Obituaries

 

Betty Abrams

July 21, 2024
Portland, Maine

Betty Freund Abrams nee Kandelman,100, of Portland, Maine, formerly Simsbury, Connecticut, and Levittown, New York passed away peacefully on July 21, 2024 in Portland, Maine.  Funeral service was be held at Levey Memorial Chapel, 471 Deering Ave., Portland, Maine, on July 24, 2024 at noon…

Esther Allen

July 17, 2024
Solomons, Maryland

Esther Marilyn (Sohn) Allen, 89, passed away on July 17, 2024, in Solomons, MD.  Esther was born on May 11,1935, in Springfield, MA, to Wilfred and Gertrude Sohn. She was a graduate of Deering High School in Portland, Maine. Esther was married for five years…

Peter M. Lewis

July 2, 2024
Scarborough, Maine

Peter Mark Lewis of Old Orchard Beach, son of David and Elaine Lewis, passed away on July 2nd, after a difficult struggle with pancreatic cancer. Peter graduated from Deering High School and Brandeis University and was the embodiment of Proverbs 22:1; “A good name is…

Samuel Zaitlin

June 20, 2024
Kennebunk, Maine

The funeral for Samuel was on SUNDAY, JUNE 23 at NOON at the Portland Jewish Funeral Home at 471 Deering Ave, Portland, ME Burial will be MONDAY, JUNE 24, AT NOON at Mount Sinai Cemetery on Hicks Street, Portland. ———————————————————————————————————— Samuel M. Zaitlin, a leader…

Bernard Cowan

June 9, 2024
Scarborough, Maine

Bernard Edward Cowan passed away at the age of 73 on June 9, 2024, at Gosnell House in Scarborough after a long illness. Bernard was born on November 28, 1950, in Bangor, Maine, the son of Bella (Rolnick) and Harold Cowan. Bernard attended Bangor schools…

Philip Levinsky

June 7, 2024
Cumberland, Maine

Philip Herald Levinsky passed away peacefully on June 7, 2024, at the age of 97. He was born in Portland on Oct. 6, 1926 to Jacob N. and Goldie Romanow Levinsky. Phil attended Portland schools and  graduated from Deering High in 1944. At Deering he participated…

Deirdre Sulka Meister

June 2, 2024
Portland, Maine

Deirdre Sulka Meister, 53, of Portland, died at her home on Sunday, June 2, 2024, of ovarian cancer. She was surrounded by her child, Violet Sulka/Hewes, Violet’s partner Sarina Hanfling, and her dear friend Robin Illian. Many friends lovingly cared for her during her final…

Julie Lyons

April 28, 2024
Portland, Maine

Julie Lyons, of State Street in Portland, passed away at the age of 91 after a brief illness. Born in Cuba in 1933, Julie came to the United States in the late thirties with her parents, Joseph & Frances Lyons, who were immigrants from Ukraine…

Elisabeth Dunn

March 28, 2024
Southport, North Carolina

Elisabeth (Liesje) Sarphatie Dunn was born in Amsterdam on June 15, 1931, the eldest child of Simon and Johanna Jacoba (nee Muller) Sarphatie. Simon was a member of a Sephardic Jewish family; Jo came from a Christian family. Simon and Jo had eloped in 1929…

Shirley Rosen

March 22, 2024
Virginia

Shirley Rosen, daughter of Lena Shlanger Binder and Joseph Binder, was born in New York City on December 16, 1930 on the lower east side. She graduated from Seward Park High School, class of 1949 and attended City College of N.Y.  She was proud to…

Violeta Wittman

March 14, 2024
Portland, Maine

Violeta Sara Elina Cortes Wittman – Dearly loved wife, mother, sister, aunt, dog, turtle, and cat mom, Violet passed away peacefully on March 14th. Violet had a kind, gentle soul that was evident to everyone who interacted with her. Her daughters, animals, husband, and Judaism…

Noah Dunitz

March 6, 2024
Scarborough, Maine

Noah Daniel Dunitz, 91, of Saco, Maine, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2024. The son of the late Jesse and Rose Gordon Dunitz, he was born on December 22, 1932, in Goshen, New York. He lived in Florida, New York, for the first 12…

Manuel Herszkopf

March 4, 2024
Portland, Maine

Funeral for Manuel Herszkopf will be at Mount Sinai Cemetery, Hicks Street Portland, ME on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 10:30 am.