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Obituaries: April 13-19, 2012

Obituaries
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April 11, 2012

Clarice Bailey died Feb. 4 at 85. Survived by daughter Ferrel (Jeff) Rimer; son Steve (Suyen); sister Helene (Jerry) Slaten; brothers Larry (Florine), Sheldon Slaten; 4 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Robert Bass died Jan. 31 at 87. Survived by wife Suzonne; daughter Ellen Armijo; son Jerry (Michelle); stepdaughter Cindy Festa; stepsons Brian Reich, Jeff Warner; 11 grandchildren. Hillside

Ella Wallace Barnes died Feb. 3 at 95. Survived by daughters Sandy (Fred) Singer, Bobbi (Art) Kroot, Phyllis (Paul) Margolis; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Isaac Behar died Feb. 6 at 85. Survived by wife Trudi; daughters Miriam (Mark Kornbluh), Sara; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Caroline Bergal died Jan. 31 at 86. Survived by daughter Lisa; son Mark. Eden

Rosa Bershadsky died Feb. 6 at 87. Survived by son Ilya (Inna); 1 granddaughter. Mount Sinai

Saul Brand died Feb. 6 at 85. Survived by wife Constance; daughter Lisa Brand Held (Robert); son Michael (Paula); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Harry Michael Brener died Jan 11 at 57. Survived by wife Mara Eve; daughter Madeline Esther. Chevra Kadisha

Brenda Cane died Feb. 2 at 72. Survived by husband Bennett; daughter Leslie (Mark) Schneiderman; son David (Leora); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Jacqueline Cyrlin died Jan. 29 at 76. Survived by daughters Helene, Beth (Louis) Elperin; son Alan; 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harriet Dubin died Feb. 4 at 87. Survived by daughter Ellen Roundtree; son Howard; 3 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; sister Nancy (Al) Cohen; brother Elliott (Brenda) Kleinman. Mount Sinai

Evelyn Fleishman died Feb. 6 at 73. Survived by sons Ron, Jeff (Arlene); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Loretta Gallant died Jan. 30 at 90. Survived by daughter Lesley (Alan) Stein; 3 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sister Muriel Davis.  Mount Sinai

Jean Goode died Feb. 4 at 88. Survived by son Terrance (Carolyn); 1 grandchild. Hillside

Helene Goodman died Feb. 6 at 79. Survived by husband Arthur; daughters Roberta (David) Goodman-Rosenberg, Deborah Cohen; son Ira (Helen); 4 grandchildren; sister Phyllis Roslow; brother Norman (Lorraine) Rosenblatt. Mount Sinai

Jacqueline Gordon died Feb. 1 at 82. Survived by daughter Melissa (Kim) Albertson; son Justin; 2 grandchildren; brother-in-law Bernard Gordon. Mount Sinai

Daniel Gourarie died Feb. 1 at 79. Survived by wife Hadassah; daughter Ora (Udi Shorr); son Eran; 4 grandchildren. Home of Peace

Bill Greene died Jan. 30 at 46. Survived by partner Dennis Munoz; mother Gail; father Fred; sister Leslie Martin. Mount Sinai

Ruth Hoffman died Jan. 30 at 93. Survived by daughters Beth (Jack) Koonan, Carla (Ted) Munsat; 2 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; sisters Janet Marx, Muriel “Sockie” Ellis. Mount Sinai

Fay Helen Kozberg died Feb. 4 at 89. Survived by daughter Gale (Tim) Boonstra; son Joel; sister Shirley (Perry) Sparks; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Molly “Mickey” Kurshan died Feb. 5 at 85. Survived by many friends; 2 caregivers. Mount Sinai

Reeva Marcus died Jan. 30 at 89. Survived by sons Jonathan, Brian (Yvonne); daughter Pamela (Robert) Hunau; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brother Harold (Shirley) Cozen; sister Ruth Snyder. Hillside

Mavis Mermelstein died Jan. 21 at 95. Survived by daughter Sharon Felsen; 1 granddaughter. Hillside.

Edward Newlander died Feb. 5 at 100. Survived by daughters Ruth (Dan) Merritt, Judith (Melvin) Selzer; son Ira (Ronna); 10 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Valerie O’Krent died Jan. 31 at 68. Survived by husband Arthur Nabel; brother Gary; sister-in-law Emily Kayne; niece Charlene (Russ) Krasnoff. Mount Sinai

Shirley Perlmutter died Feb. 2 at 97. Survived by sons Dan (Sandra), David (Vangie); 4 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Albert Rosen died Feb. 1 at 66. Survived by wife Marian; daughter Melissa; son Joshua (Kathryn); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Alan Mark Rosenberg died Jan. 30 at 62. Survived by wife Pamela; daughter Rachel; son Daniel; mother Charlotte; sisters Carol, Nancy Edelman; brother Robert. Hillside

Sam Ross died Jan. 31 at 98. Survived by sons Garry (Shelly), Douglas (Judith); 4 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Geraldine Satz died Feb. 4 at 72. Survived by daughters Jody (Neal) Marder, Michelle (Doug) McKenzie, Diane (Ken) Porter; 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sy Schoenwetter died Jan. 31 at 80. Survived by wife Gloria; daughter Marcia (Don) Pompan; son Michael (Corrie); 4 grandchildren; sister Florence Penkin. Mount Sinai

Lillian Senitzky died Jan. 31 at 87. Survived by husband Israel; daughters Judith Reichman, Naomi Galili; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harriet Share died February 1 at 87. Survived by mother Betty German; daughter Karen; sister Franchie German; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Robert Silverstein died Jan. 29 at 89. Survived by wife Anita; daughter Suzanne Silverstein Chiaramonte; son Rob (Susan); stepdaughter Blair (Paeper) Tefkin; 5 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Stephen Harris Thatt died Dec. 23 at 53. Survived by wife Cheryl; stepson Ernest Stone; mother Beverly; sister Stacey Haviv. Chevra Kadisha

Diane Weiss died Feb. 1 at 78. Survived by husband Ronald; daughters Julie (Jim) Gerard, Kerie Schwartz, Leslie Weiss; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Mike Zweig died Feb. 4 at 88. Survived by daughters Constance, Jane. Hillside

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