Obituaries

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...

LURIA, Elsie (Welensky) Luria, 92, of South Windsor, died Monday, March 31, 2008. She was the widow of Solomon Luria. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Lena (Finman) Welensky. She leaves her son, Edward M. Luria and his wife Deborah of South Windsor; her daughter, Sandra Knafel and her husband Steven of...

Arlene Edith (Hochheiser) Levine was born August 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, raised her family in Windsor Locks, Connecticut where she lived for fifty one years, and died January 13, 2015 in Delray Beach, Florida. She was the first of the two daughters of Louis Hochheiser and Lillian (Weisberg) Hochheiser. She leaves behind her much loved younger sister, Muriel...

Seymour L. Kroopnick of Avon, Connecticut, died at home on Thursday, September 28, 2023. He was born in Hartford to Clara (Rome) and Abraham Kroopnick, and was the youngest of three siblings. After graduating Weaver High School, he attended the University of Connecticut and then worked as a social worker for the State of Connecticut. He served in the Korean...

Dr. Julian A. Sachs (KDJ), 86, born March 30,1922, husband of the late ?sweet beautiful Gladys? Berg Sachs died with dignity in the Emergency room at the Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General Monday September 1 where he had worked for 25 years as one of the original Emergency Room physicians starting in 1968 until his retirement in...

Helen (Sodafsky) Mehlman, age 93, passed away on Sunday March 17, 2013, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was born in Vernon, the daughter of the late Sarah and Nathan Sodafsky. At a young age, her family moved to Hartford, where she attended Hartford Public schools and Weaver High School. Following graduation Helen began working for the...

LUBCHANSKY, Rose Martha (Kaufman) Lubchansky, of West Hartford, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009. She was the widow of Isadore Lubchansky. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Ella (Kaplan) Kaufman. Rose was a supervisory interviewer for the State of CT, Department of Labor until she retired. She was a member of the Emanuel Synagogue of...

Calvin Mass D.D.S. died peacefully on Friday, June 13 at the age of 96. He was the husband of the late Helen (Shlaifer) Mass and the son of the late Louis and Rose (Gold) Mass. He leaves his son, Dr. Martin Mass, and wife, Jill, of South Glastonbury; his daughter, Nan Kristt, of Monticello, NY; his four grandchildren: Noah Mass...

Irving D. Meltzer, 90 years of age, of Delray Beach, FL, formerly of South Windsor, CT, died Monday, January 27, 2014. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Jacob and Minnie Meltzer. Irving served in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Additionally, he served in Machal during Aliyah Bet and the Israeli War of...

Edward Honiberg, 89, died on Monday, (November 5, 2007) at the Hebrew Home & Hospital after a long battle with Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease. He was born in Hartford, on July 7, 1918, to the late Simon and Hilda Honiberg. He was the youngest of three brothers. Edward graduated from Weaver High School in 1936. Both older brothers became pharmacists,...

LEVIN, Rose E. (Cohn) Levin, 95, of West Hartford, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 peacefully at home. She was the beloved wife of Wilbur Levin for 70 years until his death in 2004. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Rebecca Weissman Cohn. She leaves her two daughter, Reba Levin Nassau and her husband Arthur...

Sonia (Mostow) Mazny, 87 years of age, of Highland St., West Hartford, died Tuesday, September 21, 2010. She was the widow of Hyman Mazny. Born in Poland, she was the daughter of the late Ephriam and Gitel Mostow. A Holocaust survivor, she was a former member of Beth David Synagogue and United Synagogues of Greater Hartford, both in West Hartford....

Marcus Lowy, 61, of Maple Street, Manchester, formerly of West Hartford and Montreal, Quebec, Canada died Tuesday, November 20, 2007). Born in Austria, he was the son of Edith (Bergfeld) Lowy and the late Ignatz Lowy of Montreal. Besides his mother, he leaves two sons: Joshua Lowy and his wife Jody, and Jason Lowy and his wife Laura, all of...

Age 60, died July 25, 2014 in Meriden. Born in New Britain to Lester and Florence Shapiro. Predeceased by parents and brother Joseph. Graveside service Tuesday, July 29, at 10:30 Beth Alom Cemetery, Allen St. New Britain, CT 06053

Elliott Michaelson, 79 years of age, of Hosmer Drive, West Hartford, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Louis and Mary (Savitz) Michaelson. He was a US Army Veteran of the Korean War. Elliott was the owner of Arrow Home Improvement in Bristol....

Blossom “Bea” (Feldman) Rosenberg, 91, beloved wife of the late George H. Rosenberg for 60 years, died Wednesday, (April 27, 2011), at her home at Chatfield, West Hartford, CT. Blossom was born in the Bronx, NY, on March 30, 1920, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Weinstein) Feldman. She attended New York University. She moved to Hartford with her family...