Obituaries

Florence Weil of Sudbury, MA, formerly of West Hartford, widow of Nathan Weil died Sunday (May 28, 2006). She is survived by a son Michael Weil and his wife Nancy of Peterborough, NH; two sisters, Xena Cofelice, Marlboro, MA, Dottie Murphy, Framingham, MA; two grandchildren, Jessica Weil, Michael Weil. She was predeceased by a son Jeffrey Weil. Funeral services will...

STEINGARD, Sandra ?Sandy? (Smuckler) Steingard, 64 years of age, of Bonita Springs, FL and Avon, CT, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family and friends, Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. Born November 13, 1944 in Bridgeport, CT, Sandy was the daughter of the late Roberta Smuckler Bauer Wolper and Bernard Smuckler. She was a...

Ernest White of West Hartford and Bloomfield died Saturday, January 26, 2008. Born in Quincy, MA, November 15, 1918, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Gertrude (Dubitsky) White. He moved to Hartford in 1920 and graduated Weaver High School in 1936. He attended Trinity College Class of 1940, and was active in track, soccer, and recipient of...

Joseph Skal, 63, of Kimberly Rd., Newington died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at New Britain General Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Arthur and Erma (Brown) Skal. He was a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He leaves his wife, Carol (Segal) Skal; a son, Ira Skal of Newington; a daughter, Robbin Antonnuci and...

STONE, Sheldon M. Sheldon M. Stone, of Bloomfield, beloved husband of the late Avis (Rome) Stone, died Sunday (November 14, 2010) after a long illness. Born on May 26, 1929, he was the son of the late Henry and Anna (Bronstein) Stone and brother of the late Bennett E. Stone. He graduated from Weaver High School and UCONN and was...

Walter J. Vogel, 82, of Chatfield Dr., West Hartford, husband of the late Naomi (Gaberman) Vogel, died at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center on Thursday, October 5, 2006. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Jacob S. and Nina (Walter) Vogel. He attended Noah Webster School in Hartford, and graduated from Hall High School, West Hartford,...

Morris Stoltz, 92 years of age, of Newington passed away peacefully on December 29th. He was born July, 21, 1922 in Hartford, and was the son of the late Charles and Mamie ( Levine) Stoltz. Pre-deceased was his wife Henrietta (Tannenbaum) Stoltz, his life-long partner of 67 years. His brothers, Bernie, Harry, Sam Stoltz, and sister Esther Stone pre-deceased him....

Louis Stein of Kirkwood Rd., West Hartford, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 95 years of age. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Harry and Elizabeth (Gendler) Stein. Lou graduated from Weaver High School in 1932 where he won The Oration Prize for his graduation address. In 1936 he graduated from Trinity College ....

TRESKE, Ida “Betty” Ida “Betty” Treske, 100+, a resident of Haborside at the Reservoir in West Hartford, formerly of Bloomfield and Hartford passed Friday (November 7, 2008). Born in Hartford in the early 1900’s. She married Arthur Treske and worked for the State of CT in the Toxicology Lab after he passed away. When she retired in the 70’s, she...

Philip Zieky, 86 years of age, who resided in Delray Beach, FL, formerly of West Hartford, CT, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. He was the husband of the late Evelyn (Grobard) Zieky. Born in East Windsor, CT, he was the son of the late Max and Anna (Markman) Zieky. He was a US Army...

Paul G. Sussman, 81, of New Britain and Pompano Beach, FL. died on Saturday, (October 21, 2006). Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Julius Benjamin Sussman and Lena Rose (Koppel) Sussman. He graduated New Britain High School in 1943, when he went into the Army and served the 82nd Combat Engineers for two and one-half,(2 1/2)...

Donna M. (Podhayny) Zieky, 61 years of age, of East Hampton, formerly of Glastonbury and Marlborough, beloved wife of 40 years to Eliott Zieky, surrounded by her family passed away on Friday July 11, 2014 after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Edna (Maetzing) Podhayny. Donna...

Michael D. Steinberg, 77 years of age, of East Hartford, died Sunday, January 4, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband for 35 years of the late Andrea (Glick) Steinberg. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Samuel and Lillian (Levine) Steinberg. Michael worked for the Department of Transportation for the State...

Jonathan J. Weil, 51 of Middletown died Monday, December 22, 2008. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Morris D. and Pauline (Landerman) Weil. Jon was a District Engineer for the Department of Transportation, State of CT. He leaves his brother, Leonard Weil and his wife Pat of Simsbury; his sister, Roberta Weil of Fort Pierce, FL;...

Grete (Simon) Spanier, 93 years of age, of Worcester, MA, formerly of West Hartford, CT, died Thursday, (February 28, 2013) at the Jewish Healthcare Center, Worcester, MA. She was the widow of Edward Erwin Spanier. Born in Germany, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Meta (Blumenfeld) Simon. Grete was a member of Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom of Bloomfield,...

Rosa (Erbesfeld) Shields died peacefully on January 15, 2013. Rosa was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in1919 to Chana and Itzak Erbesfeld. She was the youngest of three daughters. In 1921, Rosa arrived at Ellis Island with her family. She spent her childhood growing up in Washington Heights, NY until at age 13, her family moved to Joplin, MO where she...

TELLER, Norma (Pessin) Teller, 90, of West Hartford died Friday, November 24, 2006. She was the widow of Louis Teller. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late David and Fannie (Silverman) Pessin and step-daughter of the late Celia (Goldberg) Pessin. She was a member of the Emanuel Synagogue of West Hartford. She was a long time member...

Hanna J. Ticotsky, 98, beloved wife of the late Samuel Ticotsky, passed away Saturday, (April 5, 2014). Daughter of the late Isadore and Esther Jacobs. Hanna grew up with her brother and sister in Waterbury, moved to New Haven following her marriage to Sam and then to the Hartford area after WWII. Hanna and Sam both worked at Connecticut General...

SHAFIR, Michael Shafir, 68 years of age, of South Windsor, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully with his family at his side early on Sunday, September 13, 2009. He was born in the former Soviet Union on May 2, 1941, son of Bella Shafir (Gitman) and Yosef Shafir. Michael came to the United States in January 1978 with his wife and...

Bert Shampain, 88 years of age, of West Hartford, died at home on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Lillian (Salow) Shampain and by his second wife, Sylvia (Cohen) Klau Shampain. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Samuel and Caroline (Goldberg) Shampain. He was a US Army veteran...