Obituaries

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...

Marion Woolwitch, born on January 28, 1931, of West Hartford, died Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Bess (Gordon) Quint and the late Edward Quint. Marion received her bachelor’s degree in Physics from Simmons College in Boston. She spent most of her career as an actuarial...

Esther Epstein Rosenbaum, 94, died at the Hebrew Home in West Hartford, on Friday, April 6, 2007. She was predeceased by her husband, Max W. Rosenbaum. She was born September 7, 1912, in Hartford, the daughter of the late Rose (Kramer) and Julius Epstein. She was a graduate of Hartford Public High School and the New Britain Normal School. She...

S. RUTH LUBKA, 58, of West Hartford, died Thursday, March 22, 2007 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Regina (Jacobs) Lubka of West Hartford and the late Samuel Lubka. Ruth graduated from Conard High School, received a B.A. degree in Art History and graduated Cum Laude with Honors in her major at...

Eva Kotovnikov, 64 years of age, of Mountain Farms Rd., West Hartford, wife of Felix Kotovnikov died Thursday, October 25, 2012. Born in Russia, she was the daughter of the late Gregory and Ida (Rabinovich) Viner. She was instrumental in bringing over 100 people from the former Soviet Union to the United States. Besides her husband, she leaves her daughter...

Joseph A. Miller, Poppy Joe, 97 years young, of Bloomfield, devoted husband of the late Dorothy (Kaplan) Miller, passed peacefully at home on Thursday, (October 23, 2014). He was born on July 30, 1917, in Hartford to Samuel and Lena Miller. He was a Technician Fifth Grade in the U.S. Army during WWII, was a member of the Jewish War...

Rochelle Katzin Rosenberg died after a courageous battle with cancer at her home in Clearwater, FL on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010. She was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel to Pesah and Batya Katzin on August 3, 1934. She married Dr. Irving Rosenberg of Hartford in 1955 and raised their four children in West Hartford. She graduated from the University of Hartford...

Irene Waldmann Leopold died on Friday, January 3, 2014 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital at the age of 99 1/2. She was born in Windsheim, Germany on May 20, 1914, where her family dated back to 1759. Her parents, Hedwig and Sigmund Waldmann were victims of the Holocaust: Hedwig became ill and died in Munich before being transported. Sigmund...

Irving Emanuel Hyman, 93, passed away October 2, 2014. He was born July 1, 1921 in Hartford, son of the late Morris and Nettie (Berkowitz) Heimovitch. He graduated from Weaver High School in 1940. In World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Force in England. He then attended Baronian School of Watch Repairing in Philadelphia and had...

LEVINE, Benson Levine, 80, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of West Hartford, died Saturday, February 18, 2006 at his home. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Max and Rebecca (Monastersky) Levine. He leaves two daughters, Lauren Tobin and her husband Nelson of Tampa, FL, and Carrie Levine Beecher and her husband David of Marlboro, MA; three...

LEBETKIN, Sonia (Carroll) Lebetkin, 87, of West Hartford died Sunday, October 21, 2007. She was the widow of George Lebetkin. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Sidney A. and Minnie (Rachlin) Carroll. Sonia was a librarian at the Hartford Public Library for 50 years, retiring in 1986. She also was a librarian at Congregation Beth Israel...

Phyllis (Rosenberg) Lappen; 87 1/2 years of age, of Mallard Dr., Avon, formerly of West Hartford, died Wednesday, April 4th after a long illness as a patient in Hartford Hospital. She was the widow of Seymour S. Lappen who died in November 2008. Born in Lawrence, MA, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Mabel (Gray) Rosenberg. She...