Obituaries

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...

Carol Kreeger Davidson of Bloomfield, CT, passed away the evening of June 16, 2014. Her artwork is the passionate legacy she leaves behind, as well as her loving husband of 63 years, Donald, and her two children Cynthia and Jeffrey. She was born in Chicago, IL, on May 17, 1929, the daughter of Julius Kreeger and Edith Weiskopf Kreeger. She...

Adeline “Lynn” (Kaufman) Freedman, 75, of West Hartford, wife of Elisha “Eli” Freedman, died Wednesday, November 9, 2005 in Rockville, MD. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Frida (Lifton) Kaufman. Lynn was a 1947 graduate of Weaver High School, received a Bachelor’s Degree from Syracuse University in 1951, and her Masters in Government Administration...

Mel Garfinkel of Farmington passed away March 10, 2013 following a long illness at the age of 84. Born on September 30, 1928 in the Bronx, NY, the youngest son of Louis and Sadie Garfinkel. He graduated from CCNY with a degree in civil engineering. He spent the Korean War with the Army Corp of Engineers rebuilding Germany. A long...

It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that we say goodbye to a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Lillian Blonstein died Sunday, May 15, 2011, surrounded by her loving family at Hartford Hospital. She was born October 12th, in Norwich, the beloved daughter of the late William and Rae (Blatt) Hankin. She graduated from Norwich Free Academy...

Murray J. Hershman, 57 years of age, died Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in Prescott, AZ. Born in Bristol, CT, he was the son of the late Harry H. Hershman, M.D. and Beverly (Cohen) Hershman. He attended Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA (Class of 1970), received his B.A. from George Washington University, Washington, DC (Class of 1974) and J.D. from Thomas...