Obituaries: Week of January 29, 2016

Evelyn Bandel died Dec. 30 at 81. Survived by son William (Julie); daughter Leslie Stansbury; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Edith (David) Weber. Mount Sinai

Sonia Berson died Dec. 29 at 93. Survived by husband Kal; son Morris (Sandy) Symson; stepson Daniel (Dorothy) Bendov; stepdaughter Judith (Alan) Hochman; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-granddaughters. Mount Sinai

Charlotte E. Brent died Jan. 5 at 87.  Survived by son Stephen (Mila); daughter Louise (Craig) Taubman; 5 grandchildren; brother Mike (Florence) Chessin. Mount Sinai

Tod Scott Brody died Dec. 23 at 59. Survived by sons Max Aidalla, Felix; mother Carole Sue Cohn; sister DariAnn (Mark) Sheperd-Gonzales; former wife Karen Aidalla. Mount Sinai

Raymond B. Diller died Jan. 1 at 79. Survived by wife Miriam; son Joe (Sarena); daughter Shelby (Kevin); 4 grandchildren; brother Erwin (Molly Forrest). Mount Sinai

Leon Goldberg died Dec. 29 at 92. Survived by wife Erla; son David (Debra Lynn); daughter Rachel (Toben Rower); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Irving Gurman died Jan. 5 at 85. Survived by 1 grandchild; 2 nieces; 1 nephew; 1 great-nephew. Mount Sinai

Susan Amy Klein died Dec. 31 at 62. Survived by husband Barry; son Ross; daughter Hannah; mother Charlotte Woll; brother Loren Woll. Groman Eden

Stephen Klevens died Jan. 5 at 73. Survived by wife Nancy; son David (Cheryl); daughter Alisa (Ethan) Yungerman; 4 grandchildren; brother Joel (Susan). Mount Sinai

Sol Kreisler died Jan. 2 at 100. Survived by wife Winifred; sons David (Raelene), Marty (Kathy); 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ian Lapin died Jan. 4 at 76. Survived by wife Linda Barnes; daughter Catherine; brother Herb. Mount Sinai

Judith Leaf died Dec. 25 at 77. Survived by son Anthony Brand, stepdaughter Sophie; stepsons Matthew, Jeffrey. Hillside

Sylvia Leib died Dec. 28 at 99. Survived by 1 grandchild; niece Carol Brody; nephew Hal Brody. Hillside

Isidor Lenoil died Jan. 2 at 88. Survived by son Mitch; daughters Bonnie (Keith) McCarty, Alexis Neal; 1 grandson.  Groman Eden

Paul Allan Levine died Dec. 27 at 71. Survived by wife Susan Strassner; sister Ellen; stepsons Michael Strassner, Paul Strassner; stepdaughter Julie Strassner; 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Elsie Mehler died Dec. 26 at 103. Survived by sons Robert (Sherry), Donald, Edward; 11 grandchildren. Hillside 

Lauren Melnick died Jan. 6 at 43. Survived by husband Bradley; daughter Allison; son Kylie; father Peter Green; sister Jennifer (Cliff) Seltzer; 1 cousin. Mount Sinai

David Meyers died Jan. 4 at 74.  Survived by wife Rhoda; son Adam (Abby); 1 grandchild; brother Len; sister Rosa. Mount Sinai

Cathe Edith Sara Neft died Dec. 27 at 92.  Survived by son Bruce (Beth); daughters Andrea (Perry Berkowitz), Barbara (Larry) Trent; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Catherine Page died Dec. 28 at 99. Survived by son Mark (Ron Bastyr); daughter Cheryl (Mel) Posner; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Irving Pinsky died Dec. 26 at 92. Survived by daughter Susan (David Starkman); son Kenneth; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Frances Poliakin died Dec. 28 at 86.  Survived by daughter Faye (Floyd) Poliakin-Katske; sister Beatrice (David) James. Mount Sinai

Bessie Radin died Jan. 2 at 92. Survived by daughters Allison (Michael) Goldberger, Suzan (Jonathan) Flamm; sons Phil, Jeff (Debra); 7 grandchildren; brother Sidney Black. Mount Sinai

Marvin Richman died Dec. 27 at 85.  Survived by son Robert (Sheila); daughters Michele (Paul) Hahn, Elaine; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marshal Roseman died Dec. 29 at 70. Survived by mother Pearl; wife Lisa; sister Susan (Eytan) Brande; brother Cliff; 9 nieces and nephews; 6 grandnieces and grandnephews. Eden Memorial

Bluma Samuels died Jan. 4 at 89. Survived by daughters Lily (Bruce) Tartikoff Karatz, Susan (Buddy) Salzberg, Jeannie (Mitch) Cohen; 7 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harriett Shapiro Schwab died Jan. 4 at 87. Survived by husband Louis; daughters Cheryl (Steven) Kotlowitz, Janice (Kelly) Lane; son Ron; 8 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sister Phyllis Kiddie; brother Chaim Shapiro. Mount Sinai

Marlene Traxler died Dec. 28 at 83. Survived by daughter Denise Ctibor; 1 grandson. Mount Sinai

Sheryl Trutt died Jan. 5 at 67. Survived by son Michael (Bertha); 2 grandchildren; brother Albert Furness. Mount Sinai

Lynne Werdesheim died Dec. 27 at 75. Survived by husband Richard; sons Jeffrey (Kimberly), Brian (Janelle); daughter Laura (Ricardo) Bucholtz; 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai