Obituaries

Mar 17, 2020

Florence “Flo” Weisman Shakun, 88, of West Hartford, wife of the late Aaron Shakun passed away on March 17, 2020. Born at the Bronx Hospital on June 30, 1931, she was the daughter of Jennie & Max Weisman.

Flo was a stay at home mom to her three boys until they were teenagers and then worked for...

Mar 14, 2020

Mar 13, 2020

Sophie Bialeck, wife of the late Raymond L Bialeck and daughter of the late Harry and Anna (Tevlin) Barron, died March 13, 2020, in West Hartford. She was born on May 26, 1914 and was predeceased by her brothers George and Milton Barron. She attended Derby, Connecticut, schools and graduated from Southern State Teachers College. As a student she...

Mar 11, 2020

Louise Rheta Nussman, wife of the late Joel H. Nussman, passed away March 11, 2020. Louise was the daughter of the late David and Frieda Pomerantz of Hartford. She was born September 2, 1933 in Hartford, CT. In 1997, Louise moved to Delray Beach, FL until the year 2016 when she made her home in Atlanta, GA. She worked...

Mar 11, 2020

Mar 10, 2020

Shirley H (Korman) Salowitz, 93, of Farmington and formerly West Hartford passed away Tuesday March 10th, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of her beloved husband Sidney Salowitz. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Fannie (Libas) Korman. Shirley grew up in Brooklyn, NY and New Haven, CT and...

Mar 9, 2020

Dr. Richard Kates, 75 years old, passed away on March 9th, 2020. Dr. Kates was born on March 7, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, son of the late Maurice and Lorraine Kates. After attending Princeton University, Columbia Medical School, completing a Johns Hopkins internship, and training in Los Angeles County Medical, he was proud to make Connecticut his home for...

Mar 5, 2020

Elaine Nisselbaum died March 5, 2020, at age 93. Born in West Hartford, CT, Elaine married Jerome Nisselbaum, whom she met while attending the University of Connecticut, and moved with him to Boston and then to New York City. In her 40s, she attained her bachelor’s degree from Queens College and then her master’s degree from St. John’s University...

Mar 4, 2020

Mar 1, 2020

Leo M. Kaplan of West Hartford passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 93. Leo was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on January 31, 1927. Son of the late Barnett and Ada (Schayer) Kaplan, Leo grew up in Elmira, NY. before attending Cornell University. After his freshman year at Cornell, he volunteered for the military and served in...

Feb 29, 2020

Rhoda L Leckert of Chelsea MA formerly of Hartford died Saturday February 29, 2020. Born in Hartford the daughter of the late Ralph and Emma Leckert. She was a retired purchasing agent for Sweetheart Paper Co. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 3,2020 1:30 PM at Chevry Lomday Meshnayes Cemetery Garden St Hartford. Weinstein Mortuary of Hartford is in...

Feb 24, 2020

Harriet E. Bunis, 72 years of age, of West Hartford died Monday, February 24, 2020. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Shirley (Weinberg) Bunis. She worked for the CT Jewish Ledger. She leaves a sister, Marlene Grower and her husband Lewis of Wethersfield. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday,...

Feb 21, 2020

Beverly Stern Goldbas, 96, beloved wife and mother, and devoted sister left this world surrounded by family on February 21, 2020. The centerpiece of Beverly’s life was her family: beloved husband Lawrence Goldbas, daughter Susan and her husband Stan Tragar, son Michael and his wife Amy her grandchildren: Jessie Gutierrez and her husband Robert and Jake Goldbas and his...

Feb 20, 2020

Adam Leshem, 77, husband of Osnat Alice Leshem, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2020. Adam was born in the Spring of 1942 in the former USSR to Ze’ev and Dora Leshchinsky. His mother passed shortly after his birth and his father soon remarried Frieda, who lovingly raised Adam and to whom he developed a bond as close as...

Feb 19, 2020

Matthew Perlstein, 74, of South Glastonbury died Wednesday February 19, 2020. Born in Hartford the son of the late Abraham and Sarah (Cohen) Perlstein. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of Congregation Kol Haverim and a partner in the law firm of Feldman, Perlstein & Greene. He is survived by his wife Marla (Nedelman)Perlstein, a...

Feb 15, 2020

Jack Mishkin was born March 21, 1924 in Hartford, CT. Jack was the daughter of Aaron and Annie Mishkin. He is predeceased by his four siblings, Max, Mary, Lillian and Harriet. Jack worked many different jobs over the course of his life; all involved in customer service. For the last 35 years of his career he worked at Drug...

Feb 12, 2020

With much sadness the family of Albert Rosenfield would like to announce his passing on February 12, 2020 at 92 years of age. Albert was born in Hartford, CT on November 2, 1927 to Joseph and Bess Rosenfield (nee) Ritvo. He was predeceased by his loving wife Helen (nee) Snyder of 55 years. He was also predeceased by his...

Feb 11, 2020

Feb 9, 2020

Feb 9, 2020

Irv Yaffa, known in his professional life as Irv Jeffries, 92, of Bloomfield, Ct, formerly of West Hartford and Las Vegas, passed peacefully on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Born in Hartford, CT., Irv lived a life full of music, travel, entrepreneurship and family. He attended Weaver High School in Hartford and then joined the Navy, serving on a destroyer...