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Obituaries

Erwin Amass died Feb. 3 at 84. Survived by wife Faye; daughters Stacey, Leslie; 1 grandchild. Hillside
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March 19, 2014

Erwin Amass died Feb. 3 at 84. Survived by wife Faye; daughters Stacey, Leslie; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Toby Berman died Feb. 16 at 94. Survived by son David (Jessica); 2 grandsons. Mount Sinai

Robert Bernstein died Feb. 3 at 79. Survived by daughter Sondra; sons Edward, Ronald. Hillside

Robert Blackman died Feb. 7 at 92. Survived by wife Laura; daughter Elizabeth VanderHoek; sons Ken (Sue), Edward (Lain). Hillside

Milton Edelson died Feb. 8 at 81. Survived by wife Elaine; daughters Caren Novobilski, Debra Moraida; son Craig; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Henry Fialla died Feb. 15 at 91. Survived by wife Christa; nephew Ron (Barbara) Weissbrod; niece Sylvia Levine. Mount Sinai

Esther Freeman died Feb. 13 at 95.  Survived by daughter Julie (Fred) Crandall; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Mitchell Gamson died Feb. 8 at 87. Survived by wife Joan; daughter Meredith (Evan) Smiedt; 1 grandchild. Hillside

George Ganzberg died Feb. 13 at 94. Survived by son Steven (Anne); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Dorothy Goldstein died Feb. 6 at 94. Survived by daughter Roz (Rick) Cobb; sons Steve (Lynn), Harvey (Paula); 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Seymour Greenberg died Feb. 13 at 95. Survived by daughter Sandy Royce; son Lawrence; 6 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Leslie Maurice Greenspan died Feb. 15 at 80. Survived by daughters Dale Lisa Powers, Debbie Hamilton, Andrea Shink; 2 grandchildren; sisters Hilda Goldsmith, Margaret Victoria Plotke, Evelind Brunswick; nieces and nephews. Chevra Kadisha

Morris Halfon died Feb. 4 at 90. Survived by wife Linda; daughter Sheri; son William; 13 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Frances Hassel died Feb. 8 at 85.  Survived by daughter Marlene; son Cliff (Cindy); 1 grandchild. Hillside

David Hasson died Feb. 15 at 58. Survived by mother Bernice; brothers Robert (Susan), Jack (Karen). Hillside

Joan Hoffman died Feb. 15 at 80. Survived by daughter Marcy (Dean) Feldman; son Barry; 2 grandsons. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Hudosh died Feb. 12 at 97.  Survived by daughters Kay Brockbank, Myra Straussman; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Betty J. Jacobs died Jan. 9 at 90. Survived by son Dale (Bobbe); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter. Westwood Cemetery

Bernard Katz died Feb. 11 at 88. Survived by daughters Barbara (Doug Jones) Lieberman-Jones, Sharon (Tod) Paris; son Richard (Anne); 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Joseph Kalb died Feb. 14 at 91. Survived by daughter Elizabeth (Gary) Sherwin; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Augusta Feldhorn Kaplan died Feb. 15 at 79. Survived by daughter Joyce; sons Joel (Linda), Jay (Rhonda); 6 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Edith Kauffman died Feb. 3 at 100. Survived by son David; cousin William Gold. Hillside

Aaron Lambert died Feb. 2 at 86. Survived by daughters Joan (Marc Silverman), Karen; 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Betty Levinson died Feb. 7 at 84. Survived by daughters Janet (Henry Rosenblit) Levinson, Laurie (Mark) Butler; 1 grandchild; brother Sid (Ann) Arthur; nephew Jeffrey Wick. Hillside

Barbara Levy died Feb. 16 at 78. Survived by daughters Bari (Gary) Schireson, Ellen Robin; sister Sylvia Weiss; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Hanna Lowen died Feb. 8 at 81. Survived by son Mark (Rita). Mount Sinai

Ronald Marx died Feb. 15 at 80. Survived by wife Joyce; daughters Wendy (Arthur) Goldstein, Kelly (Jeffrey) Lampert; son Brett (Angelic); 8 grandchildren. Hillside

Linda Mendelson died Feb. 15 at 71. Survived by daughters Amy Tillson, Meredith Bryan; mother Basha Harper; brother Joel (Andrea) Levine; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Violet Michaels died Feb.11 at 89.  Survived by son Ronald; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Jordan Oschin died Feb. 14  at 32. Survived by mother Carol; father Philip; brother Jason; sister Erika. Mount Sinai

Abraham Reifman died Feb. 6 at 92.  Survived by daughters Susan (Paul) Kirk, Janice (Gary) Beeler; son David (Rita); 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Robert Ribakoff died Feb 11 at 88. Survived by sons Alexander (Shellby), Joseph (Susan) Solomon-Ribakoff, David (Carolyn) McCarter-Ribakoff; 9 nephews and nieces; 10 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Brenda Rosenfeld died Feb. 17 at 75. Survived by husband David; daughter Stacy; son Andrew (Jill); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Robert Rothschild died Feb. 3 at 71. Survived by sisters Diane (Loren) Fond, Madeline. Hillside

Mary Ann Schaffer died Feb. 4 at 80. Survived by daughters Sharon (Howard) Blumberg, Debbie (Winn) Fuquai; son Gary; stepdaughters Rene Barack, Sandy Stamp; stepson Randy; 10 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Elena Schvarzstein died Feb. 11 at 81.  Survived by husband Bernardo; daughters Adriana Blackstone, Olga (Alan) Goodman; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Hyatt Ethan Seligman died Feb. 5 at 64. Survived by wife Robin; daughters Brandie (Michael) Huskey, Rhea (Joseph) Gatton, Samantha; sons Todd, Adam; 4 grandchildren; mother Mynabelle; sisters Courtney (Sheri), Leslie (Harriett), Karen, Libby; brother Andre (Kat). Mount Sinai

Michael Shevell died Feb. 10 at 57.  Survived by daughter Sophia; sister Suzanne; ex-wife Jum. Hillside

Joshua Solomon died Feb. 16 at 49. Survived by mother Gabriella; stepmother Susan; brother Jared Freeman Solomon. Hillside

Fred Spiegl died Feb. 5 at 86. Survived by wife Gilda; daughter Heidi Larkin; stepson Frank Rubin. Hillside

Jeanette Sunshine died Feb. 10 at 95.  Survived by son Gregory (Marilyn) Kourilsky; 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Lynne Sutton died Feb. 5 at 63.  Survived by husband Gregg. Hillside

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