Obituaries

Jan 1, 1970

Emanuel Rosenthal, 96, of Hartford, CT, formerly of Rocky Hill and New Britain, passed away on Feb. 5, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Emily (Neubauer) Rosenthal for 68 years. Emanuel, known as Manny, owned Lifshutz department store in New Britain and later Kamins department store in Glastonbury. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club of New...

Jan 1, 1970

David Elias Klar, 94 years of age, of Moodus, CT passed away peacefully on Friday, June 8, 2018. David was predeceased by his wife Miriam (Mackover) Klar. Born in Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Isidore and Yetta (Stein) Klar. David’s life work was being the proud owner of the Klar Crest Resort in Moodus, CT....

Jan 1, 1970

Molly Tulin, 89 years of age, of Portland, OR, formally of Hartford, CT, died on April 27, 2017. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Sidney Norwitz. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Saul and Mary (Lassow) Tulin. Molly was the 1945 Weaver High School salutatorian. Then spent a year in residence...

Jan 1, 1970

Eileen Brown Weiblen 73 passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday March16, 2016 at her home. She was born in Hartford on July 9, 1942 to the late Cheaphas and Sophie Frank Brown. She graduated from Farmington High School in 1960 and received her nursing diploma from the New Britain Hospital School of Nursing in 1963 after which she began her...

Jan 1, 1970

Shirley C. Leibert, age 96, of West Hartford passed away peacefully on April 18, 2018. Shirley was born in Brooklyn, New York and was the daughter of the late Herman and Mildred Cantor. In addition to being a Founding Member of Beth El Temple in West Hartford and President of Haddassah, Shirley owned and operated a designer clothing shop...

Jan 1, 1970

Diane “Dee” Gervais of Bristol, CT, born April 26, 1944, daughter of the late Milton and Nettie (Kaufman) passed away October 1, 2018, at home after a brief illness with her daughter Deena Nizgorski of Thomaston, CT, son Michael Sinclair of Bristol, CT, and her sister Carol Buch Balanoff (Murray) of South Windsor, CT, by her side. Aunt Dee...

Jan 1, 1970

Iris (Cohen) Rosenberg, 82 years of age, of Jupiter, FL and West Hartford, CT, died on Monday, December 5, 2016. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel H. Cohen (Syd Conn) and the late Pauline (Rudolfsky) Cohen. She leaves her husband Donald G. Rosenberg; her children, Alan P. Rosenberg and his wife Barbara of Simsbury,...

Jan 1, 1970

Naomi Blumenthal Berkowitz passed on Thursday, June 22, 2017 in the comfort of her home that she loved. Naomi was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Anna (Rosen) Blumenthal. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Herm. Naomi’s passion in life was to keep active, stay well-informed of current events and health topics, and make her delicious matzah...

Jan 1, 1970

Carrie Goldman Simon, 60 years of age, of West Hartford, CT, passed away on May 18th. The beloved wife of Melvin Simon, she was born in Brooklyn, NY and was the daughter of Joseph and the late Sondra (Cohen) Goldman. Carrie received her B.A. in Art Education from NYU and her Master’s degree from CCSU. Carrie was an art...

Jan 1, 1970

Myron A. Cohen of Hartford died Thursday, January 7, 2016, at Hartford Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Joseph and Gertrude Cohen. He had a long career as school counselor in the Hartford Public School system at Quirk Middle School and touched the lives of thousands of children in Hartford. At age 18 he enlisted...

Jan 1, 1970

Marvin Franklin Eisenberg, born on December 7, 1924 in Willimantic, Connecticut, passed away at age 93 on November 11, 2018. Predeceased by his wife of 66 years, Alice, he leaves his four loving children, Susan Schmidt (Azriel) of Bryn Mawr, PA; Deborah Eisenberg (Wallace Cohen) of Hartford; Steven Eisenberg (Beth) of Glastonbury; and Judith Rosenfield (Howard) of Farmington; nine...

Jan 1, 1970

Pearl Trachtenroth, 102 years of age, of West Hartford, died on May 6, 2017. Pearl graduated from Weaver High School and went on to work as an assistant bookkeeper. She was working on Windsor Street in Hartford during both the floods and hurricanes. She gave her time as a Red Cross Nurse Volunteer at Mitchel House in Frog Hollow,...

Jan 1, 1970

Dr. Marvin H. Terry Grody, a nationally renowned gynecologist, died peacefully at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 7, 2015. He had attained world-wide recognition as an innovator and dynamic educator in the evolving areas of gynecology dealing with vaginal, pelvic reconstructive, and urogynecologic surgery. Dr. Grody was born on April 27, 1922, in Hartford, CT. He was...

Jan 1, 1970

Gloria M. Bein, 97, of West Hartford, CT, passed away peacefully at Hartford Hospital on Monday evening, February 19, 2018. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 16, 1920. She was the daughter of Adolph and Fannie Greenberg. Gloria attended public schools in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. At the age of...

Jan 1, 1970

Elizabeth G. Cohn, of Lantana, FL, formerly of Farmington Woods, Avon, CT, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016. She was the beloved wife of the late George E. Cohn. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Fannie (Gordon) Graicerstein. Beth was an active participant in the Farmington Woods Community before moving to the Carlisle...

Jan 1, 1970

Our beloved Hyla of Bloomfield, Connecticut passed away very suddenly but peacefully in Hartford on July 2, 2018. She was born on October 10, 1931 in Hartford to Ada (nee Solomon) and Morris Becker. She was raised in Hartford and spent her entire adult life in Bloomfield. Hyla is predeceased by the love of her life, her husband, Edward...

Jan 1, 1970

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Richard (Dick) Glater, 76 of Newington CT on Tuesday, Jan 9th 2018. He was born in Hartford on September 20th, 1941 the son of Sally Bogard and Irving Glater. In addition to his loving wife Iris Shoopilsky Glater of 55 years, Dick is survived by his daughter Michelle...

Jan 1, 1970

Joan Sherrow Stein of South Windsor, CT, died Friday (October 21st), surrounded by her family. She was a fierce competitor of both Mahjong and Scrabble, and could beat any laundry stain into submission. She was an expert domestic engineer, and when her children were older, her strong work ethic and determination ensured that she met with great success when...

Jan 1, 1970

Charles Nightingale, Glastonbury CT passed away at home on December 18, 2017 after a 10 year battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Born in Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Michael and Annamarie (Schmidt) Nightingale.

Dr. Nightingale attended Fordham University (BS), St Johns University (MS), and University of Buffalo (PhD). He joined the ROTC...

Jan 1, 1970

Henry Alexander Madoff, 96, of West Hartford, CT, died of natural causes at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford on March 12, 2016 surrounded by his family. Born Grigori Aleksandr Vedmedev on February 15, 1920 in the small city of Kherson in the newly created Soviet Union, previously and now once again in Ukraine, his family escaped during the year...