Obituaries

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…...

Rena Lipkind of Houston TX, formerly of Boston MA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family after a long illness on August 30, 2024, at the age of 81. Devoted daughter of the late Paul and Mollie (Ernest) Sadgursky. Beloved wife of Carl I Lipkind. Loving mother of Robert…...

Lois B. Schleffer of Brockton, MA & Florida passed away peacefully on August 26, 2024 at the age of 85.  She was the devoted daughter of the late Hyman and Ella Chyet. Lois will be lovingly remembered by her sons Gordon and Jonathan and daughter-in-law Lisa. Also, by her grandchildren…...

Marcia (Woolf) Hicks passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at the age of 81. Born to the late Lillian (Wexler) and Hayvis Woolf, Marcia was a loving wife to the late Robert (Bob) Hicks and a dear sister to the late Meryl Woolf. Marcia and Bob shared 44…...