Obituaries

Jeanette (Nashner) Valfer, 91 years of age, widow of Siegfried Valfer, died Thursday, October 27, 2011. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Gertrude (Mayer) Nashner. She was a graduate of Weaver High School, Hartford, class of 1938. Jeanette was a member of Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom of Bloomfield and past president and member of its...

Andrea (Glick) Steinberrg, 60, of Oxford Drive, East Hartford, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Lillian (Levine) Glick. She was a member of Temple Beth Tefilah, East Hartford. She leaves her husband of 35 years, Michael D. Steinberg, a son Samuel Steinberg...

WEINER, Louis G. Weiner, 92 years of age, of West Hartford, beloved husband of Betty (Greenberg) Weiner for 66 years, died Thursday, October 29, 2009. He was born in Hartford and lived his life in the Hartford area. He was the son of the late Abraham and Anna (Singer) Weiner. He served in the US Army during World War II...

Dorothy Bloom Shiff, of David Dr., Colchester, wife of Nathaniel Shiff, died Saturday, November 3, 2012. She was a retired employee of the town of Colchester, a member of Congregation Ahavath Achim and a life member of Hadassah. Besides her husband she is survived by two sons: Stephen Shiff ad his wife Adrienne of Wethersfield, Rabbi Stuart Shiff and his...

Contributions: In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to The American Heart Association or Alzheimer’s Association of CT.

Dr. Benjamin Zeldes, of Staffordville, CT, died on Friday (October 8, 2010). A developmental optometrist who pioneered in the use of pediatric vision therapy, Dr. Zeldes helped many children with vision problems and learning disabilities. He was a graduate of the University of Connecticut, the Illinois College of Optometry, and did post-graduate work at Yale’s Gesell Institute of Child Development....

Estelle Stone, 92, formerly of Rockville and Boca Raton, FL passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 after a long illness. Born in Philadelphia, PA in 1917, daughter of Charles and Anna Shaplan, she was predeceased by her two brothers Lou and Burt Shaplan, and her sister Gertrude Fox, as well as her beloved husband Harold and their son...

Bernard (“Bernie”) M. Wax, 86, of West Hartford, CT, formerly of Cape Cod and Sharon, MA passed away peacefully on June 26 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford, CT. He is survived by his spouse, Irene Miller Wax, to whom he was married for 64 wonderful and loving years. He was born in Boston, MA and was...

STEINBERG, Paula (Sable) Steinberg, 72 years of age, of West Hartford, widow of Gerald Steinberg, died peacefully on Friday, March 27, 2009. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Alice (Baggish) Sable, and resided in West Hartford most of her life. She attended Hall High School and the University of Connecticut. Paula worked as...

SOKOLOFF, Alice B. Sokoloff, 65, of West Hartford passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, March 17, 2007 after a long and courageous battle with a neurological illness. She was born on April 17, 1941 in Hartford to the late Max and Minnie (Zucker) Berman and grew up in West Hartford. A graduate of CCSC, she was president of...

Jeanette Snyder, 98, of West Hartford, CT passed away peacefully from this world on March 28, 2013. She died in the comfort of her home alongside her family. Born in Lithuania on December 24, 1914, she was the youngest daughter of Fruma and Louis Glazier. She was predeceased by two brothers and five sisters. She is also predeceased by her...

WINEBURGH, Bruce Elliott Wineburgh, 68 years of age, of Perry Rd., Bristol died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at home with his family by his bedside. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Nelson and Regina (Shapiro) Wineburgh. Bruce attended George Washington University and graduated from Central Connecticut State University. He received a Masters Degree in Aeronautical...

Judge Jerry Wagner of Bloomfield age 88, passed away on Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Jerry Wagner had been a judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut since 1979 and served on the Judicial Executive Committee and the Executive Board of the Connecticut Judges’ Association. He became a judge trial referee in 1991 and had become the oldest active referee in...

Mae (Cook) Selwitz, 90, of West St., Rocky Hill, formerly of Manchester, widow of Lipman Selwitz, died Monday, August 7, 2006. Born in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Rebecca (Smith) Cook. She leaves her children: Earle Selwitz of Tamarac, FL, and Bruce Selwitz of Wethersfield; four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a sister Judith...

Eric J . Strauss, 96, of Deerfield Beach, FL and West Hartford passed peacefully Monday, (May 9, 2005) in his home surrounded by his family. Born August 23, 1908, in Kulmbach, Germany, son of the late Sigmund and Fanny Strauss, and brother and brother-in-law to the late Kurt and Gertrude Strauss, Henry and Ruth Strauss, Gerda Strauss Falco and Gerhardt...

Hans Stargardter, 94, passed away on April 3 with his wife Henrietta (Stepner) by his side. Hans was born in Breslau, Germany. In 1938 he immigrated to Guatemala, escaping from the Nazi’s. As a young man, he received a work study scholarship to attend Florida Southern College, where he graduated in 3 years and more importantly met the love of...

SOBOTKA - Bernice (Katz) Sobotka, 91 years of age, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2010 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Born in Lodz, Poland to Jacob and Rejla Rifka Katz, she survived internment in the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz during the Holocaust. After the war, she and her husband of 52 years, the late Mark Sobotka, moved to the Hartford,...

C. Natalie (Poorvu) Sills, 84, of East Maxwell Drive, West Hartford, died Thursday, July 8, 2010. Born in Brookline, MA, she was the daughter of the late Philip and Anna (Levenson) Poorvu. She leaves her devoted husband, Dr. Marvin Sills, her daughter Susan Goldberg and her husband Dr. Jonathan Goldberg of Wallingford, and her beloved granddaughter, Alison Goldberg. The family...

WELTMAN, Richard Bruce Weltman, M.D., 60, of West Hartford, passed away Friday, July 27, 2007. He was born in Niagara Falls, NY, on May 21, 1947, the son of Clarence and Barbara (Abrams) Weltman. He received his B.A. in Chemistry after three years at Syracuse University in 1969, and went on to graduate from Tufts University School of Medicine in...

Samuel “Pop” Steinberg, 93, of Simsbury Road West Hartford, husband of Lena (Rubenstein) Steinberg, died Tuesday, August 8, 2006. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Abraham and Minnie (Goldfarb) Steinberg. He was a US Air Force Veteran of World War II, and a former member of the Emanuel Synagogue, West Hartford. Besides his wife, he leaves...