Obituaries

Florence (Dorfman) Potish of Farmington died on Thursday, January 11, 2007. She was the widow of Max Potish, who died September 13, 2006. They were married for 61 years. She was a wonderful and spirited woman and will be missed by her family and everyone who knew her. She was born in Hartford, daughter of the late Benjamin and Ida...

Sheila passed peacefully at Cornell Medical Center on October 5 after a long illness. Sheila was a wonderful wife. We shared many good memories together. She was comfortable in formal settings and equally while we were out sailing or traveling together. Sheila leaves her daughter from her first marriage, Meredith Greisman, and her brother Mark and his wife Karin and...

Frances Nadler of La Jolla, CA, formerly of West Hartford, died at the age of 92 at UCSD Thornton Hospital in La Jolla, CA on Dec. 24th, 2009. Frances was born on Feb. 8, 1917, in Hartford, the daughter of the late Mayer and Yetta (Stein) Zeldner. Frances was a nurse, and did her nurses’ training at St. Francis Hospital...

Edith Bernstein Schatz (1931-2022) Edith Bernstein Schatz, beloved for her joyous approach to life, passed away in the comfort of her own home in Bloomfield, Connecticut on August 1. She was 91. Edith was a devoted mother and grandmother, wonderful friend, arts supporter, local tennis champion, bridge and golf enthusiast, pianist, folk singer, traveler and lover of life. She was...

Daniel I. Konover passed away peacefully on September 6, 2021 in West Hartford, CT at the age of 81. A long-time resident of Wilton, CT and recently of Avon and West Hartford, Dan is survived by the pride and joys of his life, his children: David Konover of West Hartford, Sean Konover of Avon and Elizabeth (Nick) Albano of Madison,...

Amelia Keyfitz Holtman, 89, of Delray Beach, Florida, formerly of Hartford, CT and widow of Max Holtman, passed away peacefully at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital May 8th. She was the beloved daughter of Arthur and Anna (Gerstein) Keyfitz of Montreal, Canada and sister of Nathan Keyfitz, Gertrude Singman and Ruth Karp. Amy was an Honors graduate of the...

SANDLER, Martha (Axelrod), 90, of Windsor died Thursday, October 15, 2009. She was the widow of Abraham Sandler. Born in Willimantic, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Etta (Shurin) Axelrod. Martha was the Assistant Director of Housing at the University of Hartford before she retired. She was a life member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish...

Beatrice (Caras) Newborn, 87, of Randal Avenue, West Hartford, widow of William Newborn, died Tuesday, August 23, 2005. She was a member of Hadassah. She was the loving mother of Stanley I. Newborn of West Hartford. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 25 at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Weinstein Mortuary, 640 Farmington Avenue, Hartford with...

Beatrice (Sicklick) Cohn Levy, 95 years of age, of Bloomfield and formerly of West Hartford, died on Saturday (April 4, 2015) surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Harold Cohn and of Samuel Levy. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of the late Mendel and Grace (Milkowitz) Sicklick. Bea was the first member of her family...

Stanley I. Newborn, 72 years of age, of West Hartford died Friday, January 10, 2014. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late William and Beatrice (Caras) Newborn. Stanley served in the United States Army. He taught and was a former Chairman of Youth Commission for United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism. Funeral services will be held at 1:00...

Robert S. Kirschbaum, 97 years of age, of Granby, formerly of Chappaqua, NY, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. He was the husband of the late Terry (Strukell) Kirschbaum. Robert, son of late Hyman and Lillian (Cohen) Kirschbaum grew up in Bronx, NY. Robert served for 4 years in the Air Force in World War II, based in India. Following the...

Theodore M. Nestor, 67, of North Granby, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 23rd. Born in Hartford, he was the husband of the late Bonnie (Babrow) Nestor and the son of the late Joseph and Leona (Leventhal) Nestor. He graduated from George Washington University and Conard High School. Ted was a Senior Sales Manager at Crump Insurance Services in Farmington....

Evelyn (Levine) Lieberman, 77, Norwood Rd., West Hartford died Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Born in West New York, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Seymour and Marcia Levine. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Smith and by her sister Florence Leben. She attended New York University. Evelyn was an active member, former Chair and Past President of...

Irving Joseph Rosenberg, 91, passed away at his Newington home on Saturday, (July 7, 2012). Irving was the son of the late Ada and William Rosenberg. He was born in Hartford at Mount Sinai Hospital. He leaves behind his loving wife, Miriam (Laurie) of 65 years. He was predeceased by his sisters Sophie Irwin and her late husband Archie, formally...

Doralea B. Moiger of Morningside West, Hartford, died Friday, July 8, 2005. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of William Moiger and the late Helen (Marcus) Moiger. She was a retired employee of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Besides her father, she leaves an aunt, Mildred Goldberg and a nephew Gary Goldberg. A graveside service will be held on Thursday,...

Judge Max H. Reicher, 102 years of age, of Chamberlain St., New Britain, died Monday, September 28, 2009. Born in New Britain, he graduated from New Britain High School in 1925 and went on to attend Syracuse University. In 1930, he earned his juris doctor degree from Boston University Law School. Soon after on July 8, 1930, he was admitted...

Saul Lubin, 87, of Haynes Road, West Hartford, husband of Harriet (Seer) Lubin, died Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at his home. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Robert and Celia (Karp) Lubin. He attended Hillyer College and was a US Army Veteran of World War II. An insurance salesman, he retired from John Hancock Mutual Life...

Jean (Goldman) Katz died comfortably on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. She leaves behind her children; Jeffrey Katz and his wife Michelle Bellinger, Sharon Furman and her husband Stuart, and Robert Katz and his wife Laurie Leader. She was Bubbie Jean to the four grandchildren she adored, David Katz, Miriam Katz, Samuel Katz, and Elizabeth...

Sylvia Kopplemann Leven, of Bloomfield, CT, formerly of West Hartford, died Sunday, December 14, 2014. She was pre-deceased by her husband Stanley Leven after 55 wonderful years. She was born in Hartford, CT in July 1922 to the late Abraham and Rachel Segal Kopplemann. She is survived by her ‘three boys’ whose love and devotion improved her life. The are...

Herbert Margolis, 83, of West Hartford, beloved husband of Alice (Estren), passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday (August 26, 2011). Herb was born on March 16, 1928 in Boston, MA. He was the son of the late Maxwell and Anne Margolis and is survived by his son, Hank Margolis (Elizabeth), and his daughter Lynn Dobb (Jerry). He...