Obituaries

Harold Knafel, 94 years of age, of Ellington Rd., South Windsor, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of the late Jeanette (Lehrer) Knafel. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Anna (Schneeberg) Kafel. Harold was an upholsterer until he retired. He leaves two sons, Irwin A. Knafel of...

Miriam Seidner of West Hartford, formerly of Manchester passed away on August 28, 2007 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, David Seidner. She leaves behind a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Edward Epstein of Manchester, a son and daughter-in-law Leonard and HeySuk Seidner of San Antonio, TX, and two granddaughters, Aviva Epstein of Manchester,...

KLEIN, Stella (Korduner) Stella (Korduner) Klien, 87, of Starkel Road, West Hartford widow of Leon Klein died Saturday,(August 23, 2008). Born in Poland, she was the Holocaust survivor, a member of the Pioneer Womens Organization and the United Synagogue of Greater Hartford. She is survived by a daughter, Marilyn Scheinblum of Windsor; two sisters, Sylvia Korduner and her husband, Peter...

Jurgen Kaunitz, 83, died peacefully on August 15, 2007. Born in Germany in 1923, he migrated to the United States in 1939. After serving in the U.S. Army as an interpreter during World War II, he built a career in the women?s garment industry, eventually owning and managing his own factory. Later in life, he worked for several years for...

Marvin Saltzman, M.D., 86 of Plainville, died on Saturday, October 6, 2012. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Saltzman was the son of the late Samuel and Celia Saltzman, and the brother of the late Lawrence Saltzman and the late Enid Feinberg. Following service from 1944 to 1946 as a U.S. Navy Medical Corpsman, Dr. Saltzman earned his Bachelor’s and...

Samuel Nachtigal, 91 years of age, of West Hartford, died on Sunday, February 16, 2014. He was the husband of the late Helen R. (Cypel) Nachtigal. Born in Poland, he was the son of the late Moshe and Lea (Markfeld) Nachtigal. A Holocaust survivor, he lived in Israel for many years, and arrived in the United States with his family...

KLEIN, Beatrice (Shafman) Klein, 86 years of age, of Somerset, NJ, formerly of Windsor, died Thursday, March 10, 2011. She was the widow of Frederick Klein. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Isadore and Rebecca Shafman. She leaves her son, David H. Klein and his wife Janice of Hillsborough, NJ; her daughter, Linda Rothstein and her...

KRUPNIKOFF, Gerald ?Jerry? Krupnikoff, of Farmington, died Monday, October 26, 2009. Born and raised in Hartford, he was the son of the late Joseph and Leonore (Bresky) Krupnikoff. Jerry leaves his beloved wife, Marcia of Farmington; and his treasured children, Henry and Patricia Krupnikoff of Farmington, Michael Krupnikoff of Bethel; grandchildren, Alexander, Cara, Samuel, Jessica and Lauren; and his sisters,...

Margot (Marx) Hammerschlag, 93, of Stamford, CT, formerly of West Hartford, died Friday, March 28, 2014. She was the widow of Max Hammerschlag also of West Hartford. The daughter of Emilie (Ackerman) and Leo Marx, she was born in Weyer, Germany on February 20, 1921. She departed Nazi Germany for England in 1939, never again seeing her parents who perished...

Daughter of Hyman and Rose Miller, born October 24, 1926, graduated Weaver High School and attended classes at U-CONN in Art. Lorraine was an executive secretary to a senior vice president at the Hartford Insurance Company. She was a life member of Hadassah. Lorraine and her family were members of Beth Hillel Synagogue. She leaves her husband, Marvin Peck and...

Abraham Levine, 98, of West Hartford, died Monday, March 23, 2009 after a short illness. He was the beloved husband of Ruth (Brody) Levine with whom he had 65 years of marriage. Born in Lowell, MA, he was the son of the late Sam and Rose (Cooper) Levine. Abe worked in manufacturing for over 40 years before retiring in Lowell,...

Peter S. Gutterman, 70, of Windsor, passed away peacefully on Sunday, (January 6, 2013). He was at home in his favorite room with his family by his side. Born on July 10, 1942 in Hartford, Peter was the loving son of the late Hyman and Pauline (Einhorn) Gutterman. His death was the result of pancreatic cancer. Peter was an inspiration...

Saul Kutner, 84, passed away on Sunday, August 15 in Atlanta, Georgia. A longtime resident of West Hartford, CT, he recently moved to Atlanta with his wife, Selma, to live closer to family. They were residents at the William Breman Jewish Home. Born in Brooklyn, Saul was Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Prior to...

Sara A. Rulnick, 99, of Rockville, MD, formerly of West Hartford, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at The Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. Born in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of the late Max and Freda Forman of Revere Beach, MA, where she lived until moving to Hartford in 1936 to marry Morris E. (Moe) Rulnick, her beloved husband...

Simon Lipton, 86, of Somers, died Friday, (December 30, 2005). Born on October 2, 1919, in Somers, he was the son of the late Louis and Beatrice Lipschitz. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Eleanor (Epstein) Lipton. Besides his wife, he is survived by five children, William Lipton and his wife, Jeanne of Somers, Donald Lipton of...

Sybil E. Sanders , 83, of Boynton Beach Florida died in her home in West Hartford, Connecticut early on October 19, 2011 after a life well-lived. A writer, editor, organizer and a creative person active on a variety of fronts in Jewish communities, she raised consciousness about medical issues and literary matters and promoted social justice. Born, Mrs. Sanders, born...

Stephen D. Robbins of Mercer Lane, Windsor, died Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Born in Holyoke, MA, he was the son of William and the late Dorothy (Adelson) Robbins. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he received his MBA from Rutgers University and his J.D. from St. Louis University. He was a Human Resources Consultant for the Hartford Courant and the Advocate...

LINDENTHAL, Rabbi Haskel Lindenthal, 91, of West Hartford, Rabbi, scholar, mohel and communal leader died Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Born in Wizan, Poland, he was the son of the late Yosef and Chaya (Kaufman) Lindenthal . At the age of 10 he left his parents and went to the Talmud Torah of Suwalk. A year later he went to the...

Mervyn D. Lentz, husband of the late Wilma (Maier) Lentz, passed away Wednesday morning, February 16, 2011 at his home in West Hartford. He was a Director at Brescome Barton Inc., the company he presided over for more than 60 years. Merv was loved and respected by his immediate and business family. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he received a...

Sondra “Sandy” Katz Hurwit, 86, of West Hartford, passed away on Tuesday, September 24th . She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Arnold Hurwit, who died in 2011. Sandy is survived by her three daughters, Janis Sullivan and her husband Michael of Mesquite, NV; Laurie Strauss and her husband Steve of West Hartford; and Cindy Langer and her...