Obituaries

Mar 28, 2020

Bernice Miller Nedzar, 82, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Bernice was optimistic, smart, determined, & loving. She opened her home to friends & family for any occasion. She is survived by her loving husband, Judah, her two favorite daughters, Rachel (Barton) Portal & Tamar Nedzar; & twin grandchildren, Hannah & Samson. She is also survived by her...

Mar 28, 2020

Service Date: 03/31/2020

Mar 23, 2020

Sidney Kaye of West Hartford passed away peacefully on March 23, 2020. Sid was born on April 8, 1945 in Newton, Massachusetts and remained in the Boston area through completion of his undergraduate degree at Boston University. He then went on to law school at the University of Connecticut. While interning at a local law firm, he was set...

Mar 23, 2020

Our mother, our grandmother, our great-grandmother, Edith (Kaczka) Kinas, of Bloomfield, CT, passed away on March 23, 2020. Born in Lodz, Poland, she was the daughter of the late Moshe Mendel Kaczka and Blima (Markowicz) Kaczka. She was a survivor of the Holocaust, the sole survivor, except one brother, of her large extended family. Despite or in spite of...

Mar 23, 2020

Barbara Jane (Shafer) Ginden passed away suddenly on March 23, 2020. The adored only child of Blanche (Trotsky) and Louis Shafer, she was born in New Haven on April 12, 1934. In 1955 Barbara met and married Elliot Ginden and together they built a home and family filled with love and laughter that lasted for 62 years. They raised...

Mar 20, 2020

Ruth Carol Tuninsky (Ruthie) passed away March 20, 2020, at Hartford Hospital. Ruth was born in Hartford, daughter of the late Mischa and Elizabeth (Horowitz) Tuninsky. She lived in the Hartford area for all of her life. Ruth took immense pride in being self-sufficient and learning all there was to know of the world, becoming an avid reader in...

Mar 19, 2020

Bruce I Goldenberg, beloved brother and uncle, 70 years of age, of Delray Beach, FL, formerly of West Hartford, CT, died Thursday, March 19, 2020. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late Irwin and Sylvia (Nassau) Goldenberg.

Bruce obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He lived most of his life...

Mar 18, 2020

Service Date: 03/20/2020

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,...