); 2 grandchildren; 1 cousin. Groman Eden

Dorothy Engel died May 3 at 91. Survived by son Doug (Diane); daughter Desley (Steven) Rapaport; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Betty R. Feuerstein died May 2 at 93. Survived by daughter Gail; son Irwin (Eve); 2 granddaughters. Mount Sinai

Herbert R. Friedman died May 4 at 88. Survived by wife Eugenia; brother-in-law Paul Wilder; brother Boris (Claire). Mount Sinai

Sylvia Rose Gastwirth died April 25 at 88. Survived by sons Martin (Stacey) Cohan, Jack Cohan (Rita Torchinsky); daughters Nanette (Jeff) Sigel, Sue (Steve) Speck; 12 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter. Groman Eden

Bonni Greenberg died May 5 at 70. Survived by husband Robert; daughters Ellen (Mark) Hurwitz, Robin; 2 grandsons. Groman Eden

Gertrude Grynbaum died May 1 at 96. Survived by son James (Kay); 1 grandson. Mount Sinai

Harold Hatkoff died April 28 at 91. Survived by wife Sandra; sons Bruce (Terry), Brian (Cheryl); 5 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Norman Herman died May 4 at 91. Survived by wife Anita; daughter Adrianne (Todd Doty) Herman Doty; son Philip; 1 grandson. Mount Sinai

Shoshana Katz died May 6 at 91. Survived by husband Benno; son Steven S. (Ne’); 1 grandson. Mount Sinai

Carole Klein died May 4 at 81. Survived by son Andrew; 1 grandson; sister Sylvia Schwartz. Mount Sinai

Rachel Koransky died May 3 at 102. Survived by daughter Lillian (Don) Salis; son Jerry Tirsch; 5 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Bertram Kravitz died April 28 at 86. Survived by wife Leola; daughter Candace (Jane Hitchen); sister Katherine Jones. Groman Eden

Irma Krom died April 19 at 97. Survived by daughter Joyce (Hal) Taback; son Larry (Angie); 3 grandsons; sister Dorothy Marks. Mount Sinai

Flora Lazar died April 30 at 100. Survived by son Leslie (Julie) Apody; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Armond Lebowitz died April 30 at 88. Survived by wife Rozanna; sons David (Jennifer), Brad; 2 grandchildren; brother Gary; sisters Anita, Selma. Mount Sinai

Eunice S. Marder died April 29 at 84. Survived by daughter Francine Holly (Joe) Shure; son Craig (Lisa); 3 grandsons; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Simon Merfogel died April 29 at 93. Survived by daughter Maria (Eugene) Karpus; 2 granddaughters. Mount Sinai

Mark Myers died May 2 at 71. Survived by wife Myrna. Mount Sinai

Harry Nedlan died May 3 at 95. Survived by wife Rose; daughter Lisa (Bill); son Paul; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Murray Neufeld died May 5 at 84. Survived by stepsons Todd Ellis, Mathieu Ellis; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Lisa Oliver died May 2 at 42. Survived by husband Jason; son Max; daughters Lily, Kayla; father Tom; mother Mary. Mount Sinai

Mansour Parsi died May 1 at 89. Survived by wife Nahid; sons Sam (Shirih), Shahab, Shahin, Alex; 4 grandchildren; sister Mahim Adelipour. Mount Sinai

Stephanie Paula Pascal died April 28 at 47. Survived by father Stan; brother Adam. Groman Eden

Philip Perlman died April 29 at 95. Survived by wife Adele; daughters Rhea (Danny DeVito), Heide (Tim Martin); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Pearl Pinchak died May 1 at 97. Survived by sons Robert (Sherry), Michael (Rhoda); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Ghodsieh Ravanshenas died May 5 at 90. Survived by sons Bahram (Lila) Ravan, Shahrm (Soheila) Ravan, Sharyar (Madeleine); daughters Jila (Parviz) Behfarin, Ginoos (Solomon) Aryeh; 13 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sisters Etty Barcohana, Mehry (Marvin) Smotrich. Mount Sinai

Larry Robbins died May 3 at 84. Survived by daughter Shari; son Mark (Joann); brother Michael Juceam; 3 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ilse Rogers died April 30 at 93. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Sanders died April 28 at 80. Survived by sons Morgan, Corey, Garth (Cindy), Craig (Anna); 3 grandchildren; brothers Ira Bettelman, Sandy (Andrea) Bettelman. Groman Eden

Stanley E. Schuller died April 30 at 90. Survived by wife Ruth; son Edward; daughter Sandra (Richard) Smith; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Liza Spektor died April 22 at 93. Survived by son Eduard Galperin; daughter Alexandra Galperin; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; brother Kalman Galperin; sister Bella Bigun. Chevra Kadisha

Mildred Weinstein died April 28 at 94. Survived by son Robert (Barbara); daughter Melody (Mark); 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Groman Eden

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