Obituaries

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,...

Oscar Poriss, 75 of West Hartford passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2008 after a sudden illness. He was predeceased by his sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Joseph Vinick and by his brother, Raymond Poriss. Oscar was born March 16, 1933 in Hartford, the son of the late Hyman R. and Anna (Gross) Poriss. He graduated from Weaver High School in...

Sandra Sklarinsky Levine, 74, of Delray Beach passed away on October 12, 2010. She leaves behind daughter Judith and husband George Vlach and their two children Rebecca and Allison Vlach; son Jeffrey and wife Marji Levine; son Michael and wife Holly Levine; and daughter Robin and former husband Dave Borschel and their daughter Olivia. Predeceased by her parents Abraham Jacob...

Howard U. Kremer, M.D. of Village Gate, Scott Swamp Road, Farmington, died Thursday, December 16, 2010. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late David and Minna (Garber) Kremer. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. A US Army veteran, he served in the Army Medical Corps...

Anna Anshel was born in NYC in the fall of 1909. She was brought back to Wilejka, Poland by her parents in 1912 until 1932 when she returned to the US. She met her husband Frank Heineman at the Central Park tennis courts in 1937. They married shortly thereafter. Frank was able to get Anna?s parents and brother out of...

Anne Irene (Berdofsky) Raskin, 94, of North Haven, died Thursday (February 28, 2013). She was born on October 10, 1918 in Wallingford to the late Elizabeth (Levine) and Joseph Berdofsky. She attended Connecticut State Teachers College and taught Third grade in the New Haven Public School system until her retirement. She was predeceased by her husband, Jack M. Raskin; her...

Sheldon Mann of New York City,, formerly of Hartford, died Wednesday, August 24, 2005. Sheldon was born February 13, 1924 in Hartford where he grew up and attended the Kinsella School, Bulkeley High School and Trinity College. From 1943 to 1946, he served in the U.S. Army where he received a Purple Heart at the Battle of the Bulge. In...

Lawrence Hurwit died peacefully at home in Miami, Florida on June 19, 2022. He was born in Hartford, CT in 1928 and was the oldest son of the late Benjamin and Helen Hurwit. Larry is survived by his wife Edith, whom he married in 1955. He is also survived by his four children: Mark (and his wife Oriana), Tilvila-Marci, Lee,...