Obituaries

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...

Saul Simon, 84, long-time West Hartford, CT resident and former President of Plastic Distributors, Inc., passed away at Mayview Rehabilitation Home in Raleigh on February 22. Mr. Simon was born in Hartford, CT on Sept 20, 1921. He spent most of his childhood in Providence, RI, but returned to Hartford, CT after service in the Pacific during World War II....

Alfred Tager, 81 years of age, of Seabury Dr., Bloomfield, died Monday, July 11, 2011. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Max and Sarah (Gorban) Tager. He was predeceased by his wife Evelyn (Perler) Tager. He was the owner of Tager Insurance, Farmington Ave., Hartford and retired in 1989. He was the Treasurer for many years...

SHECHTMAN, Mary (Jackowitz) Shechtman, 98, of West Hartford, formerly of Hartford died Friday, March 23, 2007. She was the widow of Harry Shechtman. Born in Hudson, NY, she was the daughter of Hyman and Rebecca (Handler) Jackowitz. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 26, 2007 at 10:00 AM at Share Torah Lodge Cemetery, Tower Ave., Hartford. Arrangements are entrusted...

Seymour S. Seymour S. Shifreen, of West Hartford died Sunday (July 24, 2005). He was born in Brooklyn, NY and was formerly of New York City, NY and New London before moving to West Hartford. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the Merchant Marine. He was a member of Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh, Whitestone Hebrew Center...

Evelyn Sherry, 92, of Ocean Avenue, West Haven, formerly of West Hartford, died Thursday, October 20, 2005. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Myer and Sarah (Feldstein) Sherry. She was a former member of Beth David Synagogue, West Hartford, a Life Member of Hadassah, a member of the American Jewish Congress, and of the AMC Cancer...

Sheila (Schechtman) Weinberg, 80 years of age, of West Hartford, CT, died Thursday, January 1, 2015. She was the widow of Jack Lewis Weinberg. As newborns, Sheila and her future husband Jack were in the Hartford Hospital maternity ward at the same time, (as The Blizzard of ’34 raged outside). They were engaged at Tanglewood and married at Beth El...

Estelle Swilling, a long time resident of Bloomfield, CT, died Thursday, February 26 after a long struggle with various chronic illnesses. Born in Hartford, CT in 1933, she graduated from Weaver High School where she met her beloved husband of 53 years, Gerald, who died in 2006. She completed her BA in English as an adult student in 1978. She...

Anna Bornstein Wunderman, of Steele Rd., West Hartford, born June 4, 1916, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Anna was a first generation American. Her parents emigrated from Poland to New York in the early 1900’s. Her mother, Jenny Bornstein, worked as a cook in a local restaurant in Brooklyn, NY. Her father was a traveling salesman who sold tailor’s supplies....

Bernard Shectman, 87, of West Hartford, son of the late Nathan Shectman and Tillie Shectman Zlochiver, died Friday, (August 11, 2006). He was a manufacturers representative for the automobile industry traveling the New England states and New York. He leaves his companion of many years, Phyllis Mercadante of West Hartford. He was a member of Level Lodge #137 A.F. &...

David Morton Sheketoff, 91, passed away on November 10, 2012. He was born on May 2, 1921, to Maurice and Bessie (Hurewitz) Sheketoff. David was married to Lois (Dworsky) for 67 years. He leaves behind his daughter Arlene, his son Robert, his daughter-in-law Alicia, his granddaughters Julia and Rachel, his sister Judith Zaluda, his siblings-in-law Selma Sheketoff, Barbara and Alan...

Harry A. Volvovitz, 85, of Brightview Dr., West Hartford, husband for 60 years of Roslyn (Fruchtman) Volvovitz, died Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Born in Feketa Ordoe, Czechoslovakia, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mollie (Moses) Volvovitz. He came to Connecticut with his mother in 1931 following after his father. He attended Weaver...