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Pauline Abrahams died Oct. 20 at 83. Survived by daughter Lynne; sons Keith, Mark, Alan; brothers Clive, Marc. Hillside

Janet Arenberg died Oct. 21 at 92. Survived by daughter Linda (James); sons Jonathan (Alice), Lee (Katie); 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Emil Berger died Oct. 24 at 93. Survived by wife Faye; daughters Roxanne (Geoff), Valerie; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Barry Davis died Oct. 5 at 77. Survived by sister Janis Sutton. Malinow and Silverman

Ailsa Goldie Lange Deutsch died Oct. 7 at 94. Survived by daughter Judith; 1 grandchild. Neptune Society

Alexandra Everakes died Oct. 13 at 76. Survived by husband Robert; daughter Ruth (David) Compton; sons Richard (Kristy), Jason (Julie); 5 grandchildren; sister Fotula Evans; brother John Sirmalis. Malinow and Silverman

David Finkelstein died Oct. 15 at 75. Survived by stepdaughter Tatiana Chahine.

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Norman Fishman died Oct. 13 at 76. Survived by wife Barbara; son Ari. Hillside

Patricia (Pat) Freedman died Oct. 19 at 96. Survived by son Chuck (Kim), Stan (Sarah), D. Jay (Sarah Pscheidt), Bruce (Lori Goldstrom); 8 grandchildren; sister Nathalie Levy Goodrich; 10 great-grandchildren.

Samuel Goldfarb died Oct. 21 at 99. Survived by daughters Deborah Golden (James), Nancy Goldfarb Pope; son Benjamin (Melissa Zukerman); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Faust Goodman died Oct .20 at 93. Survived by daughters Hope (Carolyn Dye) Faust, Roberta (Peter Samberg); son Michael (Ann Starer) Faust. Malinow and Silverman

Mae Goodson died Oct. 17 at 102. Survived by daughters Carolyn, Marilyn; 4 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister Roslyn. Hillside

Albert Green died Oct. 19 at 95. Survived by daughters Kelly (Greg), Cathy (Randy), Stacy (Bruce); son Garth (Susan); 10 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Mordecai Kieffer died Oct. 12 at 76. Survived by wife Penelope Oppenheimer Kieffer; daughter Shulameet (John) Lofstock; stepdaughter Elisabeth “Lizzie” Oppenheimer; sons Efaim (Shana) Kieffer, Issar (Rachel) Kieffer; stepson Eliot Oppenheimer; 8 grandchildren; brothers Bert, Sam. Malinow and Silverman

Albert Lanciano died Oct. 20 at 91. Survived by daughters Kami, Rivkah; sons Shlomo, Baruch. Malinow and Silverman

Avraham Levy died Oct. 1 at 48. Survived by mother Odette; father Rafhel; brother David. Chevra Kadisha

Ann Losk died Oct. 18 at 105. Survived by niece Cindy (Christopher); nephew Roy (Elsa). Hillside

Marlisse Marcus died Oct. 24 at 62. Survived by aunt Teresa; cousin Luiza (Andrei) Lancu. Malinow and Silverman

Manny Marfield died Oct. 21 at 100. Survived by daughters Deanne (William), Linda (Lee); son Joel (Lori); 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Linda Riff died Oct. 17 at 72. Hillside

Fred Rosenberg died Oct. 19 at 88. Survived by daughter, Alysa (Bruce) Polkes; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harry Isaac Rosenberg died Oct. 15 at 90. Survived by daughter Jill; sons Joel (Sheree), Marc (Tamara); 6 grandchildren. Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home, Ventura

Lane Sherman died Oct. 11 at 91. Survived by daughter Audrey Spencer; son Brad. Malinow and Silverman

Shelley Small died Oct. 3 at 67. Survived by daughters Erica (Tim) Friedman, Samantha (David) Mathis; 4 grandchildren; brothers Fred, Russell. Malinow and Silverman

Keith Alan Stark died Oct. 15 at 66. Survived by daughters Samantha, Whitney; son Ethan; sister Jill (Sam). Mount Sinai

Lois Weinberg died Oct. 15 at 92. Survived by son Clifford; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

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