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ASTOR

December 12, 2017, 10:10 am
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Mary Astor, 98, of Niantic, died Dec. 7. She was the widow of Bernard Astor. Born in Tamaqua, Penn., she was the daughter of the late Charles and Bertha Nitchun. She was also predeceased by her daughter Hedi; her siblings, Dorothy, Rebecca and Sydney, and their spouses. She is survived by her sons, Michael Astor and his wife Susan, and Carl Astor and his wife Sharon; her son-in-law Carl; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and her sister Shirley Vorspan and her husband Albert.

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In Memoriam 2017

December 21, 2017, 7:31 am
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Ari Rath, a prominent Austrian-Israeli journalist who served as editor-in-chief at The Jerusalem Post, died Friday, Jan. 13 in Vienna, a week after turning 92.

 

 

Edward Cohen, a Connecticut native who served as the chief engineer on the 1986 restoration of the Statue of Liberty, died Jan. 29 at the age of 95.

 

 

Leah Adler, the mother of director Steven Spielberg and a well-known restaurateur who owned the kosher Los Angeles eatery The Milky Way, died Feb. 21 at the age of 97.

 

 

David Rubinger, the Israeli photographer who took the iconic photo of Israeli paratroopers standing in front of the Western Wall after its capture in the Six-Day War, died March 2 at the age of 92.

 

 

Rabbi Harold S. Silver, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Israel in West Hartford and a leader in progressive Reform Judaism, died March 9 at the age of 92.

 

 

Elliott Horowitz, the author of Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence — considered the most wide- ranging book on Jewish violence — died March 18 at the age of 64.

 

 

Sam Pasco, the leader of the Hartford-based Sam Pasco Trio and who for many years was a professional musician who played for Frank Sinatra and Jackie Gleason, died March 23 at the age of 89.

 

 

Don Rickles, the bullet-headed comedian and actor whose pioneering brand of insult comedy earned him the nickname “Mr. Warmth,” died April 6 at the age of 90.

 

 

Henny Simon, a Holocaust survivor and longtime Holocaust educator from Colchester died in a car accident April. 4 at the age of 91.

 

 

Zel Lurie, who served as editor and publisher of Hadassah Magazine for 35 years, died April 10 at the age of 103.

 

 

Dr. Mark Wainberg, a renowned AIDS researcher best known for identifying 3TC (Lamivudine) as one of the first effective anti-viral treatments that helped extend the survival of HIV/AIDS patients, died April 11 at the age of 71.

 

 

Leonard E. Greenberg, owner of Coleco Industries, the toy manufacturer that produced the Cabbage Patch Kids in the 1980s and founder of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College, died July 10 at the age of 89.

 

 

Marty Sklar, who served 54 years as an “Imagineer” for the Walt Disney Co. and led the creative team behind the company’s theme parks, attractions and resorts, died July 27 at the age of 83.

 

 

Jeff Brotman, who co-founded the retail giant Costco, and was an active philanthropist donating to the arts, Democratic political candidates and Jewish causes, died August 1 at the age of 74.

 

 

Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor from Haifa who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, died Aug. 11 at the age of 113.

 

 

Jerry Lewis, the comedian known for his starring role in “The Nutty Professor,” his stage partnership with singer-actor Dean Martin and four decades of hosting the Muscular Dystrophy telethon, died Aug. 20 at the age of 91.

 

 

Rabbi Henry Okolica, the longtime spiritual leader of Congregation Tephereth Israel in New Britain, known as “Everybody’s Rabbi,” died Sept. 25 at the age of 103.

 

 

Monty Hall, the host of the long-running television game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” died Sept. 30 at the age of 96.

 

 

Rabbi Israel Stein, longtime rabbi at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Bridgeport, died Sept. 24 at the age of 79.

 

 

Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian haredi Orthodox community, who was known as “gadol hador,’ a great sage of his generation, died Dec. 12 at the age of 104.

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NIGHTINGALE

January 2, 2018, 1:53 pm
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Charles Nightingale of Glastonbury died Dec. 18. He was the husband of Loretta Nightingale. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he was the son of the late Michael and Annamarie (Schmidt) Nightingale. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children Harris, Bonnie and Richard; his brother Joseph; and their families, children and grandchildren.

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MELTZER

January 2, 2018, 1:54 pm
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Louis “Lou” Meltzer, 94, of Lantana, Fla., died Dec. 4, 2017. He was the husband of Reyna Feldman Meltzer; and the widower of the widow of Cissy Wax Meltzer. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Sam and Jenny Meltzer. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Susan Ahlers and her husband Michael Ahlers, and Jim Meltzer and his wife Lois; his stepsons, Steve Feldman and his wife Laura, Tom Feldman and his wife Joyce; and his step-daughter-in-law Debra Feldman; his grandchildren, Daniel Ahlers, Lauren Meltzer, Sara and Jason Weiner, Jessie and Justin Prunell, and Josh, Jillian and Jon Feldman; and his great-grandchildren, Lucas, Griffin and Gracie Weiner, Oliver and Charlie Prunell, and Emma Feldman. He was also predeceased by his stepson Sam Feldman.

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LIDSKY

January 2, 2018, 1:54 pm
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Eleanor (Levinson) Lidsky, 92, formerly of Hamden, died Dec. 14. She was the widow of Yale “Yuddie” Lidsky. Born in New Haven, she was the daughter of the late Hyman and Fannie (Sutkin) Levinson. She is survived by her children, Carol Evans and her husband Joel of North Haven, and Mark Lidsky and his wife Barbara of Lakeland, Fla.; her siblings, Ned and Susan Levinson of Hamden, and Selma Pauker of Hamden; and her grandchildren, Douglas and Lisa, Jodi and Joe, Heidi, and Josh and Laura; her great-grandchildren, Jonah, Juliet, Benny, Kayden, Madison and Isabele; and  many nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by her sister Norma Wolper of Bridgeport.

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LEVINE

January 2, 2018, 1:55 pm
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Harriett Maranoff Levine, 84, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Stamford, died Dec. 10. She was the widow of Murray “Bucky” Levine. Born in Philadelphia, Penn., and raised in Jackson, Tenn., she was the daughter of Rose (Lindy) and Jack Maranoff. She is survived by her children, Kenneth Levine and his wife Teri of Jacksonville, Fla., Vicki Levine Bourque and her husband Ray of St. Augustine, Fla., and Debra Levine and her husband David Rubenstein of El Dorado Hills, Calif.; her grandchildren, Jonathan Levine and his wife Marian of Los Angeles, Calif., Brendon Bourque and his wife Jennifer of Washington, D.C., and Claire Bourque of Washington, D.C.; her sisters, Arlene Shoester and Sheila Lederman; her sister-in-law Doris Silverstein, and her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Janet and Bernie Bloom. She was also predeceased by her sister Josephine Galkow and her sister-in-law Shirley Sosnowitz.

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KRECHEVSKY

January 2, 2018, 1:57 pm
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Seymour T. Krechevsky, 87, of Wallingford, formerly of West Hartford, died Dec. 16. He was the husband of Annette (Krasner) Krechevsky. Born in Hartford, he was the son of Morris and Anna (Levine) Krechevsky. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Lauren Lang and her partner Aaron Kaplowitz of Plantsville, Marla Chaet and her fiancé David Mella, of Port Saint Lucie, Fla., David Krechevsky and his wife Katherine of Wallingford, and Carin Shockey of Greencastle, Penn; nine grandchildren; and 12 nieces and nephews. He was also predeceased by his sister, Miriam Berson of Avon, and his brothers Herbert Krechevsky of West Hartford and the Hon. Robert L. Krechevsky of West Hartford.

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KATZ

January 2, 2018, 1:58 pm
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Jody Ellen Elston Katz, 67, of Groton, died Dec. 16. She was the wife of Merrill Katz. Raised in Elmwood, she was the daughter of Roslyn Elston and the late Leon Elston. In addition to her mother and her husband, she is survived by her sister Sari Trzepacz; and her children, Mark Katz, and Jamie Katz Court and her husband Barnaby Court.

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GIMBEL

January 2, 2018, 1:58 pm
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Beatrice “Bea” Savelewitz Gimbel, 91, of Boca Raton, Fla., died Dec. 14. She was the widow of Henry M. Gimbel. Born in Derby and raised in Ansonia, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Gussie (Simon) Savelewitz. She was a lifelong active member of Congregation B’nai Jacob. She is survived by her son Michael Gimbel and his wife Rebecca of Plantation, Fla.; her grandchildren David, Heather, Zachary, Daniel and Harrison Gimbel; and her son-in-law Stewart Gross. She was also predeceased by her daughter Deborah Gimbel Gross, her son Peter J. Gimbel, and her brothers Abraham, Max and Samuel Savell.

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GELLES

January 2, 2018, 1:59 pm
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Phyllis M. (Silver) Gelles died Dec. 20.  She was the wife of Gerald Gelles. She was the daughter of the late Louis and Martha Silver. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, David and Robin Gelles, Steven and Caron Gelles, Stuart Gelles, Richard Gelles and Tiffany Adams; her grandchildren, Alisha and Ronald Cipriano, Stefanie and David Ochs, Matthew and Tracy Gelles, Joshua and Rona Gelles, Rachel and Jonah Raskas, Dana Gelles, Noah Gelles and Grant Gelles; and her great-grandchildren, Jordan, Ella and Olivia Cipriano, Aria Gelles and Sheri Raskas.

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COHN

January 2, 2018, 1:59 pm
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Marvin I. Cohn, 78, of Georgia, formerly of Newington, died Dec. 20. He was the widower of Myrna Baller Cohn and Arlyn Matwetsky Cohn. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late George and Thelma Cohn. He was an active member of Congregation B’nai Sholom in Newington. He was also predeceased by his brother, David Cohn, and his sister Harriet Cohn Herman. He is survived by his children, Marc Cohn and his wife Wendy of New York, N.Y., Joel Cohn and his wife Lisa of Norfolk, Va., and Bruce and Cohn and his wife Nicole of Alpharetta, Ga.; his grandchildren, Ayden, Melanie, Halle, Michael, Brian and Logan Cohn; his brother-in-law Jack Herman; and his sister-in-law Libby Cohn.

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COHEN

January 2, 2018, 2:00 pm
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Fanny (Perel) Cohen, 57, of Weatogue, died Dec. 21. She was the wife of Aaron Cohen. Born in Venezuela, she was the daughter of Nora (Kaswan) Perel and the late Moises Perel. In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by her children, Jack Cohen and his wife Calanit, Daniel Cohen and his wife Madison, and Sarah Cohen; and her grandchildren, Avigayil, Leah, and Moshe; her sisters and brother, and their families.

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SILVERSTEIN

January 10, 2018, 7:34 am
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Doris Levine Silverstein, 93, of Fairfield, formerly of Mt. Laurel, N.J., died Dec. 30. She was the widow of Jules Silverstein. Richard and Judith Wilk by her side. Born in Stamford, she was the daughter of the late Essie (Rosenblum) and Bernard Levine. She is survived by her children, Richard Wilk and his wife Bonnie of Stratford, and Judi Wilk of Bridgeport; her sister Janet Bloom and her husband Bernie of Trumbull; her grandchildren, Peter Wilk of Bridgeport, Betsy Katz of South Hamilton, Mass., Brian Wilk and his wife Stefanie of Easton, Stacy Quinn and her husband Chris of Jacksonville, Fla., and Sarah and her husband Todd Kuhns of Monroe, Ethan Voltolini and his wife Nina of Bridgeport; her great-grandchildren, Maia, Mason and Maelen Wilk, Nikolas and Julian Katz, Teagan and Connor Quinn, Braedon, Lily, Jack and Alexander Kuhns; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was also predeceased by her first husband Seymour Wilk, her sister Shirley Sosnowitz, her brother Murray (Bucky) Levine and her sister-in-law Harriet Levine.

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SILVER

January 10, 2018, 7:35 am
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Karen Jan Silver Blinderman, died Jan. 7. She was the daughter of the late Matilda and Louis. She was also predeceased by her brother Howard Silver. She is survived by children, Jeffrey and Susan Blinderman, B.J. and Steve Lee, Jennifer Blinderman and Jonathan and Raechel Blinderman; her grandsons, Frankie, Max, Josh, Ross and Jake; her sister-in-law Sue; and a niece and nephew.

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ROTHSTEIN

January 10, 2018, 7:35 am
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Danielle J. Rothstein, 26, of Avon, died Dec. 20. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Lance and Andrea (Baggish) Rothstein. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Rebecca, along with many relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her grandparents Mickey and David Rothstein and Irving and Harriet Baggish.

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RENERT

January 10, 2018, 7:36 am
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Susan L. Renert, 60, of Farmington, died Jan. 3. She was the wife of Jeffrey Renert. She was the beloved wife of Jeffrey Renert for 32 years. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Ira and Barbara (Reuben) Levin. She was a member of The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford. In addition to her parents and husband, she is survived by her children, Sarah, Benjamin and Leah Renert; her sisters, Nancy Levin, Jane Levin and her husband Bob Rifkin, and Jacqueline Levin; her mother-in-law Lillian Renert; her sister-in-law Bonnie Parker and her husband Philip Parker; her brother-in-law Richard Renert and his wife June.

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NOVARR

January 10, 2018, 7:36 am
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Leo J. Novarr, 96, of West Hartford, formerly of Bloomfield, died Jan. 4. He was the widower of Sylvia (Greenbaum) Novarr. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Bennie and Minnie (Katz) Novarr. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, in the Aleutian Islands, on Kiska off of Alaska, and then on Saipan in the Mariana Islands in the Pacific, and was awarded the Bronze Star. He is survived by his children, Susan Schenker and her husband Michael of Simsbury, and Davida Novarr of Oakland, Calif.; his daughter-in-law Avra Novarr of Bloomfield; his grandchildren, Caryn Solomon, Jonathan Schenker (Alyson), Lauren Wolfson (Alexander), Matthew Novarr (Mandy), and Jason Novarr (Nandini); his great-grandchildren, Noah, Zachary and Lindsay Solomon, Avi and Manuel Schenker, Harper, Asher and Miles Wolfson, and Dani Novarr; his sisters, Ruth Hershman and her husband Gil, and Edith Katzman and her husband Mel; his brother-in-law Harold Greenbaum and his wife Margie; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He was also predeceased by his son Daniel Novarr and his daughter Harriet Novarr.

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NEUSNER

January 10, 2018, 7:37 am
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Millicent Neusner of West Hartford died Dec. 24. She was the widow of Peter Silverstone and Fred Neusner. She was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, N.Y. She is survived by a son, David Neusner, of New London; a daughter, Jo Ann Neusner, of Cambridge, Mass.; and four grandchildren, Alex, Gabriella, Julie, and Peter Neusner.

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LEVY

January 10, 2018, 7:37 am
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Joel Grauman Levy, 70, of Boca Raton, Fla., died Dec. 29. He was the husband of Joan Mackler Levy. Born in West Hartford, he was the son of Edna and David Levy. He graduated from the Kingswood-Oxford School. He graduated Cum Laude from Brandeis University, after which he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. He then graduated Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut School of Law. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a sister-in-law, Lisa Levy and her husband Jim Schulwolf, of West Hartford; two nephews, Erik Schulwolf and Daniel Schulwolf, both of Boston; and a niece, Sara Schulwolf, of Providence, R.I.

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KAUFMAN

January 10, 2018, 7:37 am
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Stanley Sol Kaufman, 85, of Norwalk, formerly of Florida, died Jan. 6. He was the husband of Carol Enid Kaufman. Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Morris and Tillie Kaufman. He is survived by his children, Michael, Jennifer, Lisa and Mark; his daughters-in-law Sandra and Carolynn; his son-in-law Bobby Rowe; his grandchildren, Daniel, Elise and Michele Kaufman, Jonathan and Alex Rosenberg, Tyler Rowe, Ryan and Ethan Kaufman; his brother Bernie and his wife Hannah; his sister-in-law Judy; and many nieces and nephews.

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