Obituaries

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,...

Rose (Novick) Schwartz of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, widow of Alexander Schwartz, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Louis and Sarah Novick. She was a volunteer for the Alzheimer?s Association. She leaves a son: Mark Schwartz and his wife Katherine of Old Saybrook; a daughter: Faith Bleesz and her husband Raymond of Edwards,...

TABATSKY, Irene (Abramovitz) Tabatsky, 81, of Parker St., Manchester died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Manchester Memorial Hospital. She was the widow of Cantor Israel Tabatsky. Born in Norristown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Israel and Lillian (Ungerleider) Abramovitz. Irene graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and did some graduate work. She taught home economics at...

Raymond Wice, 94, of Farmington, passed away Tuesday, (March 5), at UCONN Medical Center with loving family by his side. He leaves his wife Charlotte Levy Wice to whom he was married for 72 wonderful years. Ray was the son of Suzie Katz Wice and Benjamin Wice; and leaves two brothers, Marshall (Maish) and Sumner (Jackie) Wice, his son Michael...

Phyllis (Spalter) Schuster, 87, of Boca Raton,FL, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 4, 2007 in Boca Raton. Born February 16, 1920 in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Sarah Apter Spalter. Phyllis was married to the late Paul ?Pinny? Schuster for over 60 years and was always at his side throughout their wonderful marriage together....

Beatrice Jaffe Schulman, 98, daughter of the late Nathan and Mary Jaffe of Lebanon, CT, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015. Beatrice was predeceased by her beloved husband, George Schulman, and their infant son, Mark Allen, as well as sisters Molly, Lena and Hannah, and brother Milton. Beatrice is survived by her loving son, Myron Schulman and his wife,...

SIEGEL, Seena Siegel, of Hillside Avenue, East Hartford, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at home. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Rose (Kaufman) Siegel. She leaves a sister, Beatrice Siegel Sack of Sharon, MA; and two brothers, Paul Siegel of Blacksburg, VA, and Saul Siegel of CA. Funeral services will be held TODAY, Wednesday,...

Jodi M. (Singer) Schwab, 55 years of age, of West Hartford died Thursday, August 28, 2014. She was born in Hartford and lived in West Hartford her whole life. She was the daughter of Miriam (Kollman) Singer of Boca Raton, FL and the late Solon Singer. She attended the University of Connecticut, University of Hartford and St. Joseph’s College. Jodi...

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Hilda (Liener) Waitzman, 86 years of age, of West Hartford, CT died Friday, June 5, 2009. She was the widow of Samuel Waitzman. Born in McKeesport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Rose (Spiegel) Liener. Hilda taught English at Morristown High School in Morristown, NJ. She also taught English as a second language to Russian immigrants...

Jeffrey N. Tellis of Foster Town Road, Newburgh, NY died Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Harry and Mary (Kaufman) Tellis. He was a graduate of the University of Connecticut, and a member of IBS. He leaves his sister, Suzanne Toyen of Newington. A graveside funeral service will be held...

William (Bill) A. Weiblen, 85, died peacefully on February 27, 2024 at home in Avon, Connecticut surrounded by family. He was born on June 2nd, 1938 in Whitefield, Maine to Erwin and Ellen Weiblen. He was a loving husband to Eileen, father to Peter and Elizabeth, grandfather to Jaelle, Catriana, Alec and Natalie, and Uber to his cat Princess. Bill...

Jack H. Ziskin, 64, of West Hartford, died suddenly on Tuesday (October 23, 2007) at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. Jack was the beloved husband for 37 years of Irene (Grant), and the adored father of two sons, Scott and wife Ashleigh of Simsbury and Kevin of Delray Beach, FL. The happiest part of his life was being Zayde...

Ronald “Ron” E. Stilwell, 59, passed away Thursday, (March 1, 2007) after a brief illness. Born in Utica, NY to Esther (Hunziker) and Elmer Stilwell on February 20, 1948 he has been a resident of the Hartford area since 1972. He was a much beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. Ron leaves so many to celebrate his memory including...

Gary R. Stein beloved husband of Linda Stein, passed away unexpectedly after a short illness at age 59, on January 13, 2015. He was born January 19, 1955, raised in West Hartford, living for the past 18 years in Naples, Florida. Gary was the son of the late Louis and Rita P. Stein. His mother passed away two days prior...