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Goldie Bemel died April 21 at 93.  Survived by daughters Barbara, Susie Rissien; son Brian; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Izrail Bikvan died April 18 at 73.  Survived by wife Stella; daughter Klara; brother Anrikh. Mount Sinai

Doris Eaker died April 16 at 84.  Survived by son Carl (Leslie) Ogden; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

William Louis Friedman died April 23 at 62. Survived by wife Jo; daughters Shana, Chava; father Albert; brothers John (Jean), Daniel. Mount Sinai

Helen Glenn died April 22 at 86. Survived by daughter Michelle Pav; son David (Shelley) Baker; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sandra Helene Greenspoon died May 1 at 87. Survived by daughters Andrea Medina, Claudia (Michael B. Van Scoy-Mosher) Stone, Ronda (Jack Myers) Carnegie; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Barry L. Horwitz died May 2 at 76. Survived by wife Marlene; sons Marc, Brad (Mindy), Michael (Natalie); 4 grandchildren; sister Diane. Mount Sinai

Regine Jaffee died April 22 at age 83. Survived by husband Martin; daughter Belinda; sons Rami, Sid.

Janet C. Kaufman died April 21 at 97.  Survived by daughter Deborah Covell; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Eileen Kestenbaum died April 16 at 81. Survived by daughters Terrie Rotter, Lisa Thomas. Mount Sinai

Hilda Kunstadt died April 29 at 92. Survived by sons Robert (Carole), Donald (Patti); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Leila Landau died April 22 at 90. Mount Sinai

Lev Lapidus died April 25 at 84. Survived by daughters Bella (Dmitri), Elvira (Boris) Kogosova; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lidia Lekhgolts died May 2 at 93. Survived by son Victor; 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Eileen Peisner died May 2 at 83. Survived by husband Robert; daughters Julie, Laura; sons Edward, Steven (Helena); 7 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Steven Perry died April 20 at 82. Survived by wife Joan; daughter Leesa; son Gregory; 1 grandchild; sister Linda. Hillside

Sam Praw died April 17 at 90. Survived by wife Vicky; daughters Debbie (Eddie) Herbst, Ruthie (Hillel) Kellerman, Judy (Louis) Michelson; son Henry (Leanne); 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sister Frieda (Karl) Newman. Chevra Kadisha

Barbara Ronen died April 28 at 90. Survived by son Peter. Hillside

Jason H. Ross died May 1 at 86. Survived by wife Doris; daughter Lori (Rob Garcin); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Paula Sanders died April 21 at 66. Survived by daughter Lyndsay (Aaron) Nevins-Kay; sisters Rosemary Walker, Barbara (Chuck) Barnett; brother Mark. Mount Sinai 

Dina Sofer died April 22 at 91. Survived by daughter Miriam. Hillside

Marian Stearn died April 29 at 108. Survived by daughter Judith (William); 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; brother Stanley (Lois). Hillside

Barbara Takamoto died April 27 at 84. Survived by daughter Leslie Stern. Mount Sinai

Pearl Tarnor died April 20 at 94. Survived by son Elisha (Susan Goldberg); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Sol Taylor died April 11 at 87. Survived by wife Pearl; daughter Elana (Benjamin) Vorspan; son Benjamin (Niva); 9 grand-children; sister Myrna Haas. Chevra Kadisha

David Winters died April 23 at 80. Survived by sons Jonathan (Piano), Alexander; 1 grandchild; brother Marc. Mount Sinai 

Arnold Wishnick died April 27 at 76. Survived by wife Jaclyn “Jackie” Maduff; stepdaughter Wendy (Daniel Karen) Maduff; 1 grandchild; sister Audrey Greenberg. Mount Sinai

Lester Zola died April 24 at 87. Survived by daughter Barbara; sons Mark (Utta), Brian; 8 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai  

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