Obituaries

Miriam (Baidack) Tankle, 83, of Tunxis Ave., Bloomfield, widow of Norton Tankle, died Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Myron E. and Anna (Stroh) Baidack. She was a graduate of Weaver High School, Hartford, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She was a former member of Beth Hillel...

WINTHROP, Marilyn (Peck) Winthrop, 83 years of age, of Dedham, MA, formerly of West Hartford, died Friday, April 22, 2011. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Minnie (Rosenthal) Peck. Marilyn graduated from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. She was a music teacher before becoming a kindergarten teacher. She...

SISKIN, Nellie (Sattar) Siskin, 102, of Newington, died Saturday, December 30, 2006. She was the widow of Reuben Siskin. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ada Lena (Berkowitz) Sattar. Nellie was a life member of Congregation B?nai Sholom of Newington. She was a volunteer at the Jefferson House in Newington and she received an...

Caryn Renee Woodward moved on to her next life on Nov 29. 2022. She shared this life as the daughter of Gerald and Millie Bodian, sistered her brothers Keith (Susan), Larry (Heidi), and Rick (Gisella), and guided her love Edward P. She nurtures her children Emily-Kevin, Jacob and Brendon-Katie so they too could provide their artistic love to the world...

Joseph Spielman, 91, of 1 Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, CT died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. He was predeceased by his wife Evelyn, and was formerly married to Hermine (Gutlohn) Spielman. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Morris and Rachel (Goldfarb) Spielman. He graduated from Amherst College, Class of...

L. LeRoy Wasserzug, loving and beloved husband, father, grandfather, father-in-law and friend died Tuesday, February 11, 2014. He was 86. LeRoy was born in Mount Vernon, NY and grew up in the Bronx. He graduated early from DeWitt Clinton High School to enlist in the Army in World War II. After the war, LeRoy graduated from Hunter College, where he...

On February 13th 2014, six days shy of her ninety fifth birthday Charlotte’s spirit was set free to once again dance with her beloved Raymond, hug her sister Rhoda Marcus and kiss the cheeks of her mother and father Sam and Mae Levy. Charlotte’s family will be forever blessed by the love, encouragement and guidance she bestowed upon them. Her...

Stephanie (Murphy) Sherber, 49, of Woodmont Road, Avon, died Sunday, September 24, 2006. Born in Hempstead, NY, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mildred (Stebel) Murphy. Stephanie was a graduate of Vassar College receiving a BA in Economics, and graduated from the London School of Economics where she received a Masters Degree in Economics. She went on...

Thelma “Temmie” (Goldberg) Stone-Magun, 96, of Allentown, PA, formerly of West Hartford and Colchester, CT passed away on Monday September 1, 2014. Born on November 13, 1917, in Willimantic, CT, she was the daughter of Daniel “Zaydel” and Rose Luchnick Goldberg of Colchester, CT. Temmie grew up in Colchester attending public schools and graduating from Bacon Academy where she was...

ZACHS, Mary (Hyman) Zachs, 97, of West Hartford, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. She was the widow of Edward Zachs. Born in Monticello, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harris and Tillie Hyman. She was a supporter of and contributor to many philanthropic organizations. She leaves her son, Theodore L. Zachs and...

Friends and family of Stanley M. Wiesen, 93, mourn his loss on September 20, 2013 in West Hartford. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Sue M. and I. Edward Wiesen. As a youth, Stanley was very athletic and enjoyed summers at Camp Moween in CT. The camaraderie and character-building of those years so impressed these...

Esther (Stoltz) Stone, 90, of Bloomfield, widow of Bernard Stone, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Born in New Britain on October 22, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mamie (Levine) Stoltz. She leaves two sons: Louis Stone of Bloomfield, and Paul Stone and his wife Elizabeth of Florida; two daughters: Marilyn Ristow and her husband David...

Richard Steven White of North Steele Road, West Hartford passed away on Friday (November 9, 2007), at the age of 55 after a brief illness. Rick graduated from Case Western Reserve University, Boston University School of Law, and was a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, a member of MENSA, and recipient of many awards and honors over the years....

STERNSCHEIN, Annette ( Dubitsky) Sternschein, 98, of Sky View Dr., West Hartford died Sunday, September 2, 2007 at home. She was the widow of Hugo Sternschein, and was predeceased by her granddaughter, Rachel Michelle Sternschein. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Ida Dubitsky. She was a member of Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh in...

Ruth Steinman, 88, wife of the late Louis Steinman, passed away peacefully on Tuesday (August 8 , 2006) at Kimbery Hall Convalescent Home from the ravages of old age. A gentle and spiritual person, at home in the world of nature and ideas, Ruth echewed the values of materialist society to live a life of service to others, books and...

Clara (Miller) Weiss passed away on May 18, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was 102 years old. Born in New Britain to Nathan and Celia Miller, Clara went to local schools and attended Columbia University’s School of Oral Hygene where she obtained certification as a dental hygienist in 1929. She worked briefly as a dental hygienist in New York before...

Alfred Weisel died Thursday night, August 19, 2010, while on vacation in Scranton, PA, surrounded by family members. Born in 1920, in the village of Mikev, near Sighet, Romania, he was the first child of the late Nathan and Gussie Wiesel. As a young child, he immigrated to the United States and was raised in the Bronx, NY. Dr. Weisel...

SCHOR, Genia (Tannenbaum) Schor, 82, of Hammick Rd., West Hartford and Boynton Beach, FL, died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. Born in Poland, she was the daughter of the late Moishe and Rachel Tannenbaum. Genia was a Holocaust Survivor. She was a member of Beth David Synagogue in West Hartford, a life-member of Hadassah,...

Charles Weiner of West Hartford and Palm Beach, Florida, beloved husband of Shirley Rubin Weiner, his cherished wife of 73 years, passed away on Sunday morning (June 9, 2013) at the age of 93. He was president of Weiner’s Clothes, the firm begun by his father Julius in 1927. The company was hugely popular throughout the greater Hartford area until...

Eleanor (Brightman) Witkower, 85, of Craigmoor Road, West Hartford, widow of Bernard Witkower, died Sunday, August 21, 2005. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Ida (Schultz) Brightman. Along with her husband, she was a founding member of Beth El Temple of West Hartford, and a founding member of Cliffside Country Club, now known as...