Obituaries

Ronni J. (Nussdorf) Singer of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of West Hartford, loving wife of Lewis A. Singer, died of complications from surgery on Friday, May 2, 2008 at Hartford Hospital surrounded by her family. She was a loving mother to three daughters and a loving grandmother to her six grandchildren. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Stella...

TOLLIN, Sarah (Gaylor) Tollin, 102, of Scott Dr., Bloomfield, died Thursday, June 6, 2007 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital. She was the widow of Harold Tollin. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Jennie (Fine) Gaylor. She was a member of the Bloomfield Senior Citizens. She leaves a daughter, Judith Tollin of East Hartford;...

I. Shirley Weiner, a resident of West Hartford CT and Palm Beach FL, passed away peacefully at her home in West Hartford on March 28th at the age of 94. She was predeceased by her loving husband Charles Weiner, with whom she shared her life for more than 75 years, and by her elder son Robert Wyner. A devoted wife,...

SOLON, Eugene Solon, a scholar, artist and wordsmith at heart, Eugene Rosen Solon was born April 29th, 1925 in Hartford. Son to Max and Bella and older brother to Dorothy, Yeinkel, as Gene was known, welcomed every aspect of life and sought to experience, absorb and embrace all he could. Following high school, Yeinkel enlisted in the Army during WWII,...

Ira Jay Zinkerman passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at Hartford Hospital. Mr. Zinkerman was the son of Shirley and the late Howard Zinkerman. He was a resident of West Hartford for most of his life. Besides his mother, he is survived by his four brothers: Raymond and his wife Shelley and their sons David and Eric of Newington,...

Morris Toyen, 94, of Delray Beach, FL, formerly of Avon and Canton, died Friday, April 20, 2007 at Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, FL. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Samuel and Sophie (Schwartz) Toyen. He was a foreman for Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies before he retired. He leaves his wife, Dora...

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...