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Obituaries: Week of May 29-June 3

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May 27, 2015

Joan Adelman died May 5 at 72. Survived by daughter Lisa (Charles) Oxman; son David (Sheri); 3 grandchildren; sister Sandra Zivick. Hillside

Valerie Bass died April 30 at 77. Survived by daughter Deborah (Richard) Brada; son Daryl; sister June Allen; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Harriet Beck died April 29 at 90. Survived by sons Dennis (Pamela), Ron (Cynthia Lewis); daughter Maralee; son-in-law Andy Safir; 9 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Gilbert Bogos died May 2 at 84. Survived by wife Joanne; daughters Lauren (Terry) Schoneberg, Dana (Laurent) Gache; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Julius Bovill died April 30 at 94. Survived by wife Bloom; son Daniel (Carol); 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Irwin Burman died May 7 at 92. Survived by wife Lea; sons Steven (Barbara), Barry (Marifer); daughter Marilyn (Anastasia); 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Edith Eder died May 2 at 88. Survived by sons Robert (Michele Longo), Alan, Harvey; 3 grandsons. Mount Sinai

Vicki Coine Fischback died April 29 at 65. Survived by son Ari Paul (Susanne) Coine. Hillside

Harry Gartsman died May 4 at 99. Survived by wife Dorothy; daughter Cheryl (Tom) Abel; son Gary (Carol). Hillside

Sylvia Goldfarb died May 5 at 93. Survived by husband Joseph; son Jack (Sherri); daughter Lynne (Jerry H.); 3 grandchildren; sister Ann Lipsman. Hillside

Cheryl B. Jones died May 8 at 50. Survived by husband Scott; daughter Heather Ventura; son Nicholas Ventura; brother Marc (Sarah) Benjamin; 1 sister-in-law. Mount Sinai

Ruth Labgold died May 9 at 84. Survived by son Richard (Annie); daughters Robbin (Xavier Varela) Velasco, Lori (Robin) Roques; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother Barry (Linda) Hyman. Mount Sinai

Josephine Marcus died May 4 at 88. Survived by son Jeffrey (Susan); 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Geraldine Rudolph died April 28 at 100. Survived by daughters Paula Santangelo, Suzan Austin; sister Naomi Naliboff. Hillside

Rina Semere died May 7 at 60. Survived by son Oscar. Hillside

Mia Sidaros died May 2 at 17. Survived by mother Danielle; father Emed; brother Jacob. Hillside

Charlotte Ukra died May 7 at 85. Survived by husband Bajhat; daughter Tara (Paul) MacMahon; son Mark (Julie); 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

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