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Nathan “Nate” Abramowitz died Sept. 23 at 91. Survived by daughters  Judy, Sharone, Orit (Yitzchok Cohen); son Harold (Andrea Quaid); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Pearl Bader died Sept. 15 at 93. Survived by sons Bruce (Wendy) Bader and Mitch (Jill) Bader; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai  

Sheldon Brown died Sept. 21 at 89. Survived by wife Marion; daughter Janet (Howard Samuels); son Kenneth (Shelley Grant); daughter Janet (Howard Samuels); 4 grandchildren; sister Rita Rubin. Mount Sinai 

Irwin Daniels died Sept. 13 at age 94. Survived by daughters Shelley, Kay (Steve); 2 grandchildren. 

David Fogiel died Sept. 8 at 71. Survived by wife Lucyna; son Michael; brother Henry. Mount Sinai

Herbert J. Frankel died Sept. 20 at 82. Survived by sons Adam (Jenna), Paul (Paula); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

George Goodman died Sept. 12 at 95. Survived by wife Iris; daughters Shawn (Jared), Dana (Evan); son Stephen; 5 grandchildren. Hillside 

Michelle Haines died Sept. 17 at 81. Survived by daughters Julie (Jonathan), Lynn, Lisa; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Alice Jacobson died Sept. 23 at 94. Survived by daughter Wendy Wyatt; son Earl; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Judith Ann Katz died Sept. 13 at 78. Survived by husband Burton; daughters Nicole Katz-Chiara, Alyssa. Mount Sinai

Frances(Zelman) Kowal died Sept. 23 at age 93. Survived by daughter Betty (Al); son Abe (Fern); 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. 

Florence K. Lang died Sept. 23 at 93. Survived by husband Murray; daughters Barbara (Robert) Land-Lyons, Paula (Stanley) Drake, Anna (Harold) Elliott; 8 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai 

William Lang died Sept. 8 at 93. Survived by sons, Larry (Janice),  Bruce (Julie); daughter, Terri (Joe) Budenholzer; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Henley Leventhal died Sept. 18 at 99. Survived by son, Ron (Stephanie); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai 

Robert E. Levine died Aug. 16 at 63. Survived by sister Lesley Radell. Mount Sinai  

Lev Lisovetsky died Sept. 17 at 82. Survived by son, David (Nelly) Lisov; 2 grandchildren; brother Naum (Valentiva). Mount Sinai 

Jerome Manson died Sept. 15 at 98. Survived by wife, Shirley; sons Bruce (Susan Stern), Marshall; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai 

Allan Marvin Margolis died Sept. 21 at 84. Survived by daughter Lisa (Mitchell) Dehm; son Gary (Evett) Margolis; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Rosalie Menkes died Sept. 22 at 90. Survived by daughters Robin Weinberg, Pamela (Leland) Dorner, Barbara (David) Mathews; 7 grandchildren; sister Phyllis Beck. Mount Sinai

Irene Reiss died Sept. 8 at 102. Survived by daughter Annette (Mort) Wolfson; son Robert (Patrice) Reiss; 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law Fayla Reiss. Mount Sinai  

Laurie “Mitchell” Roberts died Sept. 20 at 90. Survived by husband Ronald; daughter Nancy (Donald) Norton; son Steve (Veronica) White; stepsons Kevin (Lori) Roberts, Curt Roberts; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sidney A. Robinson died Sept. 17 at 96. Survived by daughter Marcia Goldstein; son Robert; 4 grandchildren; sister Janith Gold. Mount Sinai 

David Rosenberg died Sept. 12 at 65. Survived by daughters Melissa (Eric) Sharky, Jacquline Rosenberg; 2 grandchildren; sister Rosa. Mount Sinai  

Jennie Russo died Sept. 17 at 92. Survived by sons Nate (Kim), Michael, Adam (Wendy), Josh; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai  

Barry Sable died Sept. 10 at 65. Survived by wife Janine; sons Claude Guy, Daniel Rick (Lisa); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Leah Sharp died Sept. 11 at 97. Survived by daughters Varda (Abe) Sasson, Rose (Richard) Ahran; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Mazal; brother Shmuel. Mount Sinai 

Melvin Small died Sept. 13 at 93. Survived by daughters Jennifer (Ivan), Hillarie (Tom); sons Jason (Linda), Noah; and Carrie; 17 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside 

Albert M. Solomon died Sept. 15 at 96. Survived by daughter Rita (Shel) Silverstein; 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Groman Eden

Paul Steinbaum died Sept. 18 at 73. Survived by sisters Lynn, Harriet. Hillside

Clara Troulman died Sept. 18 at 93. Survived by daughter Janice Kaye; son Stephen; 2 grandchildren; sister Pearl Gotlieb. Mount Sinai  

Harriet Uckless died Sept. 24 at 81. Survived by daughter Laura (John); son Steven; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Noreen. Hillside

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