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Obituaries

Kenneth Allweis died Dec. 15 at 72. Survived by wife Eugenia Presser; sister Vida Brenner; friends Jack (Barbara) Berman. Hillside
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January 8, 2014

Kenneth Allweis died Dec. 15 at 72. Survived by wife Eugenia Presser; sister Vida Brenner; friends Jack (Barbara) Berman. Hillside

Abram Dancyger died Dec. 14 at 94. Survived by sons Michael (Barbara), Ted; 4 grandchildren; brother Shaya-Herzka Danziger. Mount Sinai

Ella Deutsch died Dec. 14 at 96. Survived by daughter Julia (Tom) Loats; son Gary; 2 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Gary Goldstein died Dec. 16 at 82. Survived by son Adam (Dana); 2 grandchildren; ex-wife Elizabeth. Hillside

Melvin Kaiser died Dec. 16 at 83. Survived by wife Teri; daughters Kim (Allen) Brody, Stacy (Bruce) Mendelson; son Brett (Jennifer); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Julian Kinrich died Nov. 29 at 96. Survived by daughter Lisa Silverman; son Jeff. Mount Sinai

Eric Koch died Dec. 16 at 91. Survived by daughter Tracy; son-in-law Allen Fienberg. Mount Sinai

Anne Perlman died Dec. 14 at 79. Survived by daughters Laura Perlman-Merritt, Michelle (Chris), Terry; sons Joel (Jill), Larry (Rosa); 5 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; sister Judy Kravetz; brother Robert Slutsky. Mount Sinai

Kelly Pollack died Dec. 16 at 45. Survived by husband Bradley; daughters Devon, Hudson; mother Charlene Ruta; father Bernard Ruta; brother Grant Ruta. Mount Sinai

Raasche Rips died Dec. 14 at 98. Survived by son Martin; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Evelyn Scholder died Dec. 15 at 77. Survived by husband Fred; daughters Amy (Sarah Valdez), Stacy; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Jerome Segal died Dec. 17 at 82. Survived by wife Tobelle; daughter Sandra Sigman; son Alan; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Karl Seligman died Dec. 14 at 81. Survived by wife Johanna; daughter Susan Collins Hamilton; sons David, Daniel, Dean; stepdaughters Renee Bogar, Judy Miller, Suzie Steres; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Bertha Sherman died Dec. 14 at 89. Survived by daughter Carol (Menasche) Nass; son Gene (Ellen); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Kenneth Siporin died Dec. 15 at 51. Survived by mother Gloria; father Walter; sister Erica (Marc) Ladenheim; brother Matthew. Mount Sinai

Harriet Wolstan died Dec. 17 at 93. Survived by daughters Michelle (Jonathan) Girard, Robbie (Stephen) Prepas; son Barry (Judith); 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; brother Arnold Widdes. Hillside

Leonard Zeitlin died Dec. 15 at 84. Survived by wife Joan; daughters Julie (Rick Vincent), Susan; nephew Michael Mendelsohn; 1 great-niece; 5 cousins. Groman Eden 

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