Obituaries

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...

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...