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Obituaries: Week of Nov. 3, 2017

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November 2, 2017

Doris Banchik-Moxley died Oct. 20 at 69. Survived by husband John “Jack”; brother Joel (Randy). Mount Sinai

Philip William Baron died Oct. 21 at 56. Survived by wife Cindy; daughter Sarah; son Samuel; brother Lee; mother-in-law Faye Delson; brother-in-law Kevin (Diane) Delson. Mount Sinai

Rose Sarah Berman died Oct. 15 at 88. Survived by daughters Orrie (Harry) Frochtzwajg, Sharon (Jonathan Kramer); 3 grandchildren; sister Clara (Manny) Weintraub. Mount Sinai

David Bleiberg died Oct. 10 at 87. Survived by daughter Laura; son Daniel (Darcie Miller); 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Odessa Dubinsky died Oct. 12 at 105. Survived by nephews Reis (Sherri) Kayser, Bennett Kayser. Hillside

Edward Lyon Gabriel died Oct. 8 at 83. Survived by daughter Andrea (Steve) Jaffe; son Jonathan; 4 grandchildren; brother Richard (Sharon); sister Eve Segal. Mount Sinai

Warren C. Gilmore died Oct. 9 at 83. Survived by wife Pat; daughter Leslie; sons Mark, Mikal; stepdaughter Karen Sternbach; stepson Eric Sternbach; 4 grandchildren; sister Madeleine Lieber. Mount Sinai

Harriet Levinson Greenberg died Oct. 9 at 84. Survived by daughter Janice; son Barry (Judi); foster son David (Karen) Marder; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Fae Elizabeth Hoffman-Buckner died Sept. 27 at 73. Survived by son David; brothers Nathan (Madelyn), Joel (Judy), Abram Jon. Groman Eden

Hilda Horowitz died Oct. 9 at 87. Survived by husband Abraham; daughter Susan (David) Patterson; sons Alan (Lisa) Edwards, Steve. Hillside

Robert Karan died Oct. 14 at 89. Survived by wife Natalie; daughter Barbara (Leor) Tamir; sons Steven, Mark. Mount Sinai

Philip Joel Karlin died Oct. 11 at 82. Survived by wife Mary Ann; daughter Amy; sons Marc (Cynthia), David, Steven; 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Dov Tibor Katz died Oct. 19 at 89. Survived by daughters Robin Seligman, Rhea (Joey) Gatton; 2 grandchildren; sisters Ibi Steinberger, Rosie Farkas. Mount Sinai

Ruth Klein died Oct. 22 at 97. Survived by daughters Carole (Raphael Gilbert), Linda Goldman; son Kenneth (Jan); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Samson Koltunov died Oct. 12 at 94. Survived by wife Anna; daughter Marina (Yuri) Levitan; 2 grandchildren; brother-in-law Vladimir (Zina Ioffe) Mintz. Mount Sinai

Olga Lobl died Oct. 18 at 104. Survived by son Thomas (Michele); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lily Marks died Oct. 16 at 100. Survived by daughter Gillian Wesenberg; son Larry. Mount Sinai

Sandra Miereanu died Oct. 8 at 77. Survived by husband Howard; daughters Romy (Ronnie) Sperling, Stacy (Barry) Westrum; son Gary (Maria); 6 grandchildren; brother Michael (Jean) Denos. Mount Sinai

Elliott Nathan died Oct. 15, at 94. Survived by wife Adrianne; daughters Sandra Strom, Kathy Bannes; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lorraine Ornstein died Oct. 11 at 89. Survived by husband Elmer; daughter Lisa; son Paul Leslie (Debra); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Linda Anne Richman died Oct. 14 at 63. Survived by husband Steven; daughter Rebecca; son Michael; mother Ruth Netzer. Mount Sinai

Edwin Martin Rosenberg died Aug. 28 at 86. Survived by wife Tobie; daughters Jo-Anne (Avi) Novik, Hylee (Mary Dangle) Leatherman; son Eric; 5 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Ralph Rosner died Oct. 9 at 88. Survived by wife Jacqueline; daughters Denise, Dana, Debbie Rosner-Mulder. Hillside

Samuel William Sayles died Oct. 11 at 1. Survived by mother Tracey; father Robert; sisters Rachel, Selah; brothers Wyatt, Isaac; grandfathers Robert E. (Cindie), William (Debra) Hopkins. Mount Sinai

Gilbert Schneider died Oct. 14 at 91. Survived by wife Loris; daughter Lisa Schneider-Cunningham; sons Jay (Gina Simmons), Roy (Lynn), Kirk (Lisa); 11 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; brother Jerome. Hillside

Martin Shapiro died Sept. 25 at 81. Survived by wife Judith; daughter Susan (Michael) Moss; sons Howard, Kenneth Salkow-Shapiro; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Irving Norman Simon died Oct. 20 at 81. Survived by daughter Cami (Morris) Gasmer; son Michael C. (Keren Latzer); 5 grandchildren; brother Bennett (Diane Merrick). Mount Sinai

Bernard Socher died Oct. 14 at 92. Survived by daughter Julie (Jack) Schwartz; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Marilyn Socher died Oct. 12 at 87. Survived by daughter Julie (Jack) Schwartz; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Eva Weinberger died Oct. 9 at 91. Survived by son George (Susan); 1 grandchild. Hillside

Jack Wender died Oct. 12 at 94. Survived by daughter Eloise (Brian) Wender-Clendenin; son Michael; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

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