Obituaries

Local businessman Shepard Schwartz died peacefully on Sunday, March 5, at his home in Deep River with his beloved wife, Heather, at his side. Known as “Shep” to his friends and loved ones, he lived a dynamic, multifaceted life that began and ended in his home state of Connecticut. He was born in New Haven on November 6, 1928, the...

SWIRSKY, Sam Swirsky, 95, of Thomas St., Queensbury, NY, died Sunday, November 25, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT. He was the husband of the late Lillian (Poretz) Swirsky. Born in Glens Falls, NY, he was the son of the late Hyman and Sarah (Miller) Swirsky. Sam was the manager of Glens Falls Electric in Glens...

Ludwig Weinberger, 90, of West Hartford, husband of the late Julie (Mieses) Weinberger, passed away Tuesday (August 30, 2005) at the Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford. He was born in Vienna, Austria, on February 11, 1915, to the late Wilhelm and Alice (Furth) Weinberger. He was predeceased by a sister, Nora Weinberger Goldberger. Ludwig was a graduate of...

Thelma Shapiro, 83, of West Hartford, CT., wife of the late Donald J. Shapiro, died peacefully, Saturday, (June 25, 2011). She was born in Hartford, CT, daughter of the late Morris and Lena (Greenberg) Rodin and had lived in Longmeadow, MA prior to moving to West Hartford four years ago. Thelma was an avid reader and loved gardening. She adored...

WILLIAMS, Allan Noam “Woodie Allan” 04/01/48 - 06/26/09 Allan died peacefully Friday at home surrounded by family and devoted friends. He had pancreatic cancer. His leaving will be felt deeply across Greater Hartford and beyond by environmentalists, charitable organizations and hundreds of children and young adults who grew up under his tutelage to the outdoors and his motto of generosity:...

Milton Schwartz, 76 years of age, of Norwood Road, West Hartford, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at home with his family by his bedside. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Joseph and Gussie (Kargman) Schwartz. He graduated from Weaver High School in Hartford in 1951, and attended the University of Connecticut. He worked with...

Selma (Levine) Zorn, 89 years of age, of West Hartford, CT, died Thursday, September 13, 2012 at home. She was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1923, daughter of Phillip F. and Henrietta Alperin Levine, sister of Harry Levine (dec.). She was the loving wife of Bruce J. Zorn (dec.) for 62 years, mother of Francine Zorn Trachtenberg and her husband...

Sylvia Wendrow, 88, of West Hartford, died Thursday, May 17, 2007. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Samuel and Belle (Forman) Wendrow. Greatly loved by everyone, she leaves a brother, Manuel N. Wendrow and his wife Dora of Newington, and two sisters: Dorothy Silver of West Hartford, and Marilyn Gordon and her husband Sidney of Bloomfield; as well...

Dr. David M. Wetstone of Farmington and Boca Raton, Florida born on May 14, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York to Benjamin Wetstone and Esther Halprin Wetstone, died February 25 after a lengthy illness. David earned a BS from UCONN and a PhD in Chemistry from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army and Army Reserves. His...

Rita Lillian (Pinkes) Stein, 96 years of age, of West Hartford, died Sunday, January 11, 2015. She was the widow of Louis Stein. Born in Hartford, Rita was the daughter of the late David and Anna (Friedman) Pinkes. She was a founding member of Beth El Temple of West Hartford and was president of the Temple’s Flower Committee for several...

Ida Seplowitz, 88, died late Friday night, August 13, 2010, the victim of a series of illnesses at the Tandet Center in Stamford. Ida was born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of David and Anna Gottlieb. David was a head blacksmith for Barnum & Bailey Circus and when asked to head up the European Troop, he replied that he would never...

Sylvia (Rosenblum) Tapper, 95, of West Hartford, beloved wife of the late Samuel Tapper and daughter of the late Dr. Joseph and Dora Rosenblum, died peacefully on Wednesday, (February 14, 2007) at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford. Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1911, she was a graduate of New York University and studied for a year at...

Elliott Stern, 79, resident of Vancouver, WA died January 19, 2007 following a lengthy illness. He was formerly a resident of Bloomfield, CT and then Budd Lake, NJ. Mr. Stern was born in New York City to William and Sophie (Putzer) Stern. After service in the United States Navy during WW II, Mr. Stern worked for many years with E.J....

Jack Smith, 79 years of age, of West Hartford died peacefully on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center with his family by his side. Born in Hartford on July 2, 1930, he was the son of the late Leon and Sophie (Yalen) Smith. Jack was educated in Hartford at Hillyer College and majored in business....

Manuel (Manny) Nathan Wendrow, age 91, passed away peacefully, after a very brief stay at the Palliative Care Unit of Hartford Hospital, on Monday morning (September 1, 2014) surrounded by his loving family. Manny leaves behind two children. Sheryl Tutolo and her husband Robert, Jr, of Northfield and a son Joel Wendrow of Bristol. He is also survived by his...

TEMKIN, Sidney H. Temkin, 82, of West Hartford died Tuesday, December 26, 2006. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the Nathan and Celia (Wolozin) Temkin. He was a clerk at Temkin Drug in Hartford. He leaves his brother, Irving Temkin and his wife Natalie of West Hartford; a nephew, Mark Temkin of Denver, CO., two nieces, Eileen Mydosh...

Julius Yudkovitz, 94 years of age, of South Main St., West Hartford, CT formerly of Fair Lawn, NJ and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA, died Friday, October 1, 2010. He was the husband of the late Leah (Morris) Yudkovitz. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Morris and Minnie (Ziegler) Yudkovitz. A beloved husband, father and grandfather, he was loved...

Rachel A. Shulman, 89, of Hartford, widow of Albert H. Shulman, died on Sunday, May 4 at her home, surrounded by her family. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Anna Fleischman and Nathan Adelman. After graduating from Weaver High School (voted cutest in her class), she worked at the Hartford Courant as an executive secretary. She...

Ronald Ron’ H. Wolpoe, 71 years of age, of Bloomfield passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009. Born in Passaic, NJ, he was the son of the late Harry and Gertrude (Levin) Wolpoe. He graduated from The Watkinson School and attended Hillyer College, which is now part of the University of Hartford. He served with the Military Police in the US...

Irene Sylvia Miller Wax, 93, of West Hartford, CT, formerly of Cape Cod and Sharon, MA, passed away peacefully on October 5 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford. She leaves her daughter Laurie Wax Kleinberg and her husband Joel Kleinberg of Pasadena, CA and her son Robert Wax and his wife Susan Krell of West Hartford; five...