Lila Belfer died Nov. 19 at 78. Survived by husband Sidney; sons Milt (Cheryl), Bruce (PeggyJo); 2 grandchildren; sister Betty (Mel) Frankel. Mount Sinai
Leopoldine Reinisch Breiner died Nov. 15 at 100. Survived by sons Tom (Mary), Peter David (Christine); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Edna Lillian Cogan died Nov. 13 at 89. Survived by sons Phillip (Ronni), Stewart (Nora Hafecawa); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Estelle Esther Croick died Nov. 19 at 82. Survived by husband Abraham; daughter Cindy (Jerry) Wallace; son Robert; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Bette Freilich died Nov. 7 at 82. Survived by daughters Jeannie, Laurie; son Curtis (Mireille); 5 grandchildren; sister Barbara Lev. Hillside
Skye Lerner Gallegati died Nov. 7 at 35. Survived by daughters Olivia Belle, Juliet Rose; mother Liz Lerner; father Steve Lerner; grandmothers Edith E. Schenkein, Schrollote W. Quint. Mount Sinai
Dorothy Grafman died Nov. 12 at 90. Survived by daughter Susan (Merwyn) Miller; 3 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Leon Hamlin died Nov. 6 at 86. Survived by daughter Louise; brother Robert. Hillside
Clara Kaminsky died Nov. 13 at 93. Survived by son Alan; brother Zachary Levy. Mount Sinai
Saul Kaufman died Nov. 6 at 84. Survived by wife Ilene; daughter Robin Migliore; sons Joseph (Marla), Kenneth (Avishag), Howard (Christa); 8 grandchildren; brothers Harvey (Bella), Alvin (Dorita). Hillside
George Kuntz died Nov. 4 at 97. Survived by wife Ruby; daughters Rachel (Stephen) Vaughen, Emilie (Dan) Winne; sons Jonathan (Maria Elen), David (Lucia); 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother David. Hillside
Bess Mandell died Nov. 10 at 97. Survived by daughter Frances (Stuart) Zimmermann; 2 grandchildren. Hillside.
Miriam “Mimi” Martin died Nov. 11. Survived by husband Myron Melvin; daughters Pamela Mitchell, Eve; son Gregg (Lisa); 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Aaron G. Moretzsky died Nov. 7 at 69. Survived by wife Harriet; daughter Mindi (Steve) Silverman; son Steven Stein; 3 grandchildren; sister Rona (Joe) Redan; brother Ralph (Nadine) Rudley. Neptune
Leah Morris died Nov. 11 at 89. Survived by nieces Carol Patrick, Janice McClure, Susan Butterworth. Mount Sinai
William Newman died Nov. 14 at 93. Survived by wife Rozann; daughter Laura (James Tauber); son Philip. Mount Sinai
Carolyn Portanova died Nov. 8 at 77. Survived by husband Peter; daughters Jaye-Jo (Bruce) Cooperman, Jo-Ann (Barry Seavey); son Steven (Janet); 7 grandchildren; sister Myrna (Louis) Bauman. Mount Sinai
Irwin Provda died Nov. 5 at 68. Survived by wife Lois; sons Asher (Jennifer), Alexander (Kim); mother Freida Schwartz; 4 grandchildren; sisters Francine (John) Herbitter, Andrea (Mickey) Eliwatt. Hillside
Marcelle Robaire died Oct. 21 at 92. Survived by daughters Simone, Claudine (Michael) Goodman; son Bernard; grandchildren; great-grandchildren. Malinow and Silverman
Sam S. Rosenberg died Nov. 8 at 90. Survived by daughters Andrea (Mike) Lichtman, Wendy; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Phyllis Ross died Nov. 17 at 73. Survived by husband Jerry; daughter Andrea (Ron) Bryman; 3 grandchildren; sister Gertrude Exler. Mount Sinai
Gerald S. Schein died Nov. 4 at 76. Survived by girlfriend Susan Perillard; stepdaughter Megan Rotwell. Hillside
Bert Schloss died Oct. 12 at 67. Survived by brother James. Malinow and Silverman
Lorraine Schoor died Nov. 13 at 89. Survived by daughters Sally (Joe) Joevner, Rhonda Shapiro; son Charles; 7 grandchildren. Groman
Lee A. Schwartz died Nov. 9 at 93. Survived by daughter Nanci Ryder; stepson Stanley (Sarah). Mount Sinai
Robert F. Seiden died Nov. 5 at 83. Survived by wife Janice Neimeyer; sons Martin (Sharon), Jay (Susanne); stepdaughter Marla (Richard) Ulrich; stepson David (Michelle) Niemeyer; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Kathryn Jane Shafton died Nov. 16 at 69. Survived by companion Herbert Hirsh; daughter Liz (Jeff) Bias; son Brian (Jennifer); 2 grandchildren; sisters Joyce P. (Dan Beaton) Jordon, Elaine (Richard) Doran. Mount Sinai
Alvin Shemesh died Oct. 10 at 82. Survived by wife Rita; sons Marc (Julia), Gareth, Max (Dawn); 5 grandchildren; sister Sandra (Howard) Barsky. Malinow and Silverman
Clara Shipow died Oct. 31 at 96. Survived by daughter Marsha (Robert) Friedman; son Robert (Stephanie); 3 grandchildren. Hillside
Robert G. Stern died Nov. 8 at 89. Survived by daughter Blanche (James) Blatt; son Craig; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Fay Taub died Nov. 4 at 99. Survived by daughter Elaine (Harvey) Scher; sons Leonard (Harriett), Richard (Lee); 5 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside
Bernice Vogel died Nov. 1 at 86. Survived by husband Harry; daughter Lynn (Gordon) Zuiderweg; 3 grandchildren. Hillside
Rita Wainer died Nov. 12 at 96. Survived by sister-in-law Judy Carroll. Mount Sinai
Eileen Wolfus died Nov. 17 at 87. Survived by daughter Tamara (Ron) Gross; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai
Lea “Yoli” Ziperman died Oct. 27 at 90. Survived by daughters Pearl (Arthur) Kimler, Esther; son Manny; 3 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha
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