Obituaries

Jan 1, 1970

Ralph Seltzer, 87 years of age, of Delray Beach, FL, formerly of West Hartford, CT, passed away on Monday, October 30, 2017. He was the beloved husband, for 65 years, of Shirley (Sowalsky) Seltzer of Delray Beach, FL. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late Jack and Sarah (Lassman) Seltzer. Ralph was a co-owner of...

Jan 1, 1970

Lewis S.Cohn, 58 years of age, of West Hartford died on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Cheri J. (Smith) Cohn. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Martin and Marion (Schwartz) Cohn. Lewis grew up in Rockville, Centre, NY and from there graduated from Washington University where he studied...

Jan 1, 1970

Arthur Stoltz, 99, of Bloomfield, died May 31, 2017. He was born in Hartford and was the son of Eva (Weinberg) and Benjamin Stoltz. He served in the U.S. Army in WWII. He started his career working for the Popular Market and later went into business for himself, creating Art’s Provisions, Vernon Circle Market, and Arthur’s Fine Foods of...

Jan 1, 1970

Marilyn (Sigal) Katz, 73 years of age, of West Hartford and Newington, CT, passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. She was the beloved wife of the late William S. Katz. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Julius and Julia (Bromberg) Sigal. Marilyn is survived by her son, Samuel Katz and his wife, Tammy,...

Jan 1, 1970

Sidney L. Gordon, 84 years of age, of Boca Raton, FL and previously of Bloomfield, CT, passed away on September 22, 2016. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late William and Sophie Gordon. He was a graduate of Weaver High School and the University of Connecticut, and retired from Pratt and Whitney Aircraft after more...

Jan 1, 1970

Florence Post, age 81, of West Hartford, died peacefully on Monday November 13, 2017 with her children by her side, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Philip Post for 59 years. Florence was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1936 to Irving & Dr. Lea Newman. She survived the Holocaust and arrived in America...

Jan 1, 1970

Merton S. Honeyman, 90 years of age, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, formally of West Hartford and Avon, CT, died Nov. 14, 2015. He was the beloved husband of the late Harriet (Chatzek) Honeyman. Born in New Britain, he was the son of the late Edward and Dorothy (Cohen) Honeyman. He leaves his daughter, Elisa Honeyman of Palm Beach...

Jan 1, 1970

Joel Grauman Levy, 70, of Boca Raton, FL, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2017. Joel was born on June 30, 1947 to Edna and David Levy of West Hartford, CT. Joel graduated from the Kingswood-Oxford School. He graduated Cum Laude from Brandeis University, after which he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and obtained a honorable discharge....

Jan 1, 1970

Marcia (Kurtz) Polinsky, 87 years of age, of West Hartford died Tuesday, November 15, 2016. She was the widow of Bernard Polinsky. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Max and Jennie (Rose) Kurtz.

She was a member of Beth El Temple of Torrington. Marcia was a graduate of Weaver High School, class of...

Jan 1, 1970

Audrey S. Millrod, Age 87 of Rocky Hill CT, Died April 9, 2016 at home after a long illness. Born March 3, 1929 to Philip Gavensky and Bessie (Nevins) Gavensky in Hartford CT. Audrey remained in the Hartford Area for her entire life. Besides a homemaker, Audrey worked as a secretary in the early years, and as a sales...

Jan 1, 1970

Florence Rosenbluth passed on December 12, 2017. She was born on April 6th, 1932 in Springfield, MA. Florence was the fifth child of Jacob and Gladys Schreiber, both immigrants of Russia. Florence spent her youth playing softball and basketball. She graduated from Commerce High School in 1949 and worked at the Springfield Jewish Weekly News as a bookkeeper until...

Jan 1, 1970

Morris Goodman, a loving husband of Sarah Buchman Goodman, of 40 Brainard Rd. West Hartford, died September 5 at home. Mr. Goodman graduated Weaver High School and New York University Stern School of Business. Mr. Goodman was CEO of Hartford Plumbing Supply Company founded by his father. He was a longtime member of the American Supply Association. He and...

Jan 1, 1970

Jack Levin, 96, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of West Hartford, CT, passed away on January 22, 2016. Born in the Bronx, NY, he is the late son of Albert and Minerva (Shapiro) Levin. Jack was predeceased by his beloved wife of 52 years, Joelle (Bernstein) Levin. Jack served in the United States Air Force during World War II....

Jan 1, 1970

Ruth Stein, beloved wife of the late Morrie Stein, passed away on Saturday, February 20th, 2016 in West Hartford, CT. Deeply mourned and lovingly remembered by her sons and daughters-in-law, Barry and Regan, Steven and Shirin, Laurence and Carla; and grandchildren, Daniel, Jason, Nicola, Jenna, Justin, Adam and Robbie. May her memory be a blessing to all who knew...

Jan 1, 1970

Susie (Weinstein) Pearl, 107 years old, of West Hartford, died Monday, October 10, 2016. She was the widow of Morris Pearl. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late William and Anna (Flaxman) Weinstein. Susie was the head cashier at the former Wise & Smith Department Store before she retired and she did volunteer work at the...

Jan 1, 1970

Israel Bruce Portnoy, 93 years of age of West Hartford passed Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Sam and Anna (Chopsky) Portnoy. Israel served in the US Air Corps during WWII and was graduated from LIU.

He worked in numerous sales and management positions including C&S Distributors.

He...

Jan 1, 1970

Lola Herz, 93, of West Hartford, CT, died September 2, 2016. Beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister. Widow of the late Leon Herz of beloved memory. Lola leaves three children, Roman Herz and his wife Donna, Zev Herz, and Steven Herz and his wife Ronalee; five grandchildren Randy Herz and his wife Jennifer, Matthew Herz and his wife...

Jan 1, 1970

Joan Joseloff Kohn of Bloomfield, Connecticut, passed away Thursday October 4th. Born July 14, 1925 in New York City, she was the daughter of Morris and Lillian Leiterman Joseloff, civic leaders and philanthropists. She graduated with honors from the Loomis Chaffee School where she was Head of Student Government and an accomplished athlete. She attended Connecticut College for Women....

Jan 1, 1970

Jack Rodin, 93, of Bloomfield, Connecticut passed away surrounded by his beloved family on July 29, 2018.

Jack was born in the Bronx, New York on November 2, 1924 to Edward and Lillian Rodin and attended Stuyvesant High School.

He was a proud WWII veteran; enlisting in the Army Air Corp on December 3, 1942....

Jan 1, 1970

Michael Lee Rome, 70 years of age of Rocky Hill, CT, formerly of West Hartford, CT, died Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Milton and Esther Rome. He is survived by his son Matthew, his wife, Lisa and their three children, Samuel, Brynne, and Julian of Chicago, IL; and his son,...