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Obituaries: Week of January 12, 2018

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January 11, 2018

Richard Aptaker died Dec. 22 at 65. Survived by wife Beth; sons Matthew (Ruth), Seth; 2 grandchildren; brother Stanley. Mount Sinai

Ida Bader died Dec. 22 at 90. Survived by daughter Rachel; grandchildren; great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harry Bain died Dec. 20 at 97. Survived by wife Golda; daughters Janet (Avi Fattal), Judith; son Robert; 9 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Jerry Barash died Dec. 16 at 66. Survived by wife Karen; daughter Ali (Spencer) Berman; sons Jordan (Julie), Brandon; 4 grandchildren; mother Rose; sisters Debby, Charlene (Max) Muller. Hillside

Adrienne Baron died Dec. 11 at 78. Survived by husband Harvey. Hillside

Miriam Baron died Dec. 15 at 92. Survived by sons Frank, Michael. Mount Sinai

Roberta Karen Berkowitz died Dec. 21 at 66. Survived by husband Elliot; daughters Dayna, Alison; sisters-in-law Cindy (Dennis) Sipplak, Michelle (Greg) Fiorillo, Joyce Buchalter. Mount Sinai

Joan Beylen died Nov. 25 at 84. Survived by daughters Andrea (Nathan), Margo (Ian), Karen; 2 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Bradley Carmel died Dec. 12 at 47. Survived by mother Judith; sister Candace Barasch. Hillside

Joyce Eliasoff died Nov. 16 at 88. Survived by daughter Susan (Ben) Fields; son Mark; 2 grandchildren. Eden Memorial

Bernard Ellenson died Dec. 18 at 72. Survived by wife Ann; daughter Elizabeth (Mark) Krojansky; son Richard (Margaret); 4 grandchildren; sister Donna Baker. Hillside

Gerald Esten died Dec. 17 at 88. Survived by wife Elaine; daughter Claudia Brown; son Laurence; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Elizabeth Flesch died Dec. 22 at 95. Survived by daughter Anita Highton; son Michael (Leslie); 2 grandchildren; brother George Sanders. Hillside

Alva Gluck died Dec. 13 at 76. Survived by husband Daniel; sons Brian (Paulina), Richard; 1 grandchild; sister Gunilla Boelard; brother Bo (Mardot) Olsson. Hillside

June Gold died Dec. 17 at 77. Survived by husband Leo; sons Darin (Maria), Howard Cohen; stepsons Bruce (Ginger), Mitchell (Jonas) Dubin; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; brother Michael (Susan) Feinstein. Hillside

Michael Gyepes died Dec. 18 at 84. Survived by daughter Nancy (Lloyd) Gilbert; sons David (Shirley), Steven (Kendra); 7 grandchildren; sister Judy Sioreti. Hillside

Vera Lee Herman died Dec. 15 at 83. Survived by daughter Angela Fairhurst; sons Gary A. (Debora Williams-Herman), Greg Stephens; 3 grandchildren; brother Kenneth (Eloise) Freeman; sister-in-law Sheila Alexander. Mount Sinai

Bette Hurwitz died Dec. 20 at 93. Sur-vived by daughter Leslie (Robert) Bergman. Mount Sinai 

Eli Jakobvishili died Dec. 17 at 51. Survived by daughter Anna; son David; mother Mira; sisters Eda (Boris) Gorbis, Nana (Yuri) Busiashvili. Mount Sinai

Phyllis Sheila Krebs died Dec. 17 at 77. Survived by daughter Allison Covington; son Mitchell; 2 grandchildren; brother Jay (Sheila) Balter. Mount Sinai

Bernice Kushnick died Dec. 13 at 92. Survived by daughters Alison (Peter) Eichberg, Jennifer (Joseph) Ramirez; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Richard “Dick” Landis died Dec. 12 at 96. Survived by wife Eileen; son Gary (Julie); stepdaughter Debby (Jacob Segura); stepsons David Tipp (Cheri), Steven Tipp (Wendy), Robert Tipp (Vicky); 16 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Edith. Hillside

Leo Mark Lippa died Dec. 18 at 95. Survived by daughter Janet Lippa-Grossman; sons Richard, Edward; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Edward Martin died Dec. 6 at 91. Survived by wife Sandra; daughters Molly Recopido, Amanda Martin Wilcox, Thea; sons Ned, Theo. Mount Sinai

Robert Miller died Dec. 18 at 70. Survived by daughter Rebecca; son Ian; stepsons Gregory (Jodie) Kay, Jonathan (Raleigh) Kay-Martin; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Victor Nachman died Dec. 16 at 93. Survived by sons Mark (Angel), Roy. Mount Sinai

Anneliese Nathan died Dec. 15 at 95. Survived by daughter Vivian (Howard) Wassertiel; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Pearl Pondel died Dec. 21 at 102. Survived by sons Roger (Fay), John, Marc (Barbara); 4 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Deborah Shapiro died Dec. 18 at 90. Survived by daughters April Silton, Jacky DeHaviland, Pamela (Donald) Briglio, Heidi (John) Arnold; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Myra Shapiro died Dec. 16 at age 86. Survived by daughter Ilene (Dennis) Berman; son David (Cindy); 5 grandchildren; brother Martin Nachimson. Mount Sinai

Roberta M. “Bobbie” Shapiro died Dec. 18 at 92. Survived by sons Ron (Melanie) Gillman, Bruce Gillman; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Howard Jeffery Singer died Nov. 4 at 72. Survived by daughter Maryann Florence; sister Ellen Plumer; brother Dennis.

Jeffrey Tirengel died Dec. 17 at 68. Survived by wife Margery Somers; daughter Jodi;  brother Michael (JoAnn). Hillside

Leon Wenger died Dec. 6 at 86; Survived by daughter Laura (Brad Taplin); sons  Marvin (Beth Ann), Howard (Lisa). Home of Peace

Gerald Zorn died Dec. 21 at 94. Survived by wife Ina; daughters Hilary (Mark) Wolf, Stacy Webster. Mount Sinai 

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