Obituaries

Seena (Stolnicki) Schwarz, 83 years of age, of Milford, MA, formerly of Windsor, CT, died Monday, February 16, 2015. She was the widow of Bernard W. Schwarz. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, she was the daughter of the late Judel and Ginendel (Lejbik) Stolnicki. Seena was one of the Hidden Children of the Holocaust. She spoke at local schools knowing how...

Samuel Ellis Jaffe, age 77, of Schenectady, NY, died surrounded by love on Thursday (March 21, 2013) at Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford. Sam was born in Schenectady, NY and was a Schenectady man his whole life. As a young man, he was a fixture at Auto Radio Repair on State Street with his brother and father. He...

Maurice A. Lashin, 88 years of age, of West Hartford, died on February 5, 2014. He was the husband of the late Helen (Kantrowitz) Lashin. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Milton and Fannie (Hurwitz) Lashin. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. Maurice, better known as “Moe”, and his wife Helen owned...

Jacob ?Jack? London, 93, of Amherst St., Hartford, husband of the late Josephine (Santoro) London, died Sunday, March 7, 2010. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Hyman and Martha (Barker) London. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II, and a 50-year member of Lafayette Lodge #100 A.F. & A.M. He was the oldest...

Eileen Kaufman Rosson, 76 years of age, beloved wife of Dr. Robert S. Rosson, died Monday, August 30, at home in West Hartford, CT after a long illness. She and her husband also had a home in Meredith, NH on Lake Winnisquam for 12 years. Born May 2, 1934, in Hartford, CT, she was a daughter of the late Ezra...

Saul Himmelfarb of Canton died on March 2, 2008 at Hartford Hospital. He was especially blessed to live out the last three years of his life, after his diagnosis of lung cancer, with a deep and hearty appreciation of each of his remaining days and in the rich comfort of devoted and loving family members, a circle of wonderful caring...

Freeman Maltz, 79, of Deep Brook Harbor Road, Suffield, husband of Sandra (Vigder) Maltz, died Friday, July 6, 2007. Born in Milwaukee, WI, he was the son of the late William and Sarah (Goldberg) Maltz. Freeman was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War. He graduated from Ohio State University, and was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu, and...

MARKOWITZ, Frances (Winkler) Markowitz, of Simsbury Rd., West Hartford, widow of Raymond Markowitz, died Friday (July 17, 2009) She was a life member of Hadassah. She is survived by a son, David Markowitz and his wife Susan of Canton; a daughter, Gail Glick and her husband Herbert, West Hartford; a brother, Charles Winkler of Pompano Beach, FL; five grandchildren, Alisa...

Rose (Rubin) Lott, of West Hartford, CT passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010, at age 97. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Esther (Rubenstein) Rubin and the late Nathan Rubin. She was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and spent her adult life in New Rochelle, NY before moving to West Hartford 16 years ago....

Lawrence (Larry) D. Reitman, 55, of West Simsbury, Connecticut, beloved husband of Sandra Lagana Reitman, died Thursday January 27th at St. Francis Hospital after a strong and courageous 3-year battle with multiple myeloma cancer. Larry was born on May 18th, 1955 in Washington D.C. and lived most of his life in the Hartford area. He graduated from the University of...

Tillie Mandell, 97, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, wife of the late Benjamin Mandell, died Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Jennie (Mell) Ludgin. She was a member of Beth El Temple, West Hartford, and a founding member of the former Cliffside Country Club, Simsbury. She leaves a son, Alan...

Lea (Amrofel) Kubran, 87 years of age, of Lauderhill, FL, formerly of Simsbury, died Thursday, July 8, 2010. Born in Poland, she was the daughter of the late Zyszko and Rochla (Abramczyk) Amrofel. She was the widow of Jack Kubran. Lea is predeceased by her daughter, Rosylin Kubran Katz, and survived by her son Jeffrey S. Kubran, and daughter Judith...

Saul A. Hoffman, 86, of West Hartford, died on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband of Rosalind (Markowitz) Hoffman to whom he was married for over 64 years. Born in Hartford, he is predeceased by his parents Samuel and Rose (Hochberg) Hoffman; his sister Sally Finkelstein; and his brother Jack Hoffman....

Barbara C. (Cohan) Robin, 88 years of age, of Hartford, formerly of New Haven, died Saturday, December 11, 2010. She was predeceased by husbands, Allen M. Robin and Arnold Cobden. Born in Brookline, MA, she was the daughter of the late George and Helen (Castle) Cohan. Barbara was Director of Volunteer Services at Brookview Health Care in West Hartford. Throughout...

Charlotte “Shush” Grossman, a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut and beloved matriarch of her extended family, died on June 19, 2013, at the age of 92. She was born in Waterbury on September 17, 1920 and was the only daughter of parents Ida (Fishman) and Harry Strogatz. She is predeceased by her parents and her brothers, including her twin, George...

On May 21, 2013, Raymond Kalvan, formerly of Baltimore passed away. Beloved husband of Rayna Kalvan (nee Raskin); father of Steven Kalvan and the late Adrienne Cohen; loving grandfather of Jared (Lisa), Ali, Ian and Max Cohen; brother of Bernard and Jay Kalvan; beloved brother-in-law of Florell and Marshall Epstein. Funeral will take place in Connecticut Friday, May 24th.

Bryan S. Leopold, 46 years of age, of West Hartford died Saturday, July 26, 2014 at home with his family at his bedside. Born in New Haven, CT, he was the son of Sidney M. Leopold of Boca Raton, FL and Gail (Blume) Leopold Stolz of Westport, CT. Bryan was an avid sports enthusiast who loved to coach his son’s...

It is with great sadness to make known that Mark A. Robbin, MD, 60, of Avon passed away at home on Saturday, (August 24, 2013) after a short illness. Mark is survived by his wife Carolyn, a son, Perry, and two step children, Suzanne and Alex Hoerle, sisters Barbara Silverman and Dana Robbin and brother Peter Robbin. Mark graduated from...

Marcia Brown Rubinstien, 67, of Bloomfield, Connecticut formerly of West Hartford, Connecticut, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014. Survived by devoted husband of 41 years, Eytan, and loving children Micah (Nell), Jonathan (Katie), Shira (Marc), and Amiel, and adoring grandchildren Max, Elijah, and Joshua; and sister Paula; numerous loving cousins and extended family. Preceded in death by her dearly...

SALZBERG, Ethel (Bolocofsky) Salzberg, 90, of Sky View Drive, West Hartford died Friday, August 31, 2007 at Hartford Hospital. She was the widow of Isadore Salzberg. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late David and Lena (Dressler) Bolocofsky. She was a member of the Emanuel Synagogue of West Hartford for many years. Ethel leaves a sister, Sylvia...