Obituaries

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...

Byron E. Kopel, 66, of Enfield, passed away unexpectedly on January 5, 2011. He was the son of the late Leah and Carl Kopel. He was born and raised in Portland, ME and graduated from Deering High School and University of Maine with a Bachelors and Masters degree in education. After college he served in the US Army for two...

Marvin Lewtan, of West Hartford, CT died peacefully on October 10th, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Poland and then, after a few years in Cuba, he spent most of his life in the Hartford area. He was the beloved partner for 16 years of Nicolette Wernick. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 37 years, Jane...

KENNEDY, Alvin Kennedy, of East Hartford, died Monday, April 9, 2007 at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Samuel M. And Sylvia (Gittleman) Kennedy. He lived in New Britain until the age of 8, when his family moved to East Hartford. He graduated East Hartford High School in 1945. Alvin served in the US...

Jack Bernard Jacobs, 81, of Stuart, FL, formerly of Bloomfield and Granby, died Thursday, October 1, 2009. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Samuel and Edna (Schusterman) Jacobs. He was the owner of Able Electric Company of Bloomfield. Jack was a US Air Force veteran and a member of the Boy Scouts of America for over...

Abraham R. Radville, 81 of New Haven, formerly of Cheshire, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was predeceased by his wife, Beatrice (Novick) Radville. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Joseph and Gussie (Ossipous) Radville. He leaves two daughters: Joyce Factor and her husband Michael of Hamden, and Lynn Steady and her...

CLEMENT “RED” MEDNICK, 85, of Reservoir Road, Newington, husband of Helen (Kahn) Mednick, died Thursday, February 9, 2006. Born in Waterbury, he was the son of the late Abraham and Ida (Luchnick) Mednick.. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II, member of the Jewish War Veterans, and a member of Beth El Synagogue, Waterbury, and past president...

Aaron Shakun, 88, of West Hartford, husband of 63 years to Florence (Weisman) Shakun, died Sunday, March 16, 2014. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Hyman and Betty Shakun. He was a graduate of Brooklyn College and was a US Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Philippines. Before he retired, Aaron was...

RESNICK, Gertrude (Dacktor) Resnick, 92, of West Hartford, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Bessie Dacktor. She leaves her husband, Louis Resnick; her daughter, Linda Nobel and her husband Herbert of Avon; her grandson, Jeffrey Nobel and his wife Cynthia of Avon; three great-grandchildren, Mitchell, Mara and Max...

Carl Reisner, 74 years of age, of Bloomfield, died peacefully at his home on Thursday March 15, 2012. Born in the Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Louis and Mary Reisner. Carl was the beloved husband of 50 years of Barbara (Lessinger) Reisner; loving father of Heidi York and her husband Rick of Windsor, Ronald Reisner and...

Sylvia (Rosen) Miller of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, widow of Harry Miller, died Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mollie (Rosen) Rosen, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. She leaves a daughter, Helene Wineburgh of Bristol. A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, September 16 at 11:30...

Laurie Berk Margolis, 41, of Glastonbury, died on Saturday (July 23, 2005) after a courageous four-year battle fighting breast cancer. A natural teacher, adoring mother, and caring friend, she brought strength, humor, intelligence and a strong sense of self to everything she undertook. She also possessed an innate ability to make connections with individuals, be it students, colleagues or others...

SACHS, Sylvia Glassman Sachs, June 11, 1921-September 7, 2007. Born in Ludlow MA, Sylvia moved with her family to Hartford, CT, where she graduated from Weaver High School. She attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, and received her B.A. degree from New York University. She worked in advertising in New York City, where she met her future husband, Julius J....