Obituaries

Albert E. Dobrutsky, 82, of Lake Worth, FL, died peacefully on Saturday (July 14, 2012) surrounded by his loving family. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Jennie and Sam Dobrutsky. Al and his beloved wife and soul mate, Elaine raised their family in Windsor, CT before eventually retiring to Florida. Besides his wife, he leaves his...

Leon G. Elston, 91, of West Hartford, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at Hebrew Health Care, West Hartford. Born in New York City on December 5, 1919, he was the son of the late Joseph and Lena (Lukofsky) Epstein. Mr. Elston graduated from New Utrecht High School, and from CCNY School of Business Administration with a Bachelor’s Degree in...

Stanley W. Edelstein, M.D., 82, of West Hartford, CT, died March 12 at St. Francis Hospital, after a short illness. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he graduated from Temple University and Hahneman Medical College. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and went on to practice obstetrics and gynecology for nearly 50 years in the Greater Hartford...

Lois Mintz Fleischmann, of Glastonbury, daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Mintz of Colchester, beloved wife of Joseph Fleischmann, passed away on June 9, 2010 after a courageous battle with life, and learning how to turn lemons into lemonade. Lois grew up in Colchester, graduating from the local schools and attending the University of Bridgeport where she graduated from...

GINSBURG, Lillian Ginsburg, of West Hartford passed away on Friday, May 15, 2009. Born on June 2, 1920 in Hartford, she was the beloved daughter of the late Samuel and Dora (Sosensky) Ginsburg. She was pre-deceased by her brother, Jacob Jessie’ Ginsberg, and by her sister, Rosetta Freeman (Martin). She is survived by her beloved sister and brother-in-law, Pearl and...

Albert (Al) Abend (77) died peacefully at home in the West End of Hartford on May 12th. The oldest of 4, he was born in Brooklyn NY to Edward and Doris Abend, and moved to the West End with his wife Mollie in 1982. A loyal and generous friend, he shared stories of growing up, attending Emerson College in Boston,...

Florence Norwitz Abel, 92 years of age, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2009, at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. Florence was the daughter of the late Rubin and Rose Norwitz. She was predeceased by her husband Charles, son Gerald Abel, son-in-law Ronald Miller, brother Dr. Sidney Norwitz, sisters Rhoda Fagin and Sydelle Schwartz Black. Florence was a loving and...

Pauline M. Abrahamson, 79, of West Hartford, died peacefully on Sunday (August 28, 2011) at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. She was a long time resident of New Britain where she taught in the public schools before becoming an associate professor at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). She received her undergraduate and master’s degrees at CCSU and her sixth year...

AARONSON, Betty (Brody) Aaronson, 85, of West Hartford, formerly of Wethersfield, died Saturday, October 11, 2008. She was the widow of Isadore Aaronson. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Hyman and Ida (Levine) Brody. She was a former member of Temple Beth Torah of Wethersfield. She leaves a son, Norman Aaronson and his wife Carol of...

William P. Abrahams, 100, of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of Waterbury, CT, died Sunday, August 17, 2008. Born in Johnstown, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph L. and Laura (Friedberger) Abrahams. He owned the former Williams Electronics and Lafayette Radio, both in Waterbury, before he retired. He was active in the Democratic Town Committee in Waterbury and...

Dr. Samuel I. Kaplan, ?Kappy?, 98, of West Hartford died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington. He was the son of the late Hyman and Sarah Kaplan and the beloved husband of the late Thelma (Rakusin) Kaplan. A graduate of Hartford High School, he attended the University of Pittsburgh Dental School where he met his beloved wife,...

Phyllis (Blumenthal) Abrahms, 91, of Bloomfield, formerly of West Hartford and Beach Park Point, Clinton, Connecticut, died Friday August 5, 2011 at Hartford Hospital. She was the widow of John B. Abrahms, her cherished husband of 59 years, and the daughter of the late Max and Anna Blumenthal of Hartford. She was also predeceased by her beloved son Dr. Eliot...

Arthur B. Abraham, died on Wednesday (August 1, 2012) in his home in Glastonbury. Mr. Abraham was 87 years old. He was a sales executive, retired from Konica Business Solutions in 1993. He was an active community volunteer for SCORE, where he developed a small business program to help prisoners reentering the community. Mr. Abraham is survived by his wife...

Below is the obituary of my Uncle, Calvin Aarons. Thank you, Marci Silverhart Calvin Aarons of Newington entered into eternal rest on September 1, 2018 at his home in Newington, CT at the age of 83 years old. Calvin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of the late Philip and Shirley (nee Kwartler) Aarons. He attended PS 222,...

Irving Edmund “Buddy/Ed” Hare, Jr. of New Hartford passed away February 13, 2015. Buddy was born February 15, 1942 in Hartford to the late Ruth Forman Hare and Irving Edmund Hare, Sr. After graduating from Weaver High School, Boston University and Boston University Law School, Buddy practiced law in the Hartford area for many years. Surviving Buddy are his beloved...

Karen Sue (Gitlitz) Abrams, 52, passed away on February 22, 2010 after long, courageous battle with cancer. Her loving family was by her side. On August 14th, 1988 she was married to her beloved husband of 21 years, Jeffrey Abrams. Besides her husband she is survived by her two devoted sons, Matthew and Adam of Glastonbury. She also leaves to...

Joseph Abkowicz , 91 years of age of West Hartford, formerly of Poland and Russia, died Monday, November 10, 2014. He was the beloved husband for more than 60 years of Liza Abkowicz and the father of Nelly Abkowicz of West Hartford. He was the son of the late Abraham and Hannah Abkowitz. He was predeceased by three siblings in...

Sheila (Blumsack) Abell, 71, of Butler Road, Manchester, died Friday, December 5, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Born in Chelsea, MA, she was the daughter of Anna (Sherman) Blumsack of West Hartford and the late Irving Blumsack. A nursing school graduate, she was a Registered Nurse. Sheila was an elementary school librarian for 25 years retiring in...