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Obituaries: Week of July 3, 2015

Elvin J. Abels died May 30 at 88. Survived by wife Edith; daughter Wendy (Douglas) Eisenberg; son Matthew; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
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Elvin J. Abels died May 30 at 88. Survived by wife Edith; daughter Wendy (Douglas) Eisenberg; son Matthew; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rahmatollah Ahdoot died May 6 at 84. Survived by wife Toby; sons Leon (Lina), Simon (Maral), Albert (Elham); 9 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Mata Bergerson died May 31 at 93. Survived by sons Donald, Eric (Julie); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Debra Frances Byer died May 31 at 92. Survived by son Stuart (Jeffrey Rehm); daughter Sharon (Steven) Narrod; 2 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Beatrice Cohn died May 31 at 105. Survived by daughters Janiece, Susan; 1 niece. Hillside

Evelyn Concoff died May 31 at 101. Survived by daughters Robbi (Stephen) Shore, Laurie Dubin; son Gary (Jean); 6 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Joseph Daks died June 2 at 98. Survived by sons Mitchell (Karen), Jonathan (Safia); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Tova Dershowitz died June 1 at 81. Survived by husband Zvi; daughters Judy (Israel) Arad, Naomi (Alan) Wallace, Toby; son Hillel (Jo); 9 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Beatrice Freeman died May 30 at 94. Survived by daughters Vicki (Robert) Eggers, Nancy Jane (Scott) Lenahan; 2 grandchildren; 1 cousin. Mount Sinai

Abram Friedman died June 1 at 95. Survived by son Maury; daughters Cecile (Neil) Gumenick, Helen (Michael) Joseph; 7 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; brother Rubin. Mount Sinai

Beverly Ruth Froiken died June 1 at 86. Survived by sons Bruce (Kacey Chun), Steve (Catherine Gill); daughter Judith (Rony) Fuchs; 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Judith Gertler died June 2 at 73. Survived by daughter Tamar (Matthew) Kane; son Ari (Wendy); 2 grandchildren; brother Richard Mann. Mount Sinai

Gail A. Glaser died June 1 at 78. Survived by husband Eddie Edwards; sons Michael (Heidi) Gelb, James (Gail) Gelb, Jon Gelb; daughters Debra (Rod) Joyal, Jolie (Dennis) Garrson, Lisa; 10 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; brother Robert Liebman. Mount Sinai

Stanley Goodman died May 30 at 99. Survived by nephew David (Pellie) Anderson. Mount Sinai

Bobette Kamins died June 1 at 75. Survived by husband Jeffrey; daughters Gina Liszovich, Staci Coffey; 2 grandchildren; sister Sandra Gold. Hillside

Marvin Lucoff died June 1 at 86. Survived by son Don (Maria); daughter Kathy (Marty) Godin; stepdaughter Nancy (Sheldon) Singer; stepson Steven (Leslie) Wexler; 4 grandchildren; 3 nephews; 1 niece; former wife Lolly Miller. Mount Sinai

Wilbur Meshel died May 30 at 82. Survived by wife Roberta; son David. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Vera Miliman died May 23 at 92. Survived by daughters Yael, Marsha; 2 granddaughters; 5 great-grandchildren. Mission Memorial Park

Anna Reiss died June 1 at 106. Survived by daughter Jacqueline (Allen) Rubenstein; 6 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Jerome Reiter died June 2 at 94. Survived by daughter Denise (Geoffrey Tully); son Terry (Margie); 3 granddaughters. Mount Sinai

Seena Sher Rothschild died June 1 at 92. Survived by sons Matthew (Judith) Sher, Jayson (Judith) Sher, Stanford (Christine) Sher; daughter Mallory (Robert) Kroner; 8 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Maurice Rotkern died May 29 at 102. Survived by daughter Simone Biase; 1 grandchild; 1 sister-in-law; niece and nephew. Mount Sinai

Edythe Rubin died May 27 at 79. Survived by sons Brett (Joan), Scott (Janice); daughters Sana (Steven) Remer, Tracy; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Natalie Schreier died June 1 at 76. Survived by daughter Julie (Scott) Rosenthal. Hillside

Glenn Schwimer died May 30 at 68. Survived by son Brien; mother Charlotte Pearlston Schwimer; brother Steven; sisters Janice (Richard) Beer, Elyse (Terrance) Davis. Mount Sinai

Michael Jay Stawisky died May 30 at 65. Survived by wife Robin; sister Deborah; 2 brothers-in-law. Mount Sinai

Raymond L. Sternberg died May 31 at 94. Survived by daughters Judith Fulton, Lauren (Al) Schwartz; son Donald (Stacey) Sternberg. Mount Sinai

Max Waldman died May 31 at 98. Survived by daughters Susan (Fred) Gruber, Shari (Stephen) Karp; son Gary (Faye); 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sarah Wapner died May 30 at 56. Survived by father Joseph; mother Mickey; brothers Fred, David. Mount Sinai

Jay W. Weiss died May 30 at 81. Survived by wife Sandra; daughters Debra (Kenneth) Haber, Marla (Joseph) Harbour; son Brian (Melissa); 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rhoda Wood died May 31 at 90. Survived by daughter Bonnie (Stephen); sons Ron (Elizabeth), Larry; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

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