Obituaries

Ruth (Newman) Joseph, 82, of Henley Way, West Hartford died Sunday, March 16, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. She was the widow of Marvin Joseph. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Jennie (Levin) Newman. She graduated from Weaver High School in 1944 and Bryant College in 1946. She was a member...

LUBIN, Harriet (Seer) Lubin, 83, of Haynes Rd., West Hartford died Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Hartford Hospital. She was the widow of Saul Lubin. Born in Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Gussie (Siegel) Seer. Harriet worked for the U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Philadelphia. She also worked in the Day Care Center...

Allen M. Kaplan, 64, of Hunters Lane, Newington, husband of Lynn (Goldberg) Kaplan, died Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Isadore and Ruth (Harris) Kaplan. Allen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from and received a Masters of Social Work from the University of Connecticut. He did an internship at Southbury...

Robert Mandelkern, 87 years of age, of West Hartford, died (February 23, 2013) at Hartford Hospital from complications due to Parkinsons Disease. Bob was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Congregation Beth Israel of West Hartford. Bob was owner of a wholesale diamond firm in New York City until his retirement in 1985....

Ida Schneider Nearman, 97, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010. She was the daughter of Goldie and Julius Schneider of New Haven. She was a 1927 graduate of New Britain Normal School. Ida moved to Hartford when she married Aaron in 1939. They were married for 62 years before his death in 2001. Ida was a devoted mother to...

George Rosen, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away at Hartford Hospital on March 24, 2012 after a brief illness. He was born November 8, 1913 in Mt. Kisco, NY to Jacob and Sarah Rosen. While at a party in Greenwich, he met Clare Dranoff and from then on they were inseparable. They married in 1942 whereupon George left...

POVERMAN, Simon Poverman, 92, passed away peacefully on January 20, surrounded by his loving family. Born in New Britain, he was the son of the late Charles and Goldie Poverman. For 59 years he was married to Shirley Tuck Poverman, the love of his life. They had two children-Jim Poverman of Eugene, Oregon, and Linda Eisenberg of West Hartford for...

Shirley (Goldman) Homar, of Arrowhead Dr., Newington wife of Benjamin Homar died Sunday (August 5, 2007). Born in New Haven, daughter of the late Abraham David Goldman and Fanny (Kaplan) Goldman and was an employee for the State of CT. She was a member of the Congregation B’nai Sholom in Newington, a member of the Sisterhood and was an active...

Rosella Roth Michelson of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, passed away July 3, 2008. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Helen Roth. She was predeceased by her husband Albert Michelson and her eight siblings with whom she enjoyed a special bond: Jack, Eva, Edythe, Esther, Florence, Lester, Rivian, and Mildred. She was also close to...

Anne (Gordon) Margolis, of West Hartford, beloved wife of Morris Margolis, died Saturday, November 16, 2013 at Hartford Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was 99. Anne was born in New York City daughter of the late Victor and Ida (Cohen) Gordon, and she grew up with her brothers Irv and Archie Gordon. She was a member of Beth...

Carl A. Rapoport, 91, of West Hartford, died peacefully at home on April 20, with his family by his side. He was born January 2, 1917, and graduated from New York University in 1937. After serving honorably in the Navy, escorting Franklin Roosevelt to Yalta aboard the USS Carmick, he entered the glass business, and in 1962 founded Merchants Glass...

In Loving Memory of Sidna Cramer Jaffe, June 30, 1930 through October 27, 2012. She is survived by her three sons, David, Adam and Seth, her grandchildren, Joshua and Benjamin and her brother, Lester Cramer. She also left many cousins, nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews, of whom she was very proud. She was pre-deceased by her loving husband,...

Jessica Meltsner, originally from Waterford, long time resident of West Hartford, and most recently of Colchester, widow of Stephen L. Meltsner, (Col. USAF/CNG) died peacefully Thursday evening. A retired dental hygienist, she was an avid art collector, who loved the work of Robert Caufield, Japanese woodblock prints, and she adored her two Dobermans. She is survived by her loving son,...

HOBERMAN, Florence (Beresky) Hoberman, 86, of West Hartford, died Thursday, April 13, 2006. Born in Denver, Colorado, she had lived in the Hartford area since attending and graduating from Weaver High School. As the widow of Maxwell Hoberman who died in 1981, she was a devoted mother to Diane Phillips of Milwaukie, Oregon and to Judith Hoberman of Riverview, Florida...

SCHAFFER, Rose (Bellow) Michaels Schaffer, 97, of West Hartford, formerly of Hartford and Rocky Hill, died Saturday, August 25, 2007. She was born October 15, 1909 in Hartford, daughter of the late William and Sonia (Petroshansky) Bellow. After graduating from Hartford High, Rose married Edward Michaels with whom she had two children, Ronald and Sandra. While raising her family, Rose...

Evelyn (Max) Marholin, 100 years of age, of West Hartford died Monday, (October 15, 2012). She was the widow of David Marholin. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Zelak A. and Mollie (Weber) Max. She leaves a sister, Cynthia Gross and her husband Robert of West Hartford; she also leaves her granddaughter, Laura Marholin...

Joseph Hurwitz, 85, of West Hartford, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at Hartford Hospital. Mr. Hurwitz was born in Hartford on July 29, 1929, a son of Doctor Max Herman and Sophie Lukashok Hurwitz. He was a graduate of Trinity College and Harvard Law School. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and in...

Regina Jacobs passed away on the evening of 10 April 2015 after a good fight. She was a fighter. She survived four years of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She lost her parents and her sisters and her brother and other family to the Nazi terror. She was a slave laborer tatooed with the #67673 on her arm. She endured horrors. It...

MARILYN (SHEMONSKY) RUDNE, 81, of Alpine Meadow Lane, Avon, died Wednesday, December 28, 2005. She was the widow of Louis Rudne. She was the beloved mother of Richard C. Passick of Avon, and Nancy S. Wheeler-Passick of Newark, NJ; cherished grandmother of Michael, Natalie, and Christine Pascino of Ronkonkoma, L.I., NY. She also leaves a brother, Sidney Shemonsky of NJ....

Elaine (Gordon) Levin, 63, of Webster Court, Newington, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Rose (Rock) Gordon. She leaves her loving husband, Jerry M. Levin; a son Kenneth Levin and his wife Carlee of Newington; a daughter Robin Karnilowicz and her husband James of Rocky Hill; six grandchildren: Michael,...