Obituaries

Michael S. Kulick, Esq., 71 years of age, of West Hartford, died unexpectedly Sunday, March 11, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital, with his family at his bedside. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Arthur and Lottie (Parmet) Kulick. Michael graduated from Middlebury College and Columbia University School of Law. After graduation he served as...

KATZIN, David Katzin, son of Nathan and Judith Katzin, was born August 19, 1923, in Winsted, Connecticut, and died August 13, 2010, at the John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Connecticut. David graduated 1941 from the Gilbert School. He was President of his class and a three letter man. David served three years in the Navy, half of which he spent...

Esther ?Essie? (Maisel) Komiss passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Born in Mobile, AL, she lived most of her life in New Britain. She was the widow of Leo Komiss who founded Holiday Travel in New Britain in 1952. Essie was pre-deceased by her daughter Laura Roden. She is survived by her daughter Michele Fragola and her husband Al;...

MEYERSON, Irma (Bloomfield) Irma (Bloomfield) Meyerson, of Abrahms Blvd, West Hartford, widow of Marvin Meyerson, died Friday, (Jan. 5, 2007). Born in Tarrytown, NY, she was the daughter of the late David and Jean (Goldberg) Bloomfield. She is survived by two sons, Michael Meyerson and his wife Michele of Weatogue, Douglas Meyerson and his wife Lori of Weatogue; a brother,...

Beatrice Hoffman of West Hartford, beloved daughter of the late Benjamin and Hattie (Ziskin) Schwolsky, beloved wife of the late Jack Hoffman and beloved sister of the late Faye Schwolsky, died Sunday morning at the age of 88 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. As a young woman, she wanted to become a nurse, and since Hartford nursing schools denied...

Manuel ‘Manny’ M. Leibert, 98 years of age, of West Hartford, CT, died Saturday, April 30, 2011. He was the husband of Shirley Leibert. Manny was born in New York City and moved to Hartford at a young age. He attended Hartford Public High School graduating in 1931. As a teenager he worked in his dad’s kosher meat market learning...

Sylvia “Dubby” Maron Levy, of West Hartford, passed peacefully on Tuesday morning, (July 23, 2013) with her loving family by her side. Born in Hartford, the daughter of the late Hyman and Rebecca (Munitz) Maron, Sylvia graduated from Weaver High School, and on Valentine’s Day 1942, married her high school sweetheart, best friend and the love of her life, Max...

Stanley H. Labinger, 77, of West Hartford, beloved husband of Andrea (Kaplan) Labinger for 51 years, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2013 at home. Born in Hartford, the son of the late Morris and Florence Labinger, he grew up in Hartford, graduating from Weaver in 1953. He attended the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy graduating with honors in 1957....

Helen (Singer) Max, died on Saturday, (March 10, 2007) at the Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford. Born October 10, 1899 in Vienna, Austria. Her rich and active life spent three centuries. As a young girl of 18, she was hired as a bank teller by the Lander Bank of Austria, where, as a woman, she rose to a...

Archie Leppo, 95 , of West Hartford, formerly of Oceanside, NY, died Tuesday evening. Husband of Estelle; father of Amy Mandell and the late Henry; father-in-law of Neal; Poppi to Sarah and Ben. A loving and caring man, he will be missed by all. Special thanks to the staff at the Hebrew Home, especailly 4N. Friends may visit Sunday, 1-5...

Dr. Herbert Pasternak of Simsbury Road, West Hartford, died Friday, March 26, 2010. Born in Waterbury, he was the son of Ike and Stella (Pollack) Pasternak. He was a US Air Force Veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Connecticut, Florida, and American Optometric Association. He was also a past Board member of the Emanuel Synagogue,...

Barbara (Solomon) Kaufman of Newington, died on Wednesday, September 23,2009 at age 84. She was the daughter of the late King and Frances Solomon, and the wife of Stanley Kaufman, her husband of 62 years. Born in Hartford on July 9, 1925, she attended Hartford and West Hartford schools and graduated from Hall High in 1943. She received a Bachelor?s...

Edward S. Hyman, of Bainton Rd., West Hartford, husband of Carol (Bacon) Hyman died Sunday, (March 23, 2008) at home. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late George M. Hyman and Stella (Katz) Hyman. He was an attorney with Hyman & Cantor, and a member of the Hartford County and the Connecticut Bar Association. Besides his wife,...

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...