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Obituaries: Week of Dec. 2, 2016

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November 30, 2016

Gloria Applefield died Nov. 6 at 92. Survived by son Paul (Robin); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Irving Baum died Nov. 14 at 90. Survived by daughters Sheri (Stewart) Kessel, Ellen (Jeffrey) Laub; son Gary (Kelly); 5 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sylvia Cohen died Nov. 14 at 92. Survived by son David (Marcia Miller); 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Lucille Dylewski died Nov. 14 at 88. Survived by sons Stuart (Elaine), Michael (Susan); 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sue Eisfelder died Nov. 11 at 95. Survived by daughters Elise, Cindy; son Robert (Jill); 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Ben Freedman died Nov. 11 at 92.  Survived by daughter Sharon (Lowell) Matthews; son Michael (Faye); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Brittany Frommer died Oct. 28 at 22. Survived by mother Alisa Polack; father Edward Ray; sisters Rachel Polack, Hilary. Hillside

Carol Gardner died Nov. 4 at 87. Survived by daughter Janet; son Anthony (Margarita). Hillside

Gedaliahu “Gary” Held died Nov. 8 at 90. Survived by wife Bertha; daughters Rebecca (Rob) Noblin, Lynette Shifman; 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Harold Jacobs died Nov. 10 at 92. Survived by brother Robert (Irene). Hillside

Shirley Kraut died Nov. 15 at 90. Survived by husband Jules; son Johnathan (April); 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Carol Leaf died Nov. 21 at 91. Survived by sons Richard (Karen), Ronald (Jamie); 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Bernard Levine died Nov. 9 at 99. Survived by daughter Judy (Johnathan) Zimbert; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Dorothy Mendelson died Nov. 6 at 91. Survived by sons Larry, Terry (Lindy); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Benjamin Pilosof died Nov. 15 at 88. Survived by wife Cecilia; daughter Olivia Silbar; sons Leon, Maurice; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Ruth Roman died Nov. 13 at 97. Survived by daughter Susan (Bill) Curtis; son Phil (Elaine) Roman; 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Gertrude “Trudy” Staler died Nov. 11 at 93. Survived by daughter Janet (Marc Benard) Winter; sons Wallace Weiner, Stephen (Constance) Weiner; stepson Terry (Staci);
5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Arnold Susman died Nov. 13 at 91. Survived by wife Norma; daughter Valerie (Phil) Goldfine; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Elena Thoms died Nov. 15 at 86. Survived by sons Arthur Bender, Lon (Heidi) Bender; 5 grandchildren; brother Arthur Lebowitz. Mount Sinai 

Al Weber Jr. died Nov. 8 at 65. Survived by wife Bonnie; daughter Allison (Ethan) Ledbetter; son Andrew; sister Cherie (Danny) Woodward; stepdaughters Kaylee Rabjohn, Sydnee Rabjohn; son-in-law Austin Peterson. Mount Sinai

Miklos Weiss died Nov. 9 at 86. Survived by daughter Sheri; sons Larry, Steven (Joyce); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Valeria Wolf died Nov. 14 at 87. Survived by daughters Marcia Colwell Jaconi, Bonnie Blacklidge, Jolie Wolf Jashni; sons Jeremy, David Jr.; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

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