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Obituaries: Week of April 7, 2017

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April 5, 2017

Rosalie Appel died March 8 at 105. Survived by daughter Valerie (Hilly) Gordon; son Lee (Eve Beth) Simon; daughter-in-law Barbara Simon; 9 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Nader Aryeh died March 16 at 93. Survived by daughter Vivian (Faramarz Matloob); son Paul; 2 grandchildren; 1 sister; 1 brother. Mount Sinai

Elizabeth Berman died March 22 at 101. Survived by daughter Charlotte (Howard) Goldberg; sons Albert, Michael (Adele); 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Patrick Matthew Boyle died March 5 at 37. Survived by father Philip; stepbrothers Eric Moses, Rodney Moses. Mount Sinai

Lia Bronstein died March 2 at 78. Survived by daughter Anna; son Alexander. Mount Sinai

Max Bunshaft died March 17 at 87. Survived by wife Rena; daughters Ethel (Daniel) Ball, Janet (Wayne) Holtzman; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great- grandchild. Mount Sinai

Harriet Sue Burton died March 9 at 82. Survived by daughter Heather (Allen) Felske; son Mark (Larissa); 1 grandchild; sisters Florence Stark, Phyllis Wolf. Mount Sinai

Pearl Cummings died March 4 at 92. Survived by daughter Fran Coleman; 1 grandchild; brother Leon (Gloria) Fleishman. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Goldfarb died March 10 at 87. Survived by husband Joseph; daughters Lori (Larry Bedin), Ellen (Alan) Cohen, Sheryl; sister Pauline (Edward) Reskin-Kopelman. Mount Sinai

Sidney Gruman died March 7 at 86. Survived by daughter Vicki; sons Gary, Bruce; 3 grandchildren; sister Renee. Mount Sinai 

Phyllis Kaizer-Vernon died March 13 at 88. Survived by daughter Leah; sons Evan (Pam), Daniel; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Morton Murray Kay died March 11 at 92. Survived by son Kenneth (Stefanie); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Karen (Larry) Platt. Mount Sinai

Ida Gussie Keer died March 4 at 88. Survived by daughters Shelley (Sanford) Friedman, Linda (Arnold) Levin; 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Shirley Linde died March 9 at 81. Survived by sons Clinton (Barbara Lloyd) Bailey, Steven (Jacqueline) Ramirez, Joshua Ramirez, Marc Ramirez; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Alfred Michaels died March 14 at 84. Survived by wife Judy; daughters Lori (Bruce) Berman, Dana (Howard) Simon, Pam Simon; 8 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Wendie Lynn Milliken died March 17 at 69. Survived by husband Jerry; mother “Jo” Kierman; father Irving Kierman; brother Steven Kierman. Mount Sinai

Justin Meryl Purchin died Feb. 25 at 89. Survived by wife Arlene Jaron Purchin; sons Jeffery (Melissa), Andrew (Scotty) Purchin-Brookie, Marc (Steven) Purchin-Escobar; 2 grandchildren; sister Daryl Piesner. Mount Sinai

Zoltan Rados died March 15 at 95. Survived by wife Magda; daughters Judy (Rick) Richman, Angie (Bill Cloke) Rados Cloke; son Steve (Alyce); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Irving Herman Raifaisen died March 12 at 88. Survived by daughter Jill (Mike) Ackart; son Andrew (Elizabeth); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Jacob Reich died March 16 at 93. Survived by daughters Evelyn (Warren Pompei) Pike, Rosalyn; 3 grandchildren; sister Frances Wendell. Mount Sinai

Grant Rosove died March 11 at 56. Survived by wife Renee; daughters Danielle, Rachel; sons Jason, Jackson; sisters Mishelle (Stewart) Wilson, Debra; mother Beverly; father Sherman (Elaine). Mount Sinai

Steve Schechter died March 9 at 70. Survived by daughter Lauren; son Justin. Mount Sinai

Sondra Schulhof died March 5 at 84. Survived by husband Armin; daughters Eva Burns, Cora Herskowitz; sons Alan Savitt, Daniel Savitt; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Barbara Schweiger died March 11 at 85. Survived by daughters Helene (Alan) Apper, Debra Kasparian, Ellen Beth; son Bruce (Amy); 3 grandchildren; brother Gerald (Nina Greenberg) Solender. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Senet died March 14 at 99. Survived by daughters Lisa (Al) Gray, Diane (Herbert) Vanhouse; sons Ted (Leslie), Steve (Patricia), Bradley (Julie); 12 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Michele Gail Steele died March 18 at 70. Survived by husband William; daughter Carly (Adam) Segers; son Cory; stepdaughters Wendy (Tracy) Cadeil, Tanya (John Grey); 4 grandchildren; mother Rose Zussin. Mount Sinai

Fred Weintraub died March 5 at age 88. Survived by wife Jacqueline; daughters Sondra, Barbara; sons Max, Zachary; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Barry George West died March 12 at 74. Survived by wife Teri Benaron; daughter Karen (Ben) Levine; son Steve (Aimee); 4 grandchildren; brother Mark. Mount Sinai n

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