Obituaries

Jan 1, 1970

Stanton J. Abel, 94 years of age, of Newington, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2016. Born in Waterbury, he was the son of the late Frank and Grace (Gordon) Abel.

He leaves his beloved wife and best friend of over 70 years, Rhoda (Rosenberg) Abel, his son Alan Abel and his wife Pamela of Willimantic, his...

Jan 1, 1970

SILVERSTEIN, Jon Alan, 57, left us suddenly of a heart attack on October 16, 2015. Born on November 1, 1957 in Manchester, CT., Jon attended Westledge High School and George Washington University. He was an avid adventurer starting with his first trip to Hong Kong with his father at age 17. He hiked Mount Everest, bicycled through the Netherlands,...

Jan 1, 1970

Morton W. Lieberman, 94, of West Hartford, died on Sunday, July 31, 2016. He was the husband of the late Jean (Yaffe) Lieberman; married for 28 years. He was the son of the late Abraham Lieberman and Lena (Haller) Lieberman. He was predeceased by his sisters, Betty and Sarah; and brothers: Howard, Danny, and Albert. From his first marriage...

Jan 1, 1970

Eunice J. (Abramhoff) Gordon, 95 years of age, of Newington, CT, passed away on Sunday, after a courageous battle with cancer on August 26, 2018. She was the beloved wife of 54 years to the late Joseph L. Gordon. Born in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Leah Abramhoff. Eunice was an active member...

Jan 1, 1970

Edward J. Glasband , 70 years of age, of Bloomfield, CT passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2018. He was born in Hartford on March 23, 1947, and was the son of the late Hyman and Mildred (Roth) Glasband. He is survived by his children, Todd and his wife Lisa of Summit, NJ, Eric and his wife Allison of...

Jan 1, 1970

Antoinette (Witte) Peikes, age 94, of West Hartford, CT, formerly of Brooklyn, NY, passed away December 29, 2017. She was born in the Bronx to Myron and Carrie (Kahn) Witte. Toni, as she preferred to be called, graduated NYU with a business degree in 1944. She married Arthur Peikes in 1952 and as she liked to say “lost my...

Jan 1, 1970

Evelyn (Bursten) Gilman died Tuesday, November 28, at the age of 93. She was the wife of the late Irving L. Gilman and the daughter of the late Julius and Rose (Kass) Bursten. She leaves her daughter, Jill Mass and her husband Dr. Martin Mass of South Glastonbury; her son, Dr. Howard Gilman and his wife Linda of Jersey...

Jan 1, 1970

Bert Kaplan passed away suddenly on September 3, 2016. Born in New York on 3/15/31 the son of Harry and Lillian Kaplan. Survived by wife of 56 years, Elizabeth, son Neil Kaplan (wife Adele); daughter Nancy Kaplan (husband Andy Raubvogel); grandchildren Max, Jeffrey, Julie and Harry Kaplan and Lily and Jacob Weissgold; and sister Diane Rosenthal and voluminous extended...

Jan 1, 1970

Laura Strupp Aronstein, born June 18th 1931 in Bad Nauheim, Germany, died in Boca Raton, Florida on Friday May 12. Laura was the devoted and loving wife of 60 years to now deceased, Eric Aronstein. Laura was the loving mother of daughter Gayle Aronstein Lieberman, son Gary Aronstein, grandmother to Stephen Brown and Lauren Brown whom she loved dearly....

Jan 1, 1970

Phyllis Kolman was born in March 1941 in New York, NY to Jacob and Fanny Kalmis. She went to High School in Hartford and then on to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. After getting married she settled in suburban Boston and raised two children, Michael and Hilary. When her marriage ended in 1983 she decided to go to law...

Jan 1, 1970

Norma (Kershenbaum) Davidson Laschever, 97, of West Hartford, died Thursday, November 5, 2015. She was the beloved wife of the late Henry Davidson and the late Lewis Laschever. Born in Poland, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Eva (Goodman) Kershenbaum. She worked at Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company for 22 years before retiring in 1980....

Jan 1, 1970

Frederick (Rick) J. Kaplan of West Hartford, CT, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at age 70. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late George and Miriam (Krauskopf) Kaplan. Rick graduated from Clark University and received a master’s degree from New York University. He served in the National Guard. For over 40 years he...

Jan 1, 1970

Shirley Rosenstein, 94, of Bloomfield, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 with her family by her side. She was predeceased by her parents Isidore and Anna Rosenstein and by her brother Staff-Sergeant Jacob Rosenstein. She leaves her sister and brother-in-law Deborah and Charles Treger, her brother and sister-in-law Jerry and Joyce Rosenstein, her sister and brother-in-law, Judy and Scott...

Jan 1, 1970

Emanuel Joseph Parade passed away on Wednesday, May 30, at the age of 89 at Marlborough Health and Rehabilitation Center in Marlborough, CT. He was born in Hartford, CT to Samuel and Rae Parade and attended the University of Connecticut where he graduated with a degree in accounting. In 1953 he married Sybil Lippman and soon after was drafted...

Jan 1, 1970

Judith Pinney died with grace and dignity on June 12, 2016. The daughter of the late Alice and Benjamin Munch, she was born February 4, 1929 in Hartford. After graduating from The Chaffee School she attended Wheaton College, The Hartt College of Music and in 1964 received her BA, English from the University of Hartford. She took post-graduate courses...

Jan 1, 1970

Merrill R. Stein, 90, of West Hartford, CT, passed away on November 2, 2018. He was the husband of the late Janet (Sakofsky) Stein. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late Michael and Sadie (Raphael) Stein.

He graduated from Rawson, Jones Junior High, Trinity College and Wharton with an MBA. Before his career...

Jan 1, 1970

Dr. Frank Maslan, age 97, of West Hartford, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of Roslyne (Eisenberg) Rosenfield Maslan for nearly 38 years. Dr. Maslan was born on April 2, 1919 in Kansas City, MO to the late Samuel and Alice (Gedanken) Maslan. He was a proud U.S. Army...

Jan 1, 1970

Anne Watstein’s motto was, “Life is short, eat dessert first!” Her life was not short. She passed away peacefully on January 8, 2016 at the age of 99. Anne was born in New Haven, CT to Esther and Max Sohcot. Her five brothers, as well as her beloved sister, Rose Sohcot Leichtman, pre-deceased her.

Anne married Morton...

Jan 1, 1970

Dr. Arnold Case died on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, surrounded by his family after a long illness. He was born in Hartford, CT on February 22, 1934 to the late Ruth (Rosen) and Isadore Case. He was educated at the Loomis School, Yale University, and the George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his internship at DC General...

Jan 1, 1970

Frances Sandler Wertheim of Tamarac, FL and Old Lyme, CT passed away November 27 with her daughter Pamela by her side in Ft Lauderdale, FL. She was born April 29, 1926, in Hartford, to the late Jack Sandler and the late Sarah (Syd) Sandler, Oken, Wertheim. Frances was the devoted and beloved wife, for 67 years, of the late...