Obituaries

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...

Shirley Merkin, of Bloomfield died Saturday, (November 11, 2006) at the age of 79. She lived her life with an adventurous spirit. Always the pioneer, she traveled alone as a young woman through Europe and later, fought battles to save the environment long before it became fashionable. She had a love of sailing, walking in the woods and communing with...

Sylvia Korduner, 88, wife of the late Peter Korduner, died peacefully on Thursday, October 30, 2014. She was born in Volodymyr-Volynsky, Poland, on November 13, 1925, to Avrum Leib and Etta. A survivor of the Holocaust, Sylvia married her husband in 1944; they were married for 69 years. She immigrated with her husband and oldest daughter to the United States...

Lester Kimenker, of Boca Raton, FL formerly of West Hartford, husband of the late Gertrude (Chernick) Kimenker died Friday (July 20, 2007). He was a member of Emanuel Synagogue and the Masons. He is survived by a son, Alan C. Kimenker and his wife, Joyce of Newton Center, MA; a daughter, Kim Hyla Mager of Chestnut Hill, MA; four grandchildren,...

Jack Rosenthal of Duffield Dr., West Hartford, son of the late Max and Marion Rosenthal, passed on to his eternal rest on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at his home. He is survived by his brother Alvin of Geneva, IL and many nieces and nephews throughout the country, including a very special great niece, Amy Gothers, her husband Matt, and their...

It is with great sadness that family and friends say goodbye and yet with deep gratitude for a life shared. Bernard “Bernie” Hersh Rosen, a current resident of Bloomfield, CT and a lifelong Hartford native, was born April 14, 1929 and passed away on December 4, 2024. Bernie was the son of the late Samuel Rosen and Ida (Sack) Rosen....

Vivian (Diamond) Kenig, 82 years of age, of West Hartford died Friday, January 29, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. She was the widow of Albert Kenig. Born in Torrington, she was the daughter of the late Jon and Anna Diamond. She graduated from Willimantic State Teacher’s College with a degree in elementary education. Vivian taught in the...

Rose (Druckman) Quint, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, died Monday, March 20, 2006. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Gussie Druckman. She was the widow of Edward Quint who died in 1994. She is survived by her son Charles of Windsor, her son-in-law Dr. Barry Schrager of Dallas, TX; two granddaughters: Karen Levin and...

Gloria J. (Solomon) Rich, 83, of Rye Ridge Parkway, West Hartford, beloved wife of 53 years of Leonard G. Rich, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Reuben and Zenobia (Rosenthal) Solomon of Hartford. She was a member of Temple Beth Israel, West Hartford, and a former member...

Hart Rosenberg, a son of Dr. Mervin and Irene Rosenberg, died peacefully in his sleep October 21, 2006 at his home in Waltham, MA. He was 49. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Hart had lived in Northwood, N.D., and West Hartford before settling in Waltham. He had previously worked as an aide at The Mansfield Training School in Connecticut and...

Shirley Ann Neistat, of West Hartford, died December 10, 2012. Born in Hartford on Sept. 9, 1931 to the late Sam and Mary (Smuckler) Neistat, she leaves her brother, Leonard (Eleanor) of Boynton Beach, FL and sister, Ruth (Alan) Whitman of Westlake Village, CA. Shirley was the beloved aunt of Mark (Julie), Laurie (Eby) Friedman, Beverly (Jeffrey) Adler, and Jeffrey...

SCHILBERG, Benjamin C. Schilberg, of Sandstone Dr., South Windsor, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Willimantic, he was the son of the late Nathan and Bella (Dollard) Schilberg. After attended the University of Connecticut Benjamin served as Technical Sergeant in the US Army with the 133rd Infantry in North America and Italy during World War...

Adam M. Levin, 25 years of age, of Southington passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, (June 25, 2013). Born in Waterbury, he was the son of Howard and Sharon (Levenson) Levin of Southington. Besides his parents he leaves his sister Alyssa Levin, his brother Andrew Levin, both of Southington; his maternal grandparents, Peter and Eileen Levenson of Hyannis, MA; his paternal grandparents,...

Seymour S. Lappen, 88, of Avon, formerly of West Hartford, died Monday, (November 17, 2008) at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Harry and Bessie (Giber) Lappen. He graduated from Weaver High School in Hartford and from Boston University. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II having served as a Staff...