Obituaries

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...

Max Sasportas, formerly of West Hartford, and resident of Delray Beach, FL, since 1999, passed away peacefully in January just one month short of his 98th birthday. Max was a son of David and Rose (Candiotti) Sasportas. He was predeceased by his loving wife Edith (Sack) Sasportas, son Howard, brothers Abraham and Benjamin Sasportas, and sisters Welcome DiCicco and Regina...

Ruth Kaimowitz, 90, died peacefully on September 22, 2008. She was the devoted wife of the late William, beloved mother of Carol and Jeffrey (Llyn) and cherished grandmother of Simon. Born and raised in the Bronx, she was a former resident of Dobbs Ferry and Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Shiva in Manhattan on September 24 and 25, 4-8 PM and...

Abraham (Archie) Irwin, 97, of Northumberland, PA, formerly of New London, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2006. He was born April 28th, 1909 in New London, the son of Samuel and Fannie (Brumel) Itzkowitz. He lived in New London for 93 years and moved to Northumberland with his wife Sophie to be near to his son, Dr. Stephen Irwin and...

Adeline Sarah Koppelman Chorches, a lifelong resident of Hartford and West Hartford, passed away peacefully at her home on July 4, 2013. She was predeceased by her loving husband Louis Chorches. She was one of four children of Jacob and Jenny Koppelman, and was predeceased by two sisters, Rosalind Johnson of Flushing, NY and Dorothy Horrvich of Bronxville, NY; and...

Natalie Bassevitch Golding of Essex, CT and Indian Wells, CA passed away peacefully March 15, 2022 after a long illness. She was 94. She is survived by her husband Samuel Golding, her son Gary Golding and his wife Cora, her daughter Vivian Robinson, her grandsons Jared Robinson and Braden Robinson and his wife Allison, and her great grandchildren Avery and...

Rosalind Fagen Gold, a longtime resident of West Hartford, died February 7, 2012 at the age of 87. Mrs. Gold was born and raised in Chicago, IL, and lived in the Chicago area until she moved to West Hartford in 1962. She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Louis Gold. Mrs. Gold is survived by her son Kenneth Kaufman and...

Sylvia Levine Gordon, age 92, of West Hartford, died Jan 16. Born in Hartford February 24, 1922, she graduated from Weaver High School and the Syracuse School of Nursing. She retired from St. Francis Hospital as Head Nurse, Nursery in 1985. She was an active member of Emmanuel Synagogue as well as various community, college and nursing organizations. She is...

FREEDMAN, Marilyn (Borden) Freedman, 83 years of age, of Bloomfield died Monday, October 19, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. She was the widow of Herbert Freedman. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late State Senator Harold and Mollie (Sigal) Borden. She leaves a son, Bruce F. Freedman and his wife Deborah of Bloomfield; two...

EISENBERG, Abraham Eisenberg, 95, of West Hartford, formerly of Valley Stream, NY, died peacefully at home on Monday, November 12, 2007. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Louis and Ida (Diamond) Eisenberg. He was a graduate of City College of New York, and was a US Army veteran of World War II. Before he...