Obituaries

Carole Joan (Finman) Ehrlich, 74 of Old Lyme, formally of West Hartford, passed away peacefully on February 12, 2013. She was the beloved wife of 53 years to Stanley Ehrlich. Carole was born in Hartford June 29, 1938. She was the daughter of the late Harry A. and Lillian (Bloom) Finman. She is predeceased by her father-in-law Leslie Ehrlich, brother...

Rosetta (Ginsburg) Freeman of 10 Westview Drive, Bloomfield, wife of Martin S. Freeman, died Friday, October 7, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Rockville, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Dora (Sosensky) Ginsburg. She taught in the Hartford Public School System for many years until her retirement in 1979. She leaves two sons, Edward Freeman and...

DUNN, Rose (Bernstein) Dunn, 94, of Farmington, formerly of West Hartford and Delray Beach, FL, died Friday, December 16, 2005 at home with her family by her side. She was the widow of Lewis A. Dunn. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Saul and Ettie (Rudel) Bernstein. She graduated from the Mt. Sinai Hospital School of...

Ruth S. (Goldberg) Goldberg, 89 years of age, of Glastonbury, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011. She was the cherished wife of the late Dr. Solomon Goldberg, who died July 5, 2000. Born in Colchester, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Yetta (Millendorf) Goldberg. She was the beloved mother of Gail DuBrow of Hamden, Leonard and Sheryl...

Beverley (Holtman) Blumenson, 77, of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of Saddle Brook, NJ, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Hyman and Eva (Youlovsky) Holtman. Before retiring and moving to Florida, Beverley had been the director of the Saddle Brook Senior Citizen Center and, later, employed by the Saddle Brook...

Peter Alan Fischer, age 65 of Rockville, formerly of West Hartford passed away on February 14, 2015. He was the son of Martin Fischer and Gertrude ( Kurland) Fischer. Peter graduated from Conard High School in West Hartford, class of 1967. Peter was employed for many years as an inside salesman at Capitol Light and Supply, now Rexel. In his...

Norma Ginsberg, 87, of Lovelace Dr., West Hartford, died Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Rachel (Goldstein) Ginsberg. She was a life member of Hadassah, and a contributor to many philanthropic organizations. She leaves two nieces Naureen Ginsberg and Joan Jackson, a nephew Sidney Ginsberg, and several great nieces and...

FILKOFF, Jeanette Frances (Purzycki) Filkoff, 90, of West Hartford, died on Sunday, (December 25, 2011). She was the widow of Isadore Filkoff. She was born November 4, 1921, in Hartford, the daughter of Boleslaw and Anna (Hwaszewski) Purzycki. She leaves her children, Alvin, David and Cynthia Filkoff; her son-in-law, Armand De Biase; her grandchildren, Sefira Fialkoff and Alex and Michael...

BRANDWEIN, Esther Rachel (Bennett) Esther Rachel (Bennett) Brandwein, 91, died peacefully on Friday, (September 7, 2007) (24 Elul 5767). She was born and raised in Greenwich, the middle of the five children of Meyer Mordechai and Rebecca (Lipsky) Bennett. She graduated as valedictorian of Greenwich High School and worked in her family’s grocery store on Steamboat Road in Greenwich and...

Gerald Jerry’ Cohen, 83 years of age, of West Hartford, Old Saybrook and Delray Beach, FL, beloved husband for 58 years of Merle (Clymer) Cohen, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, with his family at his bedside. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Hyman and Lena (Kotkin) Cohen. Jerry proudly served his country during World...

On December 25, Linda Faye Butler of Manchester passed away. She leaves a son, Avi Butler of New Haven, brothers, Michael and Jay Butler of West Hartford, Stuart Butler of Avon and Jeffrey Butler of South Windsor, a granddaughter, Jasline Ortell of Denver Colorado, four nephews, Joshua Butler, Adam Butler, Zakkai Butler and Eric Butler, and one niece, Allison Butler....

Burton S. Baver, of Colchester died suddenly at home on Saturday, November 16, 2013. He is survived by 3 sons: Robert, Allan, Scott; 11 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by a son Harvey. Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Jewish War Veterans Cemetery, 283 Cleveland Ave., Hartford, CT.

Judith Dorman, died on Thursday, March 5th. Judith was the twin sister to Leah Dorman, was born in Rocky Hill, CT on September 30, 1922. She moved with her sister and her mother Etta Dorman to West Hartford in 1949. Judith and Leah were inseparable their entire life. Judith was head secretary for the General Electric Plant in Plainville, CT...

BERNSTEIN, Goldie (Greenspon) Cohen Bernstein, 96 years of age, of West Hartford died on Thursday, December 10, 2009. She was the widow of Philip P. Cohen and Abraham Bernstein. Goldie was born in Hartford on June 14, 1913, daughter of the late Louis and Eva (Edlin) Greenspon. She was a bookkeeper for Bernstein Brothers Garage and Connecticut Hairdressing School. She...

Myron B. Birnbaum, 90, of New Britain, died peacefully on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at New Britain General Hospital. Born on June 17, 1917 in New Britain, he was the son of the late Pauline and Isadore Birnbaum. He was also predeceased by a brother, Leonard Birnbaum, and by his sisters, Gladys (Birnbaum) Bayer, and Lucille (Birnbaum) Weisberg. Myron was...

BARON, Esther T. Esther Tucker Baron, 103, born June 19, 1903, passed away peacefully on Saturday, (February 10, 2007), at the Hebrew Home and Hospital. Esther was predeceased by her parents Michael and Ida Tucker, loving husband Lou Baron, caring and wonderful daughter-in-law Joyce Baron, brother William Tucker and aunt entertainer Sophie Tucker. Esther was known for her sweet voice,...

Sophie Jaffe Banasiak of Kensington passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2005 from dementia. She was 91 and had been a lifelong resident of Kensington and New Britain. Educated in New Britain public schools, she was a graduate of Teachers College of Connecticut (now CCSU) and completed graduate studies at Boston University. She was a teacher in the New Britain...

Susan Kane Alter passed away in her sleep on August 28, 2014. She was born December 18, 1941, and grew up in West Hartford, CT. Susan attended Cornell University and The University of Hartford, it was during her junior year that she was fixed up on a blind date with Dr. Elliott Alter, a young optometrist who was setting up...

Louis H. Cohen, 98 years of age, of West Hartford, formerly of New Britain, died Monday, October 21, 2013 at Hartford Hospital. He was the husband of the late Virginia (Pinsker) Cohen. Born in New Britain, he was the son of the late William and Bessie (Bordowitz) Cohen. He served as a Captain in the Quartermaster Corps in the US...

Ida Greenspon, a life time resident of Hartford , widow of Bernard Greenspon, founder of Regal Supply Company, died Sunday, (April 27, 2008). Ida was a loving, kind, and giving, mother, wife and friend to many. A true Hartford native, her parents emigrated from the Ukraine through Ellis Island. Her father Osher was a fruit peddler with his horse and...