Obituaries

Efrem Jaffe, 80 years of age, of Manchester, died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Louis and Rose (Cohen) Jaffe. He attended Bryant College and was a US Army veteran. After service, he went to work in the family business, American Masons and Building Supply in Hartford. He co-owned...

Emmett Russell Salzberg, 82, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, formerly of Trumbull, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Born on August 15, 1924 in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Herman and Freida ?Fritzi? (Russell) Salzberg. He attended the Bronx High School of Science, City College of New York, Columbia University and Hofstra University. Emmett was a...

Louis Keezing, 55, died peacefully on July 27, 2013 at his home in West Hartford. The eldest son of Henry and Shirley Keezing, Lou was born in New Britain and grew up in Berlin. After graduating from Berlin High School in 1976, Lou attended Drew University, where he received a B.A in political science in 1981. Lou used his talents...

James Lackman, of Delray Beach, FL, 69, died Saturday (January 12th, 2013) at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL due to complications from a long battle with liver disease. He was born on January 20th, 1943 in New Haven, CT to Clifford Lackman, son of Marsha Perlysky and Jack Lackman and Jeanette Liftig Lackman, daughter of Sarah Missel. He was...

Jeffrey Peter Ossen, Esq. of Mansfield Center, CT, and Singer Island, FL died peacefully with his beloved family at his side Sept. 16 at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center in Boston, MA. He died from complications of the kidney cancer he had so courageously fought with superb humor the last 3 years. Mr. Ossen was the son of the late...

Grace Levine, 102 years of age, of West Hartford died Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. Born in Akron, OH, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Bella (Gusatinsky) Levine. She was a secretary for the Hartford Public School System. She was also a member of Congregation Beth Israel and the Jewish Historical Society...

Phyllis (Pava) Nussbaum, 90 years of age, of Bloomfield passed away peacefully at home on March 20, 2015. She was the widow of Charles Schwartz Nussbaum. She was born in Springfield, MA, the youngest child of the late Louis and Ida (Rosen) Pava, where she attended Classical High School and American International College. At college she met and married her...

Nettie Frank Kaplan, 88 years of age, of West Hartford, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Born in Montreal, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Hilda Frank. A long time resident of Hartford and then Bloomfield, she was a retiree of Connecticut General and a member of Congregation Beth Israel of West Hartford. Nettie was predeceased by her...

MARX, Manfred M. Manfred M. Marx, 88, of West Hartford, died on Saturday, (January 5, 2008). The son of Emilie and Leo Marx, he was born in Weyer, Germany on April 27, 1919. He fled Nazi Germany in 1936 never again seeing his parents who perished in the Holocaust. In 1935 he prepared to leave Germany and joined the Noar...

Miriam (Mackover) Klar, 85 years of age, of Johnsonville Rd., Moodus, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Born in New York, NY she was the daughter of the late Morris and Rose (Schwartz) Mackover. She received an Associate Degree from Middlesex Community College, Middletown, and was an active participate in the running of the Klar Crest Resort in Moodus. She was...

Dr. William Kasler, of Westview Drive, Bloomfield, husband of the late Ellen (Katz) Kasler, died Friday (January 6, 2006) at home. Born in Duluth, MN. He was raised in Boston and won the 1938 Boston Herald Spelling Bee. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II, having served on the USS Menifee. Dr. Kasler was a graduate of William...

Melvin Arthur Naboicheck, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Born March 19, 1935, he was the son of the late Louis H. and Lillian (Shechtman) Naboicheck. He was the beloved husband of, Sandra (Gelfenbien) Naboicheck; loving father of, Steven Naboicheck and his wife Colleen, Alan Naboicheck, Ronald Naboicheck and his fiancé Jennifer Brook, and Marci Naboicheck Kania and her...

KASSMAN, Morris Kassman, 77 years of age, of Columbia, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011 at home surrounded by his loved ones. Born in Willimantic, he was the son of the late Max and Annie (Strauss) Kassman. Morris lived his entire life in Columbia and was a machine operator in the construction industry. He was a member of the United...

Gertrude Katz, 84, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of West Hartford and Bloomfield, died Thursday (January 29, 2009). She leaves a sister, Esther Katz Dumoff and her husband Bernard, niece Nan Schwartz, nephews Lawrence Dumoff, Abner Dumoff, Marvin Katz, Jon Katz, great nephew Mathew Diamond and great niece Ana Dumoff . Gertrude was predeceased by her three brothers, and her...

KURLAND, Leslie Kurland, 79, of Bloomfield died Saturday, July 28, 2007. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Benjamin H. and Charlotte (Tucker) Kurland. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II. Leslie managed the former Church?s Shoes in Hartford. He leaves his wife, Lillian Libby'(Goldberg) Kurland; three sons, Philip R. Kurland of Virginia Beach,...

Philip Liverant, antiques dealer and retired school teacher, of Colchester, CT, passed away peacefully Wednesday (March 12, 2014) at his home. He was born March 6, 1924, in Colchester. He was the son of the late Nathan and Esther Liverant. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Robyn Liverant Marquis and Roger Marquis of New York City and his...

Ben Hittleman, 93, of Delray Beach, FL passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013. He grew up in New Britain and Bristol, CT and lived for many years in West Hartford. He owned the Bristol Spring Manufacturing company that was located in Plainville, CT. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Hannah [Rosenblatt] Hittleman, 2 daughters and their husbands,...

George Growick, 98 of West Hartford beloved husband of the late Helen Growick, passed away on Sunday, (January 20, 2013). He was born on May 9, 1914, in the Bronx. He was a proud resident of The Bronx for his first 62 years where he and Helen raised their children. George spent the remainder of his life in West Hartford,...

Lillian Levine of West Hartford, CT, died September 17, 2011. Beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Widow of the late Joseph Mendelsohn and Philip Levine. Born in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of the late Isadore Mirsky and Dora Mirsky. She is survived by her daughters, Susan (Dr. Harvey) Matloff of Cheshire, CT., and Eleanor (Harold) Cohan of Boynton Beach, FL;...

Miriam ‘Yummie’ Gelfand Oberstein, 46 years of age, of West Hartford died Thursday, March 26, 2015. Born in Glen Ridge, NJ, she was the daughter of Dr. Philip and Dr. Francine (Losen) Gelfand of Lake Mary, FL. From her Leesburg, FL Montessori start, Yummie went on to Leesburg High School and Brandeis University with a music major and education minor....