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Obituaries: April 15-April 21, 2011

Obituaries
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April 12, 2011

Ruth Bronte died March 4 at 99. Survived by sons Les, Alan (Sharon); 7 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.  Hillside

Isaac Eshaghpour died March 5 at 82. Survived by wife Rachel; daughters Nora, Nadia, Tina; brothers Shemuel, Youssef; 4 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; sister Victoria. Chevra Kadisha

Jeanne Fields died Feb. 25 at 81. Survived by daughters Lori Weiss, Randi (Richard) Rosenblatt; stepdaughter Nancy (Joseph) Molloy; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.

Hermina Fucs died March 1 at 89. Survived by niece Violet Lehrer. Hillside

Sidney Gitt died Dec. 12 at 81. Survived by wife Betty; son Michael Alan. Eden

Sylvia Grover died March 6 at 88. Survived by husband Hyman; daughter Beverlee (John) Rudberg; grandchildren. Sholom Chapels

Rosa Kaplan died March 5 at 85. Survived by nephew Danny Steinmetz. Sholom Chapels

Sara Kaufman died Dec. 24 at 92. Survived by son Biliam Coronel; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Ethel Kreiger died March 7 at 91. Survived by sons Ian, Robert Krieger; companion Rita Filala; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Bernice Lifton died Feb. 12 at 88. Survived by husband David; daughter Sarah; sons Paul, Nathaniel (Maureen); brother Jerome (Bette) Lorber; 2 grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Marcia McPhee died March 4 at 83. Survived by husband Charles; daughter Lorrie Ross, son Charlie (Tina); sister Kayla Lawrence, 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Tillie Naftulin died Dec. 30 at 95. Survived by daughters Joy (Milton) Shefter, Kay (Julian) Schneider; sons Gene (Karen), Brian (Simone); 10 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Shirley Okum died March 5 at 98. Survived by daughter Cathy (Steve) Oldacker; sons Howard (Julie), Robert (Amber); 7 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Samuel Publicker died Dec. 19 at 92. Survived by daughters Bette, Jane Schanberg; sons Michael, Phillip; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Rose Eisen Sanders died Jan. 27 at 87. Survived by daughter Susan (Stanley); son Michael (Maryann); 4 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild; brother Herman M. Eisen. Hillside

Dorothy Saulten died Feb. 17 at 104. Survived by sons Elliot (Helene), Stephen (Pamela); 5 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Irene Shpiro died Feb. 14 at 84. Survived by sons Irwin (Carol), Mark; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Abraham Solovay died Feb. 14 at 93. Survived by daughter Joan Baron; son Frederick; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman

Ida Stein died March 2 at 93. Survived by daughters Joanne, Maxine. Hillside

Regina Wolman died Feb. 27 at 86. Survived by daughter Dorothy (Leon) Stabinsky; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters Sally Schuch, Tola Finkelstein; brother Ruby Sosnowicz. Chevra Kadisha

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