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Renee Moss, age 93, passed away on July 27, 2020, at Lake Mary Health and Rehab Center. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 17, 1927, to the late Max and Molly Fischer. Mrs. Moss was a graduate of City College of New York with a degree in...

Judith Gabbai, age 76, of Winter Park, passed away peacefully at Oakmont Village – Sienna Memory Care, on Monday night, July 13, 2020. Mrs. Gabbai was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Nov. 26, 1943, a daughter of the late Eliezer and Sara Levy Choc. Sh...

Jerome “Jerry” Felman, age 78, of Winter Springs, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at South Seminole Hospital in Longwood. Jerry was born on April 19, 1942, in Buffalo, New York, one of three children born to the late Yitzhak Meyer and...

Walter Halperin, age 95, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at his residence. Dr. Halperin was born in New York City on Dec. 10,1924, to the late Sam and Luba Ariev Halperin. He was a graduate of Long Island University and received...

Alejandro Enrique “Golan” Herstig, age 70, of Orlando, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2020, at AdventHealth Kissimmee from COVID-19. He was born on June 26, 1949, in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the late Menachem Mendel and Regina Gutman Herstig....

Diana Katz-Recu, age 87, of Orlando, passed away peacefully at Cornerstone Hospice at ORMC on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. She was born on Jan. 13, 1933, in Newark, New Jersey, to the late Alan and Gertrude Zimmerman Kassoy. A graduate of Hunter College,...

Robert (Bob) Saffer passed away peacefully early in the morning on Father’s Day, June 21, 2020. He was born Oct. 14, 1924. He loved nothing more than being with family and friends, as long as food was involved. He never met a stranger and was...

Coral Joy (Epstein) Ambuter, age 77, of Windermere, Fla., and formerly of Needham, Mass., passed away peacefully on Friday, June 12, 2020, at AdventHealth Hospice Orlando. A native of Cambridge, Mass., Coral was born on Sept. 4, 1942, to the late...

Edwin Feuer of Altamonte Springs died peacefully at home on March 9, 2020, at the age of 99. He was born Jan. 30, 1921, in New York, New York ,to Joseph Feuer and Rose Mermelstein Feuer. His first wife, Florence Feuer, and their sons, Allen and...

Joyce E. Demers, age 89, of Altamonte Springs, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Island Lake Life Center in Longwood. Mrs. Demers was born on April 14, 1931, in Ilion, New York, a daughter of the late George Leander Rockerfeller and Elsie...

Matilda Levin of Longwood, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at Serenades at Longwood. She was 98 years old. Mrs. Levin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Oct. 13, 1921, to the late Benjamin and Rose Bass Rutkin. A high school...

Randolph S. “Randy” Rawiszer, age 60, of DeLand, passed away at his residence on May 13, 2020. Randy was a native of New York, born on Sept. 4, 1959 to Zorina Rawiszer and the late Martin Solomon. Randy was a high school graduate and attended...

David S. Werber, age 68, of Kissimmee and formerly of Revere and Dorchestser, Mass., died suddenly on Sunday, May 17, 2020. He was born in Boston on April 25, 1952, to the late Joseph and Dora Siegal Werber. David graduated Boston Tech in the Top 10...

Rachel Goldman Shipley took her last breath in this world at 9:58 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. She was one month shy of her 95th birthday. Rachel was a force of nature. She and her sister Lynn performed as the Burton Sisters during a 1...

David P. Flax of Maitland, Florida, beloved husband of Viviane Flax, died on May 11, 2020, at AdventHealth Winter Park. Born on April 4, 1933, in Bayonne, New Jersey, David was the youngest of three sons born to the late Fanny (Swersky) and Samuel...

By Nancy Ludin I am really sorry to share sad news. My oldest brother, Mark Newberger, passed away from pneumonia on May 2, 2020. He was born June 29, 1952, just shy of 68 years old. Mark attended Haverford College where he was their all...

Susan Grossman Michalczak passed away peacefully in her home in Orlando on May 2, 2020, with her husband, Bob, at her side. She was 71 years old. Susan was born in New York, N.Y., on July 28, 1948 to Arthur and Thelma Grossman. She received her...

Martin Scott Cohn, age 55, of Winter Park, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020, at AdventHealth—Winter Park. Martin was born in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 6, 1965, to Norman L. Cohn and the late Charlotte Rosenbleeth Cohn. Martin grew up in Fort Walton Be...

Hilda Ruth Frishman passed away on May 2, 2020 surrounded by her loving children, Susan and husband Larry Wiggins, Jerry, Ellen and Barry. Born in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., on March 26, 1928, she was married for 59 years to Fred Frishman, who...

Rose Geller passed away very peacefully on May 3, 2020. She courageously fought a three-year battle with cancer. Rose was an incredible inspiration and friend to many people. Rose is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Dr. Joshua Geller of...

Lillian Tobias, age 93, of Lake Mary, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 7, 2020. She was born in New York, New York, on Dec. 18, 1926, to the late Aaron Morris Zaritsky and Rebecca Friedland Zaritsky. Lillian was a high school...

Annette Kahan Brener, age 93, of Oviedo, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23, 2020, at AdventHealth Hospice in Altamonte Springs. A Brooklyn, N.Y., native, she was born on Feb. 17,1927, to the late Philip and Ester Flug Kahan. Annette was a...

Scott Henry Rosenfeld, age 44, of Apopka, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2020, at AdventHealth Apopka. A native of Islip, New York, Scott was born on June 30, 1975 to Madelyne Shankman Rosenfeld and the late Howard Rosenfeld. Scott was a high...