Obituaries

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...

Marilyn K. Rose, 81, of East Hartford died Friday, (March 31, 2006) at home. The widow of Walter Rose, she leaves her son and daughter-in-law, Howard and Joanne Rose of Springfield, MA; her daughter, Elaine of Asheville, NC; her sister, Judith Scolnick of Jerusalem, Israel; several cousins and nephews; and her pets, Mike and Maddie. Marilyn was a grade school...

Marion (Schlossberg) Margolis who lived at the Hughes Convalescent Home, West Hartford, died on Thursday, October 27, 2005. She was the wife of the late Julius Margolis. She was born in Hartford, November 11, 1916. She worked for many years as Executive Secretary to the President of G. Fox & Co. in Hartford. She leaves two daughters: Andrea Kurtz of...

Charlotte Beizer Laschever, born May 7, 1924 in Malden Mass, died peacefully at home at Abrahms Boulevard in West Hartford on June 1, 2013. Charlotte is the daughter of the late Hyman and Bella Beizer. She worked as a copywriter for G Fox & Co and Ames Department Stores. Music, singing, playing the piano and theater were her passions. She...

Mark J. Lake, a 35-year resident of Cheshire, passed away on June 10, 2014 at Midstate Medical Center after a long and courageous battle against cancer. He is survived by Sunni Cohen Lake, his wife of 41 years. Mark was born in Hartford, CT to the late Maurice and Rose Lake on December 15, 1946. He was predeceased by his...

Sandra Rosenwald Kofsky died peacefully Wednesday morning April 9, 2014 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at Jefferson House in Newington, CT under hospice care. She was born to the late Eva and Julius Rosenwald on March 22, 1943 in Bridgeport, CT. She married Seymour V. Kofsky on June 10, 1962. They moved to Newington, CT in 1965 and lived the last several...

David Schneider of Norwich Ave., Colchester, husband and best friend of Judith (Dember) Schneider, died Friday, April 27, 2007. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Morris and Tylly (Cherry) Schneider. He was a US Air Force Veteran of World War II. A past Little League Coach, he had also been active in the Democratic Party...