Obituaries

Apr 4, 2019

Alan Galin, 71, died April 4th after a long illness. Alan grew up in West Hartford and lived in Connecticut most of his life. He was an avid amateur radio operator with the call signs K1MGA and then NIAF. Alan obtained his engineering degree from Western New England College. He had a long career at The Connecticut Spring and...

Apr 4, 2019

Alice Krall of Bloomfield, CT, formerly of West Hartford, died in her home on April 4, 2019. She was the widow of Irving H. Krall, MD, of West Hartford. She was born in New Haven, CT on January 2, 1922, the daughter of Herman and Mollie Flaks.Alice graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a BS in Special Education...

Mar 31, 2019

Mar 30, 2019

Solomon “Solly” Dashefsky, 94 years of age, of West Hartford, died Saturday, March 30, 2019. He was the husband of the late Gertrude (Goodman) Dashefsky. Born in New York, NY., He was the son of Jacob and Ethyl (Winkler) Dashefsky. Solly had two brothers, Max and Julie, and a sister Ida. After high school, he served in the Army...

Mar 29, 2019

Ross S. Epstein passed away peacefully on March 29, 2019, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach, Florida with his loving family by his side. Ross was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 24,1932, and was the son of Solomon and Florence Epstein. After graduating in 1950 from Weaver High School, Ross attended the University of Connecticut and...

Mar 27, 2019

Cynthia Sears Ritvo, 82 years of age, of West Hartford, CT died Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the presence of family. She was the widow of Dr. Arnold Ritvo. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Sadie (Yellen) Sears. Cynthia was a prominent academic in Hartford, graduating from Smith College Phi Beta Kappa...

Mar 26, 2019

Milton Rulnick, 94 years of age, of Farmington, CT, formally of West Hartford, passed away on Tue. March 26, 2019. He was predeceased by his wife, Gloria (Rischall) Rulnick. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late Samuel and Stella (Rome) Rulnick. Milton was a US Navy Veteran and was stationed in the Pacific. Following his...

Mar 25, 2019

Gisele Lesny, 98, of Bloomfield, died Monday afternoon (March 25, 2019). She was the mother of Marge Berman, grandmother of Alyssa Norwood and her husband Joel, and great-grandmother of Eliot, Clara and Amy. She was married to Dr. George Lesny for 47 years until his death in 1994. Gisele was born in Bratislava on July 1, 1920 in the...

Mar 24, 2019

Carole Rothschild, 61, of West Hartford, CT, passed away on March 24, 2019. Born and raised in Nantes, France, Carole met her husband, Ariel (Ary) Rothschild, while in university in Strasbourg. In 2002, she moved with her husband and four children to the United States. Soon thereafter, she opened up her French school, sharing her love for French language...

Mar 22, 2019

Beatrice Selma Bokoff Einhorn passed away peacefully at the age of 93 surrounded by her loving family on Friday, March 22, 2019. She was born to David and Lena Snierson Bokoff of Norwich, CT on December 14, 1925. Beatrice was a graduate of Norwich Free Academy and aspired to prepare for a nursing career. However, after meeting Sidney Einhorn,...

Mar 22, 2019

Barry Neil Gordon (78) of Farmington, CT passed away peacefully on Friday, March 22, 2019 at his residence. He was the beloved husband of Betsey Auerhaan Gordon and son of the late Anna (Siegel) and Hyman Gordon. Barry graduated from Weaver High School and went on to the University of Connecticut to study Pharmacy. He worked as pharmacist in...

Mar 21, 2019

Rhoda Michelson of Newington, died on March 21. Born in Hartford on New Year’s Day, 1937, she was the loving daughter of the late Julius and Belle (Greenberg) Michelson. She graduated Weaver High School in Hartford, and she worked as a paralegal for Murtha Cullina LLP in Hartford. Rhoda’s favorite times were spent with family. She leaves several cousins....

Mar 19, 2019

Constance Kaplan, 88, of Palm Beach, Florida, died at home on March 19 after a long series of debilitating illnesses. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she later relocated to Manchester, Connecticut. Connie was the beloved daughter of Sidney and Freda Ellis, both late of Palm Beach; the loving and devoted wife of Seymour Kaplan, of Springfield, Massachusetts,...

Mar 19, 2019

Judith “Judy” Liebman, 77, of West Hartford, CT, died peacefully March 19, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Judy was born March 6, 1942 in Winsted, CT. She was predeceased by her parents, Philip and Dora Baker and her sister, Susan Baker. Judy is survived by her husband, William and their two daughters, Jennifer Cohen, her husband Andrew, and...

Mar 17, 2019

Steven L. Weinreb, MD, 59 years of age, of West Hartford, CT, died Sunday, March 17, 2019 after a long and difficult battle with Leukemia and a bone marrow transplant. He kept his humor and humanity until the very end. He was born in Hartsdale, NY, the son of Harold and Barbara (Lesser) Weinreb of Scarsdale, NY.He was a...

Mar 16, 2019

Rosalind “Roz” Helen Apter, née Kenig, died at age 102 in Ashleigh at Lansdowne Assisted Living in Leesburg, Virginia on 16 March 2019. She was born to Aaron and Rebecca Kenig on August 28, 2016 in Hartford, Connecticut, the last of eight siblings, all of whom preceded her in death: Julius Kenig, Mollie Silversmith, Constance Kramer, Minnie Kenig, May...

Mar 14, 2019

Service Date: 03/15/2019

Mar 13, 2019

Florence Rosalie Davis Robins “Flo” Abuza, 98, of Hanover, New Hampshire passed away on March 13. She was born May 10, 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Morris and Anna (Terlitzky) Davis. She graduated from Western High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Flo attended Johns Hopkins University for a year or two, studied liberal arts, and worked in the...

Mar 10, 2019

It is with the deepest sorrow that the family of Gloria Badner Hollander announces her death in Irvine, California on March 10, 2019. Gloria was born on November 2, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York and was raised there and in Flushing, Queens. The child of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Herschel Gimpelman and Sarah Stecktman Gimpelman, Gloria grew up in the milieu...

Mar 8, 2019

Rita (Kaufman) Mager, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2019, after her courageous four year battle with cancer. She is predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Dr. Louis Mager, her parents Jonas and Rhoda Kaufman, her brothers Alan and Michael Kaufman, and her grandson Gabriel Turner. Rita leaves her children and their partners, James Mager and Merie Wolosoff...