Obituaries: Jan. 14-20, 2011

Ted H. Abrams died Nov. 14 at 83. Survived by wife Marlene; daughter, Denise (Joe) English; son Rick (Cheri); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Agins died Nov. 6 at 72. Survived by daughter Sabina (Michael) Fetter; son Scott (Erica) Pokard; 4 grandchildren; sister Beatrice; brother David (Joan). Mount Sinai

Michael Allensworth died Nov. 6 at 67. Survived by wife Susan; mother Edna; daughter Shaaryl; son David; 3 grandchildren; sisters Barbara Arczynski and Catherine Brown; brother James. Mount Sinai

Jeffrey Balkin died Nov. 17 at 67. Survived by daughter Stephanie (Jason Labowitz); son Jeremy; 1 grandchild; brother Steve (aka Shmul); companion Jane Winakur. Mount Sinai

Mort Berman died Nov. 17 at 83. Survived by wife Dorothy; daughter Wendy Rose; son Bruce (Jane); and 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rachel Bialek died Nov. 8 at 89. Survived by daughter Lidia (Victor) Dolinsky; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Yakov (Galina) Batalin. Mount Sinai

Phillip Brodax died Nov. 15 at 91. Survived by wife Lois; daughter Laura Berkowitz; 10 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; brother Newton (Rochelle) Becker. Mount Sinai

Lillian Brodie died Nov. 3 at 95. Survived by son Ernie (Melody) Kestenbaum; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Stanley Bronner died Nov. 15 at 87. Survived by wife Regina; daughter Cys (David); son John Irving; 8 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Estelle Burstein died Nov. 17 at 94. Survived by daughter Robbin (Donald) Close; son Elliot; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Linda Cohen died Nov. 17 at 54. Survived by husband Terry; daughter Nicole (Justin) Irish; son Joshua (Alison); one grandchild; mother Bridget Cukier; sister Rosie (Mark) Jacknich; mother-in-law Evelyn Valenti. Mount Sinai

Rose Cooper died Nov. 10 at 95. Survived by daughter Barbara Deutsch; son Marshal (Sharon); 5 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Ronald Decker died Oct. 16 at 77. Survived by wife Lynn Barancik; daughter Deidre (Noah) Wilson; son Mark (Carley); 5 grandchildren; brother Frank; sisters Rhoda Orenstein and Sandy. Mount Sinai

Farrokh Faezi Ekbatani died Nov. 5 at 86. Survived by daughter Vida Nathan; son Siavosh M. Hamadani; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters Mahin Moshfegh and Bahereh (Rahman) Samadi. Chevra Kadisha

Massoud Jack Eshaghian died Nov. 7 at 70. Survived by wife Mahvash “May”; daughter Patricia; sons George (Jana), Averell (Sarah) and Claude (Annika); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Brian Steven Gitt died Sept 9 at 55. Survived by parents Betty and Sidney; brother Michael. Eden

Lewis William Graham died Nov. 14 at 84. Survived by wife Eva; daughter Pamela Olson; sons Matthew (Jacqueline), Scott (Debra) and Marc; 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Edith Gross died Nov. 5 at 86. Survived by daughter Claudette (Gary) Cole; son Henri (Sharon) Lajer; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Jo An Gumbert died Nov. 8 at 78. Survived by husband Barry; daughter Jill (Richard) Rosenberg; 2 grandsons. Mount Sinai

Eric Hirschowitz died Nov. 11 at 81. Survived by wife Cynthia; daughters Sharon (Mark) Vidergavz and Jennifer; son Henry Steven (Jennifer); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Miriam Irons died Nov. 16 at 90. Survived by daughter, Charlotte; brother Chester (Jean) Roistacher. Mount Sinai

Lottie Jeser died Nov. 15 at 90. Survived by daughter Gale (Kenneth) Delpit; son Jerry (Maureen) Kotler; stepdaughter, Beth Dashevsky; stepsons Paul (Faye) and Howard Jeser; 11 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ben Kamm died Nov. 8 at 89. Survived by daughters Marlene (David) Kamin and Alice (Neil) Ozsey; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Yifm Kheres died Nov. 14 at 78. Survived by son Grigory (Janet); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Janet Ann Kleine died Nov. 7 at 73.  Survived by son Michael; sister Yvette Katz.

Victorine Levy died Nov. 9 at 89. Survived by daughters Tony (Norman) Maltz and Dolly Haroush; son Moise; 8 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Beverly Mirman died Nov. 17 at 88. Survived by husband Norman; daughter Leslie A. (Haim) Geffen; son Alan (Nancy); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Rheingold died Nov. 12 at 80. Survived by sons Mitch (Diana) and Ron; 3 grandchildren; sister Esther Renega. Mount Sinai

Ruth Schultz Rudof died Nov. 12 at 86. Survived by husband Joel; daughter Laura Schultz; son Michael A. (M. Jean) Schultz; stepdaughters Meredith (Dan) Weiss and Jan (Bruce) Andelson; 3 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Drew Ari Rosenberg died Nov. 16 at 25. Survived by parents Don and Ellen Rosenberg; sister Amanda; brother Evan. Mount Sinai

Matthew Schwinger died Nov. 11 at 53. Survived by wife Nanette; daughter Mariel; sons Michael and Zachary; brother Robert; cousin Beth Schiffman. Mount Sinai

Morris Fred Shapiro died Nov. 7 at 80. Survived by wife Pearl; daughter Kamish Blume; son Brian; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Randy Stalk died Oct. 23 at 54. Survived by wife Robyn; daughter Denise; mother Bernice; brothers Jeff (Addie), Irwin (Terry), Marc (Sara) and Arthur. Eden

Gerald David Stark died Oct. 18 at 76. Survived by wife Lorraine; son Joel; sisters Judy Golov and Harriet Stark. Mount Sinai

Abram Stone died Nov. 6 at 89. Survived by wife Dina; daughter Helen (Harry) Moskowitz; 2 grandchildren; brother Morton (Ingrid) Blumenstein. Mount Sinai

Rae Terk died Nov. 13 at 90. Survived by daughter Dorothy (Allan Schaefer) Korostoff; son Michael (Maxine); 7 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rosalyn Westreich died on Oct. 26 at 85. Survived by husband Daniel; children Glenn (Nancy), Lori (Jeff) Klein and Diane Berlin; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Margot Young died Nov. 8 at 87. Survived by sons Erwin (Stephanie) and Melvin Alexander (Linda); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai