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Obituaries

Judith Aarons died March 12 at 65. Survived by husband Michael; sons Brett (Lenka), Kelly; 4 grandchildren; father Allan Adler; sisters Edie Bogoff, Melony (Gary) Linza, Terry (Bill) Rogoway; brother Craig Adler. Mount Sinai
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April 17, 2013

Judith Aarons died March 12 at 65. Survived by husband Michael; sons Brett (Lenka), Kelly; 4 grandchildren; father Allan Adler; sisters Edie Bogoff, Melony (Gary) Linza, Terry (Bill) Rogoway; brother Craig Adler. Mount Sinai

Leonard Adelman died March 6 at 90. Survived by wife Belle; son Alan (Juanita); 2 grandchildren; and brother Seymour. Mount Sinai

Ida Ardell died March 17 at 100. Survived by daughter Elaine Brandenburg; son Gene (Sharon); 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Gerald Belinkoff died March 11 at 74. Survived by partner Daniel Fidelman; brother Alan (Sigrid). Mount Sinai

Edwin Berman died March 12 at 68. Survived by brother Myer (Joan); 2 nieces. Mount Sinai

Lillian Bloom died March 8 at 89. Survived by son Perry. Mount Sinai

Charles Brucker died March 6 at 90. Survived by wife Rita; daughters Linda Dreyfuss, Michelle (Joe) Millstone, Maria; son Barry (Sue); 8 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Anne Cherman died March 8 at 103. Survived by sons Mel (Marilyn), Stephen; 4 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Roslyn Collender died March 9 at 96. Survived by sons Jack (Ellen), Michael (Phyllis), Robert (Susan); 4 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman 

Zvia Devito died March 7 at 70. Survived by daughter Sharon (Sanford); son Tomer; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Arlene Dick died March 13 at 75. Survived by son Leonard (Lisa); 3 grandchildren; brother Murray Balshin. Mount Sinai

Ronald Drucker died March 15 at 79. Survived by wife Sari; daughter Pamela (Lindsay Mann) Drucker Mann; son David (Jennifer); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marcia Edmond died March 7 at 75. Survived by husband Stanley; sons Donald (Susan), H. Allen (Dawn), Richard (Valerie); 4 grandchildren; sister Jackie (Peter) Kuyper; brother H. Edward Silver. Mount Sinai

Linda Gabriel died March 20 at 64. Survived by husband Allan; daughters Allyson (Jeremy Blumberg), Amanda (Randy Mitzman), Melissa (Jordan Cassel); 2 grandchildren. 

Abraham Greenwald died March 16 at 100. Survived by daughter Ethel Epstein; son Steven (Shelley); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Beverly Handler died March 21 at 87. Survived by son Edward (Fran); 4 grandchildren.

Jacob Hershkowitz died March 5 at 77. Survived by wife Miriam; daughter Smadar (Mordechai) Hershkowitz-Brafman; sons Alon (Ana), Eric (Sandy), Isaac (Mira); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Gertrude Horwitz died March 10 at 97. Survived by son David (Estelle); 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rose Josephson died March 18 at 99. Survived by daughter Bonnie Lerner; cousin Arnold Gillis. Mount Sinai

Adam Krispow died March 11 at 89. Survived by son Jeff (Paula); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Robert Lieberman died March 9 at 72. Survived by wife Susan; son Matthew; brother William London. Malinow and Silverman 

Martin Mandell died March 7 at 94. Survived by sons Lee, Rick. Malinow and Silverman  

Sidney Papel died March 10 at 93. Survived by son Richard Papel. Mount Sinai

Ezra Parsakar died March 13 at 87. Survived by wife Farzaneh; son Simon. Malinow and Silverman  

Carl Reitzenstein died March 20 at 91. Survived by wife Miriam; daughter Anne (Larry) Hopp; son Henry (Cindy); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Rothschild died March 9 at 90. Survived by daughter Melanie (Larry Garf); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Fira Salganik died March 8 at 86. Survived by husband Efim Salganik; daughter Ada Rozenblat; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Louisca Seidel died March 13 at 92. Survived by sons Arthur, Ernest (Diane), Ken; 7 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Selma Shpall died March 16 at 77. Survived by husband Murray; sons David, Joel (Marina); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Rani Sitty died March 13 at 33. Survived by mother Dasi; father Eli; brothers Barrak, Gal. Mount Sinai

Jerome Urfrig died March 12 at 75. Survived by wife Suzanne; daughter Julianne (Neal) Shanblatt; son Stuart (Shelly); 5 grandchildren; mother Anne; sister Wendy (Michael) Temple; brother Donald (Carole). Mount Sinai

Sarah Weiner died March 13 at 84. Survived by son Michael (Irene) Jarett; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Albert Weiss died March 6 at 92. Survived by daughter Diane. Malinow and Silverman 

Gail Willingham died March 9 at 74. Survived by husband Bob; daughters Gloria (Richard) Frankie, Diane Gordon. Mount Sinai

Renee Zamost died March 9 at 77. Survived by daughter Tracy; son Donald (Nanette); daughter-in-law Diane; 5 grandchildren.

Maria Zelyony died March 7 at 89. Survived by son Michael. Mount Sinai

Sandra Zimmerman died March 13 at 58. Survived by husband Harry; sons Evan, Zachary; brother Harold (Amy) Masor. Mount Sinai

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