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Helen Aghdas Barkohanai died Sept. 5 at 96. Survived by daughter Doris (Bahram) Nour Omid; son Iraj; 5 grandchildren; sister Victoria Farshadi; brother Parvin Daneshrad. Mount Sinai

Seymour Bond died Sept. 3 at 84. Survived by wife Harriet; daughters Karen (Jeff), Kathryn (David); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Selma Burnstein died Sept. 5 at 100. Survived by sons Alan (Dora), Arnold, Ronald; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Bernard Phillip Cutler died Aug. 29 at 86. Survived by wife Deirdre; daughter Lorna (Willie) Veliz; stepdaughter Julia (Mark) Reinhart; sons Keith (Edie), Lloyd (Cindy); stepson David Tomeo; 10 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Barbara “Bobbie” Deutsch died Sept. 9 at 83. Survived by daughter Marla Allen; sons Ron (Christine), Lawrence; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Corinne Fine died Sept. 5 at 90. Survived by daughter Debra (William); son Martin; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Ronald Friedlander died Sept. 2 at 66. Survived by mother Bevlah; father Sid. Mount Sinai 

Bernard Gittelson died Sept. 3 at 87. Survived by brother Arnold. Mount Sinai

Linda F. Goldbloom died Aug. 29 at 79. Survived by husband Erwin; daughters Lori Nuss, Jana (Eric) Brody; son Gary (Ruthann); 7 grandchildren; brother Norm Levy. Mount Sinai 

Felix Halpern died Sept. 6 at 94. Survived by daughters Linda (Michael) Shevitz, Bernice Cartier; 6 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sybil Israel died Aug. 29 at 82. Survived by husband Richard; daughter Lynn; sons Larry, Rick. Hillside

Linda Kaufman died Aug. 28 at 71. Survived by daughters Jenny (Craig), Ariela (Baruch); 5 grandchildren; sister Sue. Hillside

Phyllis Kesner died Sept. 8 at 86. Survived by daughter Leslie; son Brad (Stacy); 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; brother Robert. Hillside

Stephani Linda King (Chapman) died Sept. 3 at 77. Survived by husband Stuart Chapman; son Ben Darren (Isabelle) Lieberman; stepson Ben Chapman; 2 grandchildren; brother Roger King. Mount Sinai

Wallace Korbin died Aug. 27 at 86. Survived by wife Barbara; sons Keith (Angela), Craig (Carolyn), Steven; 4 grandchildren; sister Harriet. Hillside

Beth Krakower died Sept. 6 at 46. Survived by mother Barbara; father Michael; sister Stacy. Hillside

Marvin Maltz died Aug. 29 at 93. Survived by daughter Miriam Vukich; 1 grandchild; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sanford “Sandy” Margolin died Sept. 2 at 94. Survived by son Paul Wright. Mount Sinai

Lalik Sara Martin died Sept. 1 at 74. Survived by sons Ryan, Doron, Avi; daughters-in-law Tara, Sara; 1 grandchild.

Rose Mendelsohn died Sept. 7 at 96. Survived by daughters Jill, Toby; 1 grandchild; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Steven Miller died Aug. 29 at 71. Survived by brother Rob (Jane Emerson). Mount Sinai 

Howard Narvy died Aug. 31 at 70. Survived by wife Cheryl; sons Steven (Jessica Orkin), Daniel, Brian, Jason (Amy); 2 grandchildren; brother Alan (Rebecca). Mount Sinai

Osias B. Neumann died Aug. 30 at 90. Survived by wife Reba; sons David (Avital), Martin (Karen), Paul (Denise); 9 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai 

Jeffrey Rosenberg died Sept. 7 at 73. Survived by his wife, Shea; daughters Heather Joy (Josh Kamensky), Julie (Ayal Kleinman), Kaitlyn (Ben Shuman); 2 grandchildren; brother Allan (Ilana). Mount Sinai 

Edward Rosenson died Sept. 9 at 77. Survived by wife Susan; son Seth (Elisabeth); 1 grandchild; brother Daniel. Hillside

Roberta Rosenthal died Sept. 4 at 77. Survived by daughters Cheryl, Michele (Todd) Parsons; son Michael (Christina); 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild; sister Deborah Willett; sister-in-law Susan Spear. Mount Sinai

Lawrence Ross died Sept. 3 at 85. Survived by sons Darryl (Yvette), Brad (Valerie), Craig; 4 grandchildren; brother Richard. Hillside

Rosalie Waterman died Aug. 31 at 88. Survived by son Robert Maurice; sisters Marilyn Yeplin, Betty Koondel, Sara Manson. Mount Sinai

Roberta “Betsy” Weil died Sept. 6 at 77. Survived by husband Imre Weil. Mount Sinai 

Sofi Wilczynski died Sept. 3. Survived by sons David, Howard; 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Richard Wildman died Sept. 4 at 82. Survived by wife Simona; daughters Jodie (Jason) Graman, Jennifer (Rod) Kesner; son David (Marilyn); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Tibor Zada died Sept. 7 at 85. Survived by wife Suzanne. Mount Sinai

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