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Obituaries: Week of September 11th

Bernard Aronson died Aug. 16 at 98. Survived by daughters Marcy (Al) Welland, Laurie (Chuck) Mondrus; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside
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September 9, 2015

Bernard Aronson died Aug. 16 at 98. Survived by daughters Marcy (Al) Welland, Laurie (Chuck) Mondrus; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Irwin Avers died Aug. 18, at 90. Survived by wife Eileen; daughter Joanne (Modi) Mordechai; 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Eva Baron died Aug. 15 at 84. Survived by husband Murray; daughter Andrea (Bob) Spears; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harold Berger died Aug. 15 at 88. Survived by nephew Rick Webster. Hillside

Geraldine Berres died Aug. 16 at 98. Survived by daughters Diane (Roy Gardiner) Berres-Gardiner; Susan (Jamie) Paddock; son Michael (Kristen); 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ruth Bershak died Aug. 19 at 97. Survived by daughter Judith; son Mark (Bette); 1 granddaughter. Hillside

Lynne Ann Cohen died Aug. 16 at 83. Survived by daughter Linda (Eric Robins) Robins; son Jeffrey; 3 grandchildren; brother Harold (Sue) Kasper; many nieces. Groman Eden

Roger Davis died Aug. 16 at 92. Survived by wife Laura; son Roger Davis Jr., daughter Shelley Browning; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Gilbert Dreyfuss died Aug. 16 at 88. Survived by wife Evelyn; daughter Melanie; sons Lee (Kellie), Randy (Pamela); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Amnon Edelstein died on Aug. 16 at 63. Survived by wife Ilana; sons Joe (Christi), Roy; mother Esther; brother Moshe (Yael). Mount Sinai

Milton Fenton died Aug. 16 at 93. Survived by sons Robert (Debra Givner), James; daughter Susan (Bruce Robertson); 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Pearl Freed died Aug. 16 at 85. Survived by husband Richard Nomer; sons Robert, Bennett; 2 grandsons; sister Carol (Bruce) Wiener; 2 nieces. Mount Sinai

Howard Gershan died Aug. 13 at 85. Survived by fiancée Raelynne Rien; sons Kevin, Glenn; stepdaughters Kimberly Marsolek, Rachel; stepson Adam; sister Bette Klein; former wives Jan (Ed) Toppel, Candy Dooly. Mount Sinai

Beatrice Glazier died Aug. 10 at 88. Survived by son Bill (Laura); 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sisters Sally (Arthur) Green, Ella Mae Boardman, Cecilia Lessem. Mount Sinai

Paul Goldenberg died Aug. 13 at 87. Survived by son Douglas (Stacey); 1 granddaughter; former wife Toni. Mount Sinai

Arline Goldstein died Aug. 19 at 77. Survived by husband Laurence; daughters Jill (Kerry) Samovar, Romi (Randy) Matik; 6 grandchildren; brother Leon (Barbara) Goodman. Hillside

Rose Gordon died Aug. 11 at 88. Survived by husband Stanley; daughters Deidre (Steven) Taneman, Candace Gordon; sons Reed (Susan), Paul (Sandra); 9 grandchildren; 5 great- grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Natalie Grossman died Aug. 14 at 85. Survived by husband Aaron; sons Marc (Shirley), David; daughter Sheryl (Larry); 6 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Anthony Immarco died Aug. 10 at 93. Survived by wife Regina; daughters Gail (Bob) Israel, Lisa; sons Ben Davidson, Peter; 2 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Henny Lucoff died Aug. 18 at 95. Survived by sons Terry (Gwen), Bruce; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sandra Lurie died Aug. 16 at 79. Survived by husband Harold; daughter Karen (Ian) Malatesta; sons Steven (Andrea), Robert (Nancy); 7 grandchildren; brother Bruce (Alice) Schultz. Mount Sinai

Simon Outmesguine died Aug. 16 at 76. Survived by wife Jan; son Michael (Angela); daughter Jennifer (Daniel) Marr; 4 grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Groman Eden

William Rosenweig died Aug. 17 at 84. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughter Linda; sons Robert (Alison), Richard (Jamie); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Martha Marianna Simon died Aug. 18 at 78. Survived by son Adrian (Jodi); 5 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Aldo Spaccia died Aug. 13 at 76. Survived by wife Roberta; mother-in-law Hilda Grinker, sons David (Sheila), Jonathan (Heather Eckhoff); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Gladys Steinberg died Aug. 18 at 92. Survived by daughters Roberta (Ray) Klein, Jane (Dan) Gold; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother Martin (Charlotte) Kanter. Hillside

Henri Uzan died Aug. 16 at 85. Survived by wife Margalit; sons Ronnie (Tonya), Eddie, Joseph, Tony (Sandy); 5 grandchildren; brothers Moshe, Chaim. Hillside

Steven M. Wasserman died Aug. 17 at 50. Survived by wife Leslie; daughters Hannah, Emily; sisters Jill (Diane Verdugo); Leslie. Mount Sinai

Alvin Wernick died Aug. 15 at 88. Survived by daughter Candace. Hillside

Ruth H. Zuckerbraun died Aug. 12 at 89. Survived by daughters Jodi (Alan Melcher) Zuckerbraun Melcher, Andrea; sons Erik, Alan, Lance (Cristina), Mark, Eliezer (Alison); 15 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter. Mount Sinai

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