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February 6, 2019

Helen Berman died Dec. 18 at 91. Survived by sons Paul, Marc Jay (Kim), Robert. Hillside

Doris Brownstein died Dec. 19 at 90. Survived by daughters Debby, Diane (Dennis); son Don; 5 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; brother Paul (Celia). Hillside

Rose Chodorow Garfield died Dec. 15 at 100. Survived by daughter Carol Chodorow; sons Dennis (Kurtina) Chodorow, Ronald “Ronnie” (Maria Shepherd) Chodorow; 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brother Leonard “Dick” (Arlyne) Franklin; daughter-in-law Susan. Mount Sinai

Terry Michael Cohen died Dec. 13 at 64. Survived by daughter Nicole (Justin) Trish; son Joshua (Alison); 5 grandchildren; sister Lynne Penny (Melvin) Levine. Mount Sinai

Richard Comras died Dec. 18 at 89. Survived by wife Jacqueline; son Lawrence; sister Shirley Shapiro. Mount Sinai

Timothy Corcoran died Dec. 19 at 75. Survived by wife Karyn; daughters Anastasia (Ed), Tiffany, Nadia (Sal); 4 grandchildren; brothers Peter (MaryCarol), Eugene (Joy). Hillside

Donna Dietz died Dec. 18 at 59. Survived by husband Andrew; daughters Sarah (Aleksander), Emily; mother Florence; sister Linda; brother Mitchell. Hillside

Morrie Greenberg died Dec. 15 at 94. Survived by daughter Susan (Craig) Klivans; son Richard (Renee); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Richard Jeffress died Dec. 14 at 74. Survived by wife Sharon; daughters Lisa Yakir, Michelle Parry, Renee Blutreich; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Samuel B. Kaminsky died Dec. 16 at 75. Survived by wife Arlene; daughters Michelle (Ron) Salts, Lisa (Jason) Bowling; 4 grandchildren; sister Mary Ulrich. Mount Sinai

Donald Katz died Dec. 17 at 90.  Survived by daughter Debra; son Jeffrey (Jo-ann); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Alice Ladanyi died Dec. 13 at 89. Survived by daughters Ilona Melzer, Lisa, Debi (Carlos) Miranda; son Stephen; 1 grandchild; brother Albert (Ceil) Mirsky. Mount Sinai 

Robert “Bob” Mann died Dec. 17 at 95. Survived by wife Janet; daughters Marcie (Don) Croutch; step-daughters Cary (David) Sommers, Melanie (Jonathan) Sommers, Valerie Sommers; son Joe; 9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Elaine Margules died Dec. 22 at 86. Survived by daughter Lori; sons Michael, Dan; sister Pauline (Howard) Morrison. Mount Sinai

Alan Miller died Dec. 19 at 78. Survived by son Randy; 4 grandchildren; brother Barry (Jonas Soto). Mount Sinai

Jeanne Morganstern died Dec. 14 at 91. Survived by sons Barry, Charles; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai 

Jean R. Moshin died Dec. 22 at 96. Survived by daughters Janet, Sandra; sons Daniel, Richard (Amber); sister Helen Myerson. Mount Sinai 

Mitchell Rose died Dec. 17 at 84. Survived by son Jeffrey (Elana); 2 grandchildren; brother David (Renee). Hillside 

Dolores “Dee” Schwam died Dec. 15 at 82. Survived by daughters Stacy (Stuart) Miller, Julie Feiner; sons Aaron Feiner, Craig (Laura) Feiner: 8 grandchildren; sister Alice Weber; brother Alex (Sue) Nobleman. Mount Sinai 

Lynn Shapely died Dec. 17 at 66. Survived by daughter Sara (Doug); 2 grandchildren; brother Michael (Tara). Hillside

Robert Silverman died Nov. 29 at 73. Survived by daughter Rachel (Jeremy) Catlett; brother Al. Mount Sinai

Albert Stein died Dec. 21 at 90. Survived by daughters Laura (Stephen) Olson, Sharon (Wayne) Frederick; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Samantha Stein died Dec. 17 at 38. Survived by husband Timothy; mother Sharlene; sister Leah; brother Brian. Hillside

Martin Wenger died Dec. 19 at 82. Survived by wife Rita; daughter Nancy (Doug) Brown; sons Neil (Claudia), Robert, Jamie (Carole); 12 grandchildren; sister Claire Weinsten; brother Alex (Bootsie). Mount Sinai 

Edith Wood died Dec. 18 at 103. Survived by daughter Linda; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sister Evelyn. Hillside

Joel Peter Zeserson died Dec. 13 at 78. Survived by sons Robert (Lee), David; 2 grandchildren; brother Mark (Sherril); sister-in-law Ellen (Kenneth) Sears. Mount Sinai

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