Obituaries

Edie Pollack of Farmington passed away on Dec 12, 2014 after a long and courageously fought illness. Born May 2, 1938 in Cairo, Illinois, she graduated from Cairo High School and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale with a major in social work. She is survived by her husband Marty and daughter Lisa. Relocated to Connecticut in 1974, she worked with...

Abraham M. Pavlowitz, 72, of Old Farm Drive, Newington, husband of Lorraine (Rosenfeld) Pavlowitz, died Friday, May 5, 20006 of cancer. Born in the Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Nathan and Betty (Abramovicz) Pavlowitz. He was a US Army Veteran. Abraham was a Systems Analyst for the Travelers. He was a member of Congregation B’nai Sholom...

Marge Rosenthal, 94 of West Hartford passed away peacefully on December 2, 2013. Marge was born on September 25, 1919 in Norwalk, CT and was the daughter of Abraham and Janette Cohen. She was predeceased by her husband of 41 years Ben. Marge is survived by her daughter Maxine (Rosenthal) Moncini, her son-in-law Ray, her sister Beverly Johnson of North...

Philip “Doctor Phil” Schiff 79, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 23, 2015 at Manchester Manor. Born in Camden NJ, long time resident of Manchester and most currently living in Tolland CT. He was a well-respected optometrist for many years, in private practice in East Hartford, as well as servicing many nursing homes in the area. He enjoyed boating, watching...

Dorothy K. Menchel of Farmington, formerly of Bloomfield and Manchester, passed away Wednesday (October 26, 2005). Predeceased by her loving husband Philip, Dorothy was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was born Jan. 20, 1915, in W. Springfield, MA to Sara (Gold) and Israel Kletsky. Dorothy worked for many years as a bookkeeper for The Madlyn Shop in...

Howard W. Katz of West Hartford, beloved husband and dearest friend of Sylvia Sless Katz, passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 3, 2007. The son of the late Samuel and Theresa Goldberg Katz (Odess), he was a graduate of Weaver High School class of 1949. ?Howie? lived most of his childhood on Baltimore Street fully enjoying street baseball and kickball...

Geraldine Schwartz Newfield died at the Hebrew Home and Hospital on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 following a long illness. She was 84 years old. Mrs. Newfield was married to the late Richard A. Newfield and had resided in West Hartford for 59 years. Geraldine was born in New London. She graduated from Beaver College in Jenkintown, PA, and The Amy...

Barney Lapp of West Hartford passed Saturday March 21, 2015 at his home with family by his side. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 65 years Mildred, three sons, David, Jonathan, Daniel, his daughter in law Denise, and grandson Nathaniel. Very dear to him were his niece Andrea Tardiff, her husband Rick, and their two sons Scott and Jeff...

GROSSMAN, Lillian ?Lakie? (Sharasheff) Grossman, 89, of West Hartford, beloved wife for 67 years of Charles Grossman, passed away peacefully in her sleep, Saturday, February 10, 2007 at John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington. Born in Hartford, the daughter of the late Jacob and Dora (Freedman) Sharasheff, she graduated from Hartford Public High School and the Guggenheim School of Dental Hygiene in...

OPINSKY, Morton Opinsky, M.D., 90 years of age, of Hartford, formerly of West Hartford, died Monday, March 14, 2011. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Morris W. and Edith (Lubin) Opinsky. He was a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps during World War II. He graduated from Georgetown University and Georgetown University School of Medicine...

Selma (Silverstein) (Gurian) Kovalik, of Corbin Ave., New Britain, formerly of Bristol and Colchester, widow of Harry Gurian and Leo Kovalik, Jr., died Tuesday, December 6, 2005. She was a member of Temple Sinai, Newington, and a former member of Hadassah. She leaves two daughters: Joyce Gurian Sylvester of Pittsfield, MA, and Betsy-Kay Gurian Kraus and her husband Howard of...

N. Irving Rosen, 91 of Bloomfield, formerly of Santa Barbara, CA, died peacefully Friday, July 25th. He was born in Schenectady, NY in Feb. 1917. His loving wife Lillian Rosen died in 1998. He spent his working years as a jeweler in Troy, NY and later followed the same profession in Santa Barbara. While in Santa Barbara he volunteered for...

Muriel “Mim” G. Schenker of Avon, CT, formerly of West Hartford and Farmington, passed away on Monday, November 29. Born in Hartford, February 9, 1919, she was the daughter of Julius and Eva (Beizer) Gold. She graduated from William Hall High School and the Guggenheim School of Dental Hygiene, working in the Hartford area as a dental hygienist. During World...

Robert Lehman Marks, 76 years of age, of Emily Way, West Hartford, formerly of Bloomfield, died Thursday, September 30, 2010. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Morris F. and Harriet (Lehman) Marks, Jr. He had been in the Jewelry Industry and had owned and managed several restaurants in the Hartford and New London areas....

Samuel Leonard Joseph, 13, of Harvest Lane, West Hartford, beloved son of Douglas A. and Katalin (Preier) Joseph, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008. He was born in El Paso, TX. A student at Sedgwick Middle School, he previously attended Bristow Middle School, Bugbee Elementary School, and the Jewish Community Center pre-school, all in West Hartford. He celebrated his Bar Mitzvah...

Ruth L. Pulda, 53, of West Hartford, CT June 9, 2008. The sun, the stars and the moon to her boys: Husband, Howard Rifkin and sons, David and Caleb Pulda-Rifkin. Beloved daughter of Mary Pulda of Shrewsbury, MA and the late Louis Pulda, of blessed memory. Truly loved daughter-in-law of Sylvia Rifkin. The rock for her sisters and brothers: Margery...

Erma Macy, loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on October 5 at Caleb-Hitchcock Hospital at Duncaster in Bloomfield. Born in Hartford, January 28, 1927, the daughter of Morris and Bertha Shapiro, she had been a resident of Hartford and Bloomfield almost all of her life. She was a graduate of Hillyer College (now part of the University...

Frances Perelman, formerly of West Hartford, passed away peacefully in Delray, Florida on Thursday, December 15, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Israel and Dorothy (Segal) Neiditch and was predeceased by her brothers Seymour (Tim) and Melvin. The Neiditchs’ were founding members of the Emanuel Synagogue where Frances proudly became the first Bat Mitzvah in 1930. Seventy-eight years...

Audrey Kaufmann, 79, of West Hartford, passed away peacefully after a short illness on Sunday, August 15, 2010. Audrey was born on September 13, 1930 in Hartford, daughter of the late Lydia (Oppenheimer) Krauss and Isadore Krauss. She was a graduate of Weaver High School and attended Becker Junior College. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Stephan Kaufmann, on...

Harriet S. Novick, 86, of Sunrise, FL., passed away on Friday (September 19, 2008). Daughter of the late Helen and Morris Blacker. Wife of the late Joseph Novick. She is survived by her brother, Jerome Blacker. Harriet was the beloved mother of Arnold (Susan) Novick and Heidi (Robert) Begun. She was a loving grandparent to Ross (Kate) Novick, Justin (Melissa)...