Obituaries

Doris (Frank) Ferraro, 101 years of age, of West Palm Beach, FL, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Hartford Hospital. She was the widow of Ralph Ferraro. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Fanny (Winters) Frank. She leaves her sons, Ronald Ferraro and his wife Korine of Bristol, Barry Ferraro and his...

Shirley (Green) Esakov, 75 of Fuller Drive, West Hartford, formerly of Boston, died Sunday, December 18, 2005. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Meyer and Sarah (Segal) Green. Mrs. Esakov was a para-legal with the State of Connecticut CHRO prior to her retirement. She was a member of Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh, Bloomfield, a Life Member of...

Phyllis Zeller Goldberg, 77 years of age, of West Hartford, beloved wife of Dr. Morton H. Goldberg, died Sunday, September 12, 2010, comforted and surrounded by her beloved family after a long illness. Born August 21, 1933 in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Max Zeller and Celia Heit Zeller. She was a graduate of Classical High...

Joyce (Hershkovitz) Hershman, 87 years of age, of West Hartford, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Married for 58 years, she was the widow of Saul D. Hershman. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Rose (Ginsberg) Hershkovitz. During her adult life, she worked in the Hartford insurance industry. Joyce devoted her life to her family...

GOLDBERG, Charles Goldberg, 86 years of age, of West Hartford died Friday, March 27, 2009. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late David and Yetta (Feinberg) Goldberg. Charles was a US Air Force veteran of World War II. He worked in the printing industry before he retired. He leaves his wife of 60 years, Jeanette...

Claire Goodwin, beloved mother of Robert Goodwin of Columbia MD and grandmother of Julie Goodwin Weber of Gaithersburg MD, Daniel Goodwin of Ellicott City MD, and David Goodwin of Vienna VA passed from this world peacefully on August 13. She was the widow of World War 2 Army veteran Leonard Goodwin who predeceased her in 1973 and the daughter of...

Roberta Goldman David of Simsbury CT passed away peacefully early Monday, January 30th amidst her loving family. She met Roy C. David, Jr., her adoring and devoted husband of 62 years, while a student at NYU in New York, where they resided until moving to the suburbs of CT to start a family. Roberta was mother to three children, Jonathan...

Sheldon Chafetz, 75, died on Saturday, December 31, at St. Francis Hospital. Sheldon was predeceased by his wife of 47 years, Jocelyn Violette Chafetz. He is survived by his children, Stuart Chafetz and his wife, Ann Krinitsky of San Rafael, CA and Chautauqua, NY, and Deena Chafetz of Santa Fe, NM; and his brother Gerald Chafetz and his wife Alice...

FREEMAN, Martin S.Freeman, 90, of West Hartford and Bloomfield died Saturday, August 19, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital. He was the son of the late Abraham and Elsie (Lubliner) Freeman and was predeceased by his wife Rosetta (Ginsburg) Freeman. He served as the Executive Director of the Hebrew Home for the Aged for 29 years. He is survived by two...

Lois (Baumstein) Gordon, of Vista Way, Bloomfield, wife of Barry D. Gordon, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in the presence of her family. Born in Hartford, she was raised in West Hartford, the daughter of the late Samuel and May (Hyman) Baumstein. She attended local schools and Bryant College. She worked at Mount Sinai Hospital and other medical facilities. She...

GOLDSTEIN, Pauline (Miller) Goldstein, 85, of Regency Dr., Bloomfield died Saturday, November 3, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center. She was the widow of Isadore ?Artie? Goldstein. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lena (Siegel) Miller. Pauline worked for The Travelers Insurance Co. before she retired. She was a life-member of Hadassah,...

Morris D. Cohen, 95, of West Hartford, formerly of Hartford and Delray Beach, FL died Friday, September 8, 2006. He was the husband of the late Libby (Rosenfield) Cohen. Morris was the owner of the former Uncle Moe’s Pawn Shop in Hartford before he retired. He was a former Vice President and a life member of Beth Hillel Synagogue of...

Albert I. Freedman, 89, of Steele Road, West Hartford, died Tuesday, November 8, 2005. He was predeceased by his wife Edna (Raskin) Freedman. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Arthur and Rose (Glass) Freedman. He attended Hartford Public Schools and graduated from the Teachers College of Connecticut, now Central Connecticut State University and received his Master’s...

Sara “Sooky” Theodore Greenberg, of West Hartford, whose common sense, fashion sense and sense of humor sustained her for more than 100 years, died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Hebrew Health Care in West Hartford, at age 101. Sooky was a wise and loving mother to two daughters: Carole G. Goldberg (Robert) of West Hartford and Phyllis J. Pagano (Marcello)...

EDELSON, Irving M., D.D.S. Dr. Irving “Irv” Edelson of Farmington, formerly of Plainville, beloved husband of 63 years of Phyllis Landwald Edelson, died on Thursday (September 2, 2010). Irv was born in New Britain on February 23, 1925. He was the devoted son of the late Abraham and Sadie (Krechevsky) Edelson. He graduated from New Britain High School and, in...

Anne (Brenner) Elinsky, 89, of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, widow of Oscar Elinsky, died Tuesday, August 23, 2005. Born in Romania, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Hilda (Goihman) Brenner. She was a 30-year employee of Savitt Jewelers, Hartford. She leaves a son, Stephen Elinsky of West Hartford, a daughter Barbara Ehrenpreis and her husband David of...

Dr. Harold Richman, 80, died Tuesday, September 12th, at his home in West Hartford. Harold was married to the late Barbara Miller Richman for 49 years. He practiced orthodontics in Middletown after graduating from Trinity College in Hartford and Tufts Dental School. Harold was born and raised in New Britain, the son of Rose and Mendel. He served in the...

Isaac Martin “Marty” Fierberg of West Hartford, beloved husband of 64 years of Janet (Merliss) Fierberg passed away on October 6, 2012 at the age of 88. In addition to his devoted wife, he is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Michael Fierberg and Elyse Gellerman of Denver, CO and his daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Morris Morgenstein of Avon,...

Michael E. ‘Mickey’ Gassner, of West Hartford and East Hampton, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at his home. Born December 29, 1934, Mike grew up in West Harford attending the West Hartford Public Schools. Mike was the owner of French Cleaners, Gassner Electric, General Communications, and General Tower. Mickey leaves behind his lovely and beloved wife Roz of 55...

Harvey L. Borak, loving husband of Joan Sweeney Borak passed away on July 30, 2011, at St. Francis Hospital. Born on July 13, 1934, in New York City, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Selma Borak. Harvey was a graduate of New York University and New York Law School, and later served in the U.S. Army. Harvey...