Obituaries

Stuart N. Lott, 65 years of age, of Simsbury passed away on Monday June 27, 2011 at Hartford Hospital after a valiant three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Stu grew up in New Rochelle, New York, son of Rose Rubin Lott and Sidney Lott. After graduating from New Rochelle High School, he attended Clarkson College in Potsdam, NY where he received...

Helen (Socolow) Schneider of West Hartford, formerly of Bronxville, NY, passed away on Monday, July 21st, after a period of declining health. Born in NY, NY. Helen was the daughter of Mildred (Sachs) and Samuel Socolow. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Mortimer L. Schneider, her parents, and twin sister and brother-in-law, Lucille and Luddy Brooks. Helen was an...

RUBIN, Jack Rubin, 96, of Bloomfield, CT, died Saturday, November 22, 2008 at home. He was born near Kiev, Ukraine on August 4, 1912, to Shifra Resnick Rubin and Isadore Rubin. He emigrated to the United States with his mother to join his father in New Haven in 1920 and became a U.S. citizen in 1927. He leaves his wife,...

Charles L. Grossman, 95 years of age, of Rockville, MD, formerly of West Hartford, died Thursday, May 17, 2012. He was the husband of the late Lillian (Sharasheff) Grossman. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Grossman and the brother of the late Harry Grossman and Ted Grossman. Charles was a US Army veteran...

Jerome E. Evans, M.D., 64, of Pheasant Hill Drive, West Hartford, died Monday, March 20th, 2006. Born in Brooklyn, NY he was the son of the late Louis and Mary (Rosenberg) Evans. Raised on Long Island, he graduated from Allegheny College, the University of Mississippi Medical School and did his internship at Buffalo General Hospital. He did his psychiatric residency...

LYONS, Roslyn (Weksler) Lyons, 88 years of age, of West Hartford, died Saturday, December 19, 2009. She was the widow of Kenneth J. Lyons. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Celia (Rosen) Weksler. She was a member of Hadassah. She leaves her daughter, Judy Gomby and her husband Gary of West Hartford;...

Merna Robbin passed away on December 2nd, 2022 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Merna was born in 1933 to Max and Bessie Morgenstein of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Merna was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and studied education. After college, Merna moved to Hartford, Connecticut to be a teacher. In Hartford, she met her husband, Philip Robbin, and...

PODOROWSKY, Dr. Seymour B. Podorowsky, 88 of West Hartford died Friday, June 17, 2005 at home. He was the loving husband of the late Florence (Bloom), and a devoted son, father and grandfather. Born in Hartford, the son of the late Jacob and Anna (Goor) Podorowsky, he graduated from Weaver High School in Hartford. He also graduated from Trinity College...

Arthur Elliot Phillips, 92 years of age, of Granby, CT died Friday, January 7, 2022 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Meriden, CT he was the son of Samuel Phillips and Marion (Cohen) Phillips. He joined the Naval reserves after high school and attended Bradley University, graduating in 1951. Upon graduation, he requested active military duty (during the...

Robert Meyers, 80 years of age, of Bloomfield died Friday, February 20, 2015. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Isaac and Rivell (Shub) Meyers. He leaves his wife, Sarah Meyers; his children, Ellen Meyers (Kim Anno), Jodi Meyers, David Meyers, and Alex Meyers; 4 stepsons Isaac (Esther) Graf, Nathan (Marisa) Graf, Solomon (Michelle) Graf, and...

MAYEROWICZ, Rose (Gutterman) Mayerowicz, 90 years of age, of West Hartford passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Monday, March 23, 2009. Born in Lodz, Poland, February 10, 1919, she was a Holocaust survivor, as was her beloved husband, Aron. Rose was predeceased by her husband Aron as well as by her daughter Esther Dansky. She...

Florence (Baron) Jacobs, 82 years of age, of Chester, died Sunday, September 5, 2010. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Nettie (Dorn) Baron. She worked at CIGNA until she retired and was a former member of Beth Hillel Synagogue in Bloomfield. She lived most of her life in Bloomfield and Windsor, and was an...

Dorothy (Abramovitz) Later, 90, of Kirkwood Road, West Hartford, wife of the late Abraham H. Later, died Thursday, July 21, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Bernhard and Anna (Liebovitz) Abramovitz. Mrs. Later was a founding member of Beth El Temple, West Hartford, a member of its...

Jake Kaplan, 79, of Lyman Road, West Hartford, died Wednesday August 3, 2005 at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Charles and Bessie (Lev) Kaplan. He was a US Marine Veteran of World War II, and a member of the Jewish War Veterans. He leaves his wife of 59 years, Lorraine (Kroopnick) Kaplan; a...

Adolph Naparstek, 99, of West Hartford, died Monday, March 8, 2010. He was the son of the late Morris and Gertrude Rose Naparstek. He leaves his beloved wife, Ruth (Fischer) Naparstek; daughter Cypra L. Alaimo and her husband Benjamin of South Windsor, his daughter-in-law Muriel Naparstek of Bloomfield, and his grandchildren: Marc and Patti Naparstek, Scot and Darlene Naparstek, Jeff...

LEVINE, Minnie (Jaffe) Levine, 92, of Stamford, formerly of Colchester, died Thursday, July 26, 2007 at home. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Rose and Abraham Jaffe. After graduating from business school, she worked in the family business, Levine & Levine Coat Company in Colchester. She was a dedicated and loving mother, bringing up her three...

Selma Lee Markowitz, 88, of West Hartford formerly of Baltimore, MD, passed away on Saturday, (December 27, 2008) in West Hartford. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Gussie and Sam Levy. She attended college at Syracuse University and graduate school in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She worked for many years in Human...

Shirley Seltzer, age 103, entered into rest on Saturday, October 19, 2024, in her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Hartford, on November 20, 1920, to Harry and Bertha Cohan. She later moved to West Hartford and graduated from William Hall High School and then went on to graduate from Temple University in Philadelphia with a Bachelor’s degree....

Beverly(Gerson) Himelstein, 82, of Bloomfield, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Max Gerson and Betty (Samskin) Gerson, she lived in Bloomfield for the past 55 years. Bev was a graduate of Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, and she earned her Master’s degree in Library Science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn....

Helen Horovitz, 97, passed away peacefully at the Hebrew Home in West Hartford on October 17, 2014. She was the daughter of Sam and Matilda Clafter of Brooklyn, NY. Helen was pre-deceased by her husband Mayor Aaron Horovitz of Cornwall, Ontario. Helen was born on February 3, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY. She attended nursing school at the Brooklyn Jewish General...