Obituaries

Lillian (Rose) Goodman of Mohawk Drive, West Hartford, wife of Sam Goodman, died Wednesday (July 6, 2005). Born in Hartford, daughter of the late Harry and Anna (Horowitz) Rose. She was a member on the Emanuel Synagogue, and a past member of B’nai Brith Hadassah and the Auxiliary of the Hebrew Home & Hospital. Besides her husband, she is survived...

Lee Cooperman, 85, of Avon, Connecticut died Saturday morning, July 7, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital. The son of the late Sarah and Louis Cooperman, Lee was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Lee is survived by his wife, Eleanor (Weinstein) Cooperman, his best friend and partner of 64 years. He is also survived by his son, Peter Cooperman, and Peter?s wife,...

Florence S. Gilman, 90, of Lantana, FL, formerly of West Hartford and Clinton, wife of Milton A. Gilman died Monday, June 26 in Lantana, with her beloved husband of 67 years at her side. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Max and Frieda Sack. Florence was a devoted mother, wife and homemaker who took exceptional pride...

Stewart Goldberg, 57, of Ferncliff Drive, West Hartford died Tuesday (February 24, 2009). Born in Hartford the son of Louis and Marilyn (Nassau) Goldberg. He was employed by Nassau Furniture Store. Besides his parents of West Hartford he is survived by a brother, David Goldberg and his wife Suzanne of Avon; a sister, Sharon Schreiber and her husband Pincus of...

Chester Leon Himelstein, of West Hartford, died peacefully in West Hartford at age 90, on May 31, 2006. He was born in Lebanon, CT on August 15, 1915 to Dorothy and Max Himelstein. He was the brother of Dr. Morgan Himelstein of Philadelphia, PA, Dr. Monroe Himelstein (deceased), and Ruth Schuyler (deceased). Chester was dear brother-in-law to Dr. Norman and...

BOLZ, Beatrice (Gitlitz) Bolz, 80, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of West Hartford, died Monday, July 2, 2007. She was the widow of Cyril E. Bolz. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Millie (Horowitz) Gitlitz. She leaves her son, Charles S. Bolz and his wife Nan of Boca Raton, FL; her daughter, Audrey...

Beatrice (Sobol) Case, 95, of Westbrook, CT, devoted wife of Lewis I. Case died on March 16, 2014 at the Stone Institute in Newton Upper Falls, MA. Bea was born in 1918 in Hartford, CT, the daughter of the late Harry and Fanny (Silverman) Sobol. She attended Hartford schools and in 1936, graduated as the valedictorian of her class at...

Mollie Levine Gross, 91 years of age, of Greenwich Farms, Warwick, RI, formerly of West Hartford, CT, died peacefully on June 6, 2010 at the Sunny View Nursing Home. Born in Ellington, she was the daughter of Samuel and Annie (Norman) Levine. She was a graduate of the Teachers College of CT. Mollie was an assistant buyer for the former...

COHEN, Gerald A. Cohen, 86, of Spruce Brook Rd., East Berlin, formerly of New Britain, died Saturday, (February 11, 2006) at New Britain General Hospital. He was the husband of the late Sylvia (Krichavsky) Cohen. Born in New Britain, he was the son of the late Samuel A. and Dorothy (Cherniak) Cohen. He lived in New Britain most of his...

Bernard Blum, of Bloomfield, formerly of West Hartford, died Wednesday, (October 8, 2008) at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Many people felt like they lost a father when they learned that Bernie Blum passed away. He was a rock to his family and friends, to his clients and colleagues, to his profession and his faith. You could not go...

Susanne Lois Friedman, 71, died on the morning of Thursday, February 18, 2010, succumbing to her courageous battle against cancer. Her final days were spent surrounded by her family that she had touched so greatly during her life. Born July 18, 1938, in Bridgeport, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Bessie Stone Bashner. She graduated from the...

Laurence dedicated his life to research in the field of OB/GYN cancer research, working at Yale and then at the University of New Mexico. Laurence is known as a top authority in the study of the hormone HCG and Trophoblast Disease. Laurence had a love for Israel, his family in Bournemouth and the US, and enjoyed photography and off the...

Lynne (Goldfarb) Gordon, 60, of Cliffmount Dr., Bloomfield, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 with her family by her side. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Sydney (Hammer) Goldfarb. A graduate of CW Post College, Brookville, NY, she also graduated from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelpha, PA with a degree...

Daniel A. Esakov, 83 years of age, of Fuller Drive, West Hartford, husband of the late Shirley (Green) Esakov, died Monday, July 26, 2010. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Niman and Ida (Aranow) Esakov. He was a US Navy Veteran of World War II. He was a member of Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh of Bloomfield....

Claire (Kaplan) Geetter of Bloomfield died on Tuesday, February 6, 2007. Born in Hartford, she lived in the Hartford area all of her life. She was a former employee of Travelers Insurance Company. She was a former member of the Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield. Beloved wife for 64 years to the late Maurice Geetter; loving mother of Beverly and...

Barry Alan Ginsburg (BA) for short, passed away peacefully at his home in New Britain, Ct. on Monday, November 14, 2022, at the age of 68. Barry was surrounded by his family and friends. Barry is survived by his older brother, Laurence Steven Ginsburg of New Britain and his younger sister, Hilary Ginsburg, of Mckinney, Texas. Barry also had two...

Daniel Burstein, 90, of Palm Beach, FL, formerly of New Britain, died December 24, 2011. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Issie and Lillie (Miller) Burstein. He attended Brooklyn College and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII, and spent his career with the family business Rabinow Insurance and Real Estate in New Britain....

Jean Lorinstein Ellen passed away peacefully on April 6 in West Hartford, CT. She was born on March 5, 1915 to Fannie (Sachs) and Isidore Goldenberg in Norristown, PA and was the stepdaughter of Simon La Van. She was predeceased by husbands Charles Lorinstein and Herman Ellen. Jean is survived by her loving children, Harriet and husband Jay Cudrin of...

GOLDENTHAL, Barry J. Goldenthal of Bloomfield, died Saturday,November 17, 2007 unexpectedly at Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford. He was born in Hartford, the son of Dorothy Goldenthal and the late Jack Goldenthal, of West Hartford. Barry was co-owner of New England Seating Co. along with his son, Robert. Besides his wife, Ina (Epstein) he is survived by his children, Cary Goldenthal...

GOLDEN, Annette (Greenberg) Golden, beloved wife of Edward Golden, of West Hartford entered into eternal rest on December 27, 2006. She was born in Hartford, the daughter of the late Morris and Alta (Waisman) Greenberg, and has lived here all of her life. Annette and her husband were founding members and first presidents of the former Mr. & Mrs. Club...