Obituaries

Dr. Harold S. Safalow, of West Hartford and Sunny Isles Beach, FL. It is with great sadness, love and wonderful memories that we announce the passing of Dr. Harold S. Safalow on Saturday, April 20, 2013. He was our beloved husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather. He passed away peacefully at The Hospital of Central CT in New Britain with...

Muriel Lillian Rosin, 90. Born and raised in Hartford, Muriel had lived in West Hartford for more than forty years. She had no children of her own, but was like a parent to her niece and three nephews. She retired two decades ago from her longtime employment at Connecticut Mutual Life, in Hartford; before that she worked for Hartford Sugar...

Esther Kaufman Sackter died Tuesday (March 18, 2008) at McLean Home in Simsbury. Esther was born in Hartford to the late Benjamin and Ida (Kaplan) Kaufman. She was the widow of David Sackter. In her adult life she was a champion bridge and scrabble player, an avid bingo player, and a friend to all who knew her. She leaves to...

ROSENBLOOM, Bernard Rosenbloom, 80, of Skinner Drive, Bloomfield died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Edward Louis Rosenbloom and Rose (Rosenberg) Rosenbloom. Bernard was an executive in the wholesale grocery business before he retired. He was a member of Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield, a co-president of...

Edward Martin, aged 98, died peacefully early Thursday morning in Fall River, MA after a short illness. Eddie was born Nov. 16, 1914 in New Britain, the son of Joseph Martin and Anna Brachman Martin, both immigrants from a shtetle near Odessa, then part of Russia. He was raised in New Britain where his father was a painting contractor. He...

Joseph Scherr, 87 years of age, of Somers, CT, who for 32 years taught mathematics in the Enfield Connecticut school system, died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday, July 3, 2010, at Evergreen Health Care Center in Stafford Springs, CT. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 19, 1922, the son of Emil and Minnie (Karp) Scherr, who had both...

KATZ, Miriam ‘ Minka’ Katz, 86 years of age, of New Britain, died Sunday, December 11, 2011. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Bessie Katz. Miriam was a nurse at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Hartford until she retired. She leaves a sister, Shelley Seravalli and her husband Gerald of Cape Coral, FL;...

Barbara (Kline) Lutin, 83 of East Windsor, formerly of West Hartford, died Sunday, February 3, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Rachel (Caplan) Kline. She was predeceased by her bothers Melvin B and the Honorable Morgan M Kline. She leaves a daughter Andra Jaffee and her husband Andrew...

Marjorie Elise Irlandy, 94, died Friday, November 23, 2012 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, ME. Marjorie was born in New York, August 16, 1918, daughter of Beatrice (Schoenfeld) and Paul Loewenberg. Her family later moved to West Hartford. After studies at NYU, she completed her BA in Education at New Britain Teachers College. On October 19, 1941,...

Miriam “Mimi” Freiman Opinsky passed away peacefully on Friday, (March 29, 2013), at her Hartford residence, surrounded by her two loving daughters. Born in Hartford on Dec. 20, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Bessie Slobin. She raised her family in West Hartford with the late Nathan Freiman. Mimi was also the widow of the late...

RUBIN, Leah Roselyn (Savitsky), 99 years of age, of Bloomfield, CT, died Friday, March 11, 2011 at home. She was the widow of Jack M. Rubin, who died November 22, 2008. She was born in Ansonia, CT on January 27, 1912, to Rebecca Shapiro Savitsky and Wolf Savitsky. Her brothers Martin Savitsky and Lewis Savitsky predeceased her, as did her...

Sidney Lebowitz, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford died Friday, March 23, 2012. He was the husband of the late Esther (Stein) Lebowitz. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Louis and Sally (Fish) Lebowitz. Sidney was a US Air Force veteran of World War II. He was the owner of Hartford Nutmeg Corporation retiring in 1984. He...

Selma (Bovitz) Okrant, 81, of Orient Lane, North Haven, formerly of Manchester, widow of Gerald Okrant, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Samuel S. And Yetta (Jacobsen) Bovitz. She leaves her children: three sons: David Okrant and his wife Kim of Boulder Creek, CA, Eli Okrant and his wife Bonnie...

Nathan Isaac Lerman passed away peacefully at the age of 98 on Thursday (December 31, 2009) after a short illness. He was the son of Barnard Lerman and Celia (Wapnitsky) and was born in New York City on April 16, 1911. He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Eva (Nichomoff) Lerman. They had three children, Robert Lerman of...

Warren G. Katz of West Hartford passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. He was born in Hartford on July 12, 1934, the son of the late Hyman and Sarah Gordon Katz, and lived most of his life in West Hartford, although he loved spending his summers at Stannard Beach in Westbrook. He loved his work as a real...

Jennifer Lynn Koch born July, 4, 1973 of Willimantic, Connecticut, formerly of West Hartford, Connecticut, died peacefully on Saturday, March 9, 2024 after a short illness. She is survived by her father Lawrence W. Koch of Canton, Connecticut formerly of West Hartford, Connecticut, her sister Randi Koch and her fiance Roger Dumais, her brother Jonathan Koch and his wife Lisa....

LIPMAN, Pauline Lipman, of Farmington Ave., West Hartford, widow of Louis Lipman, died Thursday, September 6, 2007. She was a founding member of Beth El Temple in West Hartford. She was a graduate of Hunter College, New York. Pauline worked alongside her husband in their real estate business for many years. There aren?t enough adjectives to describe how wonderful Pauline...

Walter B. Schatz, revered for his intelligence, generosity and wit, passed away on Monday (November 5, 2012) in the comfort of his own home in West Hartford. He was 90 years old. Beloved father of four children and their spouses, he leaves behind Louis and Susan Schatz of West Hartford, Beverly and David Therkelsen of Andover, Massachusetts, Carol Schatz and...

Selma (Levy) Kaufman, 76, of North Main St., West Hartford, died Saturday, December 27, 2008. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Zara (Wise) Levy. A life long resident of West Hartford, Selma was a Hall High School graduate, class of 1951 and was chosen class socialite’. She was a member of the West Hartford...

KARP, Saul A. Karp, 78, of West Hartford, CT died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late Aaron and Hilda (Platt) Karp. He was a Navy veteran. Saul was district manager of General Cinema before he retired. He was a member of the Jewish War...