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Obituaries: March 16-22, 2012

Obituaries
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March 14, 2012

Charlotte Abel died Dec. 29 at 84.  Survived by sons Barry Goldbaum, Jesse (Margaret) Goldbaum; 2 grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Max Balter died Dec. 30 at 72.  Survived by wife Anita; daughters Ila (Marc) Dubin, Stacy (Bryan) Boase, Alisa (Eric) Roybal; 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Richard Stephen Bender died Jan. 8 at 66.  Survived by wife April; sons Evan, Michael, Scott; mother-in-law Miriam Fleser; brothers Don (Donna), Marcus (Donna);  sisters-in-law Robin Sales, Holly Seery. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Brenner died Dec. 31 at 91.  Survived by sons Daniel (Bob), Robert (Maryann), James (Barbara); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside

Carolyn Zena Bronstein died Jan. 16 at 82.  Survived by husband Gerald; daughter Nancy (Max) Gisko; sons John (Melanie), Bill (Anita), Bob (Jill); 10 grandchildren.  Hillside

Lynne Faigenblat died Jan. 12 at 74.  Survived by daughter Robin; sons Jack, Noah; 2 grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Isabelle Shapiro Fox died Nov. 15 at 97. Survived by daughters Carolyn Rothberg, Nancy Schuman, Sheila Goldman; 7 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Julius Frank died Jan. 16 at 88.  Survived by sons Frank (Rosa), Alan (Debbie), David; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; brother Robert. Hillside

Ruth Gilbert died Jan. 16 at 91.  Survived by sons Melvyn M. (Alyson), Harvey Joel (Carol); 4 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Evelyn Glodney died Jan. 16 at 89.  Survived by daughter Carole; sons Michael (Pamela), Steven (Zina); 1 grandchild.  Mount Sinai

Goodwin Goldfaden died Jan. 1 at 97.  Survived by wife Frieda; stepdaughter Susan Luboviski; stepson, Richard (Nancy) Greenberg. Mount Sinai

Percy Goldstein died Jan. 4 at 91.  Survived by wife Phyllis; daughters Carol Nevill, Barbara, Mary Ann; 4 grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Ben Greenspan died Dec. 30 at 95.  Survived by daughter Susan (Paul) Artof; son Michael; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild.  Mount Sinai

Ellis Grennwall died Jan. 13 at 95.  Survived by wife Shirley. Hillside

Monroe Haas died Dec. 23 at 83.  Survived by wife Elaine; daughters Diane (Ron), Karen (Robert), Laura (Paul); 6 grandchildren; sister Margaret Wechsler.

Abshez Hanni died Jan. 15 at 87.  Survived by daughter Renee Skudra; son Allan (Wendy); 3 grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Fran Hertz died Dec. 29 at 86. Survived by her daughter Debbie Wilson; son Jack (Cheryl); 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Georg Herzfeld died Jan. 15 at 85.  Survived by wife Marina; daughters Jill (Barry) Smolin, Beth; stepson Sergi (Lena) Livnev; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Rose Horowitz died Dec. 31 at 87.  Survived by husband George; daughter Susan; son Frank (Pamela Louise Smith); 1 grandchild.  Mount Sinai

Edith Muriel Jefferson died Jan. 5 at 96.  Survived by husband Joseph; son David Judah (Jeff Bechtloff); stepdaughter Bronwyn (Bob) Levine; stepson Christopher (Meryl); sister Ruth Tachna. Mount Sinai

Harold Katz died Jan. 15 at 88.  Survived by wife Isabel; daughters Julie (Richard) Arshonsky, Lisa Berkowitz; 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rosalind Kosven died Dec. 29 at 88. Survived by daughter Roberta (Peter) Criswell; son Dale; 4 grandchildren.  Hillside

Saul Kroll died Jan. 1 at 93. Survived by daughter Judi (Bernie) Bucholtz; son Alan D. (Shari Ellis); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Stephan Ladanyi died Jan. 16 at 88.  Survived by wife Alice, daughters Ilona Melzer, Lisa, Debi (Carlos) Miranda; son Stephen; 14 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; sisters Ecatherine, Iboya; brother Alexander. Mount Sinai

Dolores Latzer died Jan. 13 at 83.  Survived by husband Joseph; daughter Evie Ball; son Saul; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai

Shirley Levine died Jan. 9 at 80.  Survived by husband Arnold; daughter Marci (Greg Egemo) Levine-Egemo; sons Darren, Mark (Rosy); 6 grandchildren; sister Arlene (Arthur) Shaw. Mount Sinai

Warren Libman died Dec. 28 at 32.  Survived by mother Dawn Kane; father Alan; sister Bryn-Erin. Hillside

Anar Makhmudov died Jan. 5 at 27. Survived by mother Sima; father Eldar; grandmothers Tuba Moreynes, Anna; grandfather Emin.  Mount Sinai

Irving Mayer died Dec. 29 at 91.  Survived by wife Linda; daughter Carol (David) Morgenstern; 2 grandchildren. Hillside

Helen Palmer died Dec. 31 at 94.  Survived by daughter Stephanie (Carter) McCelland; son Mark; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Deborah Radwin died Dec. 23 at 96.  Survived by daughter Saryl (Robert); son Eugene (Laurel); 1 granchild.

Esther Ross died Dec. 28 at 91.  Survived by daughter Ann (Steve) Friedman; son Mark (Gail) Greenberg; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sister Betty Frankel. Mount Sinai

Kurt S. Shelger died Jan. 11 at 96.  Survived by wife Shirley; sons James (Marti), David; 3 grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Lester Silverman died Jan. 9 at 87.  Survived by daughters Annette (Rocky) Star, Darlene Cotkin; 4 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother Edward. Mount Sinai

Howard Sontag died Jan. 9 at 68.  Survived by wife Billie; daughters Lauren (Brian) McLaughlin, Jamie (Kevin) Davis; 3 grandchildren; brother Dale (Barbara). Mount Sinai

William Stewart died Jan. 11 at 92.  Survived by wife Pearl; daughter Elaine (Edward) Tenen; son Marc (Shari); 4 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren.  Mount Sinai

Norma Tigerman died Dec. 31 at 81. Survived by son Stephen. Hillside

Albert F. Weiss died Jan. 1 at 89. Survived by wife Esther; son William A. Howard J. (Eneida); daughter-in-law Ellen Weiss; 8 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Steven Mitchell Weitzman died Jan. 5 at 50.  Survived by mother Charlene; father Barry (Dolores); sister Lauren (Stuart Drescher); brother Robert (Tangie). Mount Sinai

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