Obituaries

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...

Susan Cramer, beloved mother and grandmother passed away on October 28, 2023, at the age of 86 in Bridgeport, CT. She was born on September 12, 1937 in New Britain, CT, to the late Judge Samuel Googel and Corrine Googel. Susan is survived by her daughter, Lisa Kelley and her husband, Al Kelley, her son, Attorney Paul Cramer, and her...

Hyman Feldman, 88, of Pleasant St., Colchester, died Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut in Groton. He was born April 9, 1921 in Colchester. He leaves his wife of 69 years, Beatrice (Scott) Feldman, and two children: Attorney Jeffrey Feldman and his wife Regina of New London, and Harriet Shedroff and her husband Herbert of...

GORSHEL, Arthur David Gorshel, 85 years of age, of Tolland, died Friday, April 24, 2009 with his family at his bedside following a long struggle with coronary disease and COPD. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Alice Patricia (Hering) Gorshel; his daughter, Patty Sue Williams of Tolland; and his grandchildren, Melissa Williams of Tolland, and Lisa LaForte...

Matthew S. Costa, 24, formerly of Cheshire, died on Sunday in the western African nation of Mali. Matt was a 1999 graduate of Cheshire High School, and a 2003 graduate of Tulane University with a B.A. degree in Philosophy. He joined the Peace Corps in 2003, and he spent two years in Chad in central Africa. In 2005, he extended...

Sonia Richman Ghertler, 97, of West Hartford, formerly of Providence, R.I., died quietly on .Monday, Sept. 26, 2005 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford. She was predeceased by husbands Harry Richman and Armand Ghertler as well as many sisters and brothers who died during the holocaust. She was a member of Hadassah, Women Pioneer, Woman’s Choral Group...

Harriet E. Giddon, of West Hartford and Bloomfield, age 96, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2014. Born Harriet Ethel Cohen on January 12, 1918, in Bridgeport, CT to Max and Lina Belle Cohn Cohen, and raised in Fairfield, CT with her sibling Erwin (Cohen) Cole, she moved to the Hartford area to marry her husband of 62 years, Atty....

Lucy C. Climan, 84, of 1 Hamilton Heights Drive, formerly of 20 Westmoreland Drive, West Hartford, died peacefully on March 4, 2008. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of Meyer Chaimas and Sally Creske Chaimas. She received a bachelor’s degree from Queens College in New York. In 1950, she married the late Sir Raphael Tuck, an English...

Adam Bender, 29, loving father, husband and son, passed away in his home in Texas Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007. Adam is originally from Bristol. He is survived by his parents Norman and Abby Bender, who are Bristol residents, wife, Jessica Bender; and two daughters, Mackenzie, age 5, and Ashlyn, age 2. Services will be Wednesday, 10:30 a.m., at Weinstein Mortuary,...

Milton D. Gottlieb, 91 years of age, of Kernersville, NC, formerly of Manchester, CT, died Wednesday, December 11, 2013. He was the husband of the late Sylvia (Levy) Gottlieb. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Samuel and Ida Gottlieb. Milton was a Purple Heart decorated US Army veteran of World War II. He was president...

Ronald V. Glassman, 74 years of age, of South Carolina, formerly of Connecticut and Colorado, died at home Sunday, February 9, 2014, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Albert and Mary (Green) Glassman. Ron graduated from Hall High School in 1957 and earned a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio...

Louis Lipa’ Goldberg, 92 of West Hartford, beloved husband of the late Anna (Postan) Goldberg, died Sunday, August 16, 2009. Born in Sochachev, Poland, he was the son of the lateHaim and Alte Leah (Diament) Goldberg. Louis was a Holocaust survivor and was the only one of his seven member family to survive World War II. He served in the...

Judy (Berger) Blatt, 64 years of age, of West Hartford, died Thursday, October 25, 2012. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Murray and Ann (Akst) Berger. A counseling psychologist in private practice for many years, she held undergraduate and graduate degrees from Columbia University, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Saint Joseph College. She was...

Max Crystal died peacefully on Friday night at the Hebrew Home Hospital. He was 87. He was the gentlest of souls with a constant twinkle in his eye and a ready sense of humor despite a life filled with hardship. He was born in Warsaw Poland in 1927 to Josef and Faiga Crystal. He had five brothers and two sisters....

Daniel S. Dworetsky, 26 years of age, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 29, 2013 in Delray Beach, FL. Born in Hartford, he was the son of Kenneth L. Dworetsky and Arlene P. (Goldberg) Dworetsky of Glastonbury. Dan graduated from Mitchell College in New London, CT with a BS degree in Sport Management. Besides his loving parents, he leaves behind...