Leonard Glazier
Jan 1, 1970
Leonard Glazier, 88, of West Hartford, CT passed away on December 26, 2017. Len was born August 1, 1929 and graduated from Weaver High School in Hartford, CT and Bentley College in Waltham, MA. He served in the Army during the Korean conflict and was stationed in Japan and Korea. Upon his return from military service, he met the...
Morton (Avery) Ward
Jan 1, 1970
Morton Avery Ward, 90, of West Hartford, cherished father and grandfather, died peacefully and surrounded by love on Friday, September 8, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. Mort was predeceased by his treasured wife of 53 years, Beatrice (Hurwitz) Ward. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Harry and Isabella (Rosenfeld) Ward. He graduated...
Janet (Cohen) Zimmerman
Jan 1, 1970
Janet (Cohen) Zimmerman 82 years of age of West Hartford died peacefully Friday March 30 2018. Born in New Haven she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Sarah (Allinson) Cohen. A graduate of Hillhouse High School in New Haven Janet went on to graduate from the University of Hartford with a a degree in Education. She taught...
Pearl ((Levy)) Leichter
Jan 1, 1970
Pearl Leichter, 89, formerly of Orangeburg, NY and widow of Seymour Leichter, passed away at Brookdale Place, West Hartford, CT on July 24, 2015. Pearl was born on February 21, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY to Minnie and Barnett Levy. She lived most of her life in New York City and Orangeburg. Pearl spent many years working as a bookkeeper...
Shirley ((Goodman)) Gitlin
Jan 1, 1970
Shirley Gitlin, 93 of Boynton Beach, Florida and West Hartford, CT. Wife, beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother passed away peacefully on October 21, 2 days shy of her 94th birthday. Prior to her husbands’ death, Shirley enjoyed traveling, and exploring different countries with him. She also loved playing cards and Mahjong with friends. After her husband retired, they volunteered...
Shirley (Rosenthal) Juran
Jan 1, 1970
Shirley (Rosenthal) Juran, 91, of Manchester, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was the daughter of the late Bessie (Brownstein) and Harry Rosenthal. She graduated from Weaver High School in Hartford and attended Hartford College for Women before graduating Phi Beta Kappa from The Ohio State...
Emily ((Kernberg)) Strauss
Jan 1, 1970
Emily Kernberg Strauss, 92, of West Hartford passed away at home on July 24th. She was predeceased by her husband, Eric Strauss. Emily is survived by her son, Steven Strauss, and his wife Laurie of West Hartford, and her daughter, Tina Turner, and her husband Stanley of West Hartford; six grandchildren - Jennifer Strauss and her fiancé Rob Marks,...
Millicent ('Millie' (Felton)) Neusner
Jan 1, 1970
Millicent Neusner was born on 5/7/1924 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and died in West Hartford on 12/24/2017. Her parents, Russian Jewish immigrants, owned a drug store in Manhattan.Her older brother and only sibling, the late Phliip Felton,like his father, became a pharmacist. Millie graduated from the Abraham Lincoln High School at the age of 16, and graduated from Booklyn...
Sidney (B.) Adelstein
Jan 1, 1970
Sidney B. Adelstein passed away at age 96 peacefully on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 in Torrington, CT. Sidney was the beloved husband of the late Elinor (Nemser) Adelstein. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Moses and Betty (Bushel) Adelstein. Sidney and Elinor enjoyed the last 23 years in Naples, Florida and always enjoyed...
Ida (Epstein) Cohen
Jan 1, 1970
Ida Epstein Cohen, 93, daughter of Nathan and Frieda Epstein and beloved wife to Samuel for almost 70 years, passed away peacefully on December 9th surrounded by abiding love. She lived a full life as devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend. Ida was born in 1922 in Hartford, spoke Yiddish in the home and proudly lived...
Melvin Horwitz
Jan 1, 1970
Beloved husband and father, Melvin Horwitz died peacefully in Manchester CT on Saturday March 5th after a long and patient battle with Parkinson’s disease. His sense of humor and insistence on living life fully sustained him and his family until the end. Left behind are his wife Dorothy of Manchester CT, his four children Abbie Salt of Miami Shores,...
Joseph (David) Pear
Jan 1, 1970
Joseph David Pear, age 95, of Moodus, CT died Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Avon Health Center. Born in Middletown, CT on June 27, 1920 he was the youngest of five sons of the late Morris and Sarah (Polstein) Pear. Joe worked with his brother Sam in Pear’s General Merchandise before and after graduating from Nathan Hale High School...
Lola ((Zylberman)) Fox
Jan 1, 1970
Lola Fox, of Colchester, born April 10, 1923, passed away at her home on Tuesday May 30th, with her family at her side. Born in Lodz, Poland to parents Jacob and Chava Zylberman, she was 2 of 6 siblings to survive the Holocaust. She survived the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz concentration camp, and other work and slave labor camps before...
Milton (M.) Golden
Jan 1, 1970
Milton (Max) Golden, 95, passed away on July 11 at Brookdale Place in The Villages, FL. He was predeceased by Betty (Gerovitz) Golden, his loving wife of 55 years. He is survived by his 4 daughters and their spouses, Marilyn ( Alan) Byer & Adrienne (Alan) Silver all of The Villages, FL, Roxanne (Johanna) Fried of Davie, FL &...
Shirley ((Kollman)) Stein
Jan 1, 1970
Shirley (Kollman) Stein, 78, of Boynton Beach, FL passed away on April 27, 2017. Born in Pittsfield, MA on May 30, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Lena Kollman. She graduated from Weaver High School in 1956 and married her husband of 57 years in 1959. She raised her family in Newington, CT and worked...
Arthur (L.) Fishman
Jan 1, 1970
Arthur Lewis Fishman, 88, of Hollywood, FL and East Hartford, CT, formerly of West Hartford, CT passed away surrounded by his family on April 15, 2017. Born in Hartford, CT on January 6, 1929, he was the son of the late Maybelle (Taylor) and Herman Fishman. He attended UConn and was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army serving...
Shirley (Solomon) Rosenfield
Jan 1, 1970
Shirley Solomon Rosenfield, 100, of West Hartford, formally of Hartford, Windsor and Bloomfield, passed away peacefully to be with her beloved Frankie on December 14, 2018. She had been the adoring wife of Frank Rosenfield for almost 73 years until his death on September 5, 2013. She is survived by her loving daughter, Sandra Rosenfield Goldberg and son-in-law Bruce...
Jerome (S.) Nisselbaum
Jan 1, 1970
Jerome Nisselbaum, PhD, died April 20 2017, at age 91. Born in Hartford, CT, Dr. Nisselbaum graduated with a BS from the University of Connecticut and earned his PhD in Biochemistry from Tufts University. He retired after 35 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, where he was the Attending Biochemist in the Department of Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Nisselbaum...
Henry Katz
Jan 1, 1970
Henry Katz, 79, of Avon, CT died Saturday September 3. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Bennie and Nettie Katz. Henry leaves behind his wife, Eileen (Cohen) Katz, who was his loving and devoted companion for 57 years; two sons, Douglas M. Katz and his wife Deirdre of Boxford, MA and Ronald L. Katz...
Benjamin (L.) Spector
Jan 1, 1970
Benjamin L. Spector, born in Hartford, Conn. on Jan. 27, 1922, died peacefully in Seattle, Wash. on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 with his daughter, Julie Spector, by his side. He was raised in Hartford, Conn. and attended Weaver High School and The University of Connecticut, followed by dental school at the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his DDS....
