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Obituaries: Week of February 5, 2016

Frank Cahn died Jan. 8 at 94. Survived by wife Hannah; sons Howard (Julie), Steven (Rhonda), Randall (Kristine); 9 grandchildren. Hillside
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Frank Cahn died Jan. 8 at 94. Survived by wife Hannah; sons Howard (Julie), Steven (Rhonda), Randall (Kristine); 9 grandchildren. Hillside

David Coolidge died Jan. 8 at 75. Survived by daughter Natalie. Hillside

Howard Diamond died Jan. 9 at 73. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughters Beth, Debra; sons Cory, Seth (Helene); 10 grandchildren; brother Steve (Eunice). Hillside

Zelman Dorfman died Jan. 9 at 95. Survived by daughters Galina (Mikhail) Dudnik, Polina (Alex) Gutman; 3 grandsons; 4 great-granddaughters. Mount Sinai

Lauren Fischer died Jan. 7 at 67. Survived by husband Randall; son Brandon (Lauren Daniels); daughter Camerin (Jason Shapiro); 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Allan Gartenberg died Dec. 29 at 85. Survived by wife Ina; sons Marc (Joan), Dov (Joanne); daughter Jan (Don Crowll); 9 grandchildren; 12 grandchildren. Hillside

Murray Getz died Jan. 9 at 98. Survived by son Steve (Sharon Lu Visi); daughter Adrienne Wiley; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Susanne Gross Burton died Jan. 5 at 85. Survived by sons Clifford Gross, Warren Gross, Bruce Gross; stepdaughter Irene Bassin; 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Dorothea Hirschberg died Jan. 9 at 91. Survived by husband Abraham; son Michael (Andrea); brother Abraham (Ruth) Perlmutter. Hillside

David Jacob died Dec. 29 at 74. Survived by brother Edward “Ezra”; 1 nephew; 1 niece. Hillside

Tsilya Kapelshchik died Jan. 7 at 97. Survived by daughter Anna (Vladimir) Yepishin; son Alexander Brojdo; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Frieda Lawton died Jan. 1 at 88. Survived by sons Dennis (Janet), Daryl; 2 grandchildren; brother Joe (Harlean) Silverman. Hillside

Rose Levin died Dec. 31 at 97. Survived by son Roy; daughter Fern (Anselmo Sam) Levin-Flores. Hillside

Joseph Levy died Jan. 7 at 55. Survived by wife Kim Wilson; daughter Avrie; brother Ari (Judy). Mount Sinai

Arthur Macnow died Jan. 7 at 79. Survived by son Jeffrey (Chi); daughter Amy; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Joseph M. Mandel died Dec. 27 at 66. Survived by wife Rachel; son Marc; daughter Falicia; mother Ann; sisters Sara Burman, Sharon (Mike) Novins, Monica; nieces and nephews.

Kurt Marcus died Jan. 6 at 96. Survived by wife Edith; son Ron; daughters Marilyn (Alan) Rich, Eileen (Jimmy) Stantzos; 8 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rakhil Morgulis died Jan. 10 at 91. Survived by niece Dina (Isaac) Remenyuk; great-niece Yelena (Stan) Tronik. Mount Sinai

Berta Nadborny died Jan. 5 at 84. Survived by daughter Diana (Ziaedein) Kohen; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Sofia Zelico. Hillside

Dale Pressman died Jan. 3 at 83. Survived by wife Ruth; sons Bradley (Mara), Mitch Netherton; daughters Lisa (Marc) Pender, Melanie White; 9 grandchildren. Hillside

Marlene Rice died Jan. 7 at 83. Survived by husband Robert; daughter Cathy; son Perry. Mount Sinai

Florence Robinson died Jan. 7 at 93. Survived by daughters Cynthia (Tom) Bryan, Lori Jean (Massai) Hatten; sons Berry (Olivia), Craig (Norine); 9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sharon Barbara Rosenthal died Jan. 7 at 76. Survived by son Jason (Jennifer); daughters Marla, Stacy; 3 grandchildren; brother Paul Ballonoff; sister Miriam Bach. Mount Sinai

Rosalind Schultz died Jan. 10 at 99. Survived by daughters Carla Loebman, Kathy Rockman; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Thelma Shatsky died Dec. 30. Survived by daughters Madeline (Richard) Peters, Elaine (Stan) Swartz, Harriet Keller, Janet March; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Stanley Siegel died Jan. 3 at 79. Survived by daughter Lourdes Trujillo; 2 nephews; 1 niece. Hillside

Mitchell Stedman died Dec. 30 at 90. Survived by daughter Gayle (Rick) Noel; son Craig (Lorn) Teller; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Morris Steinberg died Jan. 5 at 94. Survived by wife Natlee; daughters Laurie (Michael) Reynard, Cathy (Maurice Ohnona); son James; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Barry Titlebaum died Jan. 6 at 82. Survived by wife Sheila; son Richard; daughter Beth (Mark) Shmagin; 3 grandchildren; brother Earl Stanley Titlebaum; sister Estabeth. Mount Sinai

Sander Weiner died Jan. 4 at 78. Survived by daughter Beth (Dana) Greene; son David; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Alvin G. Weinstein died Jan. 8 at 88. Survived by daughter Debbie (Steve Kinnear); sons Steven (Vickie), Mark (Sophia); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

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