Obituaries

Marvin M. Ruzansky, 88 years of age, of West Hartford died peacefully on Tuesday, January 22, surrounded by his wife, daughters, and grandchildren. Marvin was born in Hartford to the late Harry and Rose (Roisman) Ruzansky. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II serving as part of the submarine service. Marvin owned and operated the former Capitol...

David Merin, 91 years of age, of West Hartford and Boynton Beach, FL, died Thursday, July 9th at St. Francis Hospital with his loving and devoted family by his bedside. The son of Abraham Jakub Merin and Rose (Jacobs) Merin, he was born in Slomniki, Poland on July 13th, 1917. David was a Holocaust survivor, having worked as a tailor...

SCHNEIDER, Edith (Jacobowitz) Schneider, of West Hartford, formerly of Norwalk and Stratford, died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at home. For 59 years she was the wife of the late Milton Schneider. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Tessie (Blecher) Jacobowitz. She graduated from Long Island University and she was a member of Hadassah....

Muriel D. Rosenthal, 90, beloved wife of the late Arthur Rosenthal, died on Monday, November 17, at the Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford. Muriel leaves two sons and daughters-in-law: Attorney Edward Rosenthal and his wife, Martha, of West Hartford, and Todd Rosenthal and his wife, Betsy, of West Hartford; four grandchildren: Alison Rosenthal of Palo Alto, CA, Daniel...

SHAFER, Arnold L. Shafer, 74, of Bloomfield died Friday, March 2, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital. He was the husband of the late Barbara (Pollack) Shafer. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Sam and Sarah (Krinsky) Shafer. Arnold was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked for Preston Engravers in South Windsor before...

Naomi (Nadelman) Grossberg, 75, of Bloomfield died Friday, (July 8, 2005) after a long battle with cancer. She was the widow of Chaim Grossberg. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Mary Nadelman. She was a bookkeeper at Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield and also worked for Attorney Richard Case. She leaves...

Shirley (Schwartz) Rackowitz of Haynes Rd., West Hartford, beloved widow of William Rackowitz, died Monday, July 12, 2010. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Gussie (Kargman) Schwartz, and was a graduate of Weaver High School, Class of 1943. She was the head bookkeeper at Made Rite Products and PGS Distributors and was...

Charles H. Press of Harvest Lane, West Hartford, husband of the late Barbara Rosenthal Press, died Monday, February 8, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He is survived by two sons: Bruce Press and his wife Julie of Ellicott City, MD, and Matthew Rosenthal and his wife Christine...

Arnold S. Novick, 67, of Tamarac, FL, passed on Sunday (6/22/14). Beloved husband of the late Susan (Menis) Novick. Devoted mother of Ross (Kate) Novick and Justin Novick. Loving brother of Heidi (Robert) Begun. Proud uncle of Joanna Begun and Stuart, Michael, Andrea and David Menis. Adored grandfather of Nathaniel and Sariah Novick. Funeral will be Wed, June 25, 2:30pm,...

Lois (Yasler) Isaacson, born December 12, 1942, of West Hartford, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Born in Danbury, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Florence (Reiner) Yasler. The world has lost one of the good people. Lois was an outgoing and adventurous soul. In high school she traveled to Europe with her Girl Scout troop,...

Barry Kursman, 65, of Spyglass Drive, Avon, husband of Nancy (Sodokoff) Kursman, died Thursday, June 14, 2007. Born in Worcester, MA, he was the son of the late Irving and Lillian (Levinson) Kursman. He was a graduate of Boston University. He was a member and Past President of Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Sholom, a past member of the Simsbury Theater...

Ann C. Poch, age 95, died Tuesday, January 26, 2010, in West Hartford. Born in Plattsburg, NY on January 14, 1915, she was the daughter of Samuel and Bessie (Hoff) Caplan. She moved to the Hartford area when she was a little girl and became a lifelong resident of the greater Hartford community. Ann graduated from New Britain State Teacher’s...

Ethel Hutner-Blum, 91 years of age, of Margate, FL and Thousand Oaks, CA, died on Monday, March 10, 2014 at her home in Florida. Born in Hartford, CT, where she lived most of her life, Ethel was the daughter of the late Esther and Abraham Freeman, and sister of the late Anna Beck. Husbands, Albert D. Hutner, Alfred Blum and...

Steven Pfau, 69 years of age, of Bloomfield died Thursday, April 16, 2015. Born in Waterbury, he was the son of the late Henry and Marion Solomon Pfau. He leaves his adoring sister and brother in law, Sheila Shechtman and her husband Richard of Avon, Sharon Whitely of Tucson Arizona, and two favorite nieces, Rachel and Jenny Shechtman, of NYC....

SCHINDELMAN, Sylvia (Zaslow) Schindelman, 77 years of age, of Albany Ave., West Hartford, died Sunday, April 17, 2011 at home. She was the widow of Marc M. Schindelman. Born in Berlin, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Salomon and Emma (Beer) Zaslow. Sylvia graduated from City College of the City University of New York and later went on...

Jay Burton Israel, 90 years of age, died Saturday, July 7, 2012 at the Kathleen Daniel Health Care Center, Framingham, MA, after a period of failing health. He was the son of the late Carl and Celia (Stutz) Israel, and was brought up in Willimantic. He was predeceased by his dear friend Lillian Ginsburg. He is survived by his brother,...

Regina (Jacobs) Lubka, of West Hartford, died Thursday, May 13, 2010. She was the widow of Samuel Lubka. Born in Poland, she was the daughter of the late Elimelach and Ruchel (Rosenshein) Jacobs. She was a Holocaust survivor. Regina and her late husband Sam owned the former Calfas Hatters, Asylum St., Hartford for 40 years, a Hartford institution, before retiring...

Sherwin Morton (Shep) Schloss, 81, of Mt. Lebanon, PA, formerly of West Hartford, CT passed away in PA on February 20, 2015. Born in Hartford, CT on December 6, 1933, Shep was the son of the late Samuel and Fay (Perlman) Schloss. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Phyllis Selma (Pisetsky) Schloss. He was a loving father...

Edward Joseph Hotez, 89, of Bloomfield, CT passed away peacefully on Friday morning at the Hebrew Home, Bloomfield on January 9, 2015. Funeral services will held at 10:30 am on Monday, January 12, 2015 in the Chapel of the Weinstein Mortuary, 640 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105, and he will be laid to rest with full military honors at Beth...

Jennie Jacobson Levy and William Levy welcomed a daughter, Blanche, into the world on April 9, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY. It was the height of the Influenza Epidemic which soon took her father’s life. Her mother died when Blanche was still a young girl and she went to live with her mother’s brother. She began a career as a textile...