Obituaries

Jean (Greenberg) Trigg, 91, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Simsbury, widow of Vincent P. Trigg, died peacefully on Thursday, May 25, 2006 at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, after a several month illness. Her husband Vinnie had passed away in 1995 after almost 59 years of marriage. Born in Albany NY, she was the daughter of the...

Henrietta (Tannenbaum) Stoltz, 87 years of age, of Newington passed away peacefully on October 30th. She was Born on December 22, 1926 in Columbia CT, and was the daughter of Abraham and Molly Tannenbaum. Survived by Morris Stoltz, her life long partner and husband of 67 years. Her sisters Mary Banner and Gussie Kramberg, and brother Irving Tannenbaum pre-deceased her....

ZUCKERMAN, Lila R. (Lustig) of Needham and formerly of Bloomfield Connecticut, 88, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Beloved wife of the late Irving I. Zuckerman. A native New Yorker, PHI BETA KAPPA graduate of City College, one of the original Weight Watchers lecturers under the founder Jean Nidetch, an accountant for CIGNA, senior volunteer at the Bloomfield Senior...

Marjorie (Gaber) Simon of Geraldine Dr., Coventry, beloved wife of Theodor (Ted) Simon, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Born in Winsted, Marge was a long time resident of West Hartford until she and Ted moved to an apartment which their son Eric Simon built for them adjacent to his home in Coventry five years ago. Marge graduated from Flower Fifth...

Irving J. White, 78, of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of West Hartford, died Sunday, July 17th in Florida. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Aaron and Lucy (Isaacson) White. He was a Korean War Veteran of the US Merchant Marines. He had worked for Channel 30 in the 1960’s in merchandising. He had been the owner...

Richard H. Sherman, 72, of Alexandra, VA., died suddenly Monday October 22. He was born in Hartford, the son of the late George J. and Lottie Kovarsky Sherman. He was raised in West Hartford and was a graduate of Hall High School and the University of Connecticut. Richard retired from the Air Force with the rank of Colonel and he...

Ruth Sudarsky Wortman of Manchester, CT previously of West Hartford, passed away Monday, March 31 at the age of 93. Born on May 21,1920, she was a graduate of Weaver High School and the University of Connecticut. As a Registered Dietitian Ruth worked for St Francis Hospital, was Chief Dietitian at Springfield Hospital and taught nutrition at The New Britain...

Lena (Rubenstein) Steinberg, 95, of West Hartford, widow of Samuel Steinberg, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Esther Rubenstein. She leaves a son, Eugene Steinberg and his wife Roberta of Tallahassee, FL, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM...

TRIEBER, Albee M. Trieber, 88 years of age, of West Hartford died Saturday, October 9, 2010. He was the loving husband of the late Laura (Levy) Trieber. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Harry and Anne (Polski) Trieber. Albee was a US Army Air Corps Veteran of World War II. He helped revolutionize the rapid replacement...

Richard Steier, father, grandfather, businessman and philanthropist died on February 9th. He was born July 17th 1914. Richard Steier was predeceased by his loving wife of almost 70 years, Eleanor. Richard is survived by his four children and their spouses: Mark and Holly Steier, Rod and Elena Steier, Cindy Steier and her husband Glen Briden, and Dan and Lisa Steier;...

Marcia (Kaplan) Sisitsky of Tabor Circle, West Hartford, widow of Harold Sisitsky, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at home. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of the late Samuel L. and Ethel (Marcus) Kaplan. She was a member of the Emanuel Synagogue of West Hartford. She leaves two daughters: Deena G. Sisitsky and her husband Hiro Hara of...

ZACHARY M WELLINS (Zak) Zak Wellins, 34, of Wethersfield overcame his battle with cancer on August 27, 2005 to go on to be with his dad, Howard, who predeceased him on October 13, 1989. Zak was born September 23, 1970 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio where he lived until moving to West Hartford in 1976. He attended Hall High School in...

Sharon Bernice Steinberg, nee Yusba, aged 61, passed away in Hartford, CT on December 23, 2007 after a long battle with cancer. She is survived by her mother Hannah Yusba of Brooklyn, NY; her son Casey Steinberg of Amherst, MA; and her sister Roberta Yusba of San Francisco, CA. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Sharon lived in Monterey, MA and West...

Henry J. Yancovich, 82 years of age, of Hartford, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Hartford Hospital. . He was the beloved husband of Ruth (Fallmann) Yancovich for 42 years. Born in Bucharest, Romania, he was the son of the late Isidor and Ottilia (Weiss) Iancovici. Henry was an investment analyst for the City of Hartford. He was a member...

Lawrence (Larry) Sobel, who always challenged us to think and never failed to make us laugh, passed away May 20, 2012. His sense of humor, enduring friendships, intense dedication to being a clinical pharmacist and his caring concern for those he served will be remembered by those he has left behind way too soon. Larry was a doting husband to...

Grace G. (Jaffe) Thierfeld, 79, of West Hartford, devoted and loving wife of the late Gunther Thierfeld, passed away at home on Friday, (December 16, 2005), after a long illness. She was born to the late Louis and Lillian (Levine) Jaffe in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on November 30, 1926. Grace lived in West Hartford during her entire adult life. She was...

YAFFA, Agnes “Val” (Minlionica), of Newington, beloved wife of Irv Yaffa, died from her injuries sustained in an auto accident at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford on Monday (June 26, 2006). Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Theresa (Asaro) Minlionica. Val was an entertainer/singer who traveled the world entertaining our troops in USO...

Dr. Harold D. Toubman, 85, of West Hartford, died Monday (May 5, 2008), at St. Francis Hospital. He was the husband of the late Lenore (Gorelick) Toubman. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Morris and Lena (Rosen) Toubman. Harold was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Dental School. He was...

Mollie R. (Manekofsky) Sherman, 88, of West Hartford, formerly of Wethersfield, died Saturday, (May 17, 2008). She was the wife of the late David Sherman. Born in Boston, MA., she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Bessie (Kaufman) Manekofsky. She was an Executive Administrative Assistant for many years at Veeder-Root. She was a life member of Hadassah. She...

Jennie (Solomson) Zuman, 99 years of age, passed away peacefully Tuesday (May 3rd, 2011) at La Posada in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. She was born July 9, 1911, daughter of Rachel and Samuel Solomson, in Hartford, where she resided for 96 years. Voted sweetest in her graduating class at Hartford High, until her death she was a loving person to...