Obituaries

SOWALSKY, Meyer S. ‘Mickey’ Sowalsky, 89, of Brewster Rd., West Hartford died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Hartford Hospital, with his family by his bedside, after courageously battling various illnesses for several years. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Isadore and Clara (Rutchik) Sowalsky. He attended Hartford Public High School and was a U.S. Army Air...

WEINBERGER, Barry Hugh Weinberger, 69 years of age, of Liberty, NY died Friday, September 9, 2011. Born in Cleveland, OH, he was the son of the late Marvin L. Weinberger and the late Lucille (Beyer) Opas. He was the beloved husband of Regina Weinberger; and the loving brother of Joyce W. Flescher and her husband Dr. Robert Flescher of West...

Beatrice B. (Black) Solomon, 86, of West Hartford died Monday, August 3, 2009. She was the widow of George L. Solomon. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Tillie (Strutin) Black. Bea graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1940 and was employed as a billing assistant for the Elias Glass Company and as a...

oseph S. Sudarsky of Bloomfield and West Harwich, MA died last evening at the age of 94. Born August 30, 1918, he was a graduate of Weaver High School and Dartmouth College, Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He was graduated from Yale Law School in 1942, after which he enlisted and served in the infantry in World War...

Emmy Ziegelstein Weinstein of West Hartford, was born July 9, 1913 in Sterzhausen, Germany to Solly and Minna (Eisenberg) Ziegelstein. Alarmed by Hitler’s rise to power, Emmy, in 1933 at age twenty, fled Germany, urging her parents to accompany her - to no avail. Her parents’ and her grandmother were murdered in the Riga concentration camp by the Nazis. She...

Roslyn (Pivnick) Weinstein, 95 years of age, of Atlanta, GA, formerly of West Hartford, died Thursday, January 23, 2014. She was the widow of Jack Weinstein. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Emma (Noll) Pivnick. Roslyn worked for Harris-Adelberg & Strauss Insurance Agency in West Hartford until she retired. She leaves her son, Daniel...

Conrad E. Wertheim of Tamarac, Florida, and (Old Colony Beach) Old Lyme, passed away Wednesday (November 14, 2012). He was born in Hartford, on February 10, 1924, to the late Max and Vera (Vosburg) Wertheim. He was the beloved wife of Frances (Sandler) Wertheim for the past 67 years. He was a graduate of Weaver High School, class of 42...

Bertha (Sheintop) Spector, widow of Max Spector, died peacefully at home in Berlin, on Saturday, (August 9, 2008). Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Gussie Sheintop. Bertha was a graduate of Weaver High School, class of 1938. At the age of 16, Bert earned her pilot’s license and later enlisted in the WASPS -...

Michael Sudarsky, 88 years of age, died Monday, (February 18, 2013). Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late John and Minerva (Suisman) Sudarsky. Michael graduated Loomis School in 1942, Yale College, 1947 (Class 1945w) AND Columbia Law School, 1950. He served in the US Navy during World War II aboard the Destroyer Escort Willlhoite. He received the...

Adeline (Turetzky) Solomon, 92 years of age, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, April 2, 2015. She was the widow of Arthur Solomon. Born in Colchester, she was the daughter of the late Julius and Sophie (Kivel) Turetzky. Adeline, or Adge as she liked to be called, attended Bacon Academy and then Northwestern College in Willimantic where she earned her Associates Degree....

Helen (Vilanskaya) Zager, 77 years of age, of West Hartford, died Thursday, June 16, 2011. Born in the Ukraine, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Vilanskaya and Hannah Mahlina. She was the person of big soul and warm heart. Helen freely bestowed her warms, wisdom and generosity on all who knew her. She migrated with her family to...

Max I. Zetoff of West Hartford, beloved husband of 60 years to the late Irene (Dolgoruck) Zetoff, passed away at the age of 96, on Saturday, November 14, 2009, with his loving family by his side. Max was born in Brody, Poland, on November 5, 1913, son of the late Morris and Sarah (Balaban) Zetoff. He came to the United...

Alvin E. Shoham, 88 years of age, of Bloomfield died Monday, June 9, 2014 at home with his family at his bedside. Born in Windsor, he was the son of the late Samuel A. and Sarah (Stone) Shoham. Alvin was a US Army veteran who served during World War II. He was the founder of Alvin & Co. in Windsor,...

Julia (Kaskowitz) Ziff, 102, widow Samuel Ziff, died Tuesday (August 25, 2009). She was a member of the Hebrew Home and Hospital, an active volunteer at the Jewish Community Center and Brittany Farms Convalescent Home, and was a member of the Choraleers at the Jewish Community Center for many years, was also a member of Center Stage at the Jewish...

Rose (Goldfarb) Silver of West Hartford, wife of Morris D. “Moe” Silver departed this life on Thursday (August 4, 2005) at Hartford Hospital. Rose was born in Poland on August 29, 1920 to the late Meyer and Sarah (Gopin) Goldfarb. She came to Hartford as a young girl, after having lived in Toronto, Canada and Long Island, NY; and was...

SIMON, George S. H. Simon, 92, of West Hartford died Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. He was the husband of the late Ida (Robbins) Simon. Born in London, England, he was the son of the late Walter and Edith (Abrahams) Simon. He was a Royal Air Force veteran of World War II. Mr. Simon was...

Alfred P. Werbner, 90 years of age, of Manchester, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Born in Trenton, NJ, he was the son of the late David and Josephine (Zoble) Werbner. He was also predeceased by his step-mother, Edna (Raichelson) Werbner. He was a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force serving during World War II. He graduated from the University...

George L. Solomon, 85, of West Hartford, died on Wednesday, (July 11, 2007), another victim of cancer. Born in Hartford on June 28, 1922, he was the son of the late Sam and Ruth (Schneider) Solomon and the stepson of the late Rubin Baggish. He graduated from Weaver High School, Hartford in 1940 and he devoted many years to keeping...

SISSMAN, Sylvia (Levinson) Sissman, 93, of West Hartford, dearly loved daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, died peacefully at home on Thursday, April 27, 2006. A vital and generous woman who adored life, she will be sorely missed by the myriads of relatives, friends and care-givers with whom she shared time, energy unvarnished counsel and love. She was...

Myrna (Eierman) Shelton, of Silo Way, Bloomfield, died Monday, July 31, 2006. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Tobias and Rebecca (Lebofsky) Eierman. She was an active member of Beth El Temple, West Hartford, having served as Past President of its’ Sisterhood; Vice President of the Chai Society; Past Chairman of the Beth El Temple...