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Dorothea Adams died July 17 at 91. Survived by daughter Ellen Hirsch; sons Lee Randall, Bert; 7 grandchildren; brother Jerrold Asher. Mount Sinai 

Lawrence Beiber died July 2 at 88. Survived by wife Ann; daughters Elisa (Jonathan), Sheryl (Steve), Marcie (Gary); stepdaughter Lynne; sons Ron (Chava), Gary; stepsons Craig (Erica), Steven; 16 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Fred “Ingy” Blankstein died July 13 at 97. Survived by daughter Maxine Berkowitz; sons David (Andrea), Gary (Barbara), Leon, Joel; 8 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lenore Block died July 6 at 92. Survived by son Michael; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Linda Chaikin died July 1 at 95. Survived by daughter Lisa; sons Steven (Gloria), Scott (Amalia); 1 grandchild. Hillside

Shirley Drabinsky died July 14 at 88. Survived by daughter Cheryl; sons Marvin (Linda), Allan, Gerald; 3 grandchildren; brother Harold (Reva) Stone. Mount Sinai

Sheila Friedman died July 8 at 75. Survived by husband Zvi; daughters Gail (Nick), Rachel (Bibi), Michelle (Eric); 6 grandchildren; sister Jackie Reese. Mount Sinai 

Shirley Gintel died July 16 at 93. Survived by sons Rudolph (Myrna), Ernest; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Roger M. Goodman died July 12 at 69. Survived by wife Melody; sons Josh (Julia), Kenny, Daniel, Jeffrey (Ashley); 1 grandchild; father Milton; sister Irene Goodman. Mount Sinai

Dennis Gross died July 8 at 66. Survived by nephew Michael (Debra) Kaiser; niece Heather (Craig) Nehamen; brother-in-law Jeffrey Kaiser. Mount Sinai

Arthur Hoffman died July 9 at 91. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Klotchman died July 11 at 97. Survived by daughter Elaine (Lee) Netzer; sons Ron, Joseph; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Anne Borden. Mount Sinai

Rene Liebman died July 1 at 79. Survived by husband Athol “Ken”; daughters Diane (Steven), Jacqueline (Lance); son Brad; 4 grandchildren; sister Charlene. Hillside

Betty Mullaly died July 7 at 92. Mount Sinai 

Mitzi Maltz died July 3 at 80. Survived by daughters Hilary, Judy; 3 grandchildren. Hillside 

Zehava Manusevitz died July 1 at 88. Survived by daughter Dorit; sons Samuel, Yigal; 1 grandchild; sister Merium Cohen-Sitt; brothers Nissem Katzim, Shaul Katzim, Ezra Katzim, Moshe Katzim, Meir Katzim. Eden Memorial

Toby M. Marder died July 14 at 92. Survived by daughter Madelyn (Pat) West; son Jeff (Cathy); 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Diane Marks died July 11 at 92. Survived by sons Steve (Sharon), Jim (Lee); 4 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Edna (Barney) Carlin. Mount Sinai

Alice Oren died July 14 at 89. Survived by daughters Nitza (Alan) Cohen, Noga (Wayne) Hellner; son Alex (Yvonne); 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Gladys B. Ritter died July 6 at 80. Survived by daughter Nancy; son Adam. Mount Sinai

Yetta Schachter died July 1 at 98. Survived by daughters Bonnie (Emile) Barchichat, Ruby; son Larry; 3 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Louis Serkin died July 1 at 98. Survived by wife Bertha; daughter Renee (Paul); son Michael; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Allan Siegel died June 29 at 82. Survived by wife Melinda; son Adam (Tina); brother Robert. Mount Sinai

Anita Smukler died July 9 at 85. Survived by husband Steve; daughter Leslie; son Alan. Oak Hills Memorial Park, San Jose

Anne-Marie Teichner died July 4 at 96. Survived by daughter Claire (Tyrone); 1 grandchild; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Patience Tekulsky died July 15 at 87. Survived by daughters Jo (Thomas) Mackenzie, Jane Southard; sons Mathew, Michael (Ron Wong). Mount Sinai

Norma Jean Willens died July 15 at 90. Survived by sons Scott (Amy), Mark (Laura); 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Esther Wolf died April 18 at 90. Survived by sister Davida; niece Andrea; nephews Victor, Brad, Sam; great-nieces Sarah, Chloe, Camille; great-nephew Richard. Eden Memorial

Evelyn Wynbrandt died July 3 at 88. Survived by daughters Deborah, Sharon (Dan); son Hal (Karla); 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Sandra A. Yenne died July 9 at 76. Survived by husband John; daughters Nicole Lesh, Linda Jost, Ellen Bernard, Becky Murphy; sons Marc Sexton, Scot Sexton, James, Michael; 8 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Saul Ziperovich died July 1 at 91. Survived by sons Hector (Gloria), Marcello (Kate), Daniel (Michele); 5 grandchildren. Hillside

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