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Lila Beck died May 19 at 87. Survived by daughter Ellen (Bruce) Hadash; son Ronald (Christy Moya); 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Esther Benzur died June 9, 1998, at 63. Survived by sons Guy (Karen) Vidal, Dan Hiuni; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Robert Berkoff died May 17 at 83. Survived by wife Barbara; daughter Bonnie (Craig) Kronfeld; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Pearl Brown died May 20 at 95. Survived by daughter Celia; sons Todd (Regina), Jeffrey (Lisa); 4 grandchildren; brother Marvin (Marta) Holen. Hillside

Marian Corday died May 19 at 99. Survived by daughter Joanne Kozberg; son Stephen; 2 grandchildren. Hillside 

Gerald Merton Crasnick died May 17 at 89. Survived by daughter Laurie; sons Richard, Michal; 2 grandchildren; brother Donald. Mount Sinai

Reyzya Drubicher died May 16 at 96. Survived by daughter Larissa Gutkin; son Boris (Elena); 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Rae Elster died May 19 at 91. Survived by husband Leon; daughters Fern (Brian) Tobin, Patrice (Robert) Reiss; son Stuart (Rachel); 5 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Daveen Faier died May 16 at 82. Survived by daughters Lieba (Ruben Hickman), Michele; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Miriam Fine died May 14 at 89. Survived by daughter Leslie Leonard; 1 grandchild; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters Anne Chestler, Mickey Reeder. Mount Sinai

Samuel Forusz died May 20 at 82. Survived by wife Judith; daughters Samantha (Anders Jagd), Julian (Fred Houston); 4 grandchildren; sister Sheila Levson. Mount Sinai

William Lyon Furman died May 7 at 96. Survived by son Robert (Gina); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Shirley Goldsmith died May 18 at 88. Survived by daughter Debbie (Marc) Von Arx; son Marc (Laura); 5 grandchildren; sister Phyllis Wertheim. Hillside

Constance Goodrich died May 17 at 94. Survived by brother Allen Bletz. Hillside

Ruthe Hirschfeld died May 20 at 90. Survived by daughter Randy (Jeurgen) Burkardt; son Jeff (Valy); 4 grandchildren; brother Mel Steinberg.

Amatsia Hiuni died June 2 at 56. Survived by sons Guy (Karen) Vidal, Dan Hiuni; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Charlotte Hoffstadter died May 24 at 89. Survived by daughter Ann (Eric) Silverman; sons Mark (Gina Rossi), Daniel (Shari); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Harvey Allen Howard died May 17 at 86. Survived by wife Patti; mother-in-law Jenny Smith; sisters-in-law Carole Wallace, Geneva (Bert) Colopy. Mount Sinai

Rose Kahan died May 18 at 101. Survived by daughters Marcia (Bernard) Kahan-Rosenthal, Francine (Myles) Kahan-Weiss; 6 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren. Hillside

Rose Keane died May 18 at 96. Survived by sons James, Richard, Barry; 1 grandchild; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Marilyn Leftgoff died May 19 at 94. Survived by daughter Shelley (Peter Groom) Sechooler; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Lippert died May 20 at 99. Survived by daughter Tina Lituen; son Jonathan; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Eudice Feder Menkin died May 13 at 99. Survived by daughters Hannah, Sarah Piehl Menkin; son Joseph (Fay); 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Marsha S. Miller died May 12 at 69. Survived by husband Ralph Schub; stepdaughter Jaime Lambert; brother
Allan; sister-in-law Marsha Schub. Mount Sinai

Phyllis Schorr died May 9 at 84. Survived by sons Richard, Michael (Natalie), Alan;
3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild.
Mount Sinai

Diane Pauline Shapiro died May 12 at 83. Survived by husband Leonard; daughter Sandy Ellis; son Larry (Julianna); 4 grandchildren; brother Alan (Edie Sullivan) Donath. Mount Sinai

Linda Dora Slavin died May 19 at 77. Survived by daughters Jennifer (Michael) Robin Singer, Katharine (Marc) Gordon; 5 grandchildren; brother Roger (Linda) Howard. Mount Sinai

Charlotte Stein died May 13 at 95. Survived by daughters Candise, Sheryl (Philip) Snyder, Michele (Howard); 3 grandchildren; sister Chessa Roth. Mount Sinai

Marcia Tracht died May 22 at 98. Survived by daughters Avra, Berna (Peter) Levitan; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Bertha T. Wintroub died May 9 at 92. Survived by husband Raymond; daughters Frances (Mark) Shrager, Rachelle (Paul) Bale; sons Michael, Seth; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Anita Zelman died May 18 at 93. Survived by daughter Julia (Ken) Uslan; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

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