Margot (H. (Liebenstein)) Merin
Mar 2, 2019
Margot H. (Liebenstein) Merin, 93 years of age, of Shavano Park, TX, formerly of West Hartford and Bloomfield, CT, died Saturday, March 2, 2019. She was the widow of Leonard Merin. Born on March 12, 1925 in Bad Liebenstein, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Bernhard and Emma Elise (Kaiser) Liebenstein. She was a Holocaust survivor, having...
Mildred ((Solomon)) Leboff
Feb 28, 2019
Mildred (Solomon) LeBoff, 93 years of age, of Newington CT, passed away on Thursday February 28, 2019. She was the beloved wife of the late Melvin LeBoff. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Lena Solomon.Mildred was a graduate of the CT College for Women in New London and received her masters degree...
Kurt (J.) Salm
Feb 27, 2019
Kurt Salm 91 years old of Delray Beach, FL and Bloomfield, CT passed away peacefully on 2/27/19. Born in Germany he was the son of the late Sally and Sybilla (Schloss) Salm. He had a long and successful cattle dealing career. He leaves his beloved and devoted wife Helen Salm, his adoring children son Dr.David Salm and his wife...
Robert (L.) Kreger
Feb 20, 2019
Robert L Kreger of West Hartford passed away unexpectedly on February 20, 2019 at the age of 73. He was predeceased by his parents Benjamin and Bessie Kreger and a sister, Mary Kreger. He considered Beth David Synagogue of West Hartford to be his extended family where he attended daily services faithfully, being the first to arrive in the...
Eva Greenwood
Feb 13, 2019
Eva Greenwood, 88, of Jamaica Plain, MA, peacefully transitioned from life on February 13, 2019 at home. She was the widow of Fred H. Greenwood, to whom she was married 54 years. Born in Vienna, Austria, she was the only child of the late Martha and Max Pollenz. Eva was a survivor of the Holocaust-era and was evacuated from...
Svetlana Rivkin
Feb 11, 2019
Svetlana Rivkina, 82, died February 11,2019 at her home in West Hartford after a short illness.
Ms. Rivkina was born on May 24th, 1936 in Kiev, Ukraine to Solomon Rivkin and Maria Frenkel. At one year of age, she contracted an illness that left her permanently handicapped. Despite the physical challenges, Ms. Rivkina obtained a college degree...
Sherman (J.) Katz
Feb 11, 2019
Sherman Joseph Katz, 95, of West Hartford died February 11 surrounded by his loving family. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 65 years, Phyllis (Sachs) Katz. He is survived by his two daughters and their spouses, Marjorie Katz and William Nicholson, of Sudbury, MA and Nancy and Donald Rossler of West Hartford; four grandchildren, Lindsey Nicholson and...
Elizabeth (L) Lederer
Feb 8, 2019
LEDERER, Elizabeth L. 95, of 22 Simsbury Rd., West Hartford, formerly of Forest Hills, NY, died peacefully Friday morning, February 8th, with her loving and devoted daughter Judith Lederer by her side. She also leaves beloved grandchildren Naomi Marcus and Joshua Marcus, Matthew Finneman, son-in-law Michael Marcus, niece and nephew Barbara and George Lederer. Born in Vienna, Austria to...
Clara ((Greenberg)) Sowalsky
Feb 3, 2019
Clara (Greenberg) Sowalsky, 102 years of age, of West Hartford, CT, passed away peacefully at her home on February 3, 2019, after a short illness, with her family by her side. She was the widow of Meyer S. “Mickey” Sowalsky. Born in Albany, NY, she was the daughter of the late Adolf and Rachel (Hershkowitz) Greenberg. She was a...
Martin Spector
Feb 2, 2019
Martin Spector, 85, passed away peacefully February 2 in Providence, RI. He was predeceased by his wife of over 40 years, Carole Apter Spector and his son Lee Paul Spector. He is survived by his son, Marc David Spector of Huntington Beach, California, and his son Jeremy Spector and his wife Maura of Barrington, Ri. He was the adoring...
Richard (J.) Mackler
Feb 2, 2019
Dr. Richard Mackler died peacefully at his home in Montreal, Canada where he has lived and practiced medicine for about forty-five years as an endocrinologist. Richard grew up in West Hartford Connecticut. He was graduated from the Loomis school, and Harvard University. At Harvard he received many honors, including being one of the Junior Eight, eight students elected to...
John (I.) Waizmann
Feb 1, 2019
John Waizmann passed away on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 after a brief illness. John was a member of the Hartford and West Hartford community for many years, well known for his impeccable taste in all things, plus his fun loving style and beautiful garden at his home in the West End which he celebrated and shared with his partner...
Sheila (Pollack) Phillips
Feb 1, 2019
Sheila (Pollack) Phillips, 84 years of age, of Granby, CT died Friday, February 1, 2019. Born in Holyoke, MA, she was the daughter of Harry and Sarah (Cohen) Pollack. She attended Bryant College and co-ran Phillips’ Sportswear for 35 years before retiring. She leaves her husband, Arthur E. Phillips; her sons, Dr. Michael S. Phillips and his wife Jackie...
Joan (Marcantonio) Kalechman
Jan 31, 2019
Joan (Marcanaton) Kalechman, 80 years of age, passed away January 31, 2019 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Born April 13, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts she was a very accomplished lady in her field as an Executive Secretary for the State of CT in the State Election Enforcement Commission and also served as Executive Secretary to many corporations including...
Jerry (A.) Cohen
Jan 30, 2019
Jerry A. Cohen, 98, of West Hartford, died peacefully with family by his side on January 30, 2019. The son of Adolph and Rose (Gutensky) Cohen, he was born August 9, 1920, and grew up in the Parkville neighborhood of Hartford above the Madison Avenue Market on Kibbe Street. Jerry and Libbian (Cohn) married in 1951, and raised their...
Philip (D.) Feltman
Jan 29, 2019
Philip D. Feltman, 98, of West Hartford died on January 29, 2019 at home. He was the beloved husband of Frances (Schwartz) Feltman, who pre-deceased him and father of Joanne Feltman, Steven and Elyse (Swett) Feltman, Susan Feltman Gaeta and George Feltman. He is survived by his sister-in-law, Claire Norman. He was born in Hartford on August 17, 1920...
