Obituaries

S. Steven Wolfson, M.D., 78, of West Hartford, passed away on Friday, December 22, 2006, from complications arising after surgery. Dr. Wolfson was a prominent Hartford area physician for more than 35 years. He retired in 1996. Born on January 21, 1928, in Far Rockaway, New York, the only child of Isadore and Anne (Gidinsky) Wolfson (both deceased), Dr. Wolfson...

Jerome Rosenberg, 86, of Delray Beach, FL, formerly of Hartford and Bloomfield, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in Florida.Born in New Haven, he was the son of the late David and Hannah (Einsohn) Rosenberg. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II. Before he retired in 1981, Mr. Rosenberg was the owner of the Sandwich Shop at 111...

William H. Podolny of Manchester, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, age 88. Bill was an engineer and an innovator. Bill joined Pratt and Whitney as an engineer at a time of great change. After the end of World War II the need to develop jet engines was recognized as essential for the company. There were established competitors and creation of...

Esther Kershenbaum, 94, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 25, 2011 at the Hebrew Home & Hospital, West Hartford. She was born in Poland coming to America as a small child. Esther was the daughter of Benny and Eva Kershenbaum. She leaves two sisters: Bertha Sargent of Farmington and Norma Laschever of West Hartford. She was predeceased by three brothers:...

Gertrude (Schwalbendorf) Sanofsky, 99 years of age, of Mount Dora, Florida, formerly of West Hartford, CT died Tuesday, March 25, 2014. She was the widow of Jack Sanofsky. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Molly (Pearlbinder) )Schwalbendorf. She was preceded in death by her son Burton Sanofsky. She leaves her daughter Reeva Greenberg...

RUBINSTEIN, Vilma Newman Vilma Newman Rubinstein of Farmington passed away on Wednesday, (July 15, 2009). She was born on March 25, 1915, in Czechoslovakia, came to the United States in March, 1954, and lived in the Hartford area since 1957. She was the widow of Rabbi Ernest Rubinstein. As a young adult she was brought to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp...

Sylvia (Rechtshafer) Lichtenbaum was called forth to Heavens Eternal Peace on Sunday, September 30, 2012. Born on August 8, 1929, in Hartford, Sylvia was the daughter of Israel and Clara (Orenstein) Rechtshafer. She spoke fondly of growing up on Buckingham Street, and often shared stories of her father Izzy’s Tavern, grocery store, and liquor store. In heaven, Sylvia is reunited...

Sylvia Broz Plotzker, 88, of West Hartford, formerly of the Bronx and Queens, NY, widow of William Plotzker, passed away on Sunday, (January 1, 2006) while surrounded by her loving family. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grand mother. She was born on April 18, 1917, the daughter of Sol and Ethel Broz. She is survived by a...

Samuel Rutenberg, 81 years of age, of New York, NY, died Monday, January 5, 2015. Born in Palestine, he was the son of the late Israel and Molly (Smoonski) Rutenberg. He was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. Sam was a social worker for the State of New York. He leaves his brother, Gideon Rutenberg and his wife...

Judith (Malley) Maddox of Tunxis Village, Farmington, wife of Byron Maddox died Wednesday (September 5, 2007). Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late David and Anne (Levin) Malley and was a 1955 Weaver High School graduate and a 1960 graduate of the Hartt School of Music. She was a member of Beth El Temple. Besides her husband,...

Joanne Goldblatt Narotsky, 65, of Columbia, beloved wife of Joseph Narotsky, passed away on July 11, 2009. She was born in Houlton, ME to Ruth and Arthur Goldblatt on September 24, 1943. She was a graduate of Norwich Free Academy and Emerson College. She taught at NFA and was a realtor in Columbia for many years. Joanne is survived by...

Lois (Katz) Reiner, 82 years of age, of West Hartford died Saturday, March 16, 2013. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Pinney and Ceil (Marcus) Katz. Lois was a graduate of Weaver High School, Bryant College, and Tobe-Coburn School of Fashion, NY and was employed in the fashion merchandising field by The Merchandising Group Inc of...

ROTH, Seymour Roth, 85 years of age, of Whitehill Drive, West Hartford died Saturday, April 3, 2010 in the comfort of his home. Born in Poland, he was the son of the late Louis and Merle (Goodman) Roth. Seymour was a Holocaust Survivor. He was a meat cutter for National Packing and Hartford Provision before he retired. Seymour was a...

Roberta “Robie” Plaut, 81, widow of Michael Plaut died Friday, (March 16) in Delray Beach, FL. Born in Hartford on December 18, 1930, daughter of the late Maurice and Annabelle (Horowitz) Wallet. Robie was a 1949 graduate of Weaver high school, and then lived in West Hartford for many years. A lifetime of summers were spent at Old Colony Beach....

Mildred (Ellovich) Noll, 101, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, wife of the late Jacob Noll, died Friday, October 27, 2006. Born in Hartford, she lived in this area all her life. She graduated from the Hartford Public High School, Culver Smith Kindergarten Training School, and the University of Hartford with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She attended classes at St....

Dr. Morris Harry “Moe” Nathan, age 99, of West Hartford, was reunited with his beautiful wife Dorothy on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009. Moe was born on May 29th, 1909 in Hartford. He was educated at Hartford Public High School, and attended the first and best dental school in America, Baltimore College of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, graduating near the...

REICHLIN, Benjamin ?Ben? Reichlin, 91 years of age, of Manchester and Delray Beach, FL, beloved husband of Hedda (Rashall) Reichlin, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2008 after a brief illness. He was born in Hartford, July 27, 1917, son of the late Nathan and May (Ellin) Reichlin. Ben attended local schools in Hartford graduating from Weaver High School, Class of...

Sara (Levenberg) Munic, 88 years of age, of Longmeadow, MA, formerly of West Hartford, CT, died Sunday, December 7, 2014. She was the widow of Abe Munic. Born in Liepaja, Latvia, she was the daughter of the late Isaac Meyer Levenberg and Rale (Berelowitz) Levenberg and was predeceased by her sister, Lydia all of whom perished in the Holocaust. A...

Dorothy Kernberg Liverant of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, formerly of Bloomfield, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 8, 2007. She was born in the Bronx, NY on January 10, 1924 but spent most of her adult life in the Hartford area. She attended Walton High School in New York and at age 17 won a New York High School Art...

KNAFEL, Jeanette (Lehrer) Knafel, 87, of Ellington Rd., South Windsor died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at home with her family by her side. Born in New Britain, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Lena (Goldstein) Lehrer. She leaves her husband of 64 years, Harold Knafel; two sons, Irwin A. Knafel of Higganum, and E. Steven Knafel and...