Obituaries

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...

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...