Obituaries

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....

Louis Ludgin of Prospect Avenue, West Hartford, and New London, died Monday the 13th of September 2010. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Morris and Jennie (Mell) Ludgin. He was a graduate of Weaver High School. In a time where college was a luxury first generation Jews could ill afford, he started his career with Interstate...

Phyllis Zarchen Nathan, 82, of Dresher, PA, formerly of West Hartford, Westbrook, and Venice, FL, died Friday, December 12, 2008 in Abington, PA. Born in Providence, RI, daughter of the late Samuel and Eva (Muffs) Zarchen, she grew up in Springfield, MA. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert H. Nathan. She is survived by her three daughters: Lynn N....

Beloved Joseph Korzenik, 85 years of age, of West Hartford, died Sunday, January 16, 2011. He was the husband of the late Ruth (Spaien) Korzenik. Born in Southern Poland, he was the son of the late Zallel and Mindla (Roth) Korzenik. Joe was a Holocaust survivor. During World War II he was first incarcerated in his hometown ghetto and later...

Philip L. Segal, 92 years of age, of Beaumont Hwy., Lebanon, husband of Annie (Goldstein) Segal, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Born in Lebanon, he was the son of the late Morris and Annie Segal. Philip was a dairy farmer for many years in Lebanon before becoming a Real Estate Broker. As a Real Estate Broker, he held many state...

Arline (Kagan) Himmelstein, 90 years of age, of West Hartford, died Sunday, October 6, 2013 at home. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Matilda (Darefsky) Kagan. Arline taught in the Hartford Public School System. She leaves her husband, Morgan Yale Himmelstein; her daughters, Tara Milne and her husband John of Westport, Dr. Lisa Himmelstein...

Evelyn Stein Lipton, 88, of Sarasota, FL, and Avon, formerly of West Hartford, wife of the late Harold Lipton, M.D., died Tuesday (January 29, 2008). Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Frances Stein. Evelyn graduated from Weaver High School, Hartford, and studied music in New York before returning to Hartford to sing professionally with...

Muriel Brown Martin, aged 95, died peacefully Saturday evening at her home in Tiverton, RI after a short illness. Marty was born April 19, 1914 in Rockville, the daughter of Morris Brown and Bertha Eisenberg Brown, both immigrants from Eastern Europe. She was raised in Rockville above the family dry goods store. A 1936 graduate in economics from the University...