Obituaries September 25, 2009

Abraham Abramovitch died July 15 at 82. He is survived by his wife, Sarah; daughter, Gail (Sequoia) Schroeder; brother, Tevia (Judy) Abrams; and one grandchild. Chevra Kadisha

Marty Beckman died July 21 at 89. He is survived by his wife, Elaine; daughter, Karen (Tom) O’Connell; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two nephews; and three nieces. Mount Sinai

Cantor Samuel Brown died July 7 at 88. He is survived by his wife, Tessa Warschaw; daughter, Janet; son, Jonathan (Mary); and two grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Mary Cadis died June 26 at 76. She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Onodera; sons, Charlie, Solomon and Pete Benudiz; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

James Canfield died June 23 at 83. He is survived by his daughter, Debra (Anthony) Espinoza; sons, James and Tommy; and sister, Mickey. Malinow and Silverman

Judith Davidson died June 24 at 73. She is survived by her daughter, Coral. Malinow and Silverman

Eugene Felmar died June 23 at 79. He is survived by his wife, Mimi; daughter, Leslie Turowski; sons, Kirk (Brooke) and Scott; and two grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Phillip Furst died June 21 at 77. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; daughter, Elysa (Tom) Pillsbury; son, Michael (Cindy); brother, Paul; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Malinow and Silverman

David Gelbard died July 22 at 88. He is survived by his wife, Corrine; daughters, Susan (Larry) Fishman, Ellen (Joseph) and Nancy (David); son, Martin (Thala); and nine grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Gerald Gess died July 28 at 86. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude; daughter, Bonnie Moss; and three grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Judith A. Glick died July 25 at 64. She is survived by her husband, Robert; daughters, Jordana and Tamar; son, Matthew (Dawn); five grandchildren; and brother, Art Levine. Mount Sinai

Seymour Glucksman died June 27 at 87. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; sons, Richard (Lori) and Keith (Marcee); and three grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Calvin David Green died July 20 at 81. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Cooper-Green; daughter, Linda (Bryan) Green-Smith; son, Richard (Candice); and six grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Joseph Grodsky died June 23 at 95. He is survived by his wife, Lillian; sons, Gilbert and Robert; and three grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Melvin Gross died June 29 at 88. He is survived by his daughter, Janice Mandel; sons, Jeffrey and Larry (Olga) Mandel; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Malinow and Silverman

Jerald L. Heiman died July 24 at 80. He is survived by his daughter, Barbara (Larry) Lopez; sons, Nicholas and Jeffrey; and five grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Joseph Jacobson died July 22 at 103. He is survived by his daughter, Linda; son, Richard (Pamela); four grandchildren; and companion, Phyllis Lavitt. Mount Sinai

Elias Joseph died July 15 at 75. He is survived by his wife, Wendy; daughter, Lisa (David) Volvovic; sons, David (Laura), Garry and Simon (Jennifer); brother, Ezra; sisters, Hildegarde Wozniak and Violet Blank; three grandchildren; eight nieces; and four nephews. Chevra Kadisha

Evelyn Ruth Kaplan died July 7 at 77. She is survived by her daughter, Harriet. Chevra Kadisha

Edward Klein died July 6 at 62. He is survived by his wife, Sherill Kushner; daughters, Shana and Alana (Doug) Prisco; and sister, Shoshana Shatil. Malinow and Silverman

Manya Krivogorskaya died July 24 at 84. He is survived by his daughter, Izabella (Yury) Strashnoy; son, Leonard (Stella) Strashnoy; and three grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Marceda Levitt died July 2 at 93. She is survived by her daughter, Deanna. Malinow and Silverman

Ruth Mayer died July 22 at 94. She is survived by her daughters, Shelley Hamrick and Esta (Gary) Herman; son, Sandy (Lynn); six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Robert Michaels died July 1 at 92. He is survived by his daughter, Barbara (Marvin) Brown; sons, Rabbi Mathew and Alvan (Connie); sister, Marge Landall; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Khalil Nikfarjam died June 24 at 90. He is survived by his wife, Soltan; daughter, Lili Khadavi; sons, Kiomars and Kamran (Debora); brothers, Saeed and Jacob; and five grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Benjamin Ostroff died June 22 at 83. He is survived by his daughter, Marlene; and son, Alan. Malinow and Silverman

Cecilia B. Podell died July 28 at 92. She is survived by her daughters, Joyce (Alan) Rudolph and Arlene (Lee) Alpert; son, Terry (Marly); and four grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Phyllis Saltzman died July 23 at 78. She is survived by her husband, Harold; daughter, Marsha Boyd; sons, Lawrence (Jacqueline) and Richard; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Martin Schatz died June 17 at 96. He is survived by his daughter, Nancy (Hal) Daum; son, Gerald (Barbara); four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Steven Schneider died July 3 at 57. He is survived by his parents, Irwin and Marian; sisters, Eileen (Ron) Miller and Marla (Gary) Killion; and many nieces and nephews. Malinow and Silverman

David Simenhoff died July 24 at 81. He is survived by his wife, Alida; daughter, Louise (Michael) Kaplan; sons, Richard (Randi) and Steven (Jannine); and six grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lillian Stanger died June 25 at 96. She is survived by her sons, Edward and Doug; sister, Ann Merrington; brother, Richard Jacobson; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Gerald Stein died July 27 at 89. He is survived by his wife, Trudy; daughter, Caarna E. (Allen) Silver; sons, Martin T. (Mary), Eugene P. (Marilyn) and Elliot R. (Karen); and 11 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Irving J. Sultan died July 26 at 94. He is survived by his sons, Michael E. (Lee), Larry (Kelly) and Kenny; and five grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rhoda Turbin died June 25 at 87. She is survived by her husband, Gilbert; daughter, Sandra Massman; and son, Robert. Malinow and Silverman

Mark Wienzveg died July 18 at 57. He is survived by his sisters, Sharon (Barry) Shaw and Bonnie; brother, David (Beverly); one niece; and two nephews. Mount Sinai

Selma Pearl Williams died July 21 at 83. She is survived by her caregiver, Rosa Margarita Lothian; and friend, Katheliene Brower. Mount Sinai