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Obituaries: Week of October 14, 2016

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October 14, 2016

Donald Lee Alpert died Sept. 6 at 87. Survived by wife Sandra; daughters Dena Kramer, Hilary Kahn; son Howard; 14 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Miriam Apsel died Sept. 8 at 89. Survived by nephews Les and Bob Sutton. Chevra Kadisha

Viviane Austin died Sept. 2 at 96. Survived by sons Steve (Norma), Leslie (Brenda); 1 grandchild; brother Daniel Fondant. Mount Sinai 

Edwin Bernstein died Sept. 4 at 76. Survived by wife Jeanne; son Gregg (Natalie); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Ethel Diamond died Sept. 5 at 87. Survived by daughters Trina (Robert), Ronette (Kevin), Andrea (Richard); son David (Laura Gail); 9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Sholom Chapels Mortuary

Ida Friedman died Sept. 7 at 91. Survived by daughter Janet (William) Parsons; son Mark (Mehrmaz) Friedman. Mount Sinai

Eva Fuzesi died Sept. 9 at 95. Survived by daughter Sue (Bernard) Gross; son Andrew (Nancy) Fuzesi; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Charlotte Gelb died Sept. 5 at 91. Survived by daughter Anne Cholakian; son Daniel (Beverly) Gelb-Ellis; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Bernice Glazer died Sept. 7 at 93. Survived by husband Charles; daughter Shelley (Lindsay); sons William (Rea), Paul; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Rebecca Goodman died Sept. 8 at 93. Survived by daughters Laurie (Eddie) Rissien, Nancy Goodman-Rodriguez, Barbara (Mel) Sant; brother Alex Litrov; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Lyanne B. Graur died Sept. 4 at 91. Survived by daughter Michelle Fox; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Earl Greinetz died Sept. 6 at 86. Survived by daughters Marcee (Mitch) Weiss, Lynne (Robert) Zuckerman; son Alan; 14 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Myra Katzer died Sept. 9 at 99. Survived by daughter Linda (Mike) Barton; son Sheldon (Jeri); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Russell Kavanaugh died Sept. 8 at 63. Survived by daughters Nicole, Jessica; brother Jack (Leslie). Mount Sinai

Isaac Levy died Sept. 4 at 97. Survived by daughters Clara (Mark), Sandra (Dovid) Michel; sons Beny (Deborah), Ira; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Diana Miller died Sept. 9 at 93. Survived by daughters Judy (Louis) Woznicki, Ellen (Edward) Schabes; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Arnold Ogren died Sept. 9 at 78. Survived by daughters Jennifer (Ramsey) Salem, Stephanie (Robert) Barker; 3 grandchildren; brother Ken (Carol). Mount Sinai

Dina Reznik died Sept. 6 at 88. Survived by sons Roman, Boris (Bella); 2 grandchildren; brother Efim Shostack. Mount Sinai 

Shirley Schnee died Sept. 3 at 83. Survived by daughter Sandra (Don) Ketchum; sons Stephen, Elliot (Kathy). Hillside

Judith Schwartz died Sept. 7 at 72. Survived by daughters Debra (Mike) Zeiden, Loren; son Joey (Frida); 4 grandchildren; sister Annette Berk. Hillside

Morris Shandler died Sept. 6 at 99. Survived by wife Muriel; daughters Carol (Todd Smayda), Nancy De Paolo; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; brother Bernie. Mount Sinai 

Jean Shev died Sept. 3 at 94. Survived by daughter Holly (Mark Lenetsky); sons Gary (Robyn), Steve (Eva Soederstroem); 8 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Arkady Sosinov died Sept. 1 at 60. Survived by wife Zoya; sons Kevin, Jonathan. Mount Sinai 

Harriet F. Stone died Sept. 6 at 85. Survived by daughter Patti Sue; sons Scott Stone, Jeffrey Frank; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Fanny Sztanski died Sept. 8 at 92. Survived by son Charles (Stephanie). Hillside

Howard S. York died Sept. 8 at 93. Survived by nephews Richard (Kenna Dean) Sadja, Lee (Zvia) Sadja. Mount Sinai n

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