Obituaries

Miriam Greenberg Shoor Ballot, 93,passed away on February 5, 2011 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL. She was born July 5, 1917 to Louis Greenberg and Rose Segall. A long time native of Hartford, CT Miriam began a short career as a radio actress for WTIC. Her passion and love of clothing lead her to work as an associate for...

Vita Falk Gellin, born May 26, 1920 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, died on March 22 at home. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 43 years, Charles Gellin. Vita was also predeceased by her sister Edith Krupp and her brother, George Falk. She is survived by her three daughters and their husbands; Sharon and Donald Stoddard of Crofton,...

Sally Berman died Thursday, June 9th, at Windham Hospital, Willimantic, CT. The daughter of Benjamin and Fannie Gelfand, she was born in Jersey City, NJ, grew up in Brooklyn, NY and moved back to Jersey City after getting married. She recently moved to Storrs, CT. Surviving are her son Gary and his wife Kathy of Mansfield; a grandson Mitchell Berman...

Jeremy “Jerry” A. Cogan, 80, of West Hartford, CT died on October 20, 2023. Jerry was deeply loved by all who knew him. He will be remembered as a modest man who sacrificed for his family and friends and touched innumerable lives in his life’s work as an educator. Jerry was born in Trenton, NJ on April 7, 1943 to...

Sonia (Epstein) Dortz, 101, of West Hartford, widow of Reuben J. Dortz, died Tuesday, (August 25, 2009). Born September 3, 1907 in Poland, to the late Benjamin and Hannah (Schulman) Epstein. Moving from a small village in Poland to Hartford after World War I, marked the beginning of many achievements Sonia accomplished during her long, productive life. She graduated from...

GOLDBERG, Philip R. Goldberg, 98 years of age, of Glastonbury died Thursday, June 17, 2010. He was the beloved husband for 60 years of the late Rhoda (Marholin) Goldberg. Born in Hartford, June 30, 1911, he was the son of the late Julius and Tillie Goldberg. Philip graduated from Hartford High School and was a dairy farmer in Glastonbury for...

Marilyne Sari Beatman, of West Hartford, CT, passed away on March 31, 2021. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Caroline (Krauss) Beatman. She graduated from the University of Hartford receiving her Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master’s Degree in Education. In addition, she continued taking advanced courses while teaching in the Hartford Public...

Clara (Kushnir) Cushing, 99, of Loomis Drive, West Hartford, widow of the late Isadore Cushing, died Monday, January 29, 2009. She was a former member of Beth Hillel Synagogue, Bloomfield, and its Sisterhood; and a former member of Red Mogen David, the Bloomfield Senior Center, and the Mandell JCC. She leaves a son, Edward Cushing and his wife Lynn of...

Jules B. Frank, 88, passed away on Friday, (June 18, 2010). Jules was the son of the late William Frank and the late Anna Levy, and the step-son of the late Louis Levy. He was the beloved husband of Shirley Frank, to whom he was married for 64 years. Born and raised in Hartford, he was a graduate of Weaver...

Elaine Hope (Greenblatt) Gladstein, a long time resident of West Hartford and Avon, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2012. The youngest child of the late Samuel and Dorothy (Katz) Greenblatt of Waterbury, CT, Elaine was born in 1928 and was always ahead of her time. She attended Simmons College in Boston before beginning her career as a medical office...

Michael Brook, 79, of West Hartford, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Born in the Ukraine, he was the son of Victor and Bella (Berelovich) Brook. He was predeceased by his wife Dina Zamoshchina. He leaves his daughters: Kathy Brook and her husband Vladimir of Farmington; Galina Toger and her husband Alex of Farmington; grandchildren: Roman Brook and his wife Tatyana...

Ruth-Ann (Bernstein) Brofsky, 49, of Lawler Road, West Hartford, wife of David C. Brofsky, died Wednesday, December 26, 2007. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of Joseph and Marcia (Sameth) Bernstein of Somers, NY. A graduate of Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, she received her Masters in Education and taught kindergarten and nursery school in Ardsley, NY, New Britain,...

Marilyn Alcon Hendel, wife of David S. Hendel, died Sunday, June 15, 2008 after a long illness. Born in Hartford, March 6 ,1936 and raised in Kingston, New York, she was the daughter of the late Estelle (Salowitz) and Louis Alcon. She attended Syracuse University and graduated from The University of Bridgeport. Marilyn taught elementary school in Westport prior to...

Carole Joan (Finman) Ehrlich, 74 of Old Lyme, formally of West Hartford, passed away peacefully on February 12, 2013. She was the beloved wife of 53 years to Stanley Ehrlich. Carole was born in Hartford June 29, 1938. She was the daughter of the late Harry A. and Lillian (Bloom) Finman. She is predeceased by her father-in-law Leslie Ehrlich, brother...

Rosetta (Ginsburg) Freeman of 10 Westview Drive, Bloomfield, wife of Martin S. Freeman, died Friday, October 7, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Rockville, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Dora (Sosensky) Ginsburg. She taught in the Hartford Public School System for many years until her retirement in 1979. She leaves two sons, Edward Freeman and...

DUNN, Rose (Bernstein) Dunn, 94, of Farmington, formerly of West Hartford and Delray Beach, FL, died Friday, December 16, 2005 at home with her family by her side. She was the widow of Lewis A. Dunn. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Saul and Ettie (Rudel) Bernstein. She graduated from the Mt. Sinai Hospital School of...

Ruth S. (Goldberg) Goldberg, 89 years of age, of Glastonbury, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011. She was the cherished wife of the late Dr. Solomon Goldberg, who died July 5, 2000. Born in Colchester, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Yetta (Millendorf) Goldberg. She was the beloved mother of Gail DuBrow of Hamden, Leonard and Sheryl...

Beverley (Holtman) Blumenson, 77, of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of Saddle Brook, NJ, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Hyman and Eva (Youlovsky) Holtman. Before retiring and moving to Florida, Beverley had been the director of the Saddle Brook Senior Citizen Center and, later, employed by the Saddle Brook...

Peter Alan Fischer, age 65 of Rockville, formerly of West Hartford passed away on February 14, 2015. He was the son of Martin Fischer and Gertrude ( Kurland) Fischer. Peter graduated from Conard High School in West Hartford, class of 1967. Peter was employed for many years as an inside salesman at Capitol Light and Supply, now Rexel. In his...

Norma Ginsberg, 87, of Lovelace Dr., West Hartford, died Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Rachel (Goldstein) Ginsberg. She was a life member of Hadassah, and a contributor to many philanthropic organizations. She leaves two nieces Naureen Ginsberg and Joan Jackson, a nephew Sidney Ginsberg, and several great nieces and...