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Obituaries

Sonia Abrams died Sept. 24 at 95. Survived by daughter Barbara (Charles) Kimelman; sister Helen (Maury) Goosenberg; 2 grandsons. Groman Eden
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October 29, 2014

Sonia Abrams died Sept. 24 at 95. Survived by daughter Barbara (Charles) Kimelman; sister Helen (Maury) Goosenberg; 2 grandsons. Groman Eden

Andrew Bajor died Sept. 28 at 82. Survived by wife Barbara; daughters Lydia (Jeff) Smith, Renee; stepsons Marc Tushnet, Joel Tushnet; stepdaughter Sherri Williams; 3 grandchildren; brother George (Ellie); brother-in-law Richard (Rae) Axelrod. Mount Sinai

Sidney S. Bann died Sept. 29 at 94. Survived by sons Larry (Bonnie), Mark (Pat); daughter Janice; 7 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; brother Herbert (Bea). Mount Sinai

Finy Bergman died Sept. 1 at 88. Survived by daughter Esther (Gary) Liberman; sons Gabriel (Michelle Glasky), David (Pam Marsh), Benny (Amy); 4 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman 

Andrew “Andy” Boczan died Sept. 28 at 67. Survived by wife Debra Jan; daughter Jaren. Mount Sinai

David Brown died Aug. 30 at 84. Survived by wife Etta; daughters Suzanne (John) Caron, Kelly; sons Larry (Jennifer), Michael (Donna); 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman 

Pat Cyril died Sept. 28 at 90. Survived by husband Bill; daughter Pam. Mount Sinai

Stephen Earle died Sept. 19 at 95. Survived by sons Mitch, Andrew (Corrine). Hillside

Harold English died Sept. 24 at 89. Survived by daughter Elaine (Joe) Shink; son-in-law Bob Feldman; 3 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brothers Bill (Laura), Norman (Beverly), Harvey (Genie). Groman Eden

Albert Frankel died Sept. 26 at 93. Survived by wife Marianna; daughter Judy Stahl; son Robert (Kimberly); 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Pearl Goldberg died Sept. 20 at 81. Survived by daughters Suzanne (Michael) Shoen, Robin (Jim) Wasco; sons Harold (Diane), David (Mary); 9 grandchildren. Hillside

Lillian Heller died Sept. 25 at 90. Survived by daughter Lynda (Gary) Nord; son Henry (Linda); 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Sylvia Joyce Hoffman died Sept. 27 at 91. Survived by daughter Fae Hoffman-Buckner; sons Abram Jon, Joel (Judy), Nathan (Madelyn); 7 grandchildren; sister Gloria Spodick. Mount Sinai

Sergio Igdal died Aug. 21 at 55. Survived by wife Nell. Malinow and Silverman 

Sylvia A. Kaplan died Sept. 25 at 95. Survived by daughters Evonne Davis, Loretta (Glen) Sawyer; son Gene (Becky); 8 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 8 great-great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ronald Labowe died Sept. 26 at 84. Survived by wife Trana; sons Mark (Lena), Ken (Chantelle), Richard “Ricky”; daughter Sara; 11 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Henryk Leman died Sept. 21 at 95. Survived by wife Herta; son Bernard (Dana); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Rebecca Lever died Sept. 16 at 91. Survived by sons Mark, Ed, John; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Miriam Levin died Sept. 26 at 95. Survived by daughters Gwen (Major) Abrahms Marks, Helaine (Howard) Ross-Pearlstein, Lisa (Michael) Abel; son Michael Swerdloff; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Helen Sufrin Levine died Sept. 22 at 87. Survived by husband Benjamine; sons Barry (Sharon Gernsheimer), Jacob;  daughter Caren Levine-Prince (Jim Prince); 8 grandchildren;  6 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

David H. Menashe died Sept. 25 at 93. Survived by daughters Carole (Bill) Gewant, Donna (Frank) Mazzulo, Diane; sons Howard, Jay; stepdaughter Susan (Stephen) Weisbaum; 11 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brother Abe; sister Esther Spector. Mount Sinai

Henrietta “Penny” Miller died Sept. 25 at 86. Survived by daughters Joy (Robert) Stigile, Darlene; 1 granddaughter; sister Lorraine Arnold. Mount Sinai

Nancy Nitkin died Sept. 21 at 79. Survived by daughter Leslie (Ed) Hurtado; son Michael (Debbie); daughter-in-law Ruby; 4 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Shimon “Stuart” Orenstein died Sept. 25 at 84. Survived by daughter Rena; son Ron (Pamela); 4 grandchildren; brother Sam (Dori). Mount Sinai

Leah Pariser died Sept. 1 at 82. Survived by husband Jack; daughters Linda, Sandra (Scott) King; brothers Bernard (Christina) Freedman, Maurice (Paula) Freedman; 2 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman 

Simy “Mimi” Revivo died Sept. 27 at 68. Survived by husband Joseph; sons Allen, Glen; daughter Ricki; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Alvin Rosenthal died Aug. 24 at 94. Survived by wife Deana; sons Robert (Catherine), Kenneth (Leslie); 2 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman 

Francoise Ruddy died Aug. 19 at 77. Survived by daughter Erika Glazer. Malinow and Silverman 

Irving Schlosberg died Sept. 26 at 94.  Survived by sons Jeffrey (Karyn), Steve (Leslie); daughter Susan (William) Brown; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sabrina Courtney Sherman died Sept. 26 at 45. Survived by father Harvey; mother Judy. Groman Eden

Roberta Stock died Aug. 31 at 66. Survived by husband Robert; brothers Howard; Lenny Borer. Malinow and Silverman

Mikhail Tsotselashvili died Sept. 6 at 62. Survived by brother Harry. Hillside

Ruth Weinberg died Sept. 25 at 88. Survived by daughter Valerie (Randalf) Kincaid; sons Lawrence (Daisy), David (Stephanie); 7 grandchildren. Hillside

Marilyn Weinblatt died Sept. 24 at 85. Survived by daughters Susan (John) O’Connor, Barbara Mansinne, Geriann Bargar and Debra (Rich) Siegel; 8 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Evelyn R. Weinstein died Sept. 28 at 93. Survived by daughter Iris Onkin; son-in-law Ronald Onkin; 1 grandson. Mount Sinai 

Robert J. “Bob” Wunsch died Sept. 26 at 80. Survived by wife Judith Lee; daughter Maggie (John) Scott; son Rafe (Penelope); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

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