Obituaries

Born near Vinnytsia, Ukraine, in 1912, Peter Korduner died peacefully at home on Thursday, April 17. He was 102.A survivor of the Holocaust, Peter married his wife Sylvia, who survives him after 69 years of marriage, in 1944. He immigrated with his wife and oldest daughter to the United States in 1949, where he opened a barbershop in Hartford, then...

Ruth Klemens, beloved wife of Paul Klemens, passed away on Oct. 29 after a courageous struggle with cancer. She had been a resident of Connecticut since 1967, living first in Manchester, then in Storrs until moving to West Hartford this year. Although her profession was as a foreign language teacher, she was also a respected educator and frequent lecturer on...

LIPMAN, Frances Toby Lipman, 93 years of age, of West Hartford, died Friday, October 2, 2009 at her home in Elkton, OR. She was born November 28, 1915 in New York City, daughter of the late Simon and Dora (Friedman) Velitzkin. A graduate of New Britain High School, she received a Bachelor?s degree from Columbia Teacher?s College in New York...

Sandra (Schatz) Miller, 69 years of age, of Meriden, formerly of West Hartford, died Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Midstate Hospital, Meriden. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Bertha (Epstein) Schatz. She leaves three sons, Brian J. Miller and his wife Renee of Clermont, FL, Scott J. Miller and his wife Emily of...

Jack E. Rosenberg, M.D., 82, of South Glastonbury, CT, passed away on April 17, 2024 in Marlborough, CT. He is survived by wife Marjorie Sarasin, daughter Bonnie and her husband Joseph of Dallas, TX, son Lewis and his wife Judi of Westborough, MA, and beloved grandson Evan, as well as by brother Martin of Osprey, FL and sister Marsha Casey...

SALVIN, Manuel Morton Salvin, 80 years of age, died peacefully on Sunday, December 19, 2010 in his Bloomfield home, where he was able to reside because of the care and dedication of his wife, Iris (Berkowitz) Salvin, and his care-givers, including Lorna, Loreen and Dimple. In addition to his wife, he leaves two sons, David Salvin (wife, Gail Flesher, daughter...

PEARLMAN, Tillie (Trisinsky) Pearlman, 87, of West Hartford died Wednesday, July 5, 2006. She was the widow of Milton M. Pearlman. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Ethel (Glick) Trisinsky. She was a graduate of Weaver High School in Hartford. She was a former member of Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield and a...

LESSIN, May (Lehman) Lessin, 104 years of age, of Stamford died Friday, February 13, 2009 at home with her family by her side. She was the widow of Attorney Michael Lessin. Born December 19, 1904, in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Max and Fannie (Kaplan) Lehman. May, the youngest, was predeceased by two brothers and...

Florence (Kaplan) Seger, 85 years of age, of West Hartford, formerly of Bloomfield, died Friday, 7 June 2013. She was the widow of William Seger. Born in Gardner, MA, she was the daughter of the late Fred Kaplan and Julia Kaplan Hasenfratz. She graduated Pro Merito from Gardner High School, and with honors from Hillyer College, now the University of...

Doris Mintz Shapiro, 89, of West Hartford, CT, died on Sunday evening, May 13, 2007, at the Sarah Neuman Center, Mamaroneck, NY, after a long illness. A lifelong reader and keen observer of American history and politics, Mrs. Shapiro worked as a librarian at Trinity College, Hartford, before retiring 28 years ago. Previously, she was a substitute teacher for the...

Louis Mager, Ed.D, 83, beloved husband of Rita (Kaufman) Mager, passed away on February 3, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. He was born August 19, 1929 in East Haddam / Moodus, Connecticut, the son of the late Morris and Anna (Greenberg) Mager. Besides his wife, Lou is survived by his loving and devoted children; James Mager of Brookfield, CT, Renee...

Jerome Levey, of West Hartford, died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on Monday, May 15, 2023. He was surrounded by his family. He was 94. Born in the Bronx, Jerry was one of two children of Golda and Bernard Levey. His sister, Marian, passed away in 2014. Jerry was known as an authentic, warm, generous, classy, athletic guy...

POLES, Seymour N. Poles, 86, of Magnolia Hill, West Hartford died Sunday, September 30, 2007 at Hartford Hospital. Born in New Rochelle, NY, he was the son of the late Isaac and Bertha (Trachtenberg) Poles. Seymour served in the Merchant Marines during World War II. After the War, he returned to Hartford and co-founded with his father, Poles Syrup. Under...

Mona V. (Fox) Maizell, 85, of Avon, formerly of Hamden, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Born in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Florence (Schultz) Fox. Mona was predeceased by her loving and devoted husband of 52 years, Robert E. Maizell, in 2007, and more recently, in November of this year, lost...

Lillian P. Reicher, 96, of Chamberlain St., New Britain, wife of Judge Max H. Reicher for 73 years , died Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at home. Born in Monroe, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Bessie Puzinsky. She was a member of Temple B?nai Israel, New Britain; past president of its Sisterhood; member of Farmington Country Club;...

Norman Polman, 84 years of age, who was professionally known as Norm Peters, originally of Hartford CT, passed away Wednesday, April 9, after a sudden stroke this past weekend. He was a long time resident of Newington Connecticut and more recently resided in the summer in West Hartford, CT and as a winter residence in Delray Beach, Fla. Born in...

Samuel Podnetsky, 101 years of age, of Bloomfield, died Monday, August 4, 2008 at Hartford Hospital with his family by his side. He was the husband of the late Lina (Gross) Podnetsky and the late Evelyn (Glanz) Rosenblatt Podnetsky. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Charles and Dora (Eisen) Podnetsky. He graduated in 1929 from the...

Bennett H. Pearl, 85 of West Hartford, passed away on Wednesday April 15th at home after a brief illness leaving his wife of 61 years Libby Savitt Pearl. Born in Hartford, the son of the late Louis and Sadie (Aronsky) Pearl, Bennett graduated from Weaver High School in 1947 before attending Washington University and graduating from the University of Hartford....

Judge Harry Hammer of Vernon died Monday, (December 20, 2010) at age 84. He served as a judge of the CT Superior Court for over 30 years. Born December 20, 1926 in Allentown, PA, he was the son of the late Rabbi Louis and Frances (Cantor) Hammer. He attended City College of New York prior to enlisting in the US...

Winifred Botwick Kirstein, Aug. 15, 1917 to Nov. 3, 2012. Born in New Haven, CT. Graduated from Hillhouse High School and Beth Israel Hospital School of Nursing in Newark, NJ where she was awarded a scholarship to Teachers College of Columbia University. She was a founder and director of Solomon Schechter Academy in New London, CT. She was a president...