Obituaries

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....

KLEIMAN, Dr. Albert Kleiman, age 90, of West Hartford and Hartford, CT, died on October 10, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. He was born September 5, 1919 in Hartford, CT to the late Louis and Esther Kleiman. Albert was educated at Weaver High School, University of Connecticut, and Tufts Dental School. He was as a dental officer...

Herbert E. Karp, 74, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Groton Long Point, CT, died Sunday, April 22, 2007. Born in Lowell, MA, he was the son of the late Maurice and Ida (Budnick) Karp. Herb graduated from Berkeley Preparatory School in Boston, MA and received a BS degree from the University of Lowell. He received a masters degree in...

PEAR, Leah Ray Pear (nee Katz), 88 years of age, of Moodus and Delray Beach, FL, died Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Hartford Hospital after an ongoing courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis attributed to Sjogren’s Disease. Born in Passaic, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna (Garber) Katz. Leah worked for a shoe importer in NYC...

Deanna (Rubenstein) Koch, 71 years of age, of West Hartford, formerly of Bronx, NY, died Thursday, August 11, 2011. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Moe and May (Silverstein) Rubenstein. Deanna graduated from Long Island University and taught in the New York and New Britain Public School Systems. Later, she worked in banking. She...

Irwin Kaplan, 85, of Bloomfield, passed away quietly on Wednesday, September 4, 2008 after a brief illness at the Duncaster Caleb Hitchcock Clinic in Bloomfield. Mr. Kaplan was born in Torrington, January 27, 1923 to Bertha (White) Kaplan and Samuel Kaplan, both of Torrington. The late Samuel Kaplan was a violinist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for many years. Irwin...

Judith (Sitrin) Hurwitz, 77, of West Hartford died Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Born in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles T. and Florence (Rosen) Sitrin. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1952 and she received a graduate degree in social work from Simmons School of Social Work. She was a life member of Hadassah and she...

Helen Lillian Scherr, 83, died Sunday, (January 8, 2006) at Baystate Medical Center with family by her side, from complications following heart surgery. She was born in Ellington on Oct. 12, 1922, the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Cantor) Shapiro, who had both emigrated from Russia to New York before settling in Ellington. She graduated from Rockville High School and...