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Gary Bock died March 26 at 85. Survived by daughter Nancy (David) Olson; son Dale (Lejing Han); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Elaine Burakoff died March 29 at 90. Survived by daughter Jeri (Barry); son Glen (Debbie); 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Barbara (Ray). Hillside

Dorothy H. Cohen died March 6 at 94. Survived by daughters Nan (Paul) Feldon, Andrea (Michael Bracha), Jan (Mario) Cohen-Iscovich; son Keith; 8 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Shirley Steppler. Eden Memorial

Sandra Joy Dick died March 21 at 87. Survived by daughters Ellen (Steve) Milner, Kristin (John) Press, Cheri (Dominic) Lombardi; 7 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; brother Norman Mandel. Mount Sinai 

Ben Heirshberg died March 28 at 98. Survived by daughter Gayle (Richard) Heirshberg-Mah; sons Stan (Diane), Art; 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai 

Joan Laine died March 29 at 79. Survived brother, Gerald (Millicent Reynolds) Fishbein. Mount Sinai 

Louise Lelah died March 26 at 94. Survived by son Abraham. Hillside

Janet Mann died March 24 at 90. Survived by daughters Robyn Seymour, Deborah Diamond, Lisa Diamond; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Robert D. Mayer died March 26 at 79. Survived by wife Beverly; daughter Melissa (Gerald Sacks); son Steven (Michelle); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Eugene “Gene” Marks died March 26 at 94. Survived by daughter Robyn (Fred) Farley; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Marvin A. Marks died March 28 at 93. Survived by brother Jules (Betty). Mount Sinai 

Harold Rouse died March 28 at 96. Survived by daughter Susan; son Scott; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Herschel Silverstone died March 26 at 81. Survived by sons Jeffrey (Annette), Doug (Mark Gamez), Dan (Jesse); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai 

Edith M. Singer died March 27 at 93. Survived by sons Bruce (Mary), Robin; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Frieda Wald died March 27 at 94. Survived by daughter Edda (Daniel Adams) Malone; son Fred; 2 grandchildren; 1 great- grandchild. Mount Sinai 

Wynn Warner died March 29 at 88. Survived by wife Joy. Hillside

Marlene Weinberg died March 7 at 83. Survived by daughters Robbin, Barbara; sister Lila (Steve) Klausner.

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