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Obituaries: Week of March 18, 2016

Charlotte Alber died Feb. 7 at 101. Survived by son Irwin (Lana); 3 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy Decker; 1 niece. Mount Sinai\n
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Charlotte Alber died Feb. 7 at 101. Survived by son Irwin (Lana); 3 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy Decker; 1 niece. Mount Sinai

Fred Ashkenasy died Feb. 8 at 90. Survived by son Lance (Diana); daughter Judy Barila; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Celia Barnum died Feb. 8 at 97. Survived by daughters Moreen Caro, Gail Baltes, Karol; 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Bernhut died Jan. 12 at 88. Survived by daughters Sherri (David) Chapman, Annette (Glenn) Caplin, Roberta (Robert) Lansman; 8 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Jeffrey Bluen died Feb. 2 at 58.  Survived by wife Lisa; sons Joel, Ben, Steven. Chevra Kadisha

Sylvia Bremer died Jan. 11 at 92. Survived by daughters Deborah (Edward), Julie (Robert); son Randolph (Genevieve); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Malinow and Silverman

Joseph “Jerry” Brick died Feb. 7 at 94. Survived by wife Ilene; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Simon Cymerint died Jan. 7 at 93. Survived by sons John (Carol), Robbie (Michelle), Mark (Monique); 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Paula Dragutsky died Jan. 19 at 72. Survived by daughter Nancy (Mitchell) Moss; 3 grandchildren; sister Marjorie (Bram) Jelin. Malinow and Silverman 

Betty Fels died Jan. 15 at 88. Survived by daughter Ronni (Michael) Sommer; son Richard (Karen); 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Ruby (Martin) Carneol. Malinow and Silverman 

Leonard Garber died Jan. 23 at 86. Survived by wife Sylvia; daughters Neila (Andrew) Bernstein, Beth (Rick) Shumacher, Susan (Brian) Yonts, Linda (Barbara Blinick); son Alan (Lori); 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Malinow and Silverman

Sherwin Gillman died Jan. 12 at 94. Survived by wife Bonnie; sons Michael (Rebecca), Adam (Michelle); daughter Margo; 5 grandchildren; sisters Geraldine (Morton) Schullman, Marcia Gillman. Malinow and Silverman

Irving Grouse died Jan. 31 at 91. Survived by daughter Elizabeth (Marlin) Green; sons John (Deborah), David (Frances); 6 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Louise Jacoby died Jan. 30 at 88. Survived by sons Marc, Jay, Scott, Eric; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Andrew Kane died Feb. 8 at 63. Survived by sister Francine (Jack) Greenbaum. Hillside

Bailey Karr died Jan. 19 at 81. Survived by daughter Hillary Kelley; son Randall Kelley. Malinow and Silverman 

Robert Kudler died Jan. 9 at 84. Survived by wife Phyllis; daughters Debra Pelfrey, Cynthia Algra; son Mark; 3 grandchildren; sister Doris Engroen; brother Joel. Malinow and Silverman   

Alan Liker died Feb. 5 at 78. Survived by son Harley (Julie); daughters Renee (Ivor) Wolk, Elisa; 6 grandchildren; brother Stanley (Evelyn). Hillside

Judith Lyon died Jan. 24 at 80. Survived by daughters Allison (Lloyd) Segan, Robin Gardner. Malinow and Silverman

Harvey Mandel died Feb. 9 at 74. Survived by daughters Kimberly (Jaren Vine) Mandel-Vine, Jennifer Starkov; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Barbara Margolin died Jan. 12 at 88. Survived by daughter Roberta Eichenblatt. Malinow and Silverman

Helen Mel died Jan. 1 at 75. Survived by daughters Debbie Massarano, Robin (Tom) Kelley; 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters Lorraine, Ruth, Marilyn (Ezra) Amir; brothers Dave, Steve (Penny) Robby. Malinow and Silverman 

Dina Meyer died Jan. 15 at 81. Survived by daughter Leslie (Michael) Adler; son Michael (Peggy); 4 grandchildren; sister Joan Lissauer. Malinow and Silverman 

Miriam W. Moorman died Feb. 8 at 90.  Survived by husband Herbert; sons Uri (Linda) Hertz, Amram Hertz. Mount Sinai

Rene Osman died Jan. 15 at 79. Survived by wife Dorothy; daughters Jacqueline (Todd) Rosen, Gabrielle (Ben) Sigel, Rochelle (Michael) Seeman; son Lawrence (Laura); 12 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman 

Hyman Shanin died Feb. 8 at 94. Survived by daughters Sandra (Bill) Lasarow, Jeanne (Rabbi Carla Freedman), Laurie (Tim Ryan); 1 granddaughter. Mount Sinai

Leonard Shapiro died Jan. 1 at 73. Survived by wife Gail; son Warren (Lisa); 2 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Seymour Shilling died Feb. 8 at 86. Survived by daughter Pamela Beth (Earle) Greenberg; son Mark Steven; 2 granddaughters. Mount Sinai

Roza Shimanchik died Jan. 2 at 88. Survived by husband Mikhail; daughter Zina (Ilya) Tsukerman; son Alexander. Malinow and Silverman 

Estelle Spiwak died Feb. 8 at 90. Survived by sons Glenn, Brian. Hillside

Elisabeth Thornton died Jan. 8 at 87. Survived by daughter Cynthia; son Michael. Malinow and Silverman 

June Tilem died Feb. 8 at 86. Survived by daughter Debra (Steve) Kessler; sons David, Jeffrey. Mount Sinai

Yetta Zimmerman died Feb. 6 at 99. Survived by daughters Barbara (Bill) Green, Paula Ross; 5 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; sister Freda Leibson. Mount Sinai

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