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Obituaries: Week of March 23, 2017

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March 22, 2017

Norman Acker died Feb. 23 at 98. Survived by son Dennis. Hillside

Morris A. Berkowitz died Feb. 19 at age 91. Survived by wife Lois; daughters Sharron Lee (Michael) Bradley, Carole Mumford; 2 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Broidy died Feb. 17 at 91. Survived by daughters Claudia (Mike) Sterling, Michele (David) Nastarin; son Elliot (Robin); 7 grandchildren. Hillside

Della Carmona died Feb. 25 at 96. Survived by sons Michael “Mike” (Miriam), Ken (Mary), Charles (Betty); 9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother Morley “Kippy” Lertzman. Mount Sinai

Moshe Cohen died Feb. 21 at 91. Survived by son Jeff (Siv-Lee) Cohen; stepson Michael Simon; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Ann Diamond died Feb. 18 at 97. Survived by daughter Karen (Marko) Markovich; son Neil A. (Norma); 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Albert (Evelyn) Canter; sister Marilyn Aaronson. Mount Sinai

Jeanne Eget died on Feb. 21 at 88. Survived by daughter Pamela (Susan Sherman) Juhos; son Richard Allan (Stephanie Reitzenstein); 7 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Herbert Theodore Fink died Feb. 18 at 93. Survived by wife Norma; daughters Lisa (Richard) Davis, Leslie Letellier, Tracy; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ella Furman died Feb. 13 at age 79. Survived by sons Eugene, Michael; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Lucy Goldsmith died Feb. 23 at 92. Survived by daughters Linda (Rick) Paul, Laurie; son Michael; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Maurice Aronzon. Mount Sinai

Frederick Goodrich died Feb. 18 at 92. Survived by wife Connie. Hillside

David Gorlick died Feb. 18 at 83. Survived by daughter Melissa Sara (Alon) Gorlick Marer; son Solomon (Melinda Costa) Gorlick; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ronald Granit died Feb. 20 at 76. Survived by wife Diana; sons Eric, Todd; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Natalie Korngute Hall died Feb. 18 at 24. Survived by mother Jo Anne Korngute; brothers Zack (Micaela Westerlund) Hall, Richard (Anna) Korngute. Mount Sinai

Clara Kundin died Feb. 23 at 95. Survived by sons Sheldon (Lynn), Bruce (Carol); 5 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great- grandchild. Mount Sinai

Mitzi Lebowsky died Feb. 21 at 95. Survived by daughter Marla (Robert) Epstein; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Reva Salm Levenson died Feb. 18 at 85. Survived by daughter Sylvia (Frank) Linguiti; sons Edward Salm, Lorin Salm; 2 grandchildren; brother Michael (Sandra) Dubinsky. Mount Sinai

Menasce Elie Levi died Feb. 16 at 92. Survived by daughters Terry Snyder, Simone (Chuck) Politi, Debbie (Richard) Minchenberg; son E. Alain (Ruta); 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sister Liliane (Levi) Gani; brother Andre. Hillside

Elaine Lichtman died Feb. 14 at 78. Survived by daughter Cheryl (Scott) Grimm; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Helen Marks died Feb. 20 at 99. Survived by daughters Janet (Stan), Gerry (Dan) Clark; 9 grandchildren. Hillside

Ida Mundell died Feb. 24 at 102. Hillside

Heather Lynne Olsen died Feb. 19 at 36. Survived by husband Travis; son Grant; sister Michelle (Kory) Budish-Collin; mother Deborah (Jay Layman) Worth; father Alan (Rose) Budish. Mount Sinai

Donald Schweitzer died Feb. 19 at 89. Survived by daughters Jaimie (Peter Silberg), Vicki (Gary) Meissic; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Rose Schwimer died Feb. 17 at 93. Survived by sons Scott (Michael Epstein), Stanford (Randi); daughter Sandee (Jim) Russell; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Helen Robinson died Feb. 20 at 96. Survived by daughter Jacqueline Eldridge; son Ira; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Rosalind Ross died Feb. 23 at 94. Survived by sons John (Cookie), William (Marie); 2 grandchildren.; brother Max Meyerson. Hillside

George Ruderman died Feb. 21 at 91. Survived by wife Ruth; daughter Jeanne (Philippe), Diane (Scott) Weingarten; 4 grandchildren; sister Lila Goodman. Mount Sinai

Milton Slotkin died Feb. 16 at 97. Survived by son Steven; son-in-law Steven Gordon; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Alfred Spivak died Feb. 24 at 88. Survived by wife Betty; daughter Sharon; son Michael (Gaby); 2 grandchildren; brother Herb. Hillside

Herbert Stone died Feb. 12 at 73. Survived by wife Beverly; daughters Amanda (Ryan), Shiloh; son Darren Stone. Mount Sinai

Florence Templer died Feb. 17, 2017 at 94. Survived by daughter Beverly (Jerry) Nemetz; son Alan (Lea); 4 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Selma Weinreich died Feb. 24 at 86. Survived by husband Abraham; daughter Rina (Isaac) Aharoni; sons David (Galina), Don (Kara); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

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