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Florence Leibin
Sep 28, 2025
Florence Judith Epstein Leibin, 76, former resident of Avon, Connecticut and current resident of Venice, Florida, passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2025. She is survived by her husband, Harvey Leibin, her brother, Kenneth Epstein, and her children Brad (Amy) Leibin, Kate (Andy) Matos and Kara (Alfredo) Leibin Azocar. Grandmother of Addison Lynn, Cora Ruth, Samantha Morgan, Elizabeth Mae, Simon...
Doris Schnur
Sep 23, 2025
Doris Handelman Schnur, 99 years of age, of West Hartford, died September 23, 2025. Born February 19, 1926, in Brooklyn, NY, Doris was the oldest daughter of the late Hyman and Rose Handelman. She was predecased 10 years earlier by her husband, William Schnur. They met as childhood sweethearts in their Brooklyn, New York neighborhood and were happily married for...
Albert W. Greenspoon
Sep 20, 2025
Albert William Greenspoon, 87, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025. He was born in Newark, NJ, on September 15, 1938 to Louis Greenspoon and Nettie Lechter Greenspoon. He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Judy Redlus Greenspoon, and his children: Lauren Greenspoon and her daughter, Talia, and David and Jennifer Greenspoon and their children, Max and...
Elaine S. Basch
Aug 17, 2025
Elaine S. Basch, 102, of West Hartford, died Sunday, August 17, 2025. She grew up in the North End of Hartford, graduated from Weaver High School in 1940, and Teachers College of Connecticut (now Central Connecticut State University) in 1944. She had an illustrious career teaching in the Hartford elementary school system for 31 years at Brackett, Rawson, and Mark...
Marilyn Rothstein
Aug 16, 2025
Marilyn (Feinberg) Rothstein of Boca Raton, FL and West Hartford, CT died Saturday August 16, 2025. Born August 4th, She lived a remarkable and unique 103 years. A life defined by curiosity, adventure, and learning. A world traveler who also raised 3 children, she journeyed to places as far as Papua New Guinea and India, carrying home a deep appreciation...
Janet Wallans
Aug 16, 2025
Janet Wallans, 82, passed away on Saturday, August 16th at St. Mary’s Home in West Hartford, Ct. Janet, who lived most of her life in Hartford, was predeceased by her parents, Helen and Sam Wallans and her brother, Michael. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Marty, who lives in North Carolina and by her many friends. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts,...
William G. Fabian
Aug 15, 2025
Beloved husband of the late Helene Fabian, passed away on August 15, 2025. Bill was the son of the late Jack and Bessie Fabian. He resided in Newington for more than 40 years before moving to Berlin.
Bill leaves his four children, reluctant members of the “clean plate club”; Ronda (Jay) Guberman, David (Wendy), Brad (Nancy), and Amy (Dave) Roy and...
Hon. Arnold W. Aronson
Aug 14, 2025
Hon. Arnold William Aronson
West Hartford, Connecticut
Hon. Arnold William Aronson passed away peacefully on August 14, 2025, at the age of 98, after meeting the challenges of congestive heart failure, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with courage and grace.
Judge Aronson was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on December 10, 1926, to Samuel and Catherine Aronson. Like many young men of his...
Dr. Seymour Melnick
Aug 7, 2025
Dr. Seymour Melnick, age 91, passed away peacefully on August 7 2025 after a courageous battle with metastatic cancer. Born on June 5, 1934, in Hartford, Connecticut, he was the youngest of five siblings and grew to become the heart and soul of a large and loving extended family.
Seymour is survived by his devoted wife of 66 years, Judy (Goldman)...
Jeffrey Baver
Aug 6, 2025
Jeffrey Baver died peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 in West Hartford surrounded by his family. He was a former Deputy City Manager of Hartford, president of the Hartford Municipal Employees Association, Chairman of the South Windsor Youth Advisory Board, and served on various boards and commissions, where he ensured that the city he loved, its residents, and...
Linda Ruth Cabanas
Aug 5, 2025
Linda Ruth (Goldberg) Cabanas, 78, of Windsor, CT passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. She was born April 8, 1947 in Hartford, CT to Abraham and Bertha (Bartenstein) Goldberg. She grew up as well as remained a lifelong resident of Windsor, CT. She was well known in her community, from Windsor Federal to the Windsor PD...
Marty Shinder
Jul 29, 2025
Marty Shinder, 81, died on July 29, 2025, after a life devoted to justice, love, and adventure. Born in Hartford, CT, and raised on a dairy farm in Granby, she was the fourth of five siblings and is survived by her beloved spouse of nearly 37 years, Ellen; her brother Jimmy; brother-in-law Paul; and sisters-in-law Suzan, Rosalyn, and Patti. She...
Dr. Leta Weiss Marks
Jul 25, 2025
Dr. Leta Weiss Marks – educator, activist and writer – died of complications following spinal surgery Friday, July 25, 2025 at Yale New Haven Hospital, with her four children by her side. Leta was born in New Orleans on February 25, 1932 to Leon Charles Weiss, Sr. and Caroline Dreyfous Weiss.
Leta attended Isadore Newman School in New Orleans, where she...
Betsy Kaufman
Jul 24, 2025
Betsy G. Kaufman, 89, of West Hartford passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 24, 2025. She is survived by her loving sons, Andrew Shefrin and his wife Mary Lou of East Windsor. CT and Gregory Shefrin and his wife Nancy of New York, NY. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Katie Murphy and her husband John, CJ Shefrin and...
Richard R. Solomson
Jul 22, 2025
Richard R. Solomson, 84, a longtime resident of The Villages, FL and previously of West Hartford, CT passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Joan (Silverton) Solomson; their son: Marc G. Solomson of New Port Richey, FL; his brothers: Ronald Solomson and his wife Fern of Potomac, MD and Jeffrey...
Susan Leibert
Jul 16, 2025
Susan Feiner Leibert of Boynton Beach, Florida and longtime former resident of Farmington and Avon, Connecticut, passed away peacefully at the age of 83 on July 16, 2025 in Lantana, Florida. Born on January 18, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, Susan was the firstborn child of Edith Salomon Feiner and Samuel Jefferson Feiner. She attended Mary Institute in St. Louis...
Lynne Stoloff
Jul 13, 2025
Lynne Stoloff was born on October 8, 1942, and passed on July 13, 2025, at the age of 82. She was the loving wife of David Stoloff; mother of Allison Diaz, Rebecca Szomstein and Matthew Stoloff; sister of Beth Madresh, Robert Abrams, and the late Marjorie Bosco; sister-in-law of Filippo Bosco and Nina Tsakadze; grandmother of Raquel Szomstein, Jeannie Szomstein,...
Jerrold Goodman
Jul 2, 2025
Jerrold William Goodman, Ph.D., 84, passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on April 4, 1941 to Thomas Robert Goodman and Ruth Legum Goodman. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Judy Ann Lipkin Goodman, and his children: Tracy and Scott Gladstone and their children, Benjamin (Raizel), Sarah (Sam) and Joshua,...
Phyllis Siegal
Jun 24, 2025
Phyllis Portman Siegal, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, teacher, and friend, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at the age of 83.
Born in Boston to Bill and Goldie (Alperin) Portman, Phyllis was a lifelong learner and dedicated educator. She graduated from Hebrew Teachers College and Boston University before earning her Master’s Degree in Special Education from the...
Sandra Rome
Jun 24, 2025
Sandra Schwartz Rome, 90, of West Hartford and Old Saybrook, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, due to complications from congestive heart failure and ovarian cancer.
In her earlier years, Sandra was a beloved nursery school teacher at Temple Emanuel, where she left a lasting impact on her students. Even after retiring, she was fondly remembered by many. However, her...
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