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Obituaries: Nov. 21-Nov. 27

Obituaries
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November 16, 2011

Alexander Bear died Oct. 20 at 95. Survived by wife Jessie Bear; daughter Fayla (Stephen) Reiss; son Laurence (Linda); 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sidney Nathan Berger died Oct. 22 at 85. Survived by nieces Sandra (Stephen) Prairie, Joni (Philip) Friedman, Eileen Dumas. Mount Sinai

Vivian Bloome died Oct. 25 at 89. Survived by 1 grandchild. Sholom Chapels

Donald Brown died Oct. 18 at 84. Survived by wife Gloria; daughter Andrea Sacks; sons Steven, Michael; 1 grandchild.  Hillside

Cathy Ann Carrasco-Zanini died Oct. 26 at 58. Survived by son Damian (Lea); brother Mark Nieman. Hillside

Dorothy Chafetz died Oct. 18 at 96. Survived by sisters Marion Paul, Ann Hearshen. Hillside

Edwin Conn died Oct. 25 at 91. Survived by sons Fredric, Martin, Kevin. Mount Sinai

Claude Erlanger died Oct. 25 at 88. Survived by sons Steve, David (Heide), Mike (Wendy); 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Debora Fatoorechi died Sept. 27 at 44. Survived by husband Farzad Saeidian; daughter Sharon; sons Brian, Kevin Saeidian; father Israel; sister Doris; brother Farid Fatoorechi. Chevra Kadisha

Birdie Feldman died Oct. 18 at 94. Survived by sons Jerry (Nancy Wolfe), Gary; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Dorothy Feldman died Oct. 14 at 90. Survived by daughter Tina (Earle) Alden; son Steve (Sondi); 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Sholom Chapels

David Fenton died Oct. 25 at 92. Survived by son Carl (Karen Sequeira); 3 grandchildren; sister Harriet Dichner. Mount Sinai

Ida E. Fichtenberg died Oct. 8 at 90. Survived by daughter Meryl (Larry) Stern; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-granchildren. Mount Sinai

Ralph Glickman died Oct. 21 at 77. Sholom Chapels

Michael Goldsen died Oct. 19 at 99. Survived by daughter Nancy.

Marshall Gumbiner died Oct. 25 at 93. Survived by wife Sally; daughters Valerie (Aaron) Weiss, Vicki (Herman) Waller, Vivian (Herb Perlmutter); 10 grandchildren; brother Jack (Pat). Mount Sinai

Simone Irene Keir died Oct. 23 at 84. Survived by sons Ralph Phillips (Debra), Daniel Phillips (Rebekah); 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters Yvette, Monique; brothers Lucien (Anne-Marie), Armand (Janine); sister-in-law Lison. Home of Eternity

Betty Klapper died Oct. 24 at 90. Survived by daughter Zina (Doug) Zwick; son Sheldon (Sue Hickey); 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Yefim Kogosov died Oct. 23 at 79. Survived by wife Tatyana; son Boris (Elvira); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Suzana Kramer died Oct. 20 at 60. Survived by daughter Diana. Mount Sinai

Henry Learner died Oct. 24 at 94. Survived by Sharon. Hillside

Shirley Leve died Oct. 19 at 80. Survived by husband Robert; daughter Ronna Lorin; sons Richard, Scott; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Leo Medwin died Oct. 24 at 94. Survived by son Steven Jeffrey (Paulette), Jonathan; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Donald Mellman died Oct. 22 at 82. Survived by wife Ingred; daughters Valerie (Bruce) Siegel, Caren Rose; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Stanley Nelson died Oct. 16 at 90. Survived by wife Joan; daughters Darian (Allen) Shapiro, Shellwyn (Bradford) Weston; 1 grandchild. Hillside

Yelena Nev died Oct. 21 at 88. Survived by nieces Galina (Armand) Krigel, Irina Segal. Mount Sinai

Evelyn W. Pennish died Oct. 23 at 90. Survived by husband John; daughter Debbie (Roger) Perez; son David; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Leon Pollard died Oct. 12 at 91. Survived by wife Ruth; sons Marc, John. Sholom Chapels

Frances Resnikoff died Oct. 21 at 85. Survived by daughter Nancy (John) Nieruchaiski; sons Larry, Mark (Joan); 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

George Rose died Sept. 12 at 90. Survived by wife Beverly; daughters Elise (Kirk Rimmer), Darci (Glenn) Pierce; son Gary (Charla Pollack-Rose); 7 grandchildren.

Bernard Sarnat died Oct. 21 at 99. Survived by wife Rhoda; daughter Joan (David Hoffman); son Gerard (Lela); 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Gertrude Shershow died Oct. 19 at 94. Survived by daughters Diane, Annette Evenary; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother Morty Sharon. Hillside

Bernard Slavin died Oct. 8 at 74. Survived by wife Sonia; daughters Michelle Ritholz, Jennifer Pollock; son Dovid; grandchildren. Sholom Chapels

Jack Slomovic died Oct. 16 at 86. Survived by wife Rena; daughter Sharon Frank; son David; grandchildren. Sholom Chapels

Howard David Smuckler died Oct. 21 at 82. Survived by wife Charlotte; daughters Ricki Ilene (Martin) Lieberman, Lauren Sue (Bruce) Morrison; son Eric Michael; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Ruth Trugman died Oct. 16 at 95. Survived by daughter Linda; son Ronald. Hillside

Deborah Weinstein died Oct. 2 at 74. Survived by daughter Pamela; son Jeff; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Alan Goldberg. Sholom Chapels

Beverly Weiss died Oct. 20 at 89. Survived by sons Andrew, Richard (Ann); 1 grandchild. Hillside

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