Obituaries

MAYEROWICZ, Aron Mayerowicz, 92, of West Hartford, died Monday, August 8, 2005. He was born in Varta, Poland on November 19, 1912 into a large and prosperous farming family. Of a family of ten only he and one sister survived the Holocaust. He was liberated from a concentration camp by the U.S. Army. After the war, he met and married...

Barry Mazo, 71 years of age, of Cliffmore Road, West Hartford, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Samuel and Mary (Einbinder) Mazo. Barry and his brother, Eugene, were co-owners of Capitol Hardware, Wethersfield Ave., Hartford, and the former Economy Hardware and Knoek Hardware in Hartford. He leaves his wife, Marion (Kaufman)...

Naomi Bracha Weinberg Lindenthal, the consummate Rebbetzin, widow of Rabbi Haskel Lindenthal, died Thursday evening, September 3, 2009, after the most valiant fight with Alzheimer?s Disease. Born in Jerusalem, five months after the sudden death of her father, she was the daughter of Rachel Freedman Weinberg and Abraham Weinberg, and the youngest, and last surviving of ten siblings. Mrs. Lindenthal...

KERSON, Arnold Kerson, Professor Emeritus of Trinity College, died at his home in West Hartford on Monday September 8, 2008. He is survived by his loving wife Pilar Regalado Kerson and his sister, Ethel Efland. Arnold was born in New Haven, August 9, 1931, son of the late Maurice and Pauline Kerson. He received a BA with high honors from...

Walter Lindauer of West Hartford, passed away Thursday evening, June 23, 2011, thirty minutes short of his 99th birthday at the West Hartford Rehab Center after a brief illness. Born in Buttenhausen, Germany on June 24, 1912 to Moriz and Elsa (Moritz) Lindauer, in 1919 he moved to Stuttgart, Germany. He was a graduate of Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart, Germany. He attended...

Former Bloomfield resident Louis Irwin Mendelsohn, 81, passed away on Saturday March 12, 2011 at Boca Raton Community Hospital in Boca Raton, FL after a brief illness. Mr. Mendelsohn was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 21, 1929 to Dr. Abraham J. and Esther (Gutowitz) Mendelsohn. He graduated from James Madison High School in 1945 and Brooklyn College in 1949....

KAMBERG, Leo Kamberg, 90, of Starkel Road, West Hartford, died Monday, July 18th. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Jacob and Rose (Naslovich) Kamberg. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II. Mr. Kamberg was a plumber in the Hartford area for over 60 years before he retired. He leaves his wife, Freda (Shapiro)...

Gloria Levy, 85, of Bloomfield, formerly of West Hartford, passed away quietly Monday morning, December 12, 2011. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Samuel and Mollie (BenBassett) Levy. Gloria graduated from Weaver High School class of 1944. She retired from the State of Connecticut after 22 years of dedicated service; a proud staff member of the Secretary of...

Myra Moskowitz, 85 years of age, of Bristol, was born and raised in Flushing, NY. She moved to Bristol with her family in the late 1950’s. Her parents were Irving and Julia Sherman and she was one of four siblings. A long time member of Beth Israel Synagogue, Bristol, she served as president of its Sisterhood, and also president of...

David Leader, 81, of West Hartford, formerly of Glastonbury, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007. He was the husband of the late Marcia (Hammer) Leader. Born in New York, NY, David was the son of the late Joseph and Sarah (Hahn) Leader. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II. David was Assistant Chief Accountant in the Public Accounting...

GRETA MARKIEWICZ, recently of Scottsdale, AZ passed away peacefully on Friday, March 13th. She was a wonderful mom, special lady, and a great friend. She was always willing to volunteer and was generous with her time. Greta was born and educated in Zablocie-Zywiec, Poland (south of Krakow). Greta was a Holocaust survivor. She met her late husband, Leonard Markiewicz in...

Paul J. PJ’ Pomerantz, 91 years of age, of Bloomfield, formerly of West Hartford, died peacefully Friday, January 15, 2010, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Trudy (Hurwitz) Pomerantz. Born January 27, 1918 in Hartford, CT, son of Louis and Yetta Pomerantz, he was predeceased by his brother, William and his twin sister, Ethel. He was...

ROOT, Leon E. Root, 81, of Linwood Avenue, Newington died Tuesday, July 24, 2007. He was the husband of the late Dorothy (Oguschewitz) Root, who died April 21, 2007. Leon was a US Navy veteran of World War II. He was a production control manager at Emhart Corporation before he retired. He leaves four sons, Barry Root and his wife...

Frank Rosenfield, 95, of Bloomfield, passed away in his wife’s arms on the morning of September 5, 2013 after a short illness. He leaves to mourn, his beloved wife of almost 73 years, his high school sweetheart, Shirley Solomon Rosenfield. He also leaves his beloved daughter, Sandra Rosenfield Goldberg and son-in-law Bruce Goldberg. Born in Springfield, MA on December 14,...

Sam Leibin, a 57 year resident of the Greater Hartford Area died on Wednesday, September 6, 2007 at the Hebrew Home, & Hospital in West Hartford. He was 92. Son of Isador and Bertha Leibin, he was born Nov. 9, 1914 and grew up in Manhattan and the Bronx, attending Stuyvesant High School, a school that specializes in math and...

Abraham ‘Al’ Liverant, 91, of West Hartford, CT passed away on Sunday, November 20th, 2011. He was the husband of 49 years to the late and beloved Dorothy (Kernberg) Liverant. Born in Willimantic, he was the son of the late Nathan and Esther (Solinsky) Liverant, predeceased by siblings, Benjamin Liverant, Ruth Liverant Peck, and Israel “Zeke” Liverant and survived by...

Mitchell I. Rothchild, of Greenwood St., East Hartford died Saturday (November 19, 2005). He was born in Hartford the son of the late George and Mary (Ziplowitz) Rothchild and was a retired supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service. He is survived by a brother-in-law, Norman Lazerow; a niece, Pamela Burton; and a nephew, Cary Lazerow. Funeral services will be, TODAY,...

Stuart Sandler, of Cheyenne Court, Marlborough, died Thursday, April 20, 2006. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Jacob and Grace (Frankel) Sandler. He was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Formerly of New Haven, he moved to the Hartford area in 1989. He was the former President of Eastern Electronics in East...

PEREW, Hyman Perew, of Colchester died Friday evening, September 15, 2006 at home. He was the beloved husband of the late Evelyn (Levine) Perew. He was born October 16, 1911 in Nemeczyn, Poland. He was one of six children of the late Leba and Tzemach Perevoskin. After his father died when Hyman was six years old, he and his brothers...

KEIBEL, Ruth “Bobbie” (Frimmer) Keibel, 93, of Manchester died Sunday, September 9, 2007 in her home surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of George Keibel who predeceased her. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Max and Esther (Wecker)) Frimmer. Ruth was a wonderful athlete, bridge and scrabble player and avid reader....