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Obituaries: May 20-26, 2011

Obituaries
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May 17, 2011

Irving Bernstein died May 8 at 84. Survived by wife Faye; daughter Linda (Irving) Rubenstein; son Bruce; stepdaughters Michelle (Jay) Eisenberg, Barbara Boxer; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Frank Carmi died April 15 at 91. Survived by wife Linda; daughter Leora; son Eliot (Cris); 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Lala Fishman.

Fred Chorna died May 7 at 90. Survived by daughters Suanne (Bob) Williams, Myra (Jim) Feely, Marci (David) Donley; companion Malou Labuguen; 3 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Minette Cohen died May 4 at 87. Survived by husband Milton; daughter Lisa D’Auvray; son Allen. Mount Sinai

Clara Elias died April 12 at 85. Survived by daughter Edith Elias Boxstein; sons Rabbis Gabriel, Robert; 8 grandchildren; sister Eva Martin. Chevra Kadisha

Herman Irving Freedman died May 15 at 85. Survived by daughter Fay (Stuart) Allen; son Dan (Carol); 4 grandchildren; sister Ruth Nelson. Mount Sinai

Hilda Lillian Glassman died March 26 at 91. Survived by sons Daniel, Ed, David, Jerry Solomon; daughters Judith Franco, Janet Nathan; 8 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Steven “Goldy” Goldstein died May 9 at 59. Survived by wife Patricia; sons Oliver, Aaron; sister-in-law Annette Burden. Mount Sinai

Ray Greenberg died May 11 at 101. Survived by son Robert (Bonni); 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Jacobson died Feb. 7 at 97. Survived by sons Mark, Phillipp (Suesan) Jason; daughter Ruth (Norman) Fralle; 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sylvan Kalter died May 11 at 82. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughter Suzanne (David) Mont; son Cary (Magdalena); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Ganansky Lieberman died April 29 at 100. Survived by daughter Stefanie Simon; 2 grandchildren.

Robert Lyon died May 14 at 101. Survived by daughter Estelle (Scott) Hart
man; son Samuel (Joyce) Lewis; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ruth Mollot died May 9 at 97. Survived by daughter Stephanie Goetz; son Michael; daughter-in-law Anita; 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Louis Charles Robin died April 20 at 53. Survived by wife Lisa; daughters Hannah, Rebecca, Rachel; son Joshua; brother Kenneth; sisters Renee, Michelle; parents Alan and Brett Robin. Chevra Kadisha

Mirjam Rozenfeld died May 8 at 75. Survived by son Ilan (Dahlia); daughters Shera, Ronit; 5 grandchildren; brother Willy (Mirjam) Kurz. Mount Sinai

Francine Rubel died March 11 at 87. Survived by Eileen (Jack) Morgan; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Selma J. Sesar died May 6 at 92. Survived by sons Dennis (JoAnn), Jeff (Sharon); daughter Diana (Lee) Sclar; 7 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Renee Sfarti died May 3 at 89. Survived by husband Simon; daughter Gabriela (Ervin) Adler; son Adrian; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

David Spiewak died May 6 at 53. Survived by parents Nathan and Linda; son Jack; brothers Steven, Michael. Mount Sinai

Lon Mitchell Teller died May 12 at 46. Survived by parents Richard and Phyllis. Mount Sinai

Charlotte Tubin died May 11 at 88. Survived by grandson Keith; granddaughter Deana Garrett; sisters Judie Gold, Bette Sherman, Sandra Guscemi. Mount Sinai

Alice Weingarten died May 10 at 91. Survived by sons Robert (Marcia), Paul (Marla), Ronald (Laurie); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Morris Weiss died May 12 at 87. Survived by companion Jeanette Logrecco; daughter Rachel Rothstein; son Joseph (Barbara); 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Elaine Wolman died May 8 at 82. Survived by husband Lane; daughters Valerie McDonald, Keri; son Randy (Nancy); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

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