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Arthur Schuman
Jan 27, 2023
Arthur Noel Schuman, 89, of West Hartford, CT passed away peacefully on Friday, January 27th, at Hartford Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Olga (Emaiken) and Dr. David Schuman. He was married for 62 wonderful years to his wife, Toby (Ackerman), of Springfield, MA. Arthur was educated at the Mount...
Phyllis (Rotfuss) Pivnick
Jan 25, 2023
Phyllis (Rotfuss) Pivnick, 94, died on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Chestelm Health & Rehabilitation Center in Moodus. She had been living at The Saybrook of Haddam, an assisted living community for the past five years. Phyllis was born, raised and lived in Moodus for 89 years. She is survived by her granddaughter Shayna Pivnick of Arizona and several...
Sandra (Mostow) Flaxman
Jan 25, 2023
Sandra Mostow Flaxman 90, of Palm Beach Florida, formerly resided in West Hartford, CT. Sandra passed away peacefully January 25, 2023 at home with her much loved C.N.A. Pauline by her side. She joined her beloved husband of 64 years, Dr. Eugene R. Flaxman and their son Brian David Flaxman in heaven for eternity. She was the only child...
Jerome Salad
Jan 21, 2023
Jerry Salad, 90 years of age, of West Hartford, passed peacefully on January 21, 2023. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Gertrude (Cutler) Salad. Jerry enjoyed golfing with his buddies and family at Rockledge Golf Club where he was affectionaly known as the Mayor. He loved nothing more than running golf events and...
Bennett Miller
Jan 15, 2023
On Sunday January 15, Bennett Miller, MD passed away at age ninety-eight after a brief illness. He grew up in York Pennsylvania, and attended Harvard College. He left his studies to enlist in the Army, entering the ASTP officer training program. When this program was discontinued he entered the army as private first class, serving as a Browning Automatic...
May (Peckerman) Margolis
Jan 14, 2023
May (Peckerman) Margolis, 98, of West Hartford, passed away peacefully last Saturday. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Alvin, and her grandson, Benjamin. May is survived by her sons Steven; James, and his wife, Eva; and Peter; grandchildren Zachary, Nathan, Charlie, Shomron and his wife, Meirav Koush; and great-grandchildren Daniella and Shira. The funeral will be held on...
Libby (Savitt) Pearl
Jan 13, 2023
Libby Savitt Pearl, 90, of West Hartford and Bloomfield, passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a 19-month battle with lung cancer. She and her late husband, Bennett Pearl, were married for 61 years. Born in Hartford to Morris and Celia Savitt, Libby graduated from Weaver High School in 1950, and UConn in 1954. Before her children were born...
Estelle (Beck) Apatow
Jan 9, 2023
Estelle Apatow, age 95, of East Longmeadow, MA, formerly of Avon CT, passed away January 9, 2023. She is survived by her children: Ellen (Tom) Arthur (Chehalis) & Richard, grandchildren Michael, Lindsay, Jessica & Cat and great grandchildren Jack, Sam & Max. She was predeceased by her brother Arthur, parents Jacob and Gussie Beck and husband Jerome. Estelle grew...
Leonard Rivlin
Jan 4, 2023
Leonard Rivlin, 85, of South Windsor, CT, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. He was the beloved husband of the late Joan (Samett) Rivlin. Born on March 26, 1937, in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late Samuel and Evelyn (Zimmet) Rivlin. He had degrees from University of Pittsburg and Brooklyn Polytech in Applied Mathematics. Leonard had highly responsible...
Cemach M Goldsmith
Dec 27, 2022
Cemach Goldsmith, 83 of Newington, CT passed away on December 27, 2022 at Hospital of Central Connecticut. he was born on February 2, 1939 to the late Rachel (Hoffenberg) and Myer Goldsmith. He grew up in New Britain, CT. He graduated from the University of Connecticut and University of Connecticut School of Social Work. He worked as a Social...
Marilyn (Nassau) Goldberg
Dec 23, 2022
Marilyn Goldberg, 93, of West Hartford, beloved widow of Louis H. Goldberg died Friday December 23. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Nassau and Anna Rome Nassau. Marilyn was an accomplished duplicate bridge player achieving the status of Diamond Life Master. While she enjoyed her bridge success, the center of her life was always her family. Besides...
Rebecca Derosa
Dec 23, 2022
Rebecca DeRosa, 42, of Avon, CT, formerly of Canton, CT and Old Bridge, New Jersey, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022. Beloved wife of Brandon DeRosa, loving daughter of Marlena DeRosa, caring sister of Sarah, and affectionate and fun-loving “Mimi” to her niece, Sydney. She is pre-deceased by her father, Michael DeRosa. Rebecca was warm-hearted to everyone she...
Alberta (Epstein) Swett
Dec 19, 2022
Alberta Swett, 96, of Revere, Massachusetts, and, prior to that, a longtime resident of Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut, passed away at home on December 19, 2022 with the loving support of family. Born in Hartford on January 24, 1926, she was the youngest daughter of the late Julius and Rose Epstein. She graduated as salutatorian of the class...
Joan (Gould) Cornfield
Dec 13, 2022
Joan Cable Cornfield, née Gould, 80, of West Hartford, died Tuesday, (December 13, 2022) at home with her children by her side. Born in Boston and raised in Newton MA, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Bernice (Cable) Gould. She was predeceased by her husband, Stephen Joseph “Joe” Cornfield. She graduated from Brandeis University and spent...
Roberta Sylvia Nee (Weinstein) Prescott
Dec 13, 2022
Roberta Prescott, 85, died on December 13, 2022 at the Caleb Hitchcock Health Center/Duncaster in Bloomfield, CT. Roberta was preceded in death by her life partner, Robert Hurwitz and by her eldest daughter, Jennifer Prescott (Sean Dooley). Roberta is survived by her children Laura Prescott (Adam Robinson) of Washington, D.C. and Emily Prescott of San Francisco, CA; by her...
David Federman
Dec 3, 2022
David S. Federman passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2022 surrounded by his immediate family and loved ones. He was 79 years old. Dave was many things to many people, but he will be remembered primarily as a doting, dutiful and loving husband. His love for Jeanie, his wife of 57 years, was second to none and the stuff...
Marshall David Kalin
Nov 26, 2022
Marshall David Kalin (75) passed away at Saint Mary’s Hospital on Saturday, November 26, 2022. Marshall was born on December 28, 1946 in Hartford to the late Adelaide (Kaplan) Kalin and the late Jarvis Kalin. He was the loving husband of Edith (Edie) Kalin. He graduated from Conard High School in West Hartford and from the University of Hartford...
Dr. Robert Dobrow
Oct 25, 2022
Maybe there are no saints in Judaism, but Robert Dobrow sure came close. An absolute mensch of the highest order, Bob died suddenly on Tuesday, Oct. 25th, leaving his family and many friends feeling both broken and amazingly grateful that such a man had graced their lives. The youngest son of Barnett and Minna Dobrow, Robert was, from an...
Jacqueline (Bailey) Seaman
Oct 18, 2022
Hanover, NH – Jacqueline B. Seaman died peacefully at Wheelock Terrace on Tuesday October 18, 2022 after a long, full and adventurous life. Born in 1927, Jackie grew up with her twin sisters in West Hartford, CT as part of the extended and accomplished Gersten family. It was at Russell Sage that she met the love of her life,...
Gerald N. Cohn
Oct 11, 2022
Gerald “Jerry” Norman Cohn, 85, of Windsor Locks, CT passed away peacefully on October 11, 2022 at Hartford Hospital following a sudden health event. He was born in Hartford to Barney and Bacia Cohn and attended Weaver High School. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and completed communications school in Virginia before being attached to the submarine...
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