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Obituaries: Week of September 23rd, 2016

Obituaries: Week of September 23rd, 2016.
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September 21, 2016

Barbara Abramson died Aug. 8 at 77. Survived by husband Irwin; daughter Alisa (Todd) Nathanson; son Michael (Debra); 3 grandchildren; brother Gerald (Joan Topaz) Brodsky. Mount Sinai

Nelson Bambadji died Aug. 14 at 72. Survived by sisters Joyce (Sheldon) Chaplin, Esther Ross, Carolin (Alan) Kohn; brother Mike (Theresa) Bambadji. Mount Sinai

Albert Barnes died Aug. 20 at 90. Survived by wife Josephine; daughters Lianne (Steve Zimmerman), Jenny (Henry Hirschowitz) Graham; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

 Eden Bernardy died Aug. 19 at 52. Survived by husband Gilbert; sons Sam, Cecil; sister Alexis Pearce. Hillside

 Harriet Berro died Aug. 6 at 83. Survived by son Stacy (Stacy); daughter Janet; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Mike Checansky. Mount Sinai

Jerome J. Blaz died Aug. 11 at 88. Survived by wife Shushona; daughter Pebbles Brunelle; son Edward; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Jerome Blumenfeld died Aug. 11 at 92. Survived by daughter Diane (Michael) Kramer; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Mark J. Caplan died Aug. 19 at 72. Survived by wife Barbara Morse; daughter Carrie (Chad) Gahr; son David (Paula); 5 grandchildren; step-daughters Stephanie Morse and Andrea Morse; sister Rosalie Shapiro. Mount Sinai

 Sidney Clayman died Aug. 10 at 90. Survived by daughter Holly (Rick) Carson; sons Mark, Brian (Sharon); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Bernard Cohen died Aug. 14 at 87. Survived by wife Ruth; sons Marc (Lyn), Brett (Kelly), Mitchell (Anna Marie), Alan (Charlene); 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Henry W. “Hanns” Donig died Aug. 8 at 94. Survived by wife Ilse. Mount Sinai

Richard Fineberg died Aug. 16 at 66. Survived by wife Carol; daughter Brooke (Aaron) Ringel; son Jordan Fineberg; 2 grandchildren; sister Evelyn Lucas; brother Robert (Anne) Finn. Mount Sinai

Wilbert Goldsmith died Aug. 9 at 94. Survived by wife Judith; daughters Maralyn (Paul) Soifer, Lauri Roberts; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister Phoebe Donnelly. Mount Sinai

Howard Grafman died Aug. 17 at 89. Survived by wife Paulette; stepson Thomas Raymond Williams III. Mount Sinai

Ruth Greenberg died Aug. 18 at 96. Survived by sons Mark (Sandra), Gordon (Patricia Collins); 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Naomi Hirschhorn died Aug. 8 at 80. Survived by husband Reed; daughter Jessica (Takayuki) Terashima; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

George Horn died Aug. 12 at 87. Survived by wife Barbara; sons Larry (Ellen), Bruce (Laurie), Sidney (Lori); 8 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Gloria Atplefield. Hillside

Sandra L. Kessler died Aug. 7 at 80. Survived by daughter Pamela (Peter Zetterberg); sons Michael (Mara Bernstein), Fred (Rose); 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Russel Seth Leventhal died Aug. 16 at 56. Survived by daughters Lindsay (Daniel) Frankel, Ali; 1 grandchild; mother Sylvia; brother Jonathan (Lisa). Mount Sinai

Frances Z. Leventon died Aug. 15 at 98. Survived by daughters Betty, Sheila. Mount Sinai

Myra Mannheimer died Aug. 16 at 87. Survived by daughter Jean Forray; son Paul (Julia); 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sheila Marems died Aug. 9 at 80. Survived by daughter Lisa Lazar (Dale Glaser); 2 grandchildren; sister Caryl Sherman. Hillside

Edwin Michalove died Aug. 13 at 89. Survived by niece Diane Powers; nephew Dan (Dominique Gallotta) Polier. Hillside

Albert Mizrahi died Aug. 12 at 63. Survived by wife Renee; sons Michael, Jeffrey, Brian, Kevin; sister Vivien Benjamin; brother David; mother Rose. Hillside

Lewis Notrica died Aug. 15 at 91. Survived by wife Mari; daughters Jody Benon, Nikki, Lynn; son Larry; 7 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother Morie. Hillside

Ruth Paver died Aug. 10 at 86. Survived by daughter Jaqueline; son Leslie. Hillside

Sally Shafton died Aug. 18 at 84. Survived by daughters Jill Levinfield, Randi (Drew); son Jeff; 7 grandchildren. Hillside

 Stanley Sherman died Aug. 7 at 88. Survived by daughters Robyn (Gary) Raskin, Lori Poret; sons Jonathan (Tammy) Sherman, Michael Poret; 5 grandchildren; brother Jerry Sherman. Mount Sinai

Rachelle Smith died Aug. 7 at 75. Hillside

Edith Steinberg died Aug. 11 at 97. Survived by daughter Marcy Weisel; son Mark; 1 grandchild; brother Erwin “Sonny” (Jeannie) Raffle. Mount Sinai

Elaine Deutsch Stern died Aug. 13 at 90. Survived by husband Nat; daughter Francine (Michael) Farkas; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Groman Eden

Lewis Weiss died Aug. 14 at 71. Survived by wife Michelle; daughters Mara Weiss, Caryn (Edward) Owen; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

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