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Obituaries: Week of Sept. 15, 2017

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September 13, 2017

Rachel Abraham died Aug. 4 at 90. Survived by daughters Jeannine, Sonia Wegge; son Shalome; 3 grandchildren; brother Aaron Sassoon; sister Tabby Joseph. Chevra Kadisha

Sol Altman died Aug. 10 at 88. Survived by wife Olga; daughter Lynn (John) Klena; sons Joel (Lisa), Paul (Jane); 6 grandchildren; brother David (Hui). Mount Sinai

Richard Angelini died Aug. 14 at 59. Survived by wife Christina; daughters Elizabeth, Kathryn (Michael) Olexiewicv; son Anthony. Hillside

Bea Wain Baruch died Aug. 19 at 100. Survived by daughter Bonnie (Mark) Barnes; son Wayne (Shelley). Mount Sinai

Linda Binder died Aug. 19 at 76. Survived by daughters Wendi (David) Wallerstein, Julee (Ken) Shapiro; son Bruce; 4 grandchildren; sister Jean Troyer. Mount Sinai

Arthur Brown died Aug. 7 at 96. Survived by daughter Sandra (John Dzus); son Gary; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Jacob Castroll died Aug. 11 at 67. Survived by wife Rody; daughters Lea (Curtis) Rookwood, Rica (Paul) Sutch; son Victor (Oria); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Shayne Coulter died Aug. 17 at 74. Survived by brother Morton. Hillside

Dorothy Franklin died Aug. 7 at 89. Survived by son Gregg (Jan); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Steven Goldberg died Aug. 10 at 47. Survived by mother Gail Fisher; brother David (Lindsay). Mount Sinai

Richard Saul Greenberg died Aug. 13 at 68. Survived by sister Anne (Norman) Zaslow. Mount Sinai

Richard N. Gross died Aug. 8 at 88. Survived by wife Elaine; brother Theodore. Chevra Kadisha

Harry Gulack died Aug. 14 at 94. Survived by wife Dolores; son Jeffrey (Deborah); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Leona Hyams died Aug. 12 at 93. Survived by daughter Barbara; son Kenneth (Elaine). Mount Sinai

Mahin Kamran died Aug. 12 at 87.  Survived by daughters Mehrzad (John) Hay, Debbie (Leon) Farahnik, Shahrzad Shamsi, Yasi (Sid) Molayem; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brothers Mousa Soomkeh, Jamshid (Jacqueline) Soomkeh; sister Minou (David) Michlin. Mount Sinai

Arnold Kaplan died Aug. 11 at 91. Survived by sons Ronald (Cynthia Kaplan-Daniels), Daniel (Christi), Jack (Rena); daughter Roanne (Mike) Murphy; 6 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild. Mount Sinai

Natalie M. Kaye died Aug. 14 at 88. Survived by son Danny; daughter Lori Dumont; 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Daniel Jay Levy died Aug. 18 at 58. Survived by wife Sandra Manning Levy; daughters Madeline Charlotte, Chelsea Elizabeth.

Judith Lipton died Aug. 16 at 77. Survived by daughter Megan (Mario) Lipton-Inga; son Noah; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

June Loewy died Aug. 11 at 92. Survived by daughter Carolee Loewy Reed; sons Michael, Mardy; 4 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rosy Meiron died Aug. 17 at age 97. Survived by sons Dan (Beryl), Gad; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

David Morris died Aug. 9 at 100. Survived by wife Lily Carden; daughter Beverley (Steven) Carden Miller; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Meyer “Mike” Nadler died Aug. 9 at 98. Survived by daughters Joann (Michael) Schecter, Susan. Mount Sinai

Helen Perlmutter died Aug. 10 at 91. Survived by daughter Jane Diersing; son Daniel (Melodye) Warshauer. Mount Sinai

Burt Manheim Pressman died ​July 27​ at 75​. Survived by wife ​Ellen Kositchek Pressman; daughters Andrea (Greg) Cohen, Michelle (Ethan) Abrams; son Jeff (Jill); 7 grandchildren; brother ​Robert J. Kositchek Jr. ​Sinai Mortuary of Phoenix

Mary Tellez Rabin died Aug. 13 at 75. Survived by husband Allen. Mount Sinai

Charlotte Rokaw died Aug. 10 at 98. Survived by daughters Enid, Paula (Mel Levy), Irene (John Reese); 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harriette Rosenstein died Aug. 10 at 78. Survived by husband Allen; daughter Cindy Garcia; son Stephen; 2 grandchildren; sisters Gail (Lloyd) Teran, Sandy Norian. Mount Sinai

Beverly Edyth Rubenstein died Aug. 13 at 89. Survived by daughter Randi; son Don (Vicki); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Henry Shaul died Aug. 19 at 85. Survived by wife Maureen; daughters Nicole (Billy) Burt, Leanne; son Stan (Stacy); 4 grandchildren; sister Hilda Sehayet. Mount Sinai

Naomi Shuman died Aug. 16 at 89. Survived by daughters Pamela (Kathleen Briley), Amy; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Paul (Rose-Helene) Spreiregen. Hillside

Clifford Wolf died Aug. 15 at 98. Survived by daughter Stephanie (Benjamin) Morales; stepdaughter Wendy (Walter) Boror; son Michael; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

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