Obituaries

CHAIN, Sara (Mandell) Chain, of West Hartford, widow of Sydney Chain, died peacefully on November 14, 2006. Born in Manchester, NH to the late Benjamin and Charlotte (Teicher) Mandell, Sara moved to Hartford in 1945. A member of United Synagogues of Greater Hartford, she was active in several local organizations. She leaves her brother, Bernard Mandell and his wife Dorothy...

On Saturday, December 7, Robert R. Cherlin, 98, of West Hartford passed away surrounded by his loving wife and family. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he was the son of the late Isadore and Sarah (Falkowitz) Cherlin and a US Army veteran of World War II. He had a career in Human Resources, which suited him perfectly. After retirement, he became...

Richard Sheldon Eisenberg, 82 years of age, of Bloomfield, CT, died peacefully in his home on May 27, 2010. He was born and raised in the north end of Hartford, CT, where he later met the love of his life, Marion (Lefkin) Eisenberg. Dick attended Weaver High School and Ward School of Electronics at The University of Hartford. Dick was...

BIELER, Morris A. Morris A. Bieler, 89 years of age, of West Hartford, died Saturday, (July 31, 2010). Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Samuel and Rose (Feder) Bieler. He was a US Air Force veteran of World War II. Morris was the founder and president of Controls For Automation, Inc. in Waltham, MA....

The full and active life of Ethel L. Friedman ended on Thursday, June 13, 2013. Thanks to the compassionate caregivers at Hughes Health and Rehabilitation and Masonicare Partners, she died as she lived, with dignity and in peace. Only child of Rebecca (Wieber) and Louis Libman, Ethel was born in Hartford, moved to West Hartford with her late husband, Jacob...

Jean (Radisch) Golden, 89, of Hamilton Heights, West Hartford, widow of Samuel Golden, died Wednesday (March 26, 2008). Born on November 27, 1918 in Hartford, she was the daughter of Nathan and Celia Radisch from the USSR. She was raised on Love Lane, Hartford and graduated from Weaver High School. She also lived on Woodland and Cabot Streets in Hartford...

Dr. Robert L. Adams, 88, of Bloomfield CT, was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many throughout his life. He passed away peacefully on March 1st, 2023. Born in Hartford, Dr. Adams was a long-time resident of West Hartford and attended Hall High School. In 1959, he graduated from Temple University School of Liberal Arts and the Temple...

Dorothy Rose (Furman) Beller, 83, of West Hartford, formerly of Norwich, died on Friday, June 23, 2006 at St. Mary Home, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1923, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Mollie (Gerber) Furman. The family moved to Norwich when she was a young girl. Dorothy was a...

GORDON, Beatrice (Miller), 87 years of age, of Dalewood Rd., Newington, died Thursday, August 14, 2014 at home. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late David and Leah (Strachman) Miller. She was a graduate of Hartford High School. She was a retired Library Aide for the Newington Public School System as well as a bookkeeper for the...

Myrna (Wood) Gitberg, of Hudson Lane, Windsor, wife of Wallace Gitberg, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Born in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Sadie (Finerman) and Max Wood and step-daughter of Anne Wood. A graduate of Classical High School in Springfield, she was the office manager of Hartford Wire Works for 35 years. She was a...

Edith Stein Frosh, 102, of Bloomfield, died peacefully Monday, October 23, 2006, at the Hebrew Home & Hospital in West Hartford. She was born in Vienna, Austria , the daughter of Pinchas and Anna Stein, and married Emil Frosh in 1929. Her lifetime spanned a period of momentous social, political, economic and technological events in world history, and she was...

Alvin L. Berman, 87, died on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at the Charwell House in Norwood, MA, where he had lived for the past 1-1/2 years. Born on September 15, 1920 in Hartford, CT, Al enlisted in the Army at the age of 19. He served during World War II as an Air Mechanic with the 23rd Bomb Squadron and...

Evelyn Marie Cohen was born to Joseph Emanuel and Ruth (Liebel) Emanuel on June 21, 1952. The family moved from Brighton, England in the 1960s and settled in White Plains, New York. She obtained her Associates Degree in Theater from Dean Junior College. She was swept off her feet by a stocky crooner from Spring Valley, Gary Michael Cohen. They...

Florence Goldstein Fuchs of Simsbury Road, West Hartford, died Thursday August 31 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital after a short illness. Florence was born May 15, 1918, in the Bronx, New York, the third of four children of Sadie and Benjamin Goldstein. She graduated from Walton High School as a member of the ARISTA honor society. She was the...

GORDON, Michael Allen Gordon, 62, of Newington, CT died Wednesday, September 14, 2005. Born in Worcester, MA, he was the son of Mary H. Levine of Worcester, MA and the late Jacob H. Gordon. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Michael was associated with Budget Printers in West Hartford, CT. Besides his mother he leaves three sons, Jay H. Gordon...

Fred H. Greenwood, 78, of Kirkwood Road, West Hartford died Monday, October 31, 2005 at Hartford Hospital. Born May 14, 1927 in Vienna, Austria, he was the son of the late Walter and Illona Greenwood. He was on the Kindertransport in December 1938, eventually settling with his family in New York. He was a US Army Veteran. He received his...

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...