Obituaries

Edwin B. Shore, beloved husband of Priscilla G. Shore, passed away on January 27, 2014 at John Dempsey Hospital after a brief illness. Born on February 25, 1930 to Martin and Lillian Schlosberg in Boston, MA, Ed attended Boston Latin, then received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1951 and a M.A. from UConn the following year. He worked for...

Sonia Miller Strouse, 82 years of age, of New Milford, formerly of Bloomfield, passed away Sunday, (June 27, 2010). Born in Norwich, CT, she was the eldest daughter of the late Joseph and Bertha (Kenig) Miller. Sonia taught at the Burnside Elementary School in East Hartford during the early 1950s, as well as being a substitute teacher in the Bloomfield...

Miriam “Mimi” Wachtel (Gellman), 90 years of age, of Surfside, FL and West Hartford, CT, formerly of Brooklyn, NY, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015. She was the widow of Frederick R. Wachtel. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Olga (Warshaw) Gellman. She was in the first graduating class of Lafayette High School,...

Abraham Zimmerman, 87 of Ormond Beach, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 16th, surrounded by his loved ones at the Hospice Center in Ormond Beach, FL. Born July 18th, 1920 in Poland to the late Isadore and Channa Zimmerman, the oldest of three sons, Mr. Zimmerman moved to New York in 1947 then lived in Connecticut for several years where...

Evelyn Shimelman Zeman, 94, of West Hartford, wife of the late William Saxe Zeman, died June 16, 2008. Born in Hartford, August 15, 1913, she was the daughter of Abraham and Bessie (Greenberg) Shimelman. She was educated in the Hartford public schools, and graduated as valedictorian of her Weaver High School class of 1931. She received her B.A. from Wellesley...

Neal Joel Zimmerman, AIA, of West Hartford, CT died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital after a lengthy and valiant battle with metastatic angiosarcoma. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Richard and Rose (Berkowitz) Zimmerman. He was 64. Loving and devoted husband of Leann Sherman Zimmerman; beloved father of Stacey...

Frances (Slavkin) Weil, 75, of Mills Lane, Bloomfield, widow of William Weil, died Thursday, October 6, 2005. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Esther (Dember) Slavkin. She was a Cigna employee for over 20 years. She leaves a daughter, Barbara Terry and her husband Peter of East Hartland; two grandchildren: Veronica Terry and Paul...

Harry (Pop) Zelman (101) died peacefully on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. He was the husband of the late Lillian (Rosen) Zelman. Born in Nashelsk, Poland on August 20, 1908 to the late Chaim and Baila (Richman) Zelmanowitz, he came to the United States with his family through Ellis Island in 1921. Harry and Lillian were partners in life and business...

SCHNEIDER, Paul S. Schneider, 73 years of age, of Bethany, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Born in The Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late David and Rose (Zimmerman) Schneider. He was an engineer with Norden Systems, a subsidiary of United Technologies before he retired. Paul was the beloved husband of Sandra (Koppel) Schneider; loving father of Daniel...

Rakhil Shelom, D.D.S., 73 years of age, of Hoboken, NJ, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Born in the USSR, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Bronya (Albert) Shelom. She leaves her son, Michael Shelby of West Hartford, CT; and her grandchildren Nika and Ryan Shelby. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 11:00 AM...

Wendy J. Sweedler, 67 years of age, of West Hartford died Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Born in New Haven, she was the daughter of Ruth (Rosen) Sweedler of West Hartford and the late Nathan B. Sweedler. Wendy had many computer certifications and was employed by many local insurance companies. Of late, she was a sales associates at Kohl’s in Canton....

Dr. Marvin S. Sills, 89, of Ashlar Village, Wallingford, beloved husband for 60 years, to the late Natalie (Poorvu) Sills. Born in Malden, MA May 3, 1923, he was the son of the late Lewis and Flora (Glanz) Silverman. He attended Boston University and received his Doctor of Optometry from the Massachusetts School of Optometry. He moved to West Hartford...

Amy Friedman Vogel, 59, of Bloomfield, CT formerly of West Hartford, loving wife, mother, aunt and sister died surrounded by family on June 27 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. The youngest of five children, Amy was born in Philadelphia, PA and spent her childhood growing up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and Westfield, New Jersey before going off to college...

Charles Allen Stone, 61, of Boca Raton, FL. Beloved son of Harold & Estelle Stone (deceased), loving brother of Richard (deceased), and Caron Stone Alderman (Norman). Uncle to Jason (Suzie) Alderman and Ian (Rachel) Alderman. Adoring great uncle to Ellie & Max Alderman. Chuck or “Chas” as he was called by his friends was a graduate of Rockville High and...

Selma White, 88, of West Hartford died Friday, July 25, 2008 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Lucy (Isaacson) White. Selma was in customer relations for over 25 years at Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Hartford. She was a life-long member of the Emanuel Synagogue of West...

STEIN, Morrie Stein, of West Hartford, beloved husband of Ruth, devoted, loving and proud father, father-in law and grandpa of Barry, Regan, Daniel & Jason; Steven, Shirin, Nicola & Jenna; Laurence, Carla, Justin, Adam & Robbie, passed away April 14th, following an illness bravely and courageously fought. He will forever be remembered for his loving gentle kindness, caring devotion to...

Dorothy H. Shapiro, of Avon and formerly of West Hartford, passed away peacefully on Friday (February 11, 2011). Born in Hartford, the daughter of the late Abraham and Fanny Novarr Shapiro, Dorothy was a retired manager at the Travelers Insurance Company, having been employed for 46 years. She is survived by her sister-in-law Elynore R. Shapiro, two beloved nephews, Scott...

Dorothy Claire (Burkowsky) Selinger, 77 years of age, of West Hartford, formerly of Manchester, died Thursday, February 28, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Esther (Kleinman) Burkowsky. She was a word processor for the Hartford Insurance Group and CT Mutual. Dorothy was a member of Beth Sholom B’nai Israel in Manchester and...

Solomon I. Yazmer of West Hartford died Sunday, August 31, 2014 at the age of 92. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 54 years Sylvia (Kotovsky) Yazmer. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Samuel and Sadie Yazmer. Sol was a loving and devoted husband, father, papa, uncle, and friend. He served in the US...

SODOKOFF, Sylvia (Heffler) Sodokoff, 98, of Chatfield Dr., West Hartford, CT, died Sunday, September 2, 2007. She was the widow of Louis A. Sodokoff. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Dora Heffler. She leaves a son, Howard Sodokoff and his wife Lois of Palm City, FL; a daughter, Nancy Kursman of Avon,...