Obituaries: May 25-31, 2012

Sheldon Allen died April 1 at 85. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughter Deborah (Jay Layman) Worth; son Scott (Corkey Ahrendt); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Ira Bacher died April 2 at 81. Survived by wife Ellen; daughter Nicole. Mount Sinai

Jerome Bauer died March 26 at 79. Survived by wife Shirley; brother Philip (Joan); sister Judy Coulton. Hillside

Joseph Beck died March 25 at 87. Survived by wife Janice, daughters Terry, Sandra; 3 grandchildren.

Lucile Shapiro Bendick died March 12 at 99. Survived by daughter Susan (Philip) Bendick Tesler; son Marc (Mary Lou); 2 grandchildren.

Cecille J. Berlin died March 26 at 91. Survived by daughter Marilyn (Larry Burdman); son Edward; 1 grandchild; caregivers Doreen Campbell, Pauline Laurence. Mount Sinai

Ethel Bol died March 27 at 90. Survived by daughter Lea Zaslavsky; son Igor; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; companion Moisey Vysokiy. Mount Sinai

Regine Cohen died March 28 at 88. Survived by daughter Sandy (Manny) Kreitenberg; son Robert (Shari); 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Scott Epstein died March 29 at 52. Survived by wife Rebecca; daughter Lauren (Johnny) Siroonian; son Landon; mother Sandra; father Norman; brother Mark; sister Lisa; in-laws Anthony Martinez, Celia Martinez. Mount Sinai

Lillian Erenberg died March 25 at 95. Survived by daughters Sharen (Allan) Krojansky, Sandy (Dan) Pister, Jacqueline (Tom) Hartmann; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Sue Feinberg died March 29 at 57. Survived by husband Richard Lubman; daughters Rachel, Louisa “Lulu” Lubman; mother Elaine; brothers George (Julie), Don (Blanca). Mount Sinai

Max Fields died March 26 at 89. Survived by wife Betty; sons Sy, Ken (Karen), Jeff (Allison); 5 grandchildren; brother David (Gladys). Mount Sinai

William H. Fox died March 26 at 89. Survived by wife Ruth; daughter Judith Ellen; son Michael Steven (Linda); 4 grandchildren; sister Renee Brown. Mount Sinai

Louis Hamos died March 23 at 77. Survived by wife Eileen; sons Ron (Andrea), Bryan (Regina), Aaron; 5 grandchildren; 1 sister. Groman

Karen M. Honigberg died March 25 at 67. Survived by husband John Hendershot; sons Darel (Amy), Jason (Leslie); brother Robert (Linda) Axel; caregiver Digna Barbieto. Mount Sinai

Frances Joseph died March 31 at 91. Survived by daughter Barbara (Thomas) Cooper. Mount Sinai

Fanchon Louise Klein died March 28 at 92.  Survived by daughter Deborah (Jeffrey) Kaye; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai.

Marjorie Koenig died March 25 at 86. Survived by daughter Denise; sons Clifford (Mary), David; sisters Shirley Gitlen, Eleanor Kalin, Harriet Levitz. Mount Sinai

Jerry Kravitz died March 25 at 78.  Survived by wife Mary Ann; daughter Dina; sons Kenneth, Mike (Sharon); 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Ronald Leff died March 25 at 79. Survived by wife Joan; daughter Kathy Leverson; son Michael (Elizabeth); sister Dede Adler; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Dawn Messenger died March 27 at 79. Survived by daughters Sheri Rubolino, Teri Goupille, Randi Aichel. Mount Sinai 

Hilda Paul died March 24 at 88. Survived by husband Leonard Farber; son Matt (Lorraine Hanna) Fisher; stepson Russ Farber. Mount Sinai

Victoria Soorani died March 24 at 94. Survived by daughters Vivian (Howard) Krepack, Vera (David) David; sons James (Soshana), Emil (Edlyn); 9 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Bernard Schlom died March 26 at 93. Survived by wife Ruth; daughter Carol; brothers Irwin, Alvin; sister Charlotte Dinovitz; 4 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Daniel Whalen died March 28 at 76. Survived by wife Ellen; daughter Katey (Mitch) Garnick; son Shanan (Laura); 4 grandchildren; sister Lenore Fisher. Hillside

Benson Wohl died March 29 at 87. Survived by wife Leila; sons David (Terri), Alan (Susan); 2 nieces. Mount Sinai