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Obituaries: Week of Sept. 7, 2018

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September 5, 2018

Larry Ackerman died July 12 at 67. Survived by son Aran; 2 grandchildren; sister Bobbie Amirayan. Mount Sinai

Howard Besbris died July 26 at 69. Survived by wife Evelyn; son Daniel (Jessica); 1 grandchild; mother Esther; sister Eva. Hillside

Sally Bookbinder died Aug. 1 at 84. Survived by daughter Paula (Jonathan Porter) Bookbinder Porter; son Stephen (Suzy); 2 grandchildren; sisters, Annette (Ken) Fein, Phyllis (Mel) Murgitz-Wynne. Mount Sinai

Lea Braun died July 28 at 96. Survived by daughter Susan (Jack); son Leon (Alena); 3 grandchildren. Hillside

William Cyril died July 30 at 97. Survived by daughter Pamela; 9 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Goldine Elston died July 30 at 101. Survived by daughters Denise (William) Elston Graziano, Leslie Lemester; 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Morris Engel died Aug. 1 at 87. Survived by sons Michael (Colleen), Hartley; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Sylvia Friedlander died July 26 at 90. Survived by daughter Gail Bellamy; son Jeffrey (Maria) Bellamy. Mount Sinai

Norman Ernest Friedmann died July 24 at 89. Survived by wife  Irene Kassorla; daughter Keyla (Bruce) Treitman; stepdaughters Ronnie Kassorla, Jackie (Fred Hahn Feldt); sons Lance (Sari Gluckin), Marc (Lynne); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Elise Goldblatt died June 25 at 87. Survived by husband Carl; daughters Myrna (Albert) Nejat, Audrey Friedman; 4 grandchildren.

Sarah Nager Grajower died Aug. 5 at 29. Survived by husband Daniel; son Saul Lev; mother Nancy Nager; father Alan Nager; brother Jared (Alessandra) Nager; grandmother Fay Nager; in-laws Marc (Martine) Grajower; brother-in-law Michel Grajower. Mount Sinai

Eugene Harris died Aug. 3 at 86. Survived by son Adam (Julie); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

James Hogan died Aug. 2 at 91. Survived by wife Arlene; daughter Barbara Jean Hogan-Spiller; sons Lee (Erika) Barnathan, David Barnathan; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Allen Jacobs died July 25 at 91. Survived by wife Beverly; sons Ron (Diana), Rick (Laura), Rob (Darlene); 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Bertram David Korito died July 15 at 80. Survived by wife Doreen; daughter Jacki Lynn (Gregory) Piper; son Paul (Lynn); 4 grandchildren; sister Barbara (Harold) Harris; brother Gilbert (Sheryl). Mount Sinai

Michelle Korn died Aug. 3 at 88. Survived by daughter Lisa (Neal) Rutta; son Joseph (Tamira); 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

David Landsberg died Aug. 5 at 73. Survived by daughter Caryn O’Neil; son Daniel; 3 grandchildren; brother Joseph Landsberg. Mount Sinai

Carl Lerner died July 30 at 82. Survived by daughter Chaya (Yosef); son Ronald (Julie); 9 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters Betty, Judy, Arlene; brother Jack. Hillside

Shirley C. Newman died July 23 at 100. Survived by daughter Anita (Jeff Massey) Cohen; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rita L. Norton died July 31 at 97. Survived by daughter Marcy. Mount Sinai

Rebecca Paul died May 1 at 91. Survived by daughters Annette (Kenneth), Marilyn (James) Vandermark; 3 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rosana Potter died Aug. 4 at 86. Survived by daughter Annabelle (Daniel) Krishel; son Jesse; 2 grandchildren; brother Emanuel Zucker. Mount Sinai

Terry Rolbin died July 31 at 78. Survived by sons David, Michael; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Henry Savinar died July 30 at 96. Survived by wife Gloria; daughters Julie (Hal), Emily; son Charles (Mary); 6 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Ruth Schreiber died July 27th at 93. Survived by sons Richard (Linda), Loren; stepdaughters Barbara and Ellen; stepsons Joseph (Robin), Robert (Sheri); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Henry Selinger died July 29 at 71. Survived by wife Loretta; daughter Sarah; sons Joshua, Isaac; sister Anita; brother Gary (Matha). Hillside

Ruth Silva Died Aug. 2 at 89. Survived by daughter, Rene Ahal; son Richard; 5 grandchildren; sister Toby Chudnow. Mount Sinai

Samuel Bernard Sinay died July 29 at 91. Survived by wife  Charlotte; daughters Lynn, Shelley (Michael) Blumenfeld; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rose Solomon died Aug. 1 at 89. Hillside

Phyllis Tell died July 27 at 66. Survived by   husband Franklin; daughter Brette; son Samuel; sister Melinda Daver. Mount Sinai

Jacob H. Wilkin died Aug. 1 at 88. Survived by wife Mitzi; daughter, Robin (Nechemia) Peleg; sons Steve, Dennis (Ronda), Mark (Tricha); 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

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