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Obituaries: Week of October 30, 2015

George Aaron died Sept. 16 at 63. Survived by wife Susan; son Samuel; daughter Alexandra Rembac; brother Ronald (Mozelle); sister Roslyn (Louis) La-Liberte. Mount Sinai
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George Aaron died Sept. 16 at 63. Survived by wife Susan; son Samuel; daughter Alexandra Rembac; brother Ronald (Mozelle); sister Roslyn (Louis) La-Liberte. Mount Sinai

Berte Bass died Sept. 19 at 78. Survived by husband Lee; sons Paul, Howard; daughter Caryl (Gary); 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Rae Belsky died Sept. 15 at 98. Survived by son Irwin; 1 grandson; 1 great-granddaughter; 1 great-great-grandson. Hillside

Steven Bickel died Sept. 4 at 64. Survived by nephew David (Pam); stepsister Daisey Hayden; 1 cousin. Mount Sinai

Dori Bogie died Sept. 13 at 80. Survived by husband Julius; son Ron (Roberta); 3 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Reva Bronstein-David died Sept. 18 at 94. Survived by son Joel (Kristin). Hillside

Rachelle Cohen died Sept. 22 at 75. Survived by sons Theodore (Iris Weinmann), Matthew (Stephanie), Robert (Juan La Torre); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Laurence “Larry” Estrin died Sept. 19 at 73. Survived by wife Linda; son Michael (Christina Ferguson); daughter Allison (Robert) Beitzel; brother Robert (Jeanne); sister Judy (Peter). Mount Sinai

Bertram Leonard Feinner died Sept. 14 at 94. Survived by sons David, Michael (Erin) Keffe-Feinner; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marvin Fenster died Sept. 17 at 74. Survived by wife Laura; daughter Stacy (Mike) Anderschat; son Mark; 4 granddaughters; sister Claire (Jerry) Weisman; brother Fred (Jennifer). Mount Sinai

Hedy Flesh died Sept. 18 at 94. Survived by daughters Lucy Arleen (Scott Fields), Nancy (William) Brundige; son George (Holly); 8 grandchildren. Hillside

James Getzoff died Sept. 20 at 93. Survived by wife Paula; daughter Janice (Jeffrey) Rakoff; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Arthur Gibbons died Sept. 20 at 95. Survived by sons Mark (Mei) Bart; daughter Amy; 3 grandchildren; sister Betty Ruth. Hillside

Edward Kandel died Sept. 17 at 81. Survived by wife Sue; son Robert (Robyn); daughter Nancy, stepson Glen Desmond; stepdaughter Marjorie (Frank) Desmond; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Alice Kaplan died Sept. 12 at 93. Survived by daughter Renee Bettger, son Larry. Hillside

Carolyn Barbara Kaplan died Sept. 16 at 76. Survived by sons Paul, Robert; brother David (Jacqueline) Gish. Mount Sinai

Arthur Karp died Sept. 17 at 87. Survived by niece Lillian Morris; partner Lee Penn. Mount Sinai

Judy Kaufman died Sept. 21 at 71. Survived by husband Roy; daughters Jennifer Kaufman Valdes, Suzy; 2 grandchildren; sister Roberta Boschan. Mount Sinai

Frances Leibowitz died Sept. 19 at 93. Survived by daughter Marleen Levy; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Ethel Levenson died Sept. 19 at 94. Survived by sons Edward (Marie), Alan (Cynthia); 5 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marilyn Levinson died Sept. 14 at 87. Survived by daughters Marci (Ron) Glousman, Cindie (Scott) Page; 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Milton Maisel died Sept. 21 at 87. Survived by wife Zoe; daughters Leslie, Linda (Bryan) Johnson; son Gary; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Barbara Mannis died Sept. 17 at 84. Survived by sons Steve (Marsha), Bruce; daughter Cathy (Gregg) Anderson; 6 grandchildren; brothers Leland Burstein, Jack. Hillside

Sara Morgenstern died Sept. 19 at 92. Survived by daughters Raisa (Isaac) Sadigursky, Anna; 3 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Emil Olsberg died Sept. 20 at 78. Survived by daughters Simone (Alberto Castellanos), Ana Hernandez; sons Maurice, David. Hillside

Edward Ornitz died Sept. 14 at 86. Survived by wife Linda; daughter Donna (Brian Wolf); son David (Anna); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Moisey “Mike” Polinsky died Sept. 15 at 80. Survived by wife Ada; daughters Sara (Yuri) Polinsky-Voronin, Lori Conner;
2 grandchildren; brother Solomon. Mount Sinai

Peter Rauch died Sept. 15 at 79. Survived by daughters Rhonda (Mike Miller)
Rauch Miller, Michele; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sydney Sperling died Sept. 17 at 93. Survived by sons Dean (Candy), Daniel; daughter Barbara (Mike) Rocklin; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Jerome Tirsch died Sept. 19 at 80. Survived by sons Jeff (Melissa), David (Wendy); daughter Michele (Keith) Philips; 7
grandchildren; sister Lillian (Donald) Salis. Mount Sinai

Judith Renee Youngerman died Sept. 1 at 80. Survived by husband Marvin; daughter Randi Schrott; sons Jeffrey (Eileen), Steven Youngerman; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Rita Zychlinski died Sept. 16 at 93. Survived by daughter Sylvia Aroth (Dante Cacace); 1 grandchild. Hillside

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