Obituaries: Week of April 15, 2016

Mendel Alpert died March 2 at 98. Survived by son Van (Nancy); daughter Susan (Richard) Williamson; 4 grandchildren; sister Miriam Bier. Mount Sinai

Sandra Arnold died March 1 at 80. Survived by daughter Caralyn Olson; son Johnathan Frank; stepson Dean Olson; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Howard (Elaine) Sugar. Hillside

Herbert Allen Berger died March 7 at 82. Survived by wife Evelyn; daughter Jeannine (Graham Purvis); son Brian (Leslie); 2 grandchildren; sister Sydelle (Del) Wolken; 1 brother-in-law. Mount Sinai

Julia G. Weiss Mullen Browner died March 5 at 90. Survived by sons Steven, Bruce, Robert; daughter Joanne; 4 grandchildren; sister Johanna Robbins.

Alice Danziger died March 9 at 90. Survived by son Robert (Christine); daughter Patricia Apoian; 1 grandchild; brother Richard Greenfield. Hillside

Elliott Ellenson died March 5 at 92. Survived by sons Allen (Sharon), Roger, Scott. Mount Sinai

Lawrence Frierman died March 2 at 86. Survived by wife Janice; son Michael (Cahte); daughter Randee (Neal) Levin; stepson Ethan (Kelley) Bingel; 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson. Mount Sinai

Sophia Handin died March 8 at 94. Survived by daughter Liliane (James) Farb; 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sidney W. Helperin died March 5 at 90. Survived by wife Vikki; daughter Amy (Jeffrey) Krivis; son Robert (Joanne); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson. Groman Eden

Roslyn S. Hills died March 9 at 90. Survived by daughters Linda (Zygmunt) Martynowicz, Laurie (Jon) Alexander-Hills; son Ronald Scott (Diane); 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Frances Kaushansky died March 9 at 86. Survived by sons Kenneth (Lauren), Howard (Colleen); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Morton Klein died March 5 at 89. Survived by wife Rosalyn; son Henry “Hank”; daughter Emily (Nicholas Bogen); 2 grandchildren; sister Roslyn Flegel. Hillside

Boris Kopelevich died March 1 at 91. Survived by wife Rakhil; daughter Alla (Michael) Karpus; son Alex (Victoria); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harold Ralph Lassoff died March 7 at 89. Survived by wife Grace; sons Robert (Justine), David (Iris), Steven (Beth), Peter (Alison); 9 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Cheryl Leatherman died March 8 at 62. Survived by husband Doug; daughters Staci (Scott) Davis-Turner, Melissa (John) Weedin; 4 grandchildren; sister Stephanie (Michael) Avdee; brother Lloyd (Dahlia) Mann. Hillside

Elaine Lerman died March 2 at 86. Survived by daughter Jane (Michael) Urman; son Ned; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson. Groman Eden

Melinda Lerner died March 6 at 56. Survived by husband John Powell; son Oliver Powell, mother Maree Tarnowska, sisters Tamasine Hanson, Anna; brother Daniel. Hillside

Julio David Liberman died March 3 at 87. Survived by wife Ida; son Jeffrey (Angela); daughters Liane (Benjamin) Sternlieb, Caroly Bass; 11 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brothers Elias (Miriam), Jose (Esther). Mount Sinai

Julia Mullen died March 5 at 90. Survived by sons Robert (Laurene), Bruce, Steven (Nancy Gulish); daughter Julia Stone; 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Barbara Pascal died March 9 at 81. Survived by husband Anthony; daughters Jennifer, Amy; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Emily S. Passovoy died March 5 at 94. Survived by cousin Ted Toback; friend Betty McDougall. Groman Eden

Victor Penso died March 2 at 89. Survived by wife June; sons Bruce (Catherine), Jerry (Andy); daughters Sally, Judy; 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Conrad “Conny” Platt died March 3 at 101. Survived by son Neal (Fran); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Donald Savel died March 1 at 89. Survived by son Mark (Robyne); daughter Melinda; 3 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Pearl Seligman died March 5 at 91. Survived by daughter Audrey (Mike) Gruner; 1 granddaughter. Hillside

Riva Shaulova died Feb. 29 at 103. Survived by son Moisey (Inga) Khanouknov; 3 nephews. Mount Sinai

Gerald Curtis Stone died March 5 at 85. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughters Dianne, Suzanne; son Scott (Aliza); 11 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Belle Farer Telson died March 9 at 98. Survived by sons Howard (Karen) Farer, Marc (Denise) Farer; daughter Abby Farer Hayden; 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Herbert A. Wenderoff died Feb. 27 at 93. Survived by daughter Lori (Steven Stevens) Glickman; 4 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 1 daughter-in-law. Mount Sinai

Celia “Chickie” Wolfe died March 1 at 96. Survived by sons Allen, Sam (Sally); daughter Beverly (Antonio) Ledesma; 9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Solomon Irving “Zak” Zakheim died March 6 at 87. Survived by sons Myles (Diana Peterson), Robert (Susan); 4 grandchildren; sister Charlotte Frommer; companion Leslie Charney. Mount Sinai