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Max Finkelstein died Aug. 23 at 101. Survived by daughter Sandy (Gilad) Ben-Artzi; son David (Naomi); 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Carl Elliot Green died Aug. 22 at 71. Survived by wife Eileen; daughters Michelle, Stephanie (Mark); sister Gayle (Marty) Golden. Groman Eden

George Kaczender died Aug. 24 at 83. Survived by wife Joan; son Justin George. Mount Sinai

Manuel Martin Kalter died Aug. 24 at 76. Survived by 6 cousins. Groman Eden

Ilene Kaufman died Aug. 23 at 85. Survived by daughter Robin (Walter) Courtney; sons Joseph (Marla), Kenneth (Avishag), Howard (Christa); 8 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Margye Kaufman died Aug. 10 at 92. Survived by sons Richard (Gayle) Kaufman, Robert Kaufman; 2 granddaughters. Mount Sinai

Lawrence Labinger died Aug. 22 at 100.  Survived by sons Jerald, Harvey; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lya Levy died Aug. 23 at 88. Survived by son Alexander (Nancy). Hillside

Henrietta Mirell died Aug. 22 at 91. Survived by son Douglas (Laurie Levenson); 3 grandchildren; sister Audrey Leider. Hillside

Margot Rechnitz died Aug. 22 at 91. Survived by daughter Eleanor (Herman) Shuster; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Herbert Riceberg died Aug. 23 at 93. Survived by wife Louise; daughters Gail (Lloyd) King, Diane (Harry) Paul; 1 grandchild; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Joseph Scheer died Aug. 26 at 89. Survived by wife Regina; daughters Sari (Eric Frank), Elaine;  1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Michael Schiller died Aug. 22 at 103. Survived by his nephew Sidney Berenson. Mount Sinai

Doris Schwager died Aug. 21 at 85.  Survived by son Brian; 1 grandchild; sister Rion (Herman) Ablon. Mount Sinai

Rosalyn Senkfor died Aug. 22 at 95. Survived by sons Burton (Jo Ann), Michael Senkfor; 2 granchildren; sister Edith Ballonoff. Mount Sinai

Franchon Waldman died Aug. 20 at 68. Survived by husband Harvey; daughters Eve, Dvorah. Mount Sinai

Lorraine Weinberg died on Aug. 25 at 89. Survived by sons Michael (Marty), Brian (Jeanette), Lawrence (Linda), Steven (Sherry); sister Genevieve Liner. Mount Sinai

Bernice Wetstein died Aug. 24 at 95. Survived by sons Stephen, Craig; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Robert H. Zilz died Aug. 22 at 95. Survived by wife Nora; daughter Cathy (Umberto) Bagnara; sons Michael (Megan), Leonard (Anni); 5 grandchildren; sister Ruth. Mount Sinai 

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