Obituaries

  • The Israel Cantor Family Society is sorry to report that our member, Jeri Ellen Bilus, died last week at age 74 due to complications caused by COVID-19. Jeri was born August 24, 1945 in Jersey City to Irving Bilus and Irene Cantor Bilus.  Irene was the daughter of Dora Cantor, the second wife of Benjamin […]

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  • I regret to inform you of the passing of our member Irwin (Pete) Pomranz, 92. The World War II veteran was buried this past Sunday, March 31, 2019 in the ICFS section of Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, NJ, next to his wife, Ray (Stein) Pomranz who died in 2016. Family was extremely important to Pete. Even […]

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  • Florence Adele Hornick December 15, 1923 – May 27, 2018 Florence Hornick passed away on Sunday May 27, 2018 at the age of 94. Her life is remembered below by her son, Sandy, and granddaughter, Meredith. I recall sitting at a funeral with my dad where the rabbi told a story of a 70-year old man […]

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  • Arthur Liebersohn February 9, 1951 – February 29, 2012 Eulogies Daniel Cantor, brother-in-law Joseph Liebersohn, brother Harry Liebersohn, cousin Bruce Duffy, boyhood friend Tess Liebersohn, daughter Max Liebersohn, son Dennis O’Donnell with a poem Philadelphia Inquirer obituary Family photos of Arthur Arthur Liebersohn was born in Washington DC on February 9, 1951. He was the […]

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  • Millie Cantor April 13, 1920 – May 12, 2008 The Funeral Service Eulogy by Daniel Cantor Poem by Madeline Cantor Millie the Muse by Phil Cantor A Few Words by Carrie Cantor Eulogy by Steve Cantor Listen to the entire service Photo album (requires Flash)

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  • Norma Cantor Wachtel March 30, 1915 – December 13, 2005 Norma Wachtel’s autobiography as transcribed by her son, Ken Wachtel At this stage in my life I am being called upon to relate the “story of my life.” I approach this project with an ambivalence of feelings. I want my children to know that I, […]

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  • Joseph Hornick April 22, 1918 – November 9, 2002 Eulogy by Sandy Hornick I don’t really know how to eulogize my dad, and in talking to my brother and sister I’m aware of impressions and memories we share and others we hold uniquely. One way I remember dad uniquely is his teaching me that patience […]

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  • Growing Up Four score and seven years ago, Herb was born in Manhattan. His family moved often, and he grew up in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. By 1938, he was living with his mother and sister in a Lower East Side housing project called Knickerbocker Village; his upstairs neighbors were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. […]

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  • Herbert Cantor July 20, 1913 – September 21, 2000 Herbert Cantor, 87, of Levittown, New York, died on September 21, 2000, following a brief illness. A good, kind man, smart and funny, he was much loved by Millie, his wife of 54 years, children Phil, Mady, and Danny, children-in-law Carrie, Arthur, and Laura, and grandchildren […]

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