Obituaries

Leonard Baum died Dec. 31 at 85. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughter Marla (Mark) Saltzman; sons Bruce (Lynn), Stuart; 4 grandchildren; sister Betty Novicoff. Mount Sinai

Frances Becker died Dec. 28 at 77. Survived by husband Tully; daughter Hanna (Brent Bremer); sons George, John; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Gertrude Becker died Dec. 30 at 91. Survived by daughters Jolise (Alan) Shiner, Felicia; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Herman Blumenfeld died Dec. 30 at 105. Survived by daughters Sarah (Ira) Kleinrock, Miriam (Jack) Pitson; sons Bernard (Elizabeth Bronstein), Joseph (Ellen), Michael (Shelley); 12 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sherman Broidy died Jan. 3 at 89. Survived by wife Dorothy; daughters Michelle Nastarin, Claudia (Mike) Sterling; son Elliott; 7 grandchildren. Hillside

Ghislaine Dana died Dec. 31 at 82. Survived by daughter Lina (Andre); sons Serge (Charlotte), Paul (Avelino); 4 grandchildren; brother Gerard Dokhan. Mount Sinai

Abraham Daniels died Dec. 17 at 96. Survived by daughters Betty (Charles) Carmona, Debrah Kitchings, Diana Thompson, Ethel; 5 grandchildren ; 1 great-grandchild; sister Edythe (Gordy) Shore. Chevra Kadisha

Robert Ehrlich died Dec. 31 at 67. Survived by daughter Amanda; sister Hope Eastman; 2 nephews. Hillside

Bernice Fisher died Dec. 25 at 83. Survived by sons Daniel (Gudy) Brock, Jim (Elizabeth Watson), John (Sabina); 4 grandchildren; sister Anette Ades. Hillside

William Friedland died Dec. 31 at 90. Survived by wife Violet; daughters Sheree (Preston) Gould, Alisa (Robert) London, Beth; 3 grandchildren; sister Phyllis Kossoff. Mount Sinai

Joseph Frolove died Dec. 29 at 86. Survived by daughters Debra (Todd) Stoddard, Cindi; sister Marcy (Ruben) Green; 1 niece.  Mount Sinai

Betty German died Jan. 3 at 109. Survived by daughter Francine; 2 grandchildren.  Hillside

Judith Ghesser died Jan. 3 at 84. Survived by daughter Hana (Russell) Ghesser Brown; sons Daniel (Shirin), Harvey; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Bernard Glasser died Jan. 2 at 89. Survived by wife Joan; daughter Deborah; sons Bill, John, Robert. Mount Sinai

Cynthia Godofsky died Dec. 28 at 67. Survived by husband Irvin; daughters Johanna (Aaron) Katz, Maya (David Parver); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Helen Golbin died Jan. 5 at 89. Survived by daughter Lynn (Philip) Shipper; son Joel (Susan); 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Helen Grabow died Dec. 29 at 91. Survived by daughter Sheryl (Michael) Grabow-Weiss, Aleen; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

E.B. Shaya Grendel died Jan. 4 at 65. Survived by daughters Mara, Miriam; son D. Jacob; mother Esther; brothers Morgan, Steve; ex-wife Sande. Hillside

Janet Harrison died Jan. 3 at 89. Survived by daughter Ricka White; sons Daniel (Donna), Steven (Sylvia); 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Otto Herskovic died Jan. 5 at 83. Survived by wife Atiy Nafari-Herskovic; stepdaughter Nazanin; stepson Ardeshir; 4 stepgrandchildren; sister-in-law Maria; 8 nieces and nephews; 14 great-nieces and -nephews; 7 great-great-nieces and -nephews. Groman Eden 

Mildred Kohn died Dec. 29 at 105. Survived by sons Robert (Judith Ashmann Gerst), Ronald (Sylvia); 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Stewart Krask died Jan. 1 at 83. Survived by wife Jane; sons Daren, Jeff (Sylvia); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Paul Landau died Jan. 1 at 92. Survived by wife Trudy; sons Daniel, Frank. Hillside

Henri Lazarof died Dec. 29 at 81. Survived by wife Janice; daughters 

Amy Bolker, Cynthia (Greg) Bolker, Wendy Bolker, Jilliene (Evan) Schenkel; 9 grandchildren. Hillside

Florence Levine died Dec. 26 at 86. Survived by sons Marc (Carolina Subia), Neil (Jackie Siegel), Ross (Roberto Fradera); 2 grandchildren; brother Irwin David. Hillside

Edith Mascola died Dec. 29 at 91. Survived by daughter Lisa (Ron) Farmer, Laurene; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Marilyn Kamholtz. Hillside

Betty Matier died Dec. 26 at 82. Survived by husband Bernard; daughter Deborah (Craig) Eden; son Michael; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Jack Miller died Jan. 2 at 85. Survived by wife B.J. Freeman; daughter Roxanne (Tom) Miller-Freutel; son Keith; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Barbara Nadlman died Dec. 27 at 79. Survived by husband Sanford; daughter Michelle (David) Heffron; son Jay (Kathy); 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Gerald Ora died Dec. 27 at 83. Survived by wife Betty; sons Randall (Doreen), Scott. Hillside

Leonard Peller died Jan. 3 at 94. Survived by son Andrew; niece Judith (Rusty) Schlegel. Mount Sinai

Janice Pivo died Jan. 2 at 67. Survived by husband Steven; sons Rabbi Jeff (Lisa), Richard (Chandra); 4 grandchildren; sister Gloria Sophor. Mount Sinai

Betty Rifkin died Dec. 31 at 95. Survived by husband Sam; son Edward; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Richard Samuels died Dec. 31 at 56. Survived by wife Marcy; daughter Patricia; son Daniel; mother Helen; sister Laura (Barry) Axelrod; brother Robert (Mary); nieces and nephews. Eternal Light Memorial Gardens

Stuart Schweit died Dec. 27 at 69. Survived by daughter Julie; son Jack (Jessie); mother Rose Blumenau; brother Jon (Shari). Mount Sinai

Mildred Segal died Dec. 30 at 91. Survived by sons Jeff, Marty (Elizabeth); 1 grandchild. Hillside

Albert Socol died Jan. 4 at 104. Survived by sons Harvey, Lionel (Carol); 4 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Michael Solomon died Dec. 30 at 61. Survived by mother Myna; aunt Maureen Temkin; uncle Harvey Temkin; cousin Sheri Kane. Mount Sinai

Lorraine Sunshine died Dec. 30 at 90. Survived by sons Kenneth, Randall, Robert. Hillside

Jean Kaplan-Nathan Weiner died Jan. 3 at 99. Survived by daughter Susan (Phil Merlin) Pressman; stepdaughters Geraldine Gregory, Miriam (Peter) Nathan-Robertson; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sister Tobie Heller. Groman Eden 

Bernard Wizig died Dec. 27 at 95. Survived by wife Enid; daughter Lynn Kilroy; son Jeffy (Debra); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Edward Woods died Jan. 1 at 80. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughter Elissa; sons David Vandervelde, Craig. Mount Sinai