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November 21, 2018

Rhoda Breverman died Nov. 1 at 95. Survived by son Robert; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Lida (Leah) Litvin Broadhurst died Nov. 12 at 82. Survived by sons Eric (Abraham), Tobin (Tuvya); 3 grandchildren. Home of Eternity

Hope Copeland died Oct. 28 at 92. Survived by cousins Brooke, Jill, Zeal. Hillside

William “Bill” Phillip Gertler died Sept. 1 at 82. Survived by wife Linda; daughter Elissa; son Joshua; stepdaughter Sara; stepson Matthew; 5 grandchildren.

Jesse Ralph Gross died Nov. 2 at 95. Survived by wife Sylvia; daughter Laurie (Arthur); sons Mark (Julie), Eric (Ronna), Brett (Corie); 9 grandchildren. Hillside

Florence Hara died Oct. 26 at 102. Survived by daughter Roberta; son Ray; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Jerry Helfand died Oct. 18 at 89. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughters Lisa (Ronald), Julie (Bradley), Kathi (Andrew); 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Hilda Herman died Oct. 29 at 91. Survived by husband Sidney; son Dean; daughter, Leslie; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Anita Hirsh died Oct. 27 at 82. Survived by daughters Elizabeth, Jennifer; sons Steven, Adam; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Gerda Edith Ruth Hirsch died Oct. 19 at 98. Survived by daughters Nomi Miles, Vardit Preble; son Sam (Susan) Hirsch; brother Ed Seelig; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Aviv Mordechai Ilan died Oct. 10 at 48. Survived by wife Ami; daughter Samantha; sons Ryan, Adam; mother Hava; father Jacob; sister Hadas (Aaron) Friedman; brother David. Chevra Kadisha

Linda Kass died Oct. 25 at 57. Survived by husband Donald; daughter Emily; son Cooper; mother Toby Feig; father Alter Feig; sister Sandra Feig Brodsky; brother Murray Feig. Mount Sinai

Leon Kowitz died Oct. 27 at 88. Survived by wife Basha; daughters Lisa (Kirk) Erickson, Lori (Eric) Freedman; son Alan (Susan); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Jonathan Lederer died Oct. 25 at 38. Survived by mother Joyce; father Les (Cindy); brothers David, Michael. Hillside

Estelle Les died Oct. 19 at 94. Survived by son Harvey; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Charlotte Lewin died Oct. 18 at 91. Survived by daughters Joan (Ronald), Donna; son Richard (Tania); 2 grandchildren; sister Lillian. Hillside

Dave Lux died Oct. 29 at 85. Survived by wife Helene; daughter Beverly; sons Steve, Danny (Andrea); 5 grandchildren. Groman Eden

Samuel Sol “Sam” Matzkin died Oct. 23 at 93. Survived by wife Shirley; daughter Karen Macaluso; sons Kenneth (Barbara), Lloyd (Jayne); 9 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rose Mend died Oct. 18 at 102. Survived by daughter Phyllis; sons Marshall (Dolly), Richard; 4 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Libby Ann Metson died Oct. 27 at 95. Survived by daughter Janet (Harold Urman) Metson Urman; sons Philip (Adria), Ralph (Taren); 7 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rena Roseman died Nov. 3 at 63. Survived by husband Elliot; brother Robert. Hillside

Gloria Ann Plevin died Oct. 29 at 59. Survived by sisters Francine (Jeffrey Lewis), Cheryl Gallon, Danielle (David) Statland. Mount Sinai 

Manuel Seligman died Oct. 26 at 96. Survived by wife Selma; daughter Kathryn Ann (Steve). Hillside

Tyler Shamash died Oct. 21 at 19. Survived by mother Julie; father Charles; sister Alexandra; brother Griffin; grandmother Betty. Hillside

Pearl Shapiro died on Oct. 29 at 101. Survived by 4 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; brother Jerry Paruch. Mount Sinai

Leonard Winters died Oct. 18 at 92. Survived by wife Barbara; son Steven; 1 grandchild; brother Bernard. Hillside

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