Obituaries: Week of August 28, 2015

Philip Held died July 19 at 57. Survived by wife Silvia; daughter Dara; stepson Charles Nagin; stepdaughter Leslie Garcia; 4 grandchildren; sisters Linda Shabot, Ellen Gordon. Hillside

Martin Hyson died July 22 at 95. Survived by daughter Marie (Robert) Stiles; son Steven; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Lewis Jarvis died July 30 at 82. Survived by sister Roberta (Morton) Walley; 1 nephew. Hillside

Harvey Jessel died July 24 at 79. Survived by wife Maxine; daughter Nikki; 1 grandson; brother Bruce. Mount Sinai   

Raymond Jessel died July 17 at 85. Survived by wife Cynthia Thompson; sisters Vivienne (Jorge), Ruth (Mark) Lane; brother Bernard (Denise) Bardan; 11 nieces and nephews. Mount Sinai

Esther Katz died July 18 at 92. Survived by daughter Claudia (Barry) Schwartz; son Jeff Brandstein; 9 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rivie S. Kirk died July 23 at 96. Mount Sinai

Lawrence Melvin Krasnoff died June 12 at 72. Survived by wife Linda; daughter Kara Beth (Daniel) Krasnoff-Echeverria; son Philip Alexander; 1 granddaughter. Groman Eden

Howard Kravitz died July 22 at 78. Survived by wife Lenore; sons Steven (Jill), Jeff; 3 grandchildren; brother Edward. Hillside

Ella Harriet Lacoe died July 25 at 88. Survived by sons Ron (Helene), Michael (Kenji Saito); 3 grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Groman Eden

Bobbie Levinson died July 31 at 90. Survived by sons Gary (Vivian) Leyton, Jeffrey (Natalie) Leyton; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Evguenia Matoussovskaia died July 30 at 97. Survived by daughter Irina (George) Gershman; son Georgiy; 1 granchild; 1 cousin. Hillside

Max Medvin died July 18 at 97. Survived by wife Brigette; daughters Cynthia (Robert) Woods, Pam (Howard) Levine; son Michael (Nancy); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Celia Murray died July 20 at 64. Survived by daughter Andrea (Alex); son Phillip; 2 grandchildren; sister Diane; brothers Howard (Molly), Warren. Hillside

Sarah Nugit died July 24 at 99. Survived by daughter Ruth Sunderland; son Stanley; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Nancy Opatoshu died July 18 at 86. Survived by son Richard (Alexa) Saxon; daughters Jennifer (Joe) Watson, Nina (Elliott Rothman) Saxon; 4 grandchildren Mount Sinai     

Bernard Phaneuf died July 24 at 82. Survived by wife Clara; son Philippe (Alexander Chapman); stepdaughters Jacqueline Iny, Lisa (Colin) King; stepson George (Susan Zimmerman) Iny; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Jeri Phillips died July 25 at 87. Survived by daughters Teri, Randy (Patrick Trimm); son Steven; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Arlene Rosen died July 21 at 87. Survived by daughters Tobi (Kevin) Travis, Linda (Carl) Lorentzen; stepdaughter Sonja Toles; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Gerald Schloss died July 21 at 89. Survived by daughter Stella (Neil Parker); brother George (Frances). Mount Sinai

Frances Seltzer died July 18 at 97. Survived by sons Robert (Dee), Steven, Edward; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Stephen Shalov died July 24 at 71. Survived by wife Ann; sons David, Eric. Mount Sinai

Evelyn Silver died July 27 at 96. Mount Sinai

Valerie Sophie Brust Sobel died July 22 at 84. Survived by daughter Diane Rosenberg; son John (Debbie); 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Alice J. Spilberg died July 20 at 86. Survived by daughters Donna (Phil) Chapman, Barbra (Randy) Held; son Larry (Aisha Harley); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Dorothy “Bobbie” Staff died July 25 at 102. Survived by nephews David De Salvo, Mark (Leah) De Salvo. Mount Sinai

Beverly Steinberg died July 25 at 84. Survived by daughter Cathy (Rick) Gunter; sons Norman (Cherie Gigiolcotti), Craig (Pamela Blakenship); 5 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sister Eleda Matorim. Mount Sinai

Selma Stuppler died July 25 at 95. Survived by daughter Shelly (Robert) Light; son Barry; 9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Josephine Uretsky died July 20 at 91. Survived by husband Harry; sons Glen (Robyn) Mee, James (Sandy) Mee; daughter Sylvia (Marty) Timberlack; stepson Arnie (Cookie); 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Furn Z. Wolach died July 24 at 92. Survived by son Wayne (Kim); daughter Lindsay Taylor; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sisters Gloria (Lester) Lerman, Marlene Pochis, Barbara (Harvey) Walner; brother Ronald (Pat) Friedman. Mount Sinai

Ernest Wulkan died July 20 at 93. Survived by wife Charlotte; sons Dennis (Joy Chang), Mike (Elize Batchelor). Hillside