Obituaries

Anastasia Aliyah Theresa Patch, who was born on April 8, 2002, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 16, 2024, at Seven Hills Pediatric Center in Groton, MA. She was 22 years old. Anastasia lived a life of happiness, quality, dignity, and peace, all the things   Sarah and James hoped Anastasia…...

Etta Greenspan Cohen, 75, passed away peacefully in Boca Raton, Florida on September 17, 2024. She was born in Tzfat, Israel, to Zelig “Ziggy” Greenspan and Shayndela “Janet” Greenspan. She was the younger sister to William Greenspan. Etta is survived by her only child, Dr. Lisa Cohen (46), and her…...

West Palm Beach – Steven I. Young (80), passed away on September 13, 2024 with his family by his side. He lost a battle to cancer but proudly did not spend one day sick the other 79 years of his life. Steve was a native of Brookline, MA. and a…...

Yelizaveta (Lilia) Goltser Wife, Yiddishe Mama, grandmother, and a dear friend died on September 14, 2024 at the age of 79. Lilia was terminally ill, and she passed away at her home in Newton, Massachusetts surrounded by her close family. She is survived by her loving husband Vadim of Newton,…...

KAPLAN, Sidney “Sonny” died on September 14, 2024 at the age of 95 in Sudbury, formerly of the West End of Boston and Brookline. Beloved husband of the late Patricia (Reinherz) Kaplan for 60 years. Loving father of Steven Kaplan of Framingham and Scott Kaplan and his wife Judith of…...

Lillian (Gesserman) Freedman, age 98, born in Somerville, formerly of Randolph, Tamarac, FL, and Brookline, passed away peacefully at Parlin Hospice House, Wayland on September 12, 2024. Lillian was the beloved wife of Manuel Freedman for over 60 years, loving mother of Cheryl Freedman-Borrelli, and the late Dr. David Borrelli,…...

Alfred L. Mayer of Sharon passed away peacefully, with his family beside him on Tuesday, September 10th at 93 years of age. Alfred was born in Germany, the son of the late Hugo and Bella Mayer. The family left Germany when Alfred was a young child and moved to the…...

Barry M. Brenner, M.D., of Wellesley, MA, renowned kidney physiologist and clinical nephrologist, Director Emeritus of the Renal Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Samuel A. Levine Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on August 6, 2024, at the age of 86.…...

Sandra K. Zimon, 86 years young, of West Roxbury, passed away on September 7, 2024, at home, after a short illness. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Dr. Richard Zimon, and her parents Maxwell and Jeanette Kream. Sandra grew up in Brookline where she went to the…...

ARBEITER, Anna (Balter) Holocaust Survivor of Newton, died on September 1, 2024 at 98 years of age.  Devoted daughter of the late Mordechai and Faiga (Saltzman) Balter.  Beloved wife of the late Israel (Izzy) Arbeiter.  Loving mother of Harriet Fritz and her late husband Ron of Stoughton, Fran Rotman and…...