Obituaries

BRUCE R. ROSOW, 78, of Bloomfield, CT and Port St. Lucie, FL, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 18, 2006. He was born August 20, 1927 in Hartford, Connecticut to David A. Rosow and Ruth Rose (Hoffman) Rosow. He married Marcia (Brettschneider) Rosow, January 29, 1950. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Bruce graduated from the University of Connecticut...

Joseph Rafalowicz, 86 years of age, of West Hartford died Saturday, December 3, 2011 at home with his family at his bedside. Born in Lodz, Poland, he was the son of the late David and Malkah (Wolfman) Rafalowicz. He was a Holocaust Survivor immigrating to Hartford in 1949. He was a production manager for Gold Bond Mattress in Hartford until...

Barry B. Lapp, 53 years of age, of West Hartford died Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at Hartford Hospital surrounded by his beloved wife, family and friends. Born in Hartford, he was the son of Arthur and Rita (Blumenthal) Lapp of West Hartford. Barry graduated from Hall High School in West Hartford and studied computer programing. He worked for CIGNA, Independence...

Jetti Ieda Markowicz (nee Moidel), 75, of West Hartford, passed away suddenly on Sunday, (April 15, 2007) after a prolonged illness. She was the widow of Abe Markowicz. She was born in Kassel, Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1939 with her parents (Anna and Morris Moidel) and late brother Jacob. She graduated from Weaver High School in...

Sidney Salowitz, 89 of West Hartford, CT and Delray Beach, FL passed away December 8 surrounded by his loving family. Son of the late Jacob and Rose Salowitz, Sidney grew up in New Haven, CT, later moving to West Hartford in 1955. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years Shirley (Korman)Salowitz, his daughters Susan and Randi Salowitz,...

Susan Schwartz Poriss, 81, of Bloomfield, CT, passed away peacefully at home on July 3, 2023. She was the daughter of Hy Schwartz and Betty Goldshein Schwartz.Born in Brooklyn, NY, Mom had the best birthday-November 11, Veterans Day, and as a teacher always had the day off. When Susan was a toddler, the family moved to Darien, CT for several...

Robert Leroy Seaman, a resident of Sarasota, FL, and long time resident of Lexington, MA, passed away peacefully on April 27, 2012 in Sarasota. He is survived by Jacqueline Bailey of West Hartford, his wife of 63 years. The oldest son of LeRoy and Alice Seaman of Syracuse, NY, Robert grew up with a great appreciation for family, education, and...

Peter Samuel Kurtis, M.D., 48, of Avondale Rd., West Hartford, passed away Wednesday morning (March 29, 2006) surrounded by family at St. Francis Hospital. He was the son of Livia Kurtis and the late Leslie Kurtis, M.D., beloved husband of Susan (Presant) Kurtis and devoted father of Jason, Ryan, and David Kurtis. Born and raised in the Bronx, he demonstrated...

Melvin H. Mildwurf, 66, of Silo Way, Bloomfield, died suddenly on Thursday, January 26, 2006. Born in the Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Salo and Irene (Szanto) Mildwurf. He was a US Army Reserves veteran. Mel was a member of Beth Hillel Synagogue, Bloomfield, a member of the Jewish War Veterans, and for over 30 years...

Marilyn R. (Katzen) Partney age 75, born May 16,1932, died Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, of complications of lung cancer. Born in Hartford, Marilyn was the daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah (Rosenthal) Katzen and sister, Leah Darling. She moved to Pontiac, Michigan following her marriage to Joseph Z. Partney in 1954. Marilyn moved back...

Herbert Bernard Hirsch died at the age of 85, on December 8, 2021. He was first and foremost a good man with a big heart. His many friends and large extended family loved and respected him, and appreciated his wit, generous spirit and sense of adventure. He was a successful businessman; a Navy veteran; an avid golfer, skier and tennis...

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...