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Benjamin David Bagno died on Oct. 8 at 91. Survived by wife Harriett. Mount Sinai

Vivian Lucero Ben-Nun died Oct. 9 at 88. Survived by husband Jacques “Jack”; daughters Lisa, Karen. Mount Sinai

Lois Bloch died Oct. 7 at 79. Survived by daughters Janine (Thomas DeWit), Karen (William); 5 grandchildren; sisters Arlene Garfield, Marty (David) Uslaner, Bobbie Zwick. Mount Sinai

Clyde Blumin died Sept. 30 at 85. Survived by wife Lila; daughter Julia (Charles); sons Joel (Caroline), Jonathan; 4 grandchildren; brother Steven (Eileen). Hillside

Joseph Castiel died Oct. 3 at 69. Survived by wife Jessie; sister Mercedes; brothers David, Jacques, Elie, Simon. Hillside

Richard A. Cohn died Oct. 9 at 72. Survived by wife Hyla; daughter Lauren; son Samuel. Mount Sinai

Marco Esther died Sept. 29 at 95. Survived by daughters Wendy (Philip), Fran (Mike). Hillside

Jan Gold died on Oct. 4 at 57. Survived by sister Carol (Benjamin) Cotter.  Mount Sinai

Eunice Goodnight died Sept. 29 at 85. Survived by daughter Susan; sons Gary, Darryl (Argeila), 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Gordon died Sept. 28 at 103. Survived by cousin Jonathan. Hillside

Dede Gorelick died Oct. 4 at 96. Survived by daughter Linda (George); son Barry; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Harriet Lee Guggenheim died on Oct. 10 at 82.  Survived by daughter Lisa Fontanesi; son Ted (Brian Davis); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sharon F. Janis died Aug. 6 at 75. Survived by husband Melvin; son Michael (Kimberly) Brooks; sister Ann Ellias; brother Terry Ellias; sister-in-law Leah Ellias. Groman Eden

Jerry Kaye died Oct. 3 at 78. Survived by wife Patricia; daughter Sara; son David (Dalia); brother Martin (Julia); mother-in-law Betty Reiser; 2 grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Barbara Kimel died Oct. 9 at 70. Survived by husband Ed; daughter Ashley (Barry) Dadon; son Matthew; 3 grandchildren; mother Ellen Braveman; sister Pamela (Chris) Taylor; brother  Stephen (Wanda) Braveman. Mount Sinai

Deanie Kramer died Sept 28 at 77. Survived by son, Jason (Ali); brother Harley Shapiro.

Leonard Meshover died Oct. 1 at 89. Survived by daughter Wendy; 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Bernie Patrusky died Sept. 29 at 89. Survived by wife Suzi; daughters Stefani (Bruce) Langer, Pamela (Ron) Mass; 6 grandchildren.

Anne Raiken died Sept. 29 at 93. Survived by daughters Frances Cohen, Evelyn Lewis, Nancy, Clarisse (Bob) Kryloo; son Steve (Nina); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Saul Roisentul died Oct. 3 at 82. Survived by wife Ilene; sons Jerry (Gina), Gary (Diana); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Kenneth M. Rosenberg died Oct. 9 at 78. Survived by wife  Rochelle; daughters Carin (Erik Lawrence), Cindy (Leigh Rathner); 3 grandchildren; sister Marilyn Frandsen;brother-in-law Robert (Arlene) Sheff. Mount Sinai

Jerry Shanks died Oct. 5 at 85. Survived by wife Socorro; daughters Lisa (Bruce) Shanks Thomas, Stephanie (Santino) Akuei, Wendy Scofield; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Victoria Shaw died Oct. 5 at 102. Survived by daughter Regina “Gina” (Myron) Crespin; 2 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Michael Sher died Sept. 26 at 77. Survived by wife Andrea; sons Russel (Trista), Nicholas, Jonathan (Alens); 5 grandchildren; sister Faith (Leslie) Dektor. Mount Sinai

Carol Lois Sherman died Oct. 5 at 89. Survived by daughters Robin Adams, Susan Shapiro; stepdaughter Stephanie (Larry) Schwartz; stepson Dennis (Penny); brother Erwin Sattinger. Mount Sinai

Miriam Dinin Sisk died Oct. 7 at 75. Survived by husband Jerome; daughters Shana, Rachel, Lisa (Benjamin); son Joel (Michelle); 6 grandchildren; sister Mala (Sam) Langholz; sister-in-law Glennie Dinin. Mount Sinai

Michael Stanislavsky died Oct. 6 at 89. Survived by sister Ronnie Bernstein; brother Paul (Ronnie). Mount Sinai

Lawrence Symons died Oct. 6 at 85. Survived by wife Janet; daughter Felicia (Jerome) Friedland; sons Kevin (Consuelo), Stephen; 4 grandchildren; sister Suzanne Ehrlich. Mount Sinai

Walter Uhrman died Oct. 12 at 78. Survived by wife Judy; daughters Julie, Amy (Diero) Longhi, Abigail (Israel), Betsy (Joel), Tammie (Joshua) Rapps; 12 grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Bonnie Sondra Useem died Oct. 14 at 94. Survived by daughter Sherry (Charles) Kaufman; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harold Weiner died Oct. 3 at 95. Survived by sons Lawrence “Larry” Stephen (Laura), Russell Garrett (Jennifer Gao), Jerrold Alan (Margaret); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Karen Joy Wyser died Oct. 9 at 87. Survived by daughter Audrey; son David (Edith); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

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