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Annette Barnett died Sept. 3 at 94. Survived by daughters Wendy (Sid) Engel, Laurell (James Kelty); 1 grandchild; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Faye Finegood Delson died March 27 at 93. Survived by daughter Cindy Baron; son Kevin (Diane); 5 grandchildren; sister Esther Cardinale; brother Samuel (Susan) Finegood. Chevra Kadisha

Thalia Garin Faye died Sept. 12 at 82. Survived by son Scott (Ilise); 3 grandchildren; sister Nurit (Benjamin) Herkovitz; brother Avraham (Judith) Garin. Mount Sinai

Selma Myrna Frost died Sept. 10 at 98. Survived by daughter Lesa (Jerry) Leeds; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Roslyn Gerstl died Sept. 14 at 87. Survived by daughter Michelle Seukunian; 1 grandchild; brother Sumner Feldman. Groman Eden

Joan C. Gill died Sept. 11 at 89. Survived by sons Mark, Robert (Patricia Gergen). Mount Sinai

Ruth Giller died Sept. 16 at 90. Survived by daughter Sara; son Paul. Mount Sinai

Marcia Claire Gould died Sept. 7 at 82. Survived by husband Richard Shontz; daughter Valerie (Jeff) Eaton; sons Todd (Jennifer Barbaro), Alan (Stacy); 5 grandchildren; brother David (Lynne) Lertzman. Mount Sinai

David Hirsch died Sept. 12 at 99. Survived by daughter Susan; sons Robert, Michael. Malinow and Silverman

Melvin Kahn died Sept. 14 at 84. Survived by daughter Tamara (Michael) Katz; son Andrew; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Mark Kushnir died Aug. 26 at 82. Survived by daughter Diana (Fima Smelchanskiy); son Yuriy (Helen Moshkovich); 3 grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Howard M. Leeds died Sept. 5 at 84. Survived by wife Elena; sons Jeffrey, Scott; 2 grandchildren; sister Helene Sussman. Hillside

Roslyn Machlovitz died Sept. 10 at 85. Survived by husband Arthur; daughter Helen; son Michael (Ronda); 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Ester Setare Malekan died Aug. 20 at 92. Survived by daughters Mahin, Shahnaz, Janet; sons Ruben, Aziz, Joseph, Issac, David, Kourosh; 8 grandchildren; sisters Neima, Miryam; brothers Morad, Abraham. Chevra Kadisha

Alfred Maskell died Sept. 11 at 95. Survived by daughter Linda (Larry) Barouch; sons Randy, Jay (Joice), Kenneth (Jamie); 8 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Alfred Meyer Miller died Sept. 10 at 84. Survived by wife Ann; daughters Deborah (Carl), Laura (John) Mueller; sons Steven, Daniel (Jaymie); stepsons Brad (Shawn) Allan, Gregory Phillip Meinhardt; 11 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Joshua T. Nimoy died Sept. 4 at 41. Survived by mother Marijo; father Joseph; brother Marc (Rebecca). Mount Sinai

Enayat Norouzi died Aug. 19 at 89. Survived by wife Mahin; sons Kamyar, Ray; 1 grandchild; sisters Farogh, Farah, Parvin; brothers Bahman, Fred, Hosang, Cirus. Chevra Kadisha

Eytan Orlander died Aug. 13 at 62. Survived by wife Ora Lanzer Orlander; sons Etay, Tom; mother Esther; father Mordecai; sister Nurit Keshet. Chevra Kadisha

Eileen Popkin died Sept. 8 at 83. Survived by daughters Donna (Bill) Snell, Kim (Marc) Kroll, Stacey (David) Aucella, Cyndi (Andre) Pegus; 8 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

 Tanya Rashkovsky died Sept. 8 at 79. Survived by husband Gregory; daughters Alexandra (Oleg Lebovich), Ayala (Offer) Cohavy; 8 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sisters Lyubov (Leonid) Berkhin, Anna (Yakov) Vaserfirer. Mount Sinai

Eugene Harmon Rogolsky died Sept. 13 at 91. Survived by husband Joseph Boutell. Mount Sinai

Janice Schrager died Sept. 8 at 88. Survived by daughter Sheryl; son Michael; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Irene S. Stein died Sept. 15 at 98. Survived by daughter Joyce (Richard) Stern; son Howard; stepson Joe (Kerri); 1 grandchild; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Phyllis Turbow died Sept. 14 at 86. Survived by husband Bernard; daughter Ellen Turbow Parr; sons David (Brianna); Steven; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother Bruce (Beverly) Young. Malinow and Silverman

Ruth Waller died Sept. 11 at 89. Survived by daughter Beth (Edward) Silverman; sons Franklin, Jonathan; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Susan Washton died Sept. 8 at 71. Survived by husband Martin; daughters Amanda, Rebecca; son Matthew; 5 grandchildren; sister Janet. Hillside

Phyllis Wills died Sept. 13 at 90. Survived by daughters Amy, Judi (Tim); son Robert (Echo); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Ronald A. Zacky died Sept. 11 at 83. Survived by wife Sandra; sons Brent (Amy), Mathew, Hayden (Michelle); 9 grandchildren. MOUNT SINAI

Sara Zand died July 16 at 87. Survived by daughters Lenore Lowen, Odelia (Aharon) Cooper; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Yossi Friedman. Chevra Kadisha

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