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Obituaries: Week of February 27, 2015

Gerald Berke died Jan. 24 at 83. Survived by wife Judith; 5 grandchildren; sister Nancy Zepp. Mount Sinai
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February 25, 2015

Gerald Berke died Jan. 24 at 83. Survived by wife Judith; 5 grandchildren; sister Nancy Zepp. Mount Sinai

David Joseph Berns died Jan. 27 at 98. Survived by wife Eva; daughters Alexis, Jacqueline; son Ira (Carol); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Nettie Corwin died Jan. 27 at 97. Survived by daughter Bonnie; son Barry; sister Della (Stanley) Neimer; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Mollie Epstein died Jan. 27 at 85. Survived by husband Gilbert; sons Randy (Dawn) Gold, Marvin; daughters Caryn (Gene) Erzinger, Sara (Charles) Kaufman; 7 grandchildren; sister Velma (John) Millhauser. Mount Sinai

Claire Evans died Jan. 30 at 96. Survived by son Ronald; 1 grandchild; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Hyman Katz died Jan. 27 at 88. Survived by sons Gary (Marta), Phil (Joy); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sam Jack Fox died Jan. 20 at 97. Survived by wife Ruth; sons Ronald (Ann), Jeffrey (Susan); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter; sister Elsie Marks. Chevra Kadisha

Peter Gluck died Jan. 28 at 92. Survived by wife Sidi; daughter Merle (James Nichols) Stern; 1 nephew; 1 niece. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Gold died Jan. 27 at 97. Survived by daughter Laura Lee (Jerry Rishe); son Joseph (Debbie Dare); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Groman Eden

Leo Goldfinger died Jan. 26 at 99. Survived by wife Jacia Kacas; son Nelson (Sharon); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Diane Isgur died Jan. 27 at 68. Survived by sister Barbara (Stuart) Brody; nieces Jenny Brody, Lauren Brody. Hillside

Ruth Goldstein Kaskey died Jan. 26 at 98. Survived by son Alan (Tamara); daughters Joan Goldstein, Gloria McBeth, Ronni Jack, Vicki Green; 8 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Mitzi Kolker died Jan. 26 at 95. Survived by sons Jerry (Adie), Randy (Sheila); daughter Myrna (Alfie) Shanfeld; 6 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Betty Kosseff died Jan. 27 at 87. Survived by daughters Susan Brown, Karen (Paul) Rabwin, Missy Zinner; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Lilly Lande died Jan. 28 at 105. Survived by daughter Berte (Lee) Bass; sons Herbert, Stephen (Karen); 9 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Harriet Lieberman died Jan. 28 at 91. Survived by sons Barry (Marianne Nikolov), Donald (Pat Long); 1 granddaughter; brother Melvin (Sally) Kass. Mount Sinai

Alan Mescon died Jan. 29 at 82. Survived by wife Barbara; daughters Susan Blackman, Gena Rogin; son David; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Theresa Morgenstern died Jan. 26 at 94. Survived by son Howard (Jodi); 1 grandson. Mount Sinai

Phyllis K. Weiss died Jan. 29 at 88. Survived by husband Joseph; sons Daniel (Robert Neuman), Andrew (Lauri); daughter Wendy Hinsberger; 4 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

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