Obituaries

Gloria (Fisher) Resnick of West Hartford, formerly of New Haven, CT, died on December 14, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Lee (Fleischman) Fisher. She was a loving homemaker who enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She looked forward to her weekly card game, having lunch with friends and spending time at the movies. She...

Rita C. Ruzansky, 88 years of age, of West Hartford, died peacefully on Sunday, November 2, surrounded by her daughters. Rita was born in Hartford to the late William and Ann (Hurwitz) Neporent. Rita graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in dental hygiene. In this capacity she worked for the Simsbury School system; University of Connecticut Dental...

KAPLAN, Frances Shapiro Frances Shapiro Kaplan, 93, of West Hartford passed away Friday, (May 9, 2008) at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Sidney Abraham Kaplan, and her daughters, Judith Kaplan Kulick and Deborah Kaplan Polivy and son-in-law, Richard B. Polivy. She was the loving “Granny” of Rachel Kulick and Morgan Schwartz,...

Theodore Alexander Lubinsky passed suddenly on June 26, 2024. Ted was born on July 12, 1931 in Waterbury, CT to the late Samuel and Mary Lubinsky. He graduated from Crosby High School, the University of Connecticut and Boston University School of Law. Ted toured Europe as a trombone player in the army band for two years. Upon his return he...

Peacefully at home, at 66, in West Hartford, Connecticut, after waging a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving husband Abe and daughters Lana and Dylan, on Friday, August 4. Devoted and loving wife of Abe Hefter. Loving and devoted mother and mother-in-law and step-mother of Lana Cooney-Gavin, Amanda Gavin, Dylan Cooney, Brian Hefter, Talia Varley, and Aaron Hefter....

Donald David Pet, 86, passed away at his home in East Hartford, CT on December 26, 2022, after a long struggle with kidney disease. Don was born in Baltimore, MD to Morris and Shirley Petrushansky. He graduated high school from City College in 1954 and majored in psychology and philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, during which time he met and...

Irene (Tobias) Hufnagel, 89 years of age, of Bloomfield, widow of Stanley Hufnagel, died Monday, January 30, 2012. Born in England, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Gertrude (Goodman) Tobias. She was a Life Member of Hadassah, and a member of the Emanuel Synagogue of West Hartford. She leaves a son, Jeffrey Markel and his wife Zita...

Ethel (Ronner) Kamins, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, beloved wife of 64 years of the late Frank Kamins, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. Born in Hartford on October 30, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Sophie (Landberg) and Abraham Ronner. She lived in Hartford most of her life until moving to Boynton...

Bernard S. Jacobson passed away on March 12, 2013, at the age of 86, surrounded by family. He was predeceased by his first wife, Miriam Stein Jacobson, and his siblings, Paul Jacobson, Gladys Kaplan, Thelma Weiner, Florence Ross, and Shirley Robinson. Bernard served in the United States Navy during World War II in the South Pacific. Upon return from the...

Alyssa Suzanne Roy, 16,beloved daughter of David and Amy (Fabian) Roy, passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2007 in a tragic auto accident. Alyssa was to enter her Senior year at Farmington High School. She was on the school?s Field Hockey team. Besides her parents, she leaves her adoring brothers Zachery and Mason; maternal grandparents Helene and William Fabian; paternal grandparents...

Alice Elsie (Brown) Rabinovitch, 87, of West Hartford, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2012, at St Francis Hospital with her family by her side. Alice was born in Montreal, Quebec, on October 22, 1924. She was the daughter of the late Sidney and Sarah (Garelick) Brown. Alice was predeceased by her husband, Solly Rabinovitch and her brothers Louis and...

Helen Rifkin, 89, of Bloomfield died in New York City on October 15 after a short illness. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, on May 23, 1921, the youngest child of the late Louis and Esther Klein. She was predeceased by her siblings Pauline, Dave, Murray and Ben. In 1941, Helen met Saunder B. Rifkin of Hartford. They became engaged...

Jacob “Jack” Merkin, 83 years of age, of Northbrook Drive, West Hartford, beloved husband for 56 years of Joyce (Ertman) Merkin, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Born in New Haven, he was the son of the late Harry J. And Ida (Cheshensky) Merkin. He was a graduate of the University of Connecticut College of Pharmacy and owner of the former...

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)...