Obituaries

Elynore Rhoda (Sigmond) Shapiro of West Hartford passed away peacefully on January 2, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. Born January 6, 1927 to Harry and Esther Sigmond, she was predeceased by her husband of 50 years Harold M. Shapiro, and her eldest son Mitchell M. Shapiro. She is survived by two sons: Leigh H. Shapiro and his wife Malena...

Hyman Levine, 92, of Stamford, formerly of Colchester, died Tuesday, May 17th at home. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Harry and Etta Levine. He was a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in Chemistry. After graduating from college, he entered the family coat business, Levine & Levine Coat Company in...

Philip S. Handler, 80, of West Hartford (August 17). Son of Morris and Esther (Saltzman) Handler. Brother of William Handler and Lori Levi. Phil was born in Hartford in 1940, was educated in architecture at Cornell University (Class of 1962), and returned to Hartford in 1965 with his wife Madeline (Gell) Handler, also a Cornell graduate, to work as a...

RESNICK, Louis Resnick, 95 years of age, of West Hartford, died Saturday, May 30, 2009. He was the husband of the late Gertrude (Dacktor) Resnick. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Samuel and Mollie Resnick. Louis was a US Army Veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Emanuel Synagogue of West...

Lorraine Adelson Kates, daughter of the late Samuel and Rebecca Adelson passed away on February 2nd in West Hartford, CT Born in Boston, Mrs. Kates and her husband, Maurice, raised their family in Newton, MA. Lorraine was assistant to the Director of Development at Brandeis University where her responsibilities included working with scholarship students, making sure they kept in touch...

Edith (Sack) Sasportas, 86, formerly of West Hartford, died Thursday, February 16 at Boca Raton, Florida. Edith was born in Russia, the daughter of Solomon and Nessie Sack. She was a graduate of Hartford’s Weaver High School, Class of 1937 and lived most of her life in West Hartford, until moving to Delray Beach, FL seven years ago. Edith was...

Lilyan (Karp) Pliskin, 88 years of age, of West Hartford, formerly of Plainview, NY, died Monday, December 13, 2010. She was the widow of Bernard Pliskin who died November 1, 2009. Born in Hartford , she was the daughter of the late Morris and Ruth (Lewis) Karp. She leaves two devoted sons, Jeffrey L. Pliskin of Clinton, NY, and Fred...

Julene (Barr) Landsberg, 91, of Vernon passed away peacefully on Sunday December 14, 2014. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Arnold Landsberg, daughter Andrea Landsberg, son Larry Landsberg, and brother Albert Barr. Julie was born in Hartford on October 30, 1923, to the late Samuel and Lillian (Levy) Barr. Julie grew up in Hartford and was a graduate of...

Dr. Irwin T. Mancall, 90, of 10 Golf Rd., West Hartford, died Wednesday, (December 16, 2009). He leaves his two sons, Matthew D. Mancall of Framingham, MA, and James N. Mancall of Cambridge, MA; and two daughters, Elizabeth J. Mancall of West Hartford and Katherine A. Mancall of San Francisco, CA. Funeral service will be Friday, Dec. 19 at 11...

Aleksey Kochkin, 28 years of age, of Albany, NY, formerly of Avon, died Friday, May 10, 2013. Born in Ukraine, he is the son of Leonid and Anna Kochkin of Bloomfield. He also leaves his paternal grandmother, Leah Shor in Israel; his maternal grandmother, Raisa Burchak of West Hartford; his half sister, Anna Kochkin of Kiev, Ukraine; and five cousins....

Burton A. Levy, 86 years of age, of West Hartford, CT died Saturday, May 18, 2013. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Louis and Ida Levy. He was a US Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. Burton graduated from the University of Connecticut and received a Masters Degree from Trinity College. He was an analytical engineer...

PEARLMAN, Jeanette (Glassman) Pearlman, of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of West Hartford, CT, died Thursday, December 20, 2007. She was the widow of Bernie Pearlman. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Max and Anna (Brass) Glassman. She was a member of Congregation Beth Israel in West Hartford, CT, a former member of Cliffside Country Club,...

Landerman, Abraham - born in Hartford, CT on September 6, 1930, died in his home in Storrs, CT on September 8, 2014. He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy, of 53 years, his daughter, Karen L. Anderson, son-in-law, Vincent, granddaughter, Rachel, 18 years old, grandson, Nicholas, 16 years old, of Madison, CT, son, Kevin Landerman of North Branford, CT,...

Stanley Hufnagel, 86 of Bloomfield died at home on Monday, February 25, 2008. Born in Poland he immigrated to Cuba as a child with his parents Harry & Flora Hufnagel. After living in Cuba for 10 years, they were finally able to arrive in New York in 1934. He has been a resident of Connecticut since 1955. He was predeceased...

Helen Lebedinsky of East Hartford, Connecticut, died Tuesday at the age of 95. Born in Poland in 1911, she emigrated to the United States as an infant and grew up in Chicago. She met her husband Aron, a Russian immigrant, in an art school and after their marriage in 1932, went to the Soviet Union for a few years to...

Marvin Levine, M.D., 82 years of age, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Hartford Hospital with his loving wife of 60 years and his entire family at his bedside. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Louis and Bertha (Wexler) Levine and the brother of the late, Elaine Fish. Marvin received his undergraduate degree...

Anne (Blum) Honiberg passed away Saturday, (February 19, 2011) at The Hebrew Home & Hospital. Born in Hartford, January 25, 1926, Anne was the daughter of the late Yetta and late Benjamin Blum. She was the devoted and beloved wife of the late Edward Honiberg. Anne and Ed were married almost 58 years. Together they owned and operated Baltimore Drug...

Edward Molans 89 years young of New London, formally of Barnstable, MA died Friday February 6, 2015. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Adele (Hodes) Molans. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late John and Sarah (Netupsky) Molans. He was very proud of his time spent in the US Navy as a Corpsman. He was the...

Michael Benjamin Masius, Sr. of West Hartford passed away on February 4, 2009. He was a loving father to his two children: Kimberly M. Masius and Michael B. Masius, Jr., and devoted brother to Judy Masius Behrend. He was born in New York City in 1941 and attended Riverdale Country Day School. Michael graduated in 1963 from Trinity College in...

Lawrence ?Larry? Michael Norman, 34, of New York, NY, formerly of Bloomfield, CT, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Born in Hartford, he was the son of Mark and Lauren (Nyary) Norman. He was a 1991 graduate of Kingswood Oxford School, and a 1995 graduate of Union College, Schenectedy, NY. He was a member of the New York...