Obituaries: June 10-June 16, 2011

Sylvia Alpern died May 31 at 82. Survived by daughters Randi, Gerilynn Stanfield; son Lee; 1 grandson.  Mount Sinai 

Sonia Anshin died May 26 at 74. Survived by husband Roman; son Peter; sister Nina Wolf; brother Yasha Aginsky.  Hillside

Shirley Bennett died May 4 at 91. Survived by daughters Anna (Bernard) Otis, Mavis (David) Segal; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren.

Lawrence Berry died May 26 at 64. Survived by daughter Lisa (Kyle); sons Benjamin, Blake, David (Melissa); 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Ada Cooke died May 19 at 68. Survived by sister-in-law Evelyn Shaw. Mount Sinai

Ben Duben died May 26 at 95. Survived by wife Florence; daughter Roberta (Charles) Holt; sons Richard (Jeanne), Jeffrey (Lynn), Ronald (Kamiko); 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Rosalyn Einberg died May 30 at 89. Survived by husband Joseph; daughters Myra (Barb), Barbara; son Howard (Sandy); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Shirley Fifer died May 26 at 88. Survived by daughters Jacqueline Schneider, Judith (Ed) Hessemer; 5 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brother Seymour (Carol) Winston.  Hillside

Meyer Friedman died May 28 at 99. Survived by companion Rose Solomon; son-in-law Peter Modler; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Ruth Fox died May 31 at 94. Survived by daughters Sonya (Bruce) Sultan, Barbara (Bill) Dunn, Jacquelyn (Richard) Snyder; 6 grandchildren; brother Bernard Ellis; Mount Sinai          

Pearl Friedman died May 29 at 83. Survived by 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; son-in-law Gerald Kippen. Mount Sinai 

Lewis Greenwood died May 26 at 85. Survived by wife Rita; daughter Toby (Bill) Donner; son Steven (Deborah); stepdaughter Karen Albaum; 5 grandchildren. Hillside

Nathan Grosher died May 27 at 93. Survived by wife Anne; daughter Jan (Paul) Plotkin; son Mark (Belinda); 3 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Rosilin Jacobs died June 4 at 84. Survived by daughters Vicki (Alan) Rotstein, Diane (Peter) Berk, Susan (Stephen Skowronek); 8 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Pearl Katzman died May 29 at 93. Survived by sons Ron, Steve. Hillside

Carol Kaufman died June 2 at 64. Survived by daughter Shoshana Frederick; sister Lisa Kaufman-Zaid. Mount Sinai

Arlene B. Linkon died May 26 at 75. Survived by son Steven (Cindy); 1 grandchild; brother Neil (Sharon) Friedman. Mount Sinai

Ronald Meepos died June 3 at 80. Survived by wife Lucy; sons Robert (Patricia), Steven, Barry; stepson Ron (Dona); 12 grandchildren; sister Joan Humphrey. Mount Sinai

Edgar Powell died May 31 at 87. Survived by wife Sandra; daughter Melissa. Hillside

Helena Shaw died May 25 at 75. Survived by daughter Tanya Birdoes; son Keith Lewis; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Samuel “Jon” Stern died May 31 at 85. Survived by wife Lea; sons Ben (Sara), Yoram (Carolyn); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Phyllis Stone died May 30 at 83. Survived by daughter Laurie Stone Haskell; sons Steve (Rena), Neil; 7 grandchildren; brother Owen (Helen) Steinbach; sisters-in-law Ilse Steinbach, Marion (Bernie) Barsky. Mount Sinai

Miriam Surfas died May 30 at 103. Survived by by son Laurence “Lou”; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rosalie Tucker died May 29 at 84. Survived by son Ron (Andy); 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Leona White died May 25 at 95. Survived by son Paul (Sally); 9 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Rosalie Whitehill died May 25 at 89. Survived by son Jess; daughter-in-law Blake.  Mount Sinai