Obituaries: Week of January 23, 2015

Yvette Ackert died Dec. 28 at 90. Survived by son Marty (Julie) Nagel; daughter Barbara (George) Gallian; 2 grandchildren; sister Gertrude Lapittus. Mount Sinai

Reuben Alvy died Dec. 23 at 92.  Survived by son Ralph (Ashley); 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Barbara Azar died Dec. 31 at 69. Survived by husband Samuel; daughters Julie (John) Michels,  Robin Luery; 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Solomon Becker died Dec. 30 at 93. Survived by wife Erlinda; son Joseph (Anathea); daughter Anna; 2 grandchildren; brother Sidney (Geneva). Groman Eden

Joel Bernstein died Dec. 25 at 61. Survived by brother Marvin; sister Barbara; 1 nephew; 1 niece. Hillside

Marian Bloch died Dec. 30 at 89. Survived by daughter Lynne (Jerry) Shaw; son Alan Wald; 2 granddaughters; 1 niece. Mount Sinai

Helen Leah Brody died Dec. 31 at 97. Survived by daughter Linda (Jacques) Kravtchenko; 1 granddaughter; 1 niece. Groman Eden

Ann Cohen died Dec. 31 at 91. Survived by sons Harvey, Stan; 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Rabbi Daniel Ronnie Cohen died Jan. 1 at 68. Survived by wife Hilda; son Joshua (Sandy); brothers Nachman (Verni), David. Mount Sinai

Gary David Cohn died Dec. 29 at 83. Survived by wife Tamara; daughters Audrey (Chuck), Joanne (Jeff); 7 grandchildren; brother Guenter (Jutta). Eden Memorial

Ann Cutrow died Dec. 25 at 93. Survived by sons Allan B. (Mary), Robert (Michelle); 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Fay Eichner died Dec. 22 at 92. Survived by daughter Jill (Ken) Raich; 5 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harold Feldman died Jan. 1 at 93. Survived by wife Harriet; daughters Carol (David) Lehrman, Arlene, Suzanne. Hillside 

Florence Friedman died Dec. 31 at 96. Survived by daughters Tami (Steven) Schwartz, Lori Adler; 1 grandchild; sister Betty Lasky. Hillside

Morton Friedman died Dec. 27 at 87. Survived by wife Charlotte; son Scott (Marjorie); daughter Lynn; 5 grandchildren; sister Michele (John) Campo. Mount Sinai

Ruth L. Gordon died Dec. 23 at 84. Survived by niece Marcy (David Oppenheimer) Kates; former partner Renee Steele. Mount Sinai

Leona Hertzberg died Dec. 29 at 91. Survived by daughter Rita (K.C. Winstead); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Beatrice Horance died Dec. 30 at 104. Survived by son Stuart (Kiernan Fradette). Mount Sinai

Seymour Kaplan died Dec. 24 at 90. Survived by wife Gilda; sons Allan, Robert; sister Ethel (Morton) Schwartz. Mount Sinai

Fay Kramon died Dec. 30 at 93. Survived by son Daniel (Katherine); 1 grandson; 2 great-granddaughters. Groman Eden

Theda Beth Leventhal died Dec. 29 at 77. Survived by husband Leonard; sons Elliott (Julie), Stanley (Daisy), Craig; daughter Rosalind (Michael) Kanter; 5 grandchildren; brothers Jason (Lois) Frand, Frank Frand. Groman Eden

Sol Herman London died Dec. 23 at 91. Survived by daughters Suzanne (Regis Babinet), Lauri; 2 granddaughters; brother Ed (Lois); 1 nephew. Mount Sinai

Belle Marks died Jan. 1 at 82. Survived by sons Stephen (Therese), Samuel (Marcy), David (Lisa); daughters Tammy (Robert) Broudy, Marian (Stanley) Sofferin; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters Addie Weinberg, Brenda (David) Anderson; brother-in-law Martin Block. Mount Sinai

Gertrude Meltzer died Dec. 31 at 84. Survived by daughter Allison (Michael) DeMarco; son David; 2 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Robert Morris died Dec. 26 at 89. Survived by daughter Patricia (David) Westbay; son William; sister Marge White; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Marvin Murovitz died Dec. 28 at 79. Survived by wife Frances; son Allan (Deborah); daughter Lynn; sister Fay Baker. Hillside

Ann Necheles died Jan. 1 at 89. Survived by nephews Gregg (Heather) Chapman, Steven (Judith) Chapman; 1 great-nephew. Hillside

Arnold Ostroff died Dec. 23 at 93. Survived by daughter Sherrie Surany. Hillside

Louise Perlstein died Dec. 30 at 92. Survived by husband Alfred; daughter Janet (Larry Sterling) Morgan; son Richard (Susan); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Gregori Piesman died Dec. 28 at 80. Survived by wife Polina; sons Michael (Elizabeth), Boris (Julia); sister Lina Kleyman; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Sterling Albert Rachootin died Dec. 28 at 88. Survived by wife Nadine; sons Stan (Elsbeth Walker), Victor (Svetlana); daughter Pamela Marie (Ronald Somers); stepson Mark Robert (Jennifer) Halper; stepdaughter, Beth Levy; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Jack I. Rosen died Dec. 23 at 89.  Survived by wife June; son Alan (Liz); daughter Rhonda; 2 grandchildren; brother Oscar (Sarah). Mount Sinai

Abraham Rosenstein died Dec. 23 at 95. Survived by daughter Debbie Greenberg. Hillside

Ronald Salter died Dec. 27 at 72. Survived by wife Jacqueline; son Jonathan (Lynsey Kryswick); daughter Keri (Ed) Krachie; brother Alan (Laura); sisters Carol (Doug) Brust, Barbara (Barry) Schaffer; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Naomi Savar died Dec. 10 at 90. Survived by sons David (Sara Lynne), Jonathan; 5 grandchildren. 

Judith Seligman died Dec. 29 at 70. Survived by husband Richard; son Brian (Tracy); daughter Julie McHugh; 6 grandchildren; sister Stephanie (Barry) Kogan; brother Gregory (Lin) Roth. Mount Sinai

Erich Shanon died Dec. 25 at 94. Survived by wife Anna; sons Ron (Jean), Ilan (Eillen); 1 grandchild. Hillside

Bonnie Shuben died Dec. 28 at 74. Survived by husband Melvyn; sons Allan, Richard (Elise); 2 grandchildren; sister Wendy (Harry) Brandon. Hillside

Phylis Silberman died Dec. 28 at 88. Survived by sons Bruce, Steven (Tina); 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Randy Webster died Dec. 24 at 67. Survived by wife Sandra; daughters Kimberly, Natasha Attol, Vanessa (Laurent) Benzaquine; sisters Teresa (Leon) Wilber, Dyana; brothers Darold, Jerry, Donny, Jeffery, Marty; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Walter Wolfe died Dec. 25 at 83. Survived by son David (Cecil Ingram); daughters Jeanette (Raymond) Wolfe-Seamans, Nelda (Edgar) Alvarez. Groman Eden