Obituaries

Lynette (Berkowitz) Cohen, of Steele Road, West Hartford, passed away September 14, 2006 at age 90 in West Hartford. Beloved wife of the late Louis M. Cohen, cherished mother of Dr. Susan Casden of New York, NY and Andrea Bogdan (Ed) of Fairfax, VA, adored grandmother of Jonathan (Wendy), Greg (Amy), Lindsay (Jamie) and Josh; great grandmother of Nicky; and...

Donald B. Birnbaum, 86, of Wethersfield, founder and former president of Mille Mills, Rocky Hill, died Saturday, (March 4, 2006) at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. He was the husband of the late Mille Matts Birnbaum. Born in New Britain, he was the son of the late Isaac and Molly (Quatinetz) Birnbaum. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of...

Harvey L. Glass, Ph.D., 82 years of age, of West Hartford died peacefully Tuesday, August 24, 2010 surrounded by his surviving children. Born in Boston, MA, he was the son of the late Mitchell and Bessie (Rosenbaum) Glass. A graduate of Weaver High School, Harvey went on to become a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and...

BUSH, Linda J. (Lipman) Linda J. (Lipman) Bush, of Lincoln Lane, Simsbury, died Wednesday, (March 23, 2011), surrounded by her loving family. Born in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Sylvia (Meyers) Lipman. Linda graduated from Queens College in 1968, and received a first Masters in Spanish at the University of Michigan in 1969. She...

David W. Brewer, 81 years of age, of Pioneer Drive, West Hartford, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Samuel and Gertrude (Ward) Brewer. A graduate of New York University, he received his Masters Degree in Economy from Trinity College. He was an Accountant, and a member of the Kiwanis Club. He...

FELDSTEIN, Janet (Tuber) Lashin Feldstein, 96, of Swampscott, MA died Saturday, June 10, 2006. She was the widow of David Lashin and Saul Feldstein. Born in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Ruben and Dora (Gross) Tuber. She was the owner of Star Grocery Store, Park St., Hartford, CT before she retired. She was a former member...

The family mourns the loss of Ilene D. Gorfain, 46 years of age, of Bristol, formerly of Newington and West Hartford, who died Sunday, December 29, 2013. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of Rhoda (Levy) Gorfain of Farmington and the late Perry M. Gorfain. Besides her mother she leaves two sisters, Jenelle G. Sujat and her husband...

Leo Ferstenberg, of West Hartford died Friday, October 24, 2014. Husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, WWII veteran, actor, and union representative. Gravesite funeral will be held on Tuesday,October 28th at 10:15 am at the State Veteran’s Cemetery in Middletown, CT. Donations can be made in his honor to the Jewish War Veterans. Lord, the Hershey bar I promised you is in...

Franklin Seymour “Doc” Gross, PhD, 34 Mayflower Rd., Windsor, CT, died at his home Sunday, September 25, 2005. He was born in Hartford on April 14, 1925 to the late Florence and Samuel Gross. He graduated Weaver High School, and earned a B.A. from the University of Hartford, a MSW in social work from Boston University, and a PhD in...

Shirley B. Frank, 89, of Cromwell and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away on Tuesday (November 22, 2011) at Ledgecrest Health Care Center in Kensington. Born in Hartford, July 2, 1922, Shirley was the daughter of the late Israel and Clara Rechtschafer, and widow of Jules B. Frank. Shirley graduated from Weaver High School and retired from the Connecticut General Insurance...

Edith (Rosenbaum) Epstein, 93 years of age, of Simsbury, died peacefully Friday, (February 25, 2011). She was the widow of Louis Epstein. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Bella (Bobrowitz) Rosenbaum. She owned, with her late husband, Rosedale Farm in Simsbury which has been in the Epstein family for five generations. First owned and...

Jean R. (Cohen) Cohen, 82, of Main Street, South Windsor, wife of the late Charles Cohen, died Sunday, June 11, 2006. Born in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Max and Rachel (Kaufman) Cohen. She was a school crossing guard in Hartford for 20 years. She was a member of the Bess & Paul Sigal Hebrew Academy....

Irving Blumsack of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, formerly of Lynn, MA, passed away on July 30, 2005. He is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Anna Blumsack, his daughter Sheila and her husband Jerrold Abell of Manchester, his son Joel Blumsack and his wife Judy of Alpharetta, GA, his sisters Sadie Brilliant and Marion Flashner of Stoughton, MA,...

Leonard Goldschmidt, 47, of Cudjoe Key, FL, died Sunday, June 11, 2006. Born in Ridgewood, NJ, he was the son of Blanche (Ascher) Goldschmidt of West Hartford and the late John Goldschmidt. Besides his mother he leaves his wife, Linda (Jewett) Shute; a son Benjamin Goldschmidt and a daughter Sarah Goldschmidt both of West Hartford; a sister, Lynn LeCourt and...

Miriam Edelstein, 85, of Abrahms Boulevard, West Hartford, passed away on Tuesday (July 21, 2009) in the presence of family and close friends, surrounded with love. Miriam grew up in Boston and settled in Hartford when she married Samuel Edelstein. She leaves behind three children, Marcia Kranc and her husband Samuel of Colchester, Rachel Edelstein-Penn and her partner Leslie Hamilton-Penn...

Merrill J. Finesilver, 91, formerly of West Hartford, husband of the late Bernice (Kammerman) Finesilver, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 23, 2006. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late William and Pauline (Cohn) Finesilver. He graduated from Weaver High School in 1931 and the Hartford Art School in 1933. A talented artist, he worked for several years...

Lilyan G. (Rubin) Donner, 95, of Bloomfield, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2009. Born in Naugatuck, CT on April 11, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Yetta Rubin. She was a 1932 graduate of Naugatuck High School. Widow of Milton Donner, she lived in New York City and Waterbury, CT where she operated an antiques...

DAVIS, Francine C. (Swirsky) Davis, 70, of Enfield, CT died Monday, November 10, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, CT, after a courageous six year battle with lung cancer. She was the widow of Edward C. Davis. Born in The Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Sam and Lillian (Poretz) Swirsky. She lived...

Steven J. Futterman, 45 years of age, of Hartford, died Monday, August 19, 2013. Born in Hartford, he was the son of Carl and Marsha (Carver) Futterman of Farmington. Besides his parents he leaves his sister, Wendy Camassar and her husband Steven of Columbia, MD. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Fairview...

Estelle Hecht Geller died on November 27, 2022. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on New Year’s Day 1927 to immigrant parents Julius and Eva (Knobler) Hecht. Her brother Max, sister-in-law Bess, and husband Lester of seventy-three years predeceased her. With her father and brother, she shared a lifelong fascination with nature and the cosmos. At age fifteen she...