Obituaries

Charlotte (Sherry) Efron, 88 years of age, of West Hartford, formerly of Floral Park, NY, widow of Stanley Efron, died Monday, June 3, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Julius and Eva (Zinober) Sherry. Charlotte was a loving mother, a generous soul and she was the embodiment chesed. She leaves two sons: Dr. Robert...

David Solomon Corr, 89, of West Hartford died Monday, April 24, 2006 of natural causes at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. He was the husband of Ruth (Rudolf) Corr. Born in Ellington, he was the son of the late Jacob and Anna (Sharr) Corr. He was a member of the Agudas Achim Synagogue of West Hartford and Knesseth Israel Synagogue...

COHEN, Lorraine (Freeman) Cohen, 75, of Bristol, CT passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Born October 20, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY, Lorraine spent her life as a resident in New York, Connecticut, and Florida. She was predeceased by her husband, Bernard Cohen and by her parents, Irving and Rose (Weiss) Freeman. She is survived by her loving son Alan...

FISCHER, Arnold R. Fischer, 84 years of age, of Bloomfield, died Saturday, November 13, 2010. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Frank and Sarah (Frager) Fischer. Arnold was a US Navy veteran of World War II. He worked for the US Postal Service until he retired. He leaves his wife, Shirley (DeSio) Fischer; his son, Michael...

Sara Gitson, 82 years of age, of West Hartford, died Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late William and Gertrude Gitson. Sara was a member of Beth El Temple of West Hartford and the Temple Sisterhood. She was also a life member of the Bess & Paul Siegel Hebrew Academy, a member of...

Bernard Albert Gilman, 94, of West Hartford, died Thursday, November 20, 2008. He was the husband of the late Eleanor (Benjamin) Gilman. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Morris S. and Annie Gilman. Bernie was a lifelong resident of the greater Hartford area, except during his military service, residing in Hartford, Bloomfield and West Hartford. He...

COHEN, Judge Simon S. “Si” Judge Simon S. Cohen of Winchester Drive, West Hartford, a legendary state jurist, died on Sunday, (February 10, 2008) of natural causes, 12 days before his 99th birthday, while vacationing in Boca Raton, FL. Si, as his friends called him, was born on February 22, 1909, in Norfolk, VA, as the second youngest of three...

Fredell (Zlochiver) Basch, 97 years of age, of Macungie, PA, formerly of West Hartford, died Thursday, September 30, 2010. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Harry L. and Bertha (Pearle) Zlochiver. She was the widow of Samuel R. Basch. She had worked for the Connecticut State Department of Labor. Mrs. Basch was a long time member...

GORDON, Beatrice (Land) Gordon, 83 of Stage Harbor Rd., Marlborough died Thursday, January 11, 2007 at Middlesex Hospital, Middletown. She was the widow of Herman M. Gordon. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Isadore and Tillie (Goldman) Land. Beatrice co-owned with her late husband the former Gordon?s Produce in the Hartford Civic Center before they retired....

Dorothy Goldenthal, 94, widow of Jack Goldenthal, passed away on Friday, December 24, 2010. Dorothy resided in West Hartford and spent many winters in her Florida home. The greatest joy in her life was her family. She is survived by her daughter, Joanne Shimelman; Myron Raiser; daughter-in-law, Ina Goldenthal; grandchildren Jodi Shimelman, Jeffrey and Lynn Shimelman, Cary and Lori Goldenthal,...

Sam Goodman, age 101, of West Hartford passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday September 2. Sam attended New York University School of Engineering. He retired from the Chandler Evans Corporation at the age of 71 after a long career in aviation engineering. He was a lifelong member of the Emanuel Synagogue active in the Minyonaires, the Brotherhood and...

Harold Every,78, of West Hartford passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at the Governor’s House in Simsbury. He was the beloved husband of Marilyn (Daniels) Every for 53 years. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late William and Zelda (Lemkin) Every. Hal resided in West Hartford the better part of his life. He was a...

Helen (Malkes) Fritz, 92, of West Hartford, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006. She was the widow of Louis Fritz. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of Hyman and Golda Malkes. She was a member of Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield. She leaves two sons: Jesse M. Fritz and his wife Renee of Naples, FL, and Glenn A....

Harry “Hecky” Denowitz, 91, of Delray Beach, FL, passed away on November 12, 2006. Harry served in the US Army in the Pacific during World War II, after which he returned to Hartford where he was an owner of Magic Auto Supply Co. He is survived by Muriel, his wife of 61 years; his children, Alfred and Francine Denowitz of...

Carl Benjamin Balk, 97, of West Hartford, devoted husband of the late Freda K. Balk, for 72 years passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. He was the son of the late Rose (S.) and Wolf Balk born in Warsaw, Poland Dec. 13, 1913. Carl came to the United States at age 7 with his mother and sister with...

Linda Bayer, daughter of Lillian Marlow and Philip Bayer (deceased), died at her home in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2009. She grew up in Manchester, Connecticut. In addition to her mother, she leaves behind a daughter and son-in-law, Rabbi Ilana Grinblatt and Tal Grinblatt, a son, Philip Lev Berenbaum, two grandchildren, Jeremy and Hannah Grinblatt, and a brother and...

Marvin Ginsberg, 74 years of age, of Bloomfield, formerly of West Hartford, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Hyman and Rose (Fierstein) Ginsberg. He attended the University of Connecticut. Marvin and his brother Leonard Ginsberg founded Ginsberg Construction in Windsor specializing in commercial construction. He was a...

Sylvia M. ?Sybie? Glassman, of West Hartford, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. She was born in Hartford December 28, 1919, the daughter of the late Barney and Fanny Haverback Glassman. She was also predeceased by her brother, Louis H. Glassman. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Cissy Schaller Glassman; two nephews, Robert Glassman of...

Valery P. Fishman of Haren Drive, Rocky Hill, husband of Lyubov (Goldengersh) Fishman, died Sunday (April 16, 2006). He had been an electrical engineer for Northeast Utilities. He had been head of the aero department of a military plant in Kiev, Ukraine. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Yuri Fishman and his wife Helen of Farmingdale, L.I.N.Y.;...

Frances Cohen, 88, of Shenipsit Lake Rd., Tolland, died after a brief illness, Sunday, (November 12, 2006). Born in Norwich, she was Valedictorian of the class of 1935 at Lyman High School. A graduate of Willimantic State Teachers College, she taught in Hartford Public Schools for over 40 years. She served as a WAC in the US Army during World...