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Obituaries

Robin Allen died Nov. 21 at 59. Survived by sister Bonnie Simon; brothers David (Eliane), Mitchell (Ariadne); 1 niece. Mount Sinai\n
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December 11, 2013

Robin Allen died Nov. 21 at 59. Survived by sister Bonnie Simon; brothers David (Eliane), Mitchell (Ariadne); 1 niece. Mount Sinai

Helen Arak died Nov. 21 at 67. Survived by husband Ron; daughter Sarah (fiance Mark Turner); sister Dorothy Kamer. Mount Sinai

Robert Bandler died Nov. 17 at 75. Survived by brother James (Diane). Hillside

Dorothy Bernstein died Nov. 10 at 93. Survived by sons David, Stephen; 2 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Sulana Chait died Nov. 5 at 92. Survived by daughter Deborah (Ivan) Kallick; son Robert (Arta) Berns; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Mack Coldburn died Nov. 17 at 105. Survived by son Solomon Rosenberg; 2 grandchildren; niece Ann; nephew Phil. Hillside

Sherlyn Doshay died Nov. 19 at 65. Survived by brother Gary (Mona). Hillside

Michael Fleischer died Nov. 17 at 82. Survived by wife Veronika; sons Benjamin (Syeira), Howard; sister Mollie Winkler. Hillside

Judith Giss died Nov. 3 at 66. Survived by husband Rabbi Kenneth; sisters Debra Davalos, Diane Denny. Malinow and Silverman

Augusta Good died Nov. 21 at 101. Survived by daughters Marsha (Joe) Farro, Sandra (Barry) Last; 2 grandchildren; sister Frieda Conron. Hillside

Jay Gordon died Nov. 18 at 77. Survived by wife Nancy; daughter Jayne (Tom Szabadi); son Ricky; 1 grandchild; sister Fayann (Fred) Muchowicz. Mount Sinai

Eve Grover died Nov. 21 at 84. Survived by sons Jeffrey, Ronald (Valerie); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Vivian Gyulai died Nov. 18 at 91. Survived by daughter Susan Schein; son Jay; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Beatrice Horwitz died Nov. 17 at 97. Survived by son Gene (Bonnie); 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lillian Iden died Nov. 20 at 96. Survived by son Christopher; 1 grandchild; sister Faye Sherman. Hillside

Beverly Kaufman died Oct. 17 at 88. Survived by son James (Kim); friends Rhoda Glenn, Paul Wurtzel. Mount Sinai

Kenneth Kleinman died Nov. 11 at 70. Survived by wife Julie; daughter Jill; son David; 1 grandchild. Malinow and Silverman

Joan Kravetz died Nov. 16 at 83. Survived by husband Sol; daughters Harriet (David Bouzaglou) Diament, Lauren (Henry) Dehlinger; sisters Frances Lampert, Sylvia Tapper. Hillside

Stella Krieger died Nov. 21 at 75. Survived by husband Fred; daughter Alissa (David) Krieger-DeWitt; sons Lauren (Jennifer), Terence (Linda), Spencer (Monica); 9 grandchildren; brother Seymour Nadelman. Mount Sinai

Mark Lacter died Nov. 14 at 59. Survived by wife Laura Levine. Malinow and Silverman

Jeanette Lee died Nov. 18 at 91. Survived by sons Daniel, Larry (Marla); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lee Levinthal died Nov. 16 at 103. Survived by daughter Myra (Alan) Turek; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lynne Malenbaum died Nov. 19 at 58. Survived by husband Mark; sons Michael, Samuel; brothers Henry Harris, Mark (Jackie) Harris; niece Janine (Louis) Molnar. Chevra Kadisha

Rose Meisner died Nov. 21 at 96. Survived by daughter-in-law Eileen; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sister Lilly Goldsmith. Mount Sinai

Stanley Mills died Nov. 18 at 97. Survived by wife Lee; daughters Sheri Safan, Nancy; 2 grandchildren; brother Howard. Hillside

Alice Munk died Nov. 19 at 93. Survived by daughter Judith; son Michael (Shelley Gardner). Mount Sinai

Theodore Porush died Nov. 16 at 83. Survived by daughters Andrea (Sam) Maatallah, Janet (Marcus); sons Kenneth, Laurence; 9 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Joel Pressman died Nov. 18 at 63. Survived by daughter Aviva; son Elijah; mother Marjorie; father Rabbi Jacob; sister Judith. Malinow and Silverman

Behzad Refah died Nov. 8 at 50. Survived by mother Ehteram; father Eshagh; sisters Mahri (Kamran) Firooz, Vida (Kourosh) Kohanteb, Roohi (Mansoor) Radparvar; brothers Behnam, Ghodrat (Lida), Iraj. Malinow and Silverman

Martin Reinis died Nov. 15 at 90. Survived by wife Audrey; daughter Merry; son James; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Robert Richman died Nov. 19 at 46. Survived by brothers Brian, William. Mount Sinai

Evelyn Roth died Nov. 20 at 92. Survived by daughter Geri Jacobson; son Marc; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Art Schimmel died Nov. 15 at 82. Survived by wife Gloria; daughter Barbara (Jeff) Scapa; sons Irwin (Josie), Jay (Stephanie), Neil (Cristy); 9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Pearl Schneider died Nov. 18 at 93. Survived by son Merrick (Jody); 2 grandchildren; sister Roz Saron. Pacific View

Arnold Schulman died Nov. 2 at 87. Survived by sons Rabbi Avi (Eve Ben-Ora), David (Ava Thomas), Jay (Lisa Pavlevsky), Martin (Tara); 8 grandchildren; sister Dorothy (Charles) Samuel; brother Sidney. Malinow and Silverman

Sara Shye died Nov. 20 at 84. Survived by daughters Lihi Gershater, Daphne (Calman Prussin); 3 grandchildren; brothers Joseph Nir, Ron Nir. Hillside

Orell Silberman died Nov. 20 at 92. Survived by daughter Jeanne (Allen) Rothman; sons Joey (Cindy), Steven (Mindy); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marilyn Skoller died Nov. 15 at 90. Survived by son Ronald; nephew Steve Sokol. Mount Sinai

Bernice Slepak died Nov. 20 at 92. Survived by daughter Hope; son Dennis. Mount Sinai

Frieda Star died Nov. 20 at 89. Survived by cousins Betty Fraser, Irene (Conrad) Furlong, Marla Kantor, Michael. Hillside

Everett Weinstein died Nov. 16 at 79. Survived by wife Anita; daughters Lisa (Mark) Richardson, Debbie, Linda; son Daniel (Junko); 3 grandchildren; brother Herb (Joy); caregiver Natasha Thomas. Mount Sinai

Jacob Weiss died Nov. 20 at 91. Survived by wife Malvina. Hillside

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