Elihu (I) Fishman
May 8, 2020
Dr. Elihu Israel Fishman passed away peacefully on May 8, 2020 due to complications from Covid-19. Elly was born in Fairfield, Connecticut on August 3, 1927, the third of four children of the late Aaron and Rose Fishman. As a young boy, Elly worked at his father’s movie theaters, The Fishman Theater Corp. with locations in New Haven and...
Reyna (Botwinik) Meltzer
May 8, 2020
Reyna Meltzer of West Hartford, CT died on May 8, 2020 from complications of Covid19. Reyna was born on Oct. 23, 1927 in New Haven, CT to Sally and Samuel Botwinik. After graduating from Beaver College (now Arcadia University), she married Richard Feldman and raised her family in West Hartford until Dick’s death in 1987. Reyna and Dick lived...
Sidney (I) Keller
May 8, 2020
Sidney Irwin Keller - Sholom Yisroel ben David, age 90, died peacefully from natural causes, on Friday, May 8, 2020 at his home in West Hartford, Connecticut. He was born on June 17, 1929 in the Bronx, where he lived until the age of six, when his family moved to Port Jervis, New York. The son of Lillian and...
Elizabeth (Stone) Ellis
May 4, 2020
Elizabeth “Betty” (Stone) Ellis, 92, of Manchester, Connecticut, died peacefully on May 4, 2020, at home surrounded by family. She was the beloved wife of Neil H. Ellis, her biggest fan and husband of 70 years.
Ellis was born September 30, 1927, to Abraham and Anna Stone and raised in Albany, New York. She graduated from Pembroke...
Claire (Adelson) Mellitz
May 1, 2020
Claire Mellitz passed away on May 1, 2020 at the age of 95. Claire was born on August 21, 1924 in Brookline, Mass. to Frances and Philip Adelson. Claire’s father died when she was a child, a defining moment in her life. She and her younger sister Norma were raised by Frances in a single parent home throughout the...
Marsha (Linker) Cohen
May 1, 2020
Marsha Rose (Linker) Cohen, 73 years of age, of West Hartford died Friday, May 1, 2020. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Murray L and Belle (Goldberg) Linker. Marsha worked for many years as a clinical psychologist, with much of that time dedicated to helping those with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Her most recent...
Daniel Blume
Apr 30, 2020
Attorney Daniel Blume (BlumeLegal LLC), 89, of West Hartford died at UConn John Dempsey Hospital on 4/30/20 after a valiant fight against COVID-19. He was born in Hartford on 2/20/31 to Joseph and Marion Blume. Dan practiced law for over 60 years as a member of the CT and DC Bar Associations. He was a Weaver High School graduate,...
Rita (Aronson) Cohn
Apr 28, 2020
COHN, Rita J. (Aronson), 104, of Brockton, MA, formerly of Randolph, MA, Bloomfield, CT,and Worcester, MA, entered into eternal rest April 28, 2020, after a brief illness. She was just weeks shy of her 105th birthday. She was the wife of the late Jacob “Jack” Cohn of Worcester MA, and they were married for 36 years before his passing...
Jacob Fagin
Apr 25, 2020
Jacob Fagin, 101 of West Hartford died peacefully Saturday April 25, 2020 at John Dempsey Hospital. Born in Springfield, MA he was the son of the late William and Celia Fagin. Jake was a member of the Greatest Generation serving in the U S Army in World War ll while stationed in Europe. He moved to Hartford in 1951...
Ruthann Sokolow
Apr 24, 2020
Ruthann Sokolow, 62, of West Hartford, beloved daughter of Stanley and Muriel Sokolow died peacefully on April 24th. Ruthann graduated from Hall High School with honors and attended Central CT State University. She worked at A.I. Prince Technical School and on the obit desk at The Hartford Courant, followed by several years doing volunteer work. Ruthann enjoyed live theater,...
Renee L (Greenberg) Miller
Apr 23, 2020
Renee L. (Greenberg) Miller, 94, of Sutton, Mass., formerly of Colchester and Westerly, R.I., died Thursday, April 23, 2020. She was predeceased by her husband William Miller. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Irving and Henrietta (Galovin) Greenberg.
She is survived by her three sons, Glenn Miller and his wife Claire of...
Martin Kaplan
Apr 23, 2020
Martin Kaplan, 92, of Farmington, CT – formerly of Avon and Westport - passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Born September 9, 1927 in Brooklyn, N.Y., he is survived by his beloved wife of over 65 years, Ilene (Fives) Kaplan; his brother, Sidney and his wife Dorothy (Schuchman) Kaplan of Fort Lee, N.J.; his son Steve of...
