Obituaries

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...

SHEKETOFF, Andrew Roy Sheketoff, of Farmington Ave.,West Hartford, beloved son of Lewis and Sylvia Sheketoff, formerly of West Hartford, died Monday, August 9, 2010 at age 56. Andrew lived in West Hartford all of his life and spent the last six weeks in Hartford Hospital and the last two weeks in the ICU unit. Besides his parents he leaves his...

Blanche (Aronowitz) Sherman, 87, of Steele Road, West Hartford, widow of Philip Sherman, died Thursday, March 19, 2009. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Dora (Rosenblum) Aronowitz. She was a member of Beth El Temple, West Hartford. She leaves a son: Lawrence Sherman and his wife Laura Farmer of San Diego, CA; a...

Janet (Nibur) Zeldis, 88 years of age, of Tanglewood Rd., West Hartford, beloved wife of Dr. Norman Zeldis, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London. Born in the Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Lillian (May) Nibur. Janet received her BS degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University....

SCHWARTZ, Hy Schwartz, 98 years of age, of Farmington, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at New Britain General Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Fannie and Kalman Schwartz. Hy retired in 1984, following a long career in the journalism, photographic, film and video industries. He began his professional life as a photojournalist for the...

Harris David Weingold, 71 years of age, of West Hartford died suddenly after a series of long illnesses on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Born in The Bronx, NY, he was the son of the late Samuel and Bess ‘Rebecca’ (Leibowitz) Weingold. Harris graduated from Bronx Science with honors. He received a B.A. Degree and Masters Degrees with honors in Science...

Fanya Sherman was born on October 26th 1933 in Vinnitsa, Ukraine to Charna and Smull Shligersky. She had a younger brother Yakov. She grew up during the Holocaust. Her father Smull fought in the war and died shortly after. She got married to Yuriy Sherman in 1952, they were married for 64 years. She is survived by her 2 sons...

Martha Neustadt Witkin, 99, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, Bradley Campus in Southington She was born in Boston, MA and graduated from Roxbury High School in 1931. She and her husband Francis, co-founded the West End Laundromat and the Park Street Laundromat in New Britain where they lived for many years. She won the...

WALLACK, Josephine (Vogel) Wallack, of West Hartford, CT, died peacefully in her sleep Friday Morning, (September 10th). She was 95. Born in Hartford in 1914 to Arthur and Clara Vogel, Josephine lived in the Hartford area for much of her long life. She attended Simmons College in Boston and married the late Howard Wallack. She took over her family’s food...

William Saxe Zeman, 93, husband of Evelyn (Shimelman) Zeman, of West Hartford, died December 27, 2007. Born in Hartford, December 30, 1913, he was the son of the late Dr. Burnhardt Zeman and Annie (Saxe) Zeman. He was educated in the Hartford Public Schools and Worcester Academy and was graduated from Harvard College in 1936 and the University of Connecticut...