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Les Berman died July 12 at 72. Survived by daughter Amanda (Peter) Hill; son Daniel; brothers Joel (Sandy Postal), Barry. Mount Sinai

Bernard Case died July 11 at 95. Survived by wife Estelle; daughter Lori; son Randy. Mount Sinai

Frances Cohen died July 21 at 92. Survived by daughters Paula, Linda; 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Kenneth Dosie died July 17 at 90. Survived by wife Myrna; daughter Bonnie (David); son Ross (Aurea); 3 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Joseph Falcon died July 18 at 96. Survived by son Sanders (Ruth); 1 grandchild. Hillside

Joseph Feldman died July 19 at 89. Survived by wife Ellen; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Beulah “Scotty” Friedlander died July 19 at 94. Survived by husband Sid; sister Frida (Bob) Root; brother Oswald (Dorothy) Scott; sister-in-law Dorothy Scott. Mount Sinai

Janet Gardner died July 17 at 64. Survived by brother Anthony (Margarita); stepbrother Joshua. Hillside

Lester Ivan Garner died July 18 at 79. Survived by wife Sylvia; daughter Mitzi (William) Fierro; son Gary (Lauren); 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marshall Giller died July 20 at 92.  Survived by wife Ruth Edna; daughter Sara; son Pinchas; 2 grandchildren; sister Carol. Mount Sinai

Ervin Goldstein died July 18 at 92. Survived by daughter Carrie (Mark) Levinson; sons Bradley (Vivienne), Clifford (Marcie); 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Bernard “Bernie” Kattler died July 16 at 87. Survived by wife Nancy; daughters Deborah (David Kupetz) Kattler Kupetz, Elizabeth, Jennifer (Lawrence Trilling) Kattler Trilling; 7 grandchildren; sister Mitzi Goodis; brother-in-law Marty Bischoff. Mount Sinai

Gilbert Tobias Katz died July 17 at 100. Survived by sons John (Cynthia McDermott) Curtis, Robert Curtis; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Dyane Adler. Mount Sinai

Joel W.H. Kleinberg died July 14 at 76. Survived by wife Laurie; daughter Leslie (Beatrice Mallen); son Seth; brother David. Mount Sinai

Lawrence F. Leventhal died July 15 at 66. Survived by brother Stephen. Mount Sinai

Allan Lourie died July 14 at 80. Survived by wife Robin; daughters Jennifer, Heather (Gary); sister Mildred; 3 grandchildren. Hillside 

Lawrence Maisner died July 18 at 88. Survived by wife Valerie; daughters Vivienne, Robin; son Steven (Michelle); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Arthur Richard Michelson died July 21 at 89. Survived by wife Georgie; son Derrek (Tami); daughter Karlyn (David); 3 grandchildren; brother Gerald (Dianna). Mount Sinai

Barry R. Miller died July 21 at 75. Survived by wife Andrea; daughter Julie (David) Swift; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Myra Lorene Nammack died July 15 at 75. Survived by husband Jeremy; daughter Rachel Anne (Rick) Almaguer; sister Eileen (Jerry) Markzon. Mount Sinai

Miriam Norman died July 16 at 95. Survived by sons Allen, Glen; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Martin Rudolph died July 11 at 87. Survived by wife Beverly; daughter Sherill (Shalom) Hogeg; sons Mike (Stephanie), Craig (Carol); stepson Lenny (Karen) Berg; 8 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; brother Charles (Valjean). Mount Sinai

Eyal Shai died July 18 at 43. Survived by mother Rachel; father Shimon; sister Lee Siwek (Danny). Malinow and Silverman

Irene Shapiro died July 15 at 86. Survived by son Bruce (Merril); 1 grandchild; brother David (Anne) Katz. Mount Sinai

Andrea Sherman died July 20 at 59. Survived by sister Laurie; brothers Jeffrey, Robert. Hillside

Sylvia Weiner died July 17 at 94. Survived by daughters Judy (David Scott), Ivyetta (Burt) Liebross, Marsha (Mark) Edelheit; son David; 6 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister Ester Lisner. Mount Sinai

Lillian White died July 15 at 95. Survived by daughters Linda Silvas, Lorraine Bame; 4 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Stanley Winstein died July 19 at 64. Survived by sister Nancy (Lee). Hillside

Holly York died July 13 at 64. Survived by husband Steve; daughters Alicia, Jennifer (Brian) Cole; 1 grandchild; sisters Cheryl Bezher, Amy Masters. Mount Sinai

Edward Richard Zemechman died July 13 at 73. Survived by daughter Staci (Jonathan) Labovitz; son Michael (Robin); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

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