Obituaries

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...

Harry B. Schaechter of West Hartford died on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. He was 85 years old. He was born in Langensalsa, Germany on December 10, 1928 to Arnold and Ruth Schaechter. The family fled Nazi Germany in late 1933 and lived in New York City. Harry spent his early days in Manhattan and Brooklyn. He was a proud member...

Michael Rosenberg, 78, formerly of Newington and Glastonbury, died Sunday, August 28, 2022. Born in New York City, he was the son of the late Dr. Conrad Rosenberg and Dr. Myra (Palmer) Rosenberg. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War, stationed in Germany. He especially loved train travel, musical theater, spending time on the computer, and sharing...

Wilbert Kaufmann, 93, of West Hartford, died Saturday, February 9, 2012, at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, in Florida. Born in Rosheim, France, he was the son of the late Max and Adele (Fisch) Kaufmann. Wilbert was a French army veteran of World War II, and spent five years in a German prisoner of war camp. He lived in France and...

Joan Wise Kaufman of River Ridge, Avon, CT, died at home after a brief illness on May 30, 2010. She was born in Portland, Ore., on June 15, 1915, and lived in New York City, Hartsdale, NY, and Southbury, CT, before moving to River Ridge with her husband in 2004. She was the daughter of Rabbi Jonah B. Wise and...

EDITH S. ROSTAS , 102 of Bloomfield, widow of Steven M. Rostas, passed away on Monday, May 10, 2010 at her home. The daughter of Dr. And Mrs. Paul Sebestyen, she was born in Hungary on January 23, 1908. She attended college in Lausanne, Switzerland, earning a Baccalaureate degree. Then she enrolled at the University of Lausanne and obtained a...

Anita (Cohen) Lieberman, 79, of Highland Street, West Hartford, formerly of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007. She was the widow of Louis A. Lieberman. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Philip M. and Lillian (Friedman) Cohen. Mrs. Lieberman was a voracious reader and lover of the English language. She volunteered in the Bloomfield...

Kenneth Laschever, 46, of Main St., East Hartford, died Sunday, November 30, 2008. Born in Hartford, he was the son of Richard and Estelle (Weinman) Laschever. He was a graduate of Hall High School, West Hartford, and attended Goddard College in Vermont. Besides his parents, he leaves a brother, Bram Laschever of East Hartford, two sisters: Rebecca Swett and her...

Rita (Singer) Persky of Starkel Rd., West Hartford widow of Samuel Persky died Sunday, (January 1, 2006). Born in Hartford the daughter of the late Abraham and Dora Singer. She attended Daycare at the Hebrew Home and Hospital She is survived by two sons, Steven Persky and his wife, Lynn of Berlin, Marshall Persky and his wife, Terrill of Naperville...