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Obituaries: Week of May 11, 2018

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May 10, 2018

Abraham Elmaleh Almog died March 26 at 89. Survived by daughter Nedmi; sons Oded, Boaz; 18 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sisters Messody, Rica. Chevra Kadisha

Reba Block died April 5 at 95. Survived by daughters Lisa (Jeffrey) Cohen, Liz Sampson; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Manya Breuer died March 27 at 95. Survived by daughters Diane (Luigi Manna), Marsha; son Greg (Elizabeth); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sanford “Sandy” E. Ettinger died April 3 at 90. Survived by daughter Susan; son Robert (Jane Zimmerman); 2 grandchildren. Groman Eden Mortuary

Naomi Goldurs died April 4 at 101. Survived by son Stuart; sister-in-law Ruth Karp. Hillside

Morton K. Greenspoon died April 2 at 89. Survived by wife Sandra; daughters Andrea Medina, Claudia Linn Mosher, Ronda Diane Carnegie; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Alice Fleece Handelman died April 1 at 69. Survived by husband Ira; daughter Ariel; son Sam; brother Jon (Janet) Bernstein. Mount Sinai

Touran Hekmat died March 30 at 95. Survived by daughter Kian; sons Kambiz, Kamran, Soheil; grandchildren; great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Anne Hillman died March 29 at 105. Survived by daughter Lenore (Joe) Debuono; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sally Holtz died March 27 at 86. Survived by daughter Cynthia (Paul Nishman); sons Sheldon (Anne-Michelle), Craig (Marcia); 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Toby Wank. Hillside

Ethel Jaffe died April 1 at 98. Survived by 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Irving Kahn died March 28 at 96. Survived by daughters Laurie (Lyn) Konheim, Joan (Bob) Cohen, Bonnie (Bruce) Martin, 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Harold William Klein died March 31 at 86. Survived by daughter Marci Fine; sons Andrew (Stacey), Larry (Diane); 6 grandchildren; brothers Jack (Joan), Robert. Mount Sinai

Daniel Leonard Landau died March 29 at 79. Survived by wife Tatiana; sons Yair (Susan Purcelli), Steve (Beth Lieberman); 4 grandchildren; brother Nathan (Carol Dorf); sisters-in-law, Renai Harari, Tamara Strubul. Mount Sinai

Johanna Kasin Lemlech died March 23 at 87. Survived by husband Bernard; daughters Donna (Michael) Steiger, Margery (Simon) Walshaw; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Aaron Low died March 31 at 88. Survived by wife Eleanor; daughter Andrea; son Steven. Hillside

Rita Rosenfeld died March 27 at 88. Survived by son Malcolm; daughter Lynn Hoffman-Rosenfeld; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Jay Rothstein died April 1 at 93. Survived by his daughter Sheryl; son  Gary (Betty); 3 grandchildren; sister Phyllis Ingraham. Mount Sinai

Evelyn Russell died March 25 at 87. Survived by stepdaughters Mary (Mike Picard), Lois (Donald) Asay, Donna (Dave) Boyle, Alice; 8 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

David Sacherman died March 31 at 96. Survived by wife Eileen; son David (Connie); stepdaughter Andrea Henkart; stepson Mark (Myrna) Franks; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Rosalind Ryza died March 27 at 89. Survived by daughter Florence; son Stephen Louis; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lillian Schindler died March 28 at 107. Survived by daughter Sondra Sacks; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Gilbert Smith died March 24 at 86. Survived by daughters Allison (Oscar Rudnick), Deborah (Darryl) Klein; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Janice F. Smith died March 20 at 93. Survived by niece Diane (Philip) Goldenring; nephew Peter (Robin). Mount Sinai

Paul Lewis Solotkin died March 30 at 70. Survived by wife Darlene; daughters Jennifer (Matthew) Moore, Stephanie (Josh) Davis; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Darrell Spector died March 28 at 66. Survived by wife Bridgitte; brother Neill.

Jaimie Stephenson died April 3 at 69. Survived by daughter Erica; son Brandon (Shaula); 1 grandchild; brothers Richard (Leslie), Keith Kanner. Hillside

Elliot Stern died March 27 at 63. Survived by wife Mary Anne; brother Steve; mother-in-law Mary Cartaino. Hillside

Shirley Sutter died March 30 at 90. Survived by daughters Valerie (Rick), Sandra (Mark) Abbruzzese; sons Michael; 7 grandchildren; brothers Jack Azoff, William Azoff. Mount Sinai

David Timsit died April 1 at 74. Survived by wife Diana; sons Oliver, Justin, Cliff, Didier (Elise); 5 grandchildren; sister Claudine. Mount Sinai 

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