Obituaries

Sherry F. Broder, 70, of Delray Beach, FL, and New London, and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away on Sunday (October 17, 2010). Born in Hartford to Max and Esther (Holcomb) Roatberg. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Martin Broder and her children Dr. Kenneth (and Melissa) Broder of Stamford; Kimberly Levine of Boca Raton, FL; and Dr....

Millicent Gene Karp Gordon Hart, 83, died on September 9, 2008, peacefully in her sleep at Avery Heights, Hartford. She was formerly of Bloomfield. Born March 28, 1925 in Norwich, she was the eldest child of Lena and Morris Karp. Her husband, Jack Hart, died in 1999. She is survived by her sons David K. Gordon of Burlington, and Brian...

Nathan Lewis Dubin, D.M.D., of West Hartford, died Sunday, (January 9, 2005) in West Palm Beach, FL. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late William and Ida (Shectman) Dubinsky. He played the violin and saxophone and sang with his own orchestra, Nat Dubin and his Brown Derby Orchestra. He attended the University of Connecticut and received his...

Etelis Leatrice, (Hoffman), of West Hartford, widow of Jack Norman Etelis passed away after a courageous battle with a long illness. Leatrice grew up in Hartford the daughter of the late Raymond and Sadie (Prant) Hoffman. She graduated Weaver High School and Southern Connecticut State Teachers’ College and taught Public School in Hartford. She and her beloved husband Jack traveled...

Lillian Eileen Pisetsky Beatman, “Libby” to family and friends, died September 16, 2013. Brainy and accomplished, she graduated with honors from Weaver High distinguishing herself with statewide Latin, French, and American History awards. While riding a bus home from work one day, she met a handsome WWII Veteran, Leslie Beatman. He loved and admired her during their sixty-year marriage before...

Estelle S. Davis, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, died on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 as a hospice patient at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. Born in Brooklyn, NY on June 13, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Sarah (Meyrowitz) and David Schwartz. She graduated from Evander Childs High School in the Bronx and attended the Munsy and...

Helen Silver Boardman wife of the late Sol Boardman passed away on June 16, 2014 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. Helen’s passing will be mourned by her daughter Lynn Mitchell and her husband Bob of the Villages, FL and her son, Len Boardman and his wife Stef of Calabasas, Ca. She also leaves her beloved grandchildren: Jen Maron, Jillian...

Robert Benjamin Fishman, 68, of West Hartford, loving husband, father, and grandfather died suddenly on Saturday, January 11, 2014. Born in Hartford, the son of Maybelle and Herman Fishman. Bob was a life-long resident of West Hartford. He attended Hebrew Academy, Conard High School and graduated Boston University with a degree in Engineering. He married Hedyth (Arm) Fishman on November...

CLIMAN, Hilda (Gitlin) Climan, 90 years of age, of West Hartford, devoted wife of Martin Climan, died peacefully Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital after a short illness. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Max and Lena (Rutchik) Gitlin. Hilda graduated from Weaver High School. She was a life-long member of Hadassah,...

Howard Chaet, 81, of East Lane, Bloomfield, husband of Elaine (Sklar) Chaet, died Monday, December 18, 2006. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Philip and Pauline (Shulman) Chaet. Howard served in the US Army, Fourth Infantry Division during World War II, receiving two Purple Hearts at the Battle of the Bulge. He then graduated from Bryant...

Pauline Borden, of Athol, MA, formerly of West Hartford, daughter of Isadore and Ida Borden, died on Sunday, (June 3, 2007). Pauline was born in Hartford on September 18, 1916. She was a graduate of Weaver High School, Class of 1935B and a graduate of the Hartford Secretarial School. Pauline was employed by Emhart Corporation for 25 years until her...

Ruth (Vidaver) (Wofsy) Firestone, 84, of Newington, passed away on May 19, 2012. She was born in Saranac Lake, NY and lived 45 years in New Britain. She was the daughter of Sadie (Snyder) and Heimy Vidaver and the widow of Malcolm Wofsy and Benjamin Firestone. She was the beloved mother of Sheila Wofsy and Reggie Lenoir of Suches, GA;...

Ernest Bernstein, 76, died suddenly on Wednesday evening, January 19, 2011 at Middlesex Hospital. Ernie was born in Germany and was the son of the late Eleazar Bernstein and Martha (Uhlfelder) Bernstein. He was a resident of Old Saybrook, West Hartford, and recently Chester. Ernie graduated in 1952 from Chapman Tech in New London and from Worcester Polytechnic in 1956...

Edith (Revkin) Bernstein, 89, of West Hartford, CT formerly of Dexterdale Road, Providence, RI died on December 5, 2005. She was the wife of the late Bertram Bernstein. Born in New York, NY, the daughter of the late Barney and Sarah (Meirowitz) Revkin; she lived in Providence for most of her life. She was a lifelong member of Temple Emanuel...

GOLDIN, Joseph Goldin, 91, of Brewster Rd., West Hartford, died Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Morris and Ida (Bronsk) Goldin. Joseph graduated from New Haven College of Pharmacy. He began his long pharmaceutical career managing the former Midtown and Weaver drug stores in Hartford. He...

Barbara R. Clark, 84, passed away on Thursday, December 19th at St. Mary Home in West Hartford. Barbara was born in Hartford in 1929 to Leah and Meyer Rulnick; she graduated from Weaver High School and received an Associate’s Degree from Hillyer College (now the University of Hartford). Barbara married shortly after graduating from college and spent most the next...

Irving Fierstein, 91, of Farmington, passed away on April 25, 2014, just days before his 92nd birthday. Born on May 3, 1922 in Hartford, the youngest of eight children, he was the son of the late Max and Dora (Brown) Fierstein. He is survived by his older sister, Tillie Sheptoff; his nieces, Joan Baltarshanski (Paul), Lynn Nestor (Dr. Jeffrey Nestor),...

Harry E. Goldfarb, 94, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, passed away Monday, November 5th, 2007, after a long illness. He was born in Poland and came to the United States as a youth. He grew up in Hartford, graduating from Weaver High School. While in high school he worked in a gas station and after graduation he worked at different...

On April 28, 2014, Manfred Adler, Lt. Col (Ret.) died at the Bloomfield home that he designed more than 50 years earlier. He was born in Kelsterbach, Germany on February 17, 1928 to Daniel and Klara (Oppenheimer) Adler, who immigrated to Hartford in 1937. Manfred was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather, and his greatest joy was to...

Jack Jacob Fox passed away Tuesday (May 9, 2006) in his home in West Hartford. He would have been 86 next month. He was born to Baris and Gussie Fox on June 21, 1920 in New York City, NY. He lost his father at age two, and joined his brothers Irving and Morris at the Hebrew National Orphan Home. He...