Obituaries

Miriam Witkin, 82 years of age from New Britain, Ct. formerly of Danielson, died Saturday, March 1, 2014. Born in Pawtucket, R.I., she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Clara Everett. She leaves her stepdaughter, Leslie Knudsen, of Venice, Florida, her grandson, Erik Knudsen and his wife Olivia, and her great-granddaughter, Kapri Jolie Knudsen also of Venice, Florida....

Her family wishes to celebrate the life of Lois Kaufman Strauss. She was a woman of talents that the family wishes to share. She had just celebrated, on last Friday, the 62nd anniversary of her marriage to Mervyn Strauss. She was a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and love of Merv’s life. She was the daughter of Karl Kaufman and...

Isabel T. Levine Singer, 80, of South Windsor, died Saturday, (September 13, 2008), with her family by her side. She was pre-deceased by her beloved husband William. She is survived by her children Robert of West Hartford, Don and his wife Valerie of West Simsbury, Debra Friedman and her husband Alan of Avon, Lisa Sandler and her husband Mark, David...

SHOLOVITZ, Dinah (Davis) Sholovitz, 94, of West Hartford, died Thursday, April 13, 2006. She was the widow of Max Sholovitz. Born in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Rebecca (Goldsmith) Davis. Mrs. Sholovitz was a member of Beth Hillel Synagogue in Bloomfield, the Sisterhood of the Synagogue, the Auxiliary of the Hebrew Home & Hospital,...

SCHUMACHER, Bruce Schumacher, 65 years of age, of West Hartford passed away, with his family by his side, on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital, West Hartford. Born in Brooklyn, New York April 20th 1944, he was the son of the late Jules Schumacher and the late Esther Goldner Schumacher. Bruce attended Baldwin Senior High School...

VENDETTE, Barbara A. (Schlar) Vendette, 67, of South Windsor, died Sunday, July 13, 2008. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Max C. and Madeline Schlar. Barbara worked for the Travelers Insurance Co. before she retired. She leaves her brother, Sherman K. Schlar of West Hartford; her niece, Debra Schlar; and her nephew, Jered Schlar. Funeral services...

Alfred “Al” Sherman, 89, of West Hartford died Wednesday, (November 28, 2007) in Hartford Hospital. Al was a passionate VNA Hospice volunteer and advocate for many years, most recently in Hartford Hospital. He was pre-deceased by his wife of 44 yrs, Ethel. He leaves his daughter, Katherine Travers and her husband, Peter; their daughter, Erica Travers Martell and her husband,...

Harvey M. White, 73, of Avondale Road, West Hartford died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Joan (Michelson) White who died October 28, 2005. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late William and Claire (Lansing) White. Harvey graduated from Hall High School in West Hartford...

Leah (Morris) Yudkovitz, 87 of South Main St., West Hartford, formerly of Fairlawn, NJ and Scranton, PA, died Monday (November 19, 2007). Born in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Katie (Kessler) Morris. A beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, she was loved by all who knew her. Leah was actively involved for over 40 years...

Sally J. (Sarah) Wagner of Bloomfield, devoted wife of Judge Jerry Wagner for 62 years; daughter of the late Attorney Maxwell and Raye Hurvitz, died on February 26, 2013. Sally grew up in the West End of Boston, attended Girls High School and Massachusetts School of Art, and pursued a career as a commercial fashion illustrator in Washington D.C. and...

Maxwell Uffer, 86 years of age, of Henley Way, West Hartford, died Sunday, January 30, 2011. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Harry and Ida (Miller) Uffer. He was a US Navy Veteran of World War II. He leaves his son, Michael Uffer and his wife Debra Salomon of Brooklyn, NY; his daughter Susan Clancy...

Melvin Stoner, 81 years of age, of Bloomfield, formerly of West Hartford, died Monday, June 28, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in New London, he was the son of the late David and Dorothy (Goldstein) Stoner. Mel graduated from the University of Connecticut and from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He was a founder of Stoner, Gross,...

Milton Stone, 89 years of age, of Newington, CT for over 40 years, passed away on August 12, 2010. He was pre-deceased by his wife Anne Cooper Stone. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Joseph and Bella (Hurwitz) Stone. Milton was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving on the USS Buchanan during WWII. He worked for the...

Lawrence Tattenbaum, beloved husband, father, grandfather and uncle passed away on November 26, 2009. Larry was a graduate of Brandeis ’54, Harvard M.B.A. ’58. Korean War veteran. Owner, President, and C.E.O. of Lamp Fair Incorporated. Director of Special Events at Boston’s Jordan Marsh. Vice President Verplex Lighting Corp. Founder and VP of American Home Lighting Association, Showroom Division. President, TLT...

Felix Wald of Falls Road, Moodus, husband Anne (Finkel) Kent Wald died Saturday, (August 25, 2007) at home. He was predeceased by his first wife Lillian Wald. He was an army veteran of World War II. A member of Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek. A member of the Moodus Grange, the Jewish War Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He...

TUMARKIN, Nancy (Birnbaum) Tumarkin, 52, of Peabody, MA, died Sunday, August 6, 2006. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of Myron B. and Lillian (Silver) Birnbaum of New Britain. Besides her parents she leaves two sisters, Iris Burkat and her husband Howard of Scarsdale, NY, and Joan Krasnoo and her husband James of Andover, MA. She also leaves...

Roselyn (Landerman) Zola, 86 years of age, of West Hartford, died Friday March 30, 2012. She was the widow of Samuel N. Zola. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Fanny (Lurie) Landerman, pre-deceased by her much loved older brothers, Paul Landerman and James Landerman. Roselyn worked for SNET until she retired in 1983 after...

Rose R. ?Roz? (Jaffee) Taylor, 86, passed away at her New Haven home on July 6, 2008. The daughter of the late Barnett and Ida (Mopsic) Jaffee, she was born in Norwich, and raised in Hartford. Her husband, Philip L. Taylor, predeceased her. She leaves behind her beloved and devoted son, Robert Taylor and his wife Jenny, of New York...

Dora Cornell Wendrow passed away peacefully, at her home in Newington, on Tuesday afternoon (August 20, 2013), after a very brief illness, surrounded by her loving family. Dora leaves behind her adoring husband, Manuel “Manny” Wendrow, of 58 cherished years. They met at a resort in the Catskills in 1955. It would be a story retold over the years countless...

Dorothy Ruth Wendrow Silver of the Hebrew Home and formerly of Starkel Road in West Hartford died on May 19, just four days before her 94th birthday. She was born May 23, 1916 in New Britain, the daughter of Belle and Samuel Wendrow. She was the eldest of five children. She attended Hartford Schools. In 1940 she married William Silver....