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Obituaries: Oct. 12-18, 2012

William Balopole died Sept. 11 at 90. Survived by wife Estelle; daughter Marge (Larry) Brownstein; son Robert; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson. Eden
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October 10, 2012

William Balopole died Sept. 11 at 90. Survived by wife Estelle; daughter Marge (Larry) Brownstein; son Robert; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson. Eden

Henry Bamberger died Sept. 12 at 92.  Survived by wife Margot; sons Mark (Polly), John; sister Steffi Segerman; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Phyllis Bernstein died Sept. 13 at 72.  Survived by husband Morris; sons Robert (Debbie), Michael; brother Howard Stein; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Emilie Bose died Sept. 12 at 36. Survived by mother Ann; father John; sister Erica (Michael Stevens); aunt Joyce Gibson; 2 cousins. Mount Sinai

Allegra C. Bosworth died Sept. 8 at 80. Survived by daughter Michele (Richard) Kerr-Wolfe; 2 grandchildren; sister-in-law Lydia Levy. Mount Sinai

Lynne F. Cannon died Sept. 11 at 59. Survived by daughter Hannah; companion Howard Liebgot. Mount Sinai

Sophie Feinstein died Sept. 5 at 87. Survived by sons Kenneth, Sheldon (Linda); daughter Pamela; brothers Seymour, Herman; 2 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sally Friedman died Sept. 5 at 91. Survived by husband Abram; daughters Cecile Gumenick, Helen Joseph; son Maurice; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy Szklarek; brother-in-law Rubin. Mount Sinai

Anna Gelfman died Sept. 12 at 85. Survived by daughter Vera (Alex) Levoff; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Victor Goldenberg died Sept. 8 at 93. Survived by wife Judy; daughters Karen (Elliot) Stein, Lisa (Howard) Fleiner; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Madeline Goldstein died Sept. 8 at 100. Survived by sister Geraldine (Norman); 1 niece; 2 nephews. Mount Sinai

Viola Goldstein died Sept. 8 at 82. Survived by husband Morton; stepdaughters Janice (Isaac) Shasha, Sharon (Jim) Deck; 3 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Joni Evans Gordon died Sept. 11 at 75.  Survived by husband Monte; son John (Sun Xin); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Jon Edward Grayson died Sept. 9 at 47. Survived by daughters Ava, Caroline; mother Geri Grabowski; sister Cheryl Joslin. Mount Sinai

Jerold Guon died Sept. 9 at 81. Survived by wife Vera; daughters Ellen (Stephen) Guon Beeman, Micki (Reuben) Zaritsky, Laura (Eial) Bondarvsky; 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harold Howard died Sept. 10 at 91. Survived by wife Riesa; daughter Carla (Scott Ben-Yashar); son Bruce (Corinne); brothers Joseph (Roberta), Sidney (Irene); 6 grandchildren. Hillside

David Kaplan died Sept. 6 at 82.  Survived by wife Virginia; daughter Delene; son Brian. Hillside

Rosario Keys died Sept. 12 at 79. Survived by son Michael; daughter Roseyna (George) Valdez; 3 grandchildren; sisters Ramona Tapia, Eva, Petra. Mount Sinai

Elias Leventhal died Sept. 9 at 88. Survived by daughter Mary; son Michael (Sharon); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Esther Libkind died Sept. 14 at 91. Survived by sons Peter, Marcus; 1 grandchild. Hillside 

Aaron Liepe died Sept. 7 at 92. Survived by wife Norma; son Ben; 2 nieces; 3 nephews. Hillside

Seymour Matthew died Sept. 10 at 70. Survived by wife Diane; sons Jamie (Danielle), Bradley (Christine); daughter Alyssa (Evan) Cohn; brother Harvey; mother-in-law Geraldine Reiter; 5 grandchildren. Hillside 

Stanley Miller died Sept. 10 at 83. Survived by sons Howard (Joni), Joel, stepdaughters Karen (Michael) Spector; stepsons Douglas (Stephanie) Schwartz, Marvin Schwartz; 6 grandchildren. Hillside 

Pearl Rosen died Sept. 10 at 90. Survived by sons Jeff (Judy), Barry; 5 grandsons. Mount Sinai

Sarah Newman Shapiro died Sept. 8 at 86. Survived by daughter-in-law  Elizabeth Anne (Chris) Trinajstich; 1 granddaughter; 3 great-grandchildren; brother James (Billie) Newman. Mount Sinai

Harold Solarz died Sept. 12 at 94. Survived by sons Neil (Barbara), Barry (Milena); brother Bernard; 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Noorollah Soofer died Sept. 5 at 81. Survived by wife Yafa; daughter Janet (James) Sadigh; son Ramin (Denise); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marcus Stanton died Sept. 8 at 94.  Survived by wife Caroline; daughters Denise (Bret) Smart, Adele (Ted) Rhodes; 4 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Gita Stein died Sept. 5 at 85. Survived by daughter Sylvia (Stephen Pomerantz); son Leo (Hadas); 6 grandchildren; 1 great granddaughter. Mount Sinai

Ronald Weiss died Sept. 12 at 82. Survived by daughters Kerie (Marty Berkowitz) Schwartz, Julie (Jim) Gerard, Leslie; brothers Milton (Phyllis), Gibby (June), Jerry (Anita); 8 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside 

Simy Weizman died Sept. 8 at 73. Survived by daughters Nathalie (Ken) Sherman, Anne-Laurie Shapiro; 2 granddaughters; brothers Messod (Alice), Albert (Simy), Henri Abergel; sisters Marcelle Kerl, Georgette (Henri) Benhaim, Liliane Mattison, Evelyne (Larry) Seabrook, Therese Baur. Mount Sinai

Franklin Allen Wolfe died Sept. 5 at 73. Survived by wife Julie; son David; sisters Arlene Wolfe Goldstein, Miriam Wolfe Abramson. Mount Sinai

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