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Frances Engel Kirschenbaum

Frances Engel Kirschenbaum

May 14, 2021

Frances  Engel Kirschenbaum peacefully passed away on May 14, 2021. She joins her loving husband of 62 years, Jack Martin Kirschenbaum, who passed away on April 16, 2016. Frances was the daughter of Phillip and Mollie Engel, and was predeceased by her siblings, Bernie and Nat Engel. Frances was raised in Brooklyn, NY, where she and her husband met...

Valentine (Val) Tuckell

Valentine (Val) Tuckell

Apr 2, 2021

Valentine (Val) Tuckell of Pompano Beach FL formerly of New Haven passed away peacefully on April 2 at the age of 100. Born June 27, 1920 in Kiev, Russia Val came to America at the age of two. She was predeceased by her husband of fifty-five years, Murray Tuckell. She is survived by her daughter Vicki Hobbs of West...

Walter Rochow

Walter Rochow

Mar 4, 2021

Walter Rochow, beloved husband for 59 years of the late Myra Morse Rochow, died on Thursday, March 4th at the age of 84. Walter was born in Queens, New York to the late Adele and David Rochow. Walter will be lovingly remembered by his children, Sharon Gaynor (Eric), Faye Pite Beresner (Steven), and Carl Rochow (Heidi). Walter will also...

Carol Cease

Carol Cease

Feb 13, 2021

Carol Cease of Trumbull, Ct passed away peacefully on 02/13/2021 at the age of 95. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y and moved to Bridgeport in her early 20's. She worked as an office manager until her retirement in 1990. She retired in Boynton Beach, Fla, returning to Ct in the last 10 yrs. She is preceeded in death...

Rosalind F. Postol Golden

Rosalind F. Postol Golden

Feb 11, 2021

Rosalind F. Postol Golden passed away on Feb. 11, 2021 at the age of 101. She was born on February 6,1920 in Bridgeport CT. The daughter of Henrietta Sackett Postol and Norman Postol, predeceased by her husband Leonard and son Donald Golden. Survivors include her Daughter Linda Peloquin, her grandchildren Matt Peloquin, Jennifer Golden, Sara Bracaglia and husband Marco,...

Sidney Hubelbank

Sidney Hubelbank

Feb 4, 2021

Sidney Hubelbank passed away Feb. 4, 2021 after a life of service to others. He was a kind and thoughtful man who helped his family and others. Even in his final years, he had a keen sense of humor. During World war II he served in the Army Air Corps in North America and Canada as part of the...

Ruth Silverberg

Ruth Silverberg

Feb 2, 2021

Ruth Lippy Silverberg Born 3/12 /1926  Bronx ,New York passed away in Cromwell Connecticut  on 2/2/21. Mrs. Silverberg formally of 158 Atwater St. West Haven, CT received her BA degree from Brooklyn College and her MSSA degree from Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio in  Social Work. She was the wife of Sidney K. Silverberg, the mother of Richard...

Natalie Postol Schwartz

Natalie Postol Schwartz

Jan 23, 2021

Natalie Postol Schwartz died January 23, 2021. Natalie was born in Bridgeport on September27,1922. She was the daughter of Henrietta Sackett Postol and Norman Postol. She spent the first 36 years of her life in Bridgeport before moving with her family to Easton where she lived for 37 years and moved back to Bridgeport for the remaining 25 years...

Claude Lardeux Gorfien

Claude Lardeux Gorfien

Jan 20, 2021

Claude Lardeux Gorfien passed away peacefully at home in Guilford, CT on January 20, 2021. She was 97 years old. Claude was born in 1923 in the small 18th century village of Le Pin-au-Haras in Normandy, France. During World War II, she spent five days under house arrest for participation in underground activities just prior to the allies' advance,...

Irwin Batter

Irwin Batter

Dec 29, 2020

Irwin Batter, known to many as "Ike" and "Win", passed away at age 95 on December 29, 2020, from COVID-19 at his home in Oceanside, California. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut July 6, 1925 to Samuel and Marion Batter. At 17, he joined the Marine Corps during World War II, after having been turned down at age...

Lois Ann Buslovitz

Lois Ann Buslovitz

Dec 5, 2020

Lois Ann Buslovitz, 94, of Hamden, devoted wife to the late Theodore Buslovitz, died at Masonicare Health Center on Saturday, December 5, 2020 after contracting COVID.  She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Irma (Lellouche) Epstein. She is survived by her three daughters and their families, Susan and Charles Guthrie of Delray Beach, FL and their children...

Lucille Enson

Lucille Enson

Nov 22, 2020

Lucille Enson, 95, of Wallingford, formerly of North Haven and Hamden, died peacefully on November 22 after a brief illness. She was predeceased by and devoted to her beloved husband Irving of 56 years. She is survived by sons Michael of Bethany, David (Dyan) of Villa Park, CA, grandchildren Daniel Enson (Jenna) of Ridgefield, Melissa Wachman (Jonathan) of NYC,...

Marvin Bernard Gottlieb

Marvin Bernard Gottlieb

Nov 11, 2020

CHESHIRE - Marvin Bernard Gottlieb, 78, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2020 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Connecticut after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Marvin was born on May 2, 1942, the younger son of George and Edith Gottlieb of New York. He is survived by his beloved wife of 53 years, Nancy Cantor Gottlieb, and their...

Miriam Garber Setlow

Miriam Garber Setlow

Oct 10, 2020

Miriam Garber Setlow on October 10, 2020. She was 94 years old. Daughter of David and Esther Lipman. Predeceased by husbands Mitchel W. Garber and Herbert D. Setlow. Predeceased by sons Bruce Garber and Larry Garber. Survived by her sister Faye Glass, two children Steve (Ruthie)Garber and Marcy (David) Fish. Also survived by grandchildren Trudy, Molly, Peter, Micah, and...

Herbert Landorf

Herbert Landorf

Aug 18, 2020

Herbert Landorf passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 18, at the age of 97. He was born and raised in New Haven. He attended Valley Forge Military Academy and served as a commissioned officer in World War II, in which he fought in many famous battles. Upon return from the war, he married Carolyn Brehm, and took over his...

Mary Bratu

Mary Bratu

Jul 2, 2020

Mary Bratu, 91, of Hamden, died at home on July 2, 2020. She was the daughter of Herman Linscher and Yetti Segall,  predeceased by Dr. Marcel Bratu in 2019 after 69 years of marriage. She leaves a daughter, Monica (Ariel) Talmor of Hamden, a son Alex (Mary Anne Sulik) Bratu of Milford, and 2 grandchildren, Michael and Maia Talmor....

Norman Hyatt Rashba

Norman Hyatt Rashba

May 30, 2020

Norman Hyatt Rashba passed away peacefully on May 30, 2020, at 93 years of age. Norman was born on December 1, 1926, in New Haven, CT, where he was raised in the loving home of Abe and Sonya (Hyatt) Rashba. This family unit was part of a large multi-generational extended family whose values of compassion and integrity were a...

Bonnie Sue Germon

Bonnie Sue Germon

May 19, 2020

Bonnie Sue Germon of Hartford, CT formerly of New Haven died on May 19, 2020 with her beloved husband John O'Hara by her side.  She was 72. She leaves her adored daughter Jennifer Germon of San Francisco and sister Adele Sasson (Roy), of Hamden and FL, and a bunch of nieces and nephews. Bonnie was an avid theatre goer...

Peter I. Jatlow M.D.

Peter I. Jatlow M.D.

May 18, 2020

Peter I. Jatlow, M.D., 84, passed away at his home peacefully on Monday, May 18, 2020 after a long illness. Dr. Jatlow served as Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale School of Medicine from 1984-2006. Mostly recently, he was Professor Emeritus of, and Senior Research Scientist in, the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Psychiatry. His clinical...

Molly Lebedeker Hirshfield

Molly Lebedeker Hirshfield

May 5, 2020

Molly Lebedeker Hirshfield,  born and raised in New Haven , passed away on May 5, 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida.  She was 103 years old.  After raising her family she spent her retirement years with her husband Jack in Highland Beach Florida. She leaves four children: Marjorie Greenberg, Merle Goldstone, Mark Goldstone and his wife Christine, and stepson Gary...

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