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Obituaries: Week of April 24

Joseph Gary Buchbinder died March 26 at 90. Survived by daughter Sara. Groman Eden
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April 23, 2015

Joseph Gary Buchbinder died March 26 at 90. Survived by daughter Sara. Groman Eden

Michael Cohen died March 27 at 79. Survived by wife Suzanne Lerner; son Simon (Christina); daughter Lisa; 2 grandchildren; brothers Stuart (Sylvia), Imre (Gale) Szoke; sister Yvonne (Jeff) Schneider. Hillside

Lillian Convissar died March 28 at 94. Survived by daughter Nadine (David) Adrian; 2 grandsons; 3 great grandsons. Mount Sinai

Evelyn Efros died March 29 at 93. Survived by husband Abraham; son Philip; daughter Michelle (Hal) Minsky; 3 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Charlotte Farkas died April 2 at 96. Survived by sons John (Heidi), Ronald (Lupe) Pollak; daughter Sandra Pollak; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

June Adele Fore died March 28 at 89. Survived by daughters Beverly Kulow, Carol Liglet; son Robert (Jana); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lynne Friedman died April 2 at 69. Survived by husband Stan; daughters Brenda, Pamela, Carrie; brother Montie (Barbara) Mazo. Mount Sinai

Irma H. Garber died March 31 at 85. Survived by son Richard (Debbie); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Edith Grunberger died March 29 at 89. Survived by daughters Margalit, Lydia (Gabriel) Braun; sister-in-law Sara Selman; brother-in-law Sam Selman; 2 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Groman Eden

Joann Marie Harris died March 28 at 79. Survived by husband Alan “Chuck”; sons Ron (Eileen), Gary (Harriett); Steven (Maya Goehring-Harris); daughter-in-law Liz; 6 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Mina S. Lerman died March 31 at 81. Survived by husband Max; daughter Denise Leiter; son Larry; brother Max Schwartz. Home of Peace

Annette G. Lightner died April 1 at 90. Survived by daughter Adene Mosh; 4 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sister Phyllis Grosmark; brother Warren Steinman. Mount Sinai

Eileen Litvin died March 30 at 82. Survived by daughters Sharyn (Paul) Sassoon, Nanci Pirtle; 2 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Lynne Lorch died March 29 at 75. Survived by husband Henry; daughter Patrice Wexler; sons David Wexler, Craig (Elisa) Wexler, Todd (Rebecca) Wexler, Kevin (Sherri) Wexler; brother Steve Ader; 9 grandchildren. Hillside

Moe Mintz died March 30 at 89. Survived by daughter Lori (Stewart); son Jeffrey; 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Groman Eden

Marlene Moussafir died April 1 at 83. Survived by husband Leon; son Lenny; 1 granddaughter; brothers Rich, Dennis Jagoda; sister-in-law Millie Remis. Mount Sinai

Bruce Jay Norton died March 30 at 76. Survived by wife Barbara; daughter Kimberly (Aaron) Shuster; 2 grandchildren; brother Jeffrey. Mount Sinai

Muriel Novak died March 27 at 87. Survived by sons Don Jacobson, Paul Jacobson, Marty Jacobson; daughter Iris Berry; 1 grandson. Mount Sinai

Sherri Pine died March 27 at 76. Survived by son Gary Abrams; daughters Karen Abrams, Stacey Abrams, Wendy (Stephen) Crump; daughter-in-law Stacey Freeman; 6 grandchildren. Hillside

Ruth N. Sachs died March 25 at 84. Survived by husband Edward; daughters Susan Honig, Evelyn; son Michael; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Martin Student died March 28 at 82. Survived by wife Gail; sons Eugene (Teri), Steven (Jill); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sasha Alexander Vinokur died March 28 at 43. Survived by mother Genya; brother Mike. Mount Sinai

C. Rosalie Weiner died March 27 at 97. Survived by niece Tana (Steven) Alcalay. Mount Sinai

Hyman Abe Weiser died March 28 at 95. Survived by son Jerry (Ann); daughters Esther Wright, Libby Manke; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

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