Obituaries

Adeline (Cook) Marshall, 85, of Fenn Road, Newington, widow of Nathan Marshall, died Tuesday, November 29, 2005. Born in Huntington, WV, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Chloe (Harless) Cook. Mrs. Marshall worked at Raphaels Department Store in New Britain for several years. She was a member of Congregation Tephereth Israel of New Britain, its Sisterhood, and...

Goldie (Bergerson) Lichter, 91 years of age, of West Hartford, CT, formerly of Brooklyn, NY, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014. She was the widow of Simon (Sid) Lichter. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Isadore and Yetta (Feigenbaum) Bergerson. She was a meticulous woman of high moral character who cared deeply for her family, remembered...

Claire L. (Zieky) Hutner, 67 years of age, of Melbourne, FL, formerly of Wethersfield, CT loving wife of 45 years to Nelson Hutner passed away on Tuesday, June 5 with her her family by her side. Claire fought a courageous five-year battle with ovarian and endometrial cancer. She is survived by her children Lisa Hutner Stevens and her husband Thomas...

Henry Katz, 83 years of age, of West Hartford, CT formerly of Fairfield, CT, died Thursday, January 15, 2015 with his family around him. Born in Giessen, Germany on July 5, 1931, he was the son of the late Julius and Bernice (Goldenberg) Katz. He arrived in the United States in 1936 settling in Brooklyn, NY with family. Henry was...

Abraham Solomon Haller, 95, of West Hartford passed away early morning Tuesday (February 1, 2011). Born December 14, 1915 in Hartford, Connecticut, he was the oldest son of David and Rose Haller, who were founding members of the Yeshiva of Greater Hartford, now known as the Hebrew Academy, and committed to helping German refugees in the aftermath of World War...

Ruth (Gersten) Rome, of Craigmoor Rd., West Hartford widow of Sidney A. Rome died Sunday (September 30, 2007). She was born in Tariffville, the daughter of the late Samuel and Celia (Kaufman) Gersten. She was a member Emanuel Synagogue, a life member of Hadassah, a member of Tumble Brook Country Club, and a contributor and member of many philanthropic organizations....

PERRY, Sidney B. Perry, 96, of Chatfield Drive, West Hartford died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. He was the husband of the late Jean (Vinick) Perry. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Nathan and Ida (Weiner) Perry. He graduated from Columbia University College of Pharmacy, and from 1935-1978 Sidney owned...

James (Jim) Murray, 58, son of the late Francis and Gloria, died unexpectedly on July 5, 2014. He grew up in Wallingford, graduating from Lyman Hall in 1973. He worked for Canberra Industries and then Avery Dennison, where he worked for 25 years. He was an avid fan of baseball and the New York Yankees. He is survived by his...

Eileen M. Ilberman, 62, of Old Saybrook, CT and Rancho Mirage, CA, was released from pain on November 22, 2013. Beloved wife of Barry Ilberman, devoted mother of Jodi Hope (Ilberman) and Christopher Soloperto, adoring Gabby” to Emma Beth and Jason Bauer Soloperto, was born on April 11, 1951 in Rockland County, New York. She was the daughter of Elaine...

Edwin A. Lassman, 78, of South Windsor, passed away at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 surrounded by members of his family. He was born in Hartford on October 13, 1928 to the late Harry and Anna (Seltzer) Lassman. He graduated from Weaver High School (Class of 1946) and from The University of Connecticut...

Harold L. Rothstein, 92, of Boca Raton, FL and West Hartford, CT, died Sunday, November 30, 2014. Born in Boston, MA, he was the son of the late Alexander and Reba (Goldstein) Rothstein. He served in the US Army 169th Infantry as a combat soldier during World War II. After the war, he built one of the region’s major trucking...

Robert H. Nathan, 85, of Dresher, PA, formerly of Hartford, died Sunday, April 27, 2008. Born on May 24, 1922 in Springfield, MA, he was the son of the late Simon and Sylvia (Gelfman) Nathan. He graduated from Tech High School, Springfield, MA, attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, and graduated from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. He was a...

Martin J. Reiner, of Mohegan Trail, South Windsor, husband of the late Helen (Schwartz) Reiner, died Saturday (April 30, 2005). Born in Bronx, NY, the son of Sylvia (Morrison) Reiner, and the late Michael Reiner, and was a retired engineer with Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. Besides his mother of South Windsor, he is survived by two sons; Jonathan Reiner of...

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...