Obituaries: October 1st 2014

Cary Gordon Brooks died Aug. 31 at 71. Survived by wife Rena; son James (Amber); daughters Kelly (Oscar), Alicia, Suzie (Peter); 4 grandchildren; brother Roger; 2 nieces. Groman Eden

Grace R. Brothers died Aug. 30 at 88. Survived by daughter Carolyn; brother Clarence Ablow. Mount Sinai 

Judith Ellen Buckser died Aug. 30 at 66. Survived by husband Barry; daughters Rebecca (Thomas) Wong, Elizabeth (Matthew) Miller; 4 grandchildren; sister Joyce (Kenneth) Chambers; nieces and nephews. Groman Eden

Murray Cohen died Sept. 4 at 88. Survived by wife Mildred; son Steven; daughter Paula (Larry Gootkin) Cohen; 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Robby Roozbeh Ebrami died Aug. 30 at 40. Survived by sister Rozita; mother Shahla. Chevra Kadisha 

Steven Elconin died Sept. 7 at 52. Survived by wife Gail; son Garett; daughter Brooke; sister Elyse (Craig) Elconin-Goldberg, father Kenneth; stepmother Rosalyn Fiermark. Hillside

Susan Lynn Entin died Sept. 3 at 67. Survived by husband Allen; daughter Debbie (Brett) Garner; son Sean; 4 grandchildren; brother Marc (Andrea) Brauer. Mount Sinai

Mirra Gorodetskaya died Sept. 5 at 86. Survived by husband Yuriy Gorodetskiy; daughter Alla (Val) Kalyuzhny; 1 granddaughter; 1 niece. Mount Sinai

Gloria B. Gray died Sept. 8 at 76.  Survived by daughter Katharine (Bill) Archer; son Jeffrey; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-granddaughters; brother Gerald (Jackie) Brown. Mount Sinai

Albert Grossman died Aug. 31 at 88. Survived by sons Robert (IIana), Richard; daughter Jodi; 6 grandchildren; companion Barbara Allen. Hillside

Kathaline Halison died Sept. 5 at 98. Survived by daughter Linda (Tony) Kort Trocino; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Eunice Hersh died Sept. 10 at 91. Survived
by son Alan (Janice); daughter Ruthann (Ken) Bachrach; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Pearl Koran died Sept. 5 at 98. Survived by daughter Marsha (Martin) Godwin; 2 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sharon Lee Lapresle died Sept. 5 at 67. Survived by husband Mark; son Adam (Krista) Horowitz; stepdaughter Ericka; stepson Justin (Shannon); 5 grandchildren; sister Bonnie (Arturo) Kukierman. Mount Sinai

Nathan Leanse died Sept. 11 at 80. Survived by wife Eleanor; sons Lloyd (Ann), Daniel (Jill); daughter Elizabeth; brother Arnold; sister Sally Fischmann; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Shirley Levine died Sept. 2 at 94. Survived by daughter Nina (Eddie) Paul; sons Louis, Oscar “Ozzie” (Sharon); 11 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Wilma M. Linsk died Sept. 2 at 71. Survived by husband Michael; son Steven; daughter Cari (Rabbi Mitch) Cohen; 3 grandchildren; brother Philip (Felice) Rosen. Mount Sinai

Helen Jean Lovitch died Sept. 2 at 90. Survived by sons Ira (Zina), Fred (Debijo); 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Stephan Marcy died Sept. 5 at 77. Survived by wife Lynette. Hillside

Stuart J. Marylander died Sept. 1 at 82. Survived by wife Judith; sons Steven (Teresa), Grant (Elise); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Beatrice Miller died Aug. 30 at 81. Survived by husband Marvin; daughter Barbara (Rodger) Switzky, sons Philip (Colleen), Michael (Laura); 4 grandchildren; sister Toby (Bernie) Berman;  brother Harold (Cathy) Drake. Groman Eden

Robert Perliss died Sept. 4 at 87. Survived by daughter Cynthia Keller; son Sanford; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Allan Rockler died Sept. 4 at 85. Survived by wife Charlene; daughter Erica (Craig) Shepard. Hillside

Florence Rosenberg died Sept. 7 at 92. Survived by son Richard (Jill); daughter Sherry Waldorf; 5 grandchildren; sister Paula Klein. Mount Sinai

Fradelle Rosenberg died Sept. 1 at 86. Survived by daughters Sandra (Stan) Kahan, Marla (Peter) Rosen; son Michael; 6 grandchildren; sisters Lois Goldberg, Carole Pfeffer. Mount Sinai

Jeanne Seligman died Sept. 6 at 90.  Survived by daughters Liz (Jorge) Seligman-Bravo, Hanna Weiss; son Howard (Karen); 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai     

Gloria Shutman died Aug. 31 at 89. Survived by sons Steven (Celina), Sam (Kristine); daughter Lorraine (Leon) Abner; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Mitzi (Herman) Novinsky. Mount Sinai

Gilbert Simon died Sept. 6 at 97. Survived by wife Donna; son Mace; daughters Elyce Wolf, Laurie, Vida; brother Edgar (Marilyn); 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Ralph Singer died Aug. 31 at 94. Survived by son Hal (Georgie); 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Ann Howard. Groman Eden

Beatrice Solomon died Sept. 7 at 95. Survived by sons Richard, Ron. Hillside

Jonathan Spound died Sept. 7 at 55. Survived by brothers Corey (Cheryl), Michael (Heidi); sisters Sabrina (Memo) Kahan, Amy. Hillside

Beatrice “Bea” Kogan Uretsky died Sept. 3 at 86. Survived by husband Julius; daughter Shelley (Stan) Heathman; sons Eric (Kathleen), Jay; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson; sister Carol Seagroves; nieces and nephews. Groman Eden

Sharon Weiner died Sept. 3 at 63. Survived by husband Gerald; son Seth; brother Michael Karpin; mother Florence Karpin. Hillside

Helen B. Wolff died Sept. 8 at 93. Survived by sons Marshall (Joan), Terris (Joan); daughter Roberta (Ben Whitwell); 10 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Esther Wynne died Sept. 1 at 95. Survived by daughter Linda; son Bob (Marlene); 5 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Norman Leon Zaret died Sept. 5 at 88. Survived by wife Sue Schweitzer; daughters Linda, Barbara (Bernie) Maddis; stepsons Allan (Lily) Schweitzer, Richard (Julie) Schweitzer; stepdaughter Andrea Zoeckler. Groman Eden

Debra Susan Zeid died Sept. 7 at 61. Survived by husband Mark; son Evan Louis; brothers Phillip Lubow, Larry (Sylvia) Lubow, Michael (Teddy) Lubow. Mount Sinai