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Obituaries: Week of March 25, 2016

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March 25, 2016

Edward Irwin Argow died Feb. 9 at 87. Survived by wife Renee; son Peter (Kristen) Argow-Kearney; daughters Janice (Steve) Senit, Abbie (Ira) Korman, Karen (Robert) Luccheie, Karen (Ray) Gliner, Julie (David) Levine; 12 grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Isaac R. Behar died Feb. 11 at 91. Survived by daughter Susan; son Ralph; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Daniel Brenner died Feb. 15 at 64. Survived by brothers Rob (Mariann), Jim (Barbara); companion Bob Kunst. Hillside

Theodore Norman Domroy died Feb. 14 at 67. Survived by daughter Judi; son David (Julia); 3 grandsons; brother Bernard. Mount Sinai

Manny Gerber died Feb. 14 at 77. Survived by daughters Beth (George) Hassid, Lynda; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Joan Goldwyn died Feb. 14 at 85. Survived by sons Greg, Johnathon, Robert (Lisa); daughter Elisa; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Lawrence Greenspan died Feb. 13 at 70. Survived by son Garrett; daughter Ashley; brother Robert; 1 brother-in-law. Hillside

Vicki Gutin died Feb. 16 at 66. Survived by husband Bernard; stepsons Dean Shapiro, Bill. Hillside

Nina Deborah Hale died Feb. 13 at 68. Survived by husband Michael; daughter Anne “Annie” (Daniel) Warren; brothers Paul (Desiree) Levine, Marc (Carole) Levine, Matthew Levine. Mount Sinai

Murray Heller died Feb. 13 at 91. Survived by wife Hope; daughters Susan (Gregory) Moore, Yolanda; son Jeffrey; 1 grandson.
Hillside

Richard Hemar died Feb. 12 at 71. Survived by wife Lynn; daughters Shelley (John) Limpert, Kimberly; son Ryan; brother Peter. Mount Sinai

Shirley Henley died Feb. 12 at 90. Survived by sister Evelyn Solomon; son Richard (Tanya) Sacks. Hillside

Joseph Huntly died Feb. 13 at 87. Survived by daughter Debbie (Remy) Kessler; son Robert (Grace); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Miriam Keller died Feb. 13 at 80. Survived by daughter Fay (Andrew) Weitz; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Cecelia Klotzman died Feb. 14 at 87. Survived by niece Susan (Norman) Bogdanow; nephew Howard Liebman. Mount Sinai

Ronald H. Krim died Feb. 12 at 70. Survived by wife Patrice “Tricie”; son Michael; daughter Natalie; sister Renee (Bob) Brown Stein. Mount Sinai

Judith Leff died Feb. 14 at 75. Survived by husband Sol; daughters Karen (David) Rosenberg, Sheri (Peter) Miller; son Marc (Elin Petersdottir); 7 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson; sister Marcia Silverstein. Mount Sinai

Shirley Lerman died Feb. 9 at 93. Survived by son Cary (Hallie); daughter Barbara (Neal) Schiff; 5 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Philip Marc Midgen died Feb. 12 at 54. Survived by wife Toby; son Isaac; daughter Sophia; sister Sharon (Gerald) Barnett. Mount Sinai

Elizabeth Nielsen died Feb. 9 at 43. Survived by mother Carole; father Erik; sisters Erika, JB Ember; brother Joseph Clancy. Mount Sinai

Raymond Norman died Feb. 12 at 93. Survived by wife Miriam; sons Allen, Glen; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Arnold Pincus died Feb. 15 at 86. Survived by nephew David Dietz; niece Gail Green. Hillside 

Florence Pollock died Feb. 12 at 84. Survived by son Daniel (Marcella), daughters Nancy (Robert) Blackmon, Janet (Craig) Shelton; 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Arthur Posner died Feb. 15 at 93. Survived by sons Gregory (Lisa), Jeffrey (Mer), Lee (Eleanor); 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Natalie Rutberg-Goldman died Feb. 9 at 93. Survived by husband Stan; daughter Barbara (Stan) Katzer; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Marilyn Ruth Shineberg died Feb. 16 at 89. Survived by daughters Susan (John) Weiss, Rene Smith; son Mark; 1 grandson; 1 great-granddaughter; brother Mayer Segal. Mount Sinai

Nancy Fay Stern died Feb. 16 at 86. Survived by daughter Lisa (Paul) Nussbaum; sons Richard (Gail), Marc; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson; sister Sheila (George Kostrisky) Hoffman. Mount Sinai

Yakov Stis died Feb. 9 at 90. Survived by wife Freda; daughter Ella Kirzhner; 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Jeannine Wainrib died Feb. 12 at 63. Survived by husband Roderick Merl; daughter Rachel Wainrib-Friendly (Evan Wheeler); stepson Alexander Merl; stepdaughter Emily Merl; brother Andrew; father Charles. Hillside

Gary Weingroff died Feb. 10. Survived by wife Diane; daughter Jennifer; 1 grandchild; brother Richard; sister Harriet. Hillside

Edna Wise died Feb. 8 at 90. Hillside

Fryderyka Wolfstein died Feb. 12 at 102. Survived by 2 granddaughters; sister Stephanie Splevin. Mount Sinai

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