Obituaries

Dorothy Gitlavitz of Hamden, 98 years of age, formerly of New Britain, died peacefully Sunday, July 20, 2014. Dorothy was a teacher and a guidance counselor in the New Britain Public School System until her retirement. She leaves her niece, Susan Epstein and her husband Richard Shapiro of Hamden; her nephew Mark Epstein of Gulfport, FL; her nephew Charles Rogol...

OBITUARY: Rebecca (Roznar) Cohen, 85, of Crestview Circle, West Hartford, wife of Benjamin Cohen, died Monday, January 8, 2007. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Tillie (Liebowitz) Roznar. She was a member of the United Synagogues of Greater Hartford and a member of its board, as well as a volunteer for the American Cancer...

On Thursday May 5, 2005, Dr. Mark Stephen Brown, of 309 Fern Street, West Hartford, died unexpectedly. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on December 28, 1945. Mark was the beloved son of the late Benjamin and Pearl Brown. He was the devoted husband and soul-mate to his wife of 36 years, Judy Brown and the adored, selfless father to...

Gertrude (Labell) Greenspon, 92, of Simsbury Road, West Hartford, widow of Joseph M. Greenspon, died Tuesday, September 12, 2006. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rebecca (Pelzel) Labell. She was a member of Hadassah. She leaves a nephew Joseph Labell of Scarsdale,, NY; a niece Martha Labell of Boston, MA, and a sister-in-law Phyllis...

Marcia (Trachtenroth) Gothold, of Miamis Road, West Hartford, widow of J. Richard Gothold, died Friday, November 30, 2007. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Jennie (Goldberg) Trachtenroth. She was a member of the Emanuel Synagogue, West Hartford, and past member of Beth Hillel Synagogue, Bloomfield. She was a graduate of Weaver High School,...

Emma Perlstein Cohen died Thursday (April 28, 2005) at age 100. The widow of Dr. Morris N. Cohen, with whom she eloped in 1927, she was the oldest child of Hillel and Libbe (Sherry) Perlstein, and was predeceased by her brothers Abraham and Elliot Perlstein and her sister Shirley Brown. Love of and for family formed the core of her...

George Blumenfeld,, 94, of New Britain, husband of the late Jane (Sheinman) Blumenfeld, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005. Born in Poland, he was the son of the late Sam and Anna Oliner) Blumenfeld. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. A US Army Veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Jewish War Veterans. He...

Geraldine (Croog) Geyer, 89, of West Hartford, formerly of Newington, died Monday, May 7, 2012. She was the widow of both Murray Kramer and Milton Geyer. Born in New Haven, she was the daughter of the late Harry I. and Rose Croog. Geraldine often spoke of her work as a secretary at the Culinary Institute of America. She cherished time...

Beatrice L. Gottlieb, 90, of Glastonbury, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, widow of Samuel M. Gottlieb, died Monday, (June 28, 2005) in Hartford Hospital. Born in Camden, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Fannie (Goldstein) Cohen. She received her Masters Degree from Temple University and was a librarian for the City of Philadelphia before she retired. She...

Larry B. Dorfman, 54, of Rocky Hill, died Saturday, (December 17, 2005) with family and friends by his side. Larry attended Hartford Public Schools and graduated from UCONN in 1973. He was a court stenographer for Sanders, Gale and Russell in New Haven. Predeceased by his father, Morris, Larry leaves his wife Vivian (Fernandez) of Rocky Hill, his mother Ceil...

Ida Eleanor (Sandler) Brody was born on June 9, 1908 in Brooklyn, NY. She moved to Hartford as a child and graduated from Hartford Public High School. For the last dozen years she was a resident of McLeans in Simsbury where she died. She was well as recently as Mother’s Day and on her 97th birthday. Mrs. Brody devoted her...

ETTINGER, James Emanuel Ettinger, 86 years of age, of West Hartford died Thursday, May 21, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Mollie (Kupersmith) Ettinger. Born in Wilkensburg, PA, he was the son of the late Leo and Clara (Freydberg) Ettinger. He was a US Marine Corps veteran of World War II...

GOLDBERG, Phyllis (Bockser) Goldberg, 91, of Avon died Saturday, January 19, 2008. Born in Lynn, MA, she was the daughter of the late Max and Jennie Bockser. She graduated from Lynn High School. Phyllis was a legal secretary for many years in Hartford and after moving to New York City in 1967 she became an editor and administrator at the...

Sally Goldberg Bercowetz died Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at the hospice at Arden Court in Avon. She was born in Minneapolis, MN on Dec. 28, 1915. While working as a secretary to a military officer at Bradley Field during World War II, she met Max Bercowetz. They were later married in Hartford. For much of her life, Mrs. Bercowetz was...

Ruth N. Broder died after a brief illness on Friday, June 1, 2007 in Portland, ME. She was 98. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family. At the age of 92 she had moved from her home town of Colchester, CT to Yarmouth, ME and then to Falmouth, ME where she resided at Sedgewood Commons. Ruth Naomi Horowitz was born...

H. Barry Botwick, 92, of West Normandy Dr., West Hartford, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007. Born in New Haven, he was the son of the late Hyman and Sarah (Aransky) Botwick. He graduated from the University of Richmond in Virginia in 1936, and from the Hartford College of Law in 1938 (now the University of Connecticut Law School). He was...

Dr. Jack Hasson passed away on the morning of May 31, 2013 in Bloomfield, at the age of 88, after a two year bout with cancer. Jack was born on January 26, 1925 in NYC. His parents were Turkish immigrants and Sephardic Jews whose ancestors fled from Spain to Turkey in 1492 to escape the Spanish Inquisition. Jack sensed as...

Rose (Brown) Cohen 97 years of age of West Hartford, formerly of Hartford, died Monday, April 28, 2014. She was the beloved wife of the late Gilbert Cohen. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Rebecca (Feinberg) Brown. She was formerly a member of Beth Shalom Synagogue. She leaves her daughter, Leslie Rosen and her...

Etta (Pasternack) Beck, 90, died at her residence, The McAuley, Steele Rd, West Hartford, on Wednesday, (November 30, 2005). Born in Hartford, daughter of the late Morris and Clara (Brandvein) Pasternack, she was the widow of the late Louis A. Beck. After the death of her husband, she moved to the McAuley, where she was an active volunteer until her...

Miriam ?Mickey? (Cohen) Glazer, 90 years of age, of Simsbury Rd., West Hartford, died Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Born in Waterbury, she was the daughter of the late Israel and Rebecca (Sinel) Cohen. Mickey volunteered at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Hartford for over 31 years. She was a member of Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield. She leaves her husband, Leon...