Sidney Adler was a linguist, student of Jewish and American history, art collector, businessman, teacher, horticulturist well known for his “green thumb,” and philanthropist. He moved with his family to the Five Towns in 1948 and since then lived in Cedarhurst, Lawrence, and Atlantic Beach.
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5/19/11
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Stanley Kahn, a former mayor of Lawrence village, died in Aptos, Calif., on Sept. 8. He was 82.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/18/13
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At 14, Henry Lederer made a deal to clean the aircraft at Miller’s Air Field on Staten Island in exchange for flying lessons and that passion for aviation continued as a U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot in World War II and in his professional life.
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By Ann Friedman
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10/2/13
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A professional educator who never stopped teaching, Harry Krane also didn’t stop working. The former Hewlett resident died in Boynton Beach, Fla. on Aug 17. He was 86.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/13/12
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Inwood native Barbara A. (Baylis) Lunde of Port Orange, Fla., died on April 10. She was 89.
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4/28/11
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People have searched for many years for the secret to a long life.
A man who lived in Cedarhurst for more than a century might have found it.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/13/13
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After an 18-month battle with cancer Woodmere resident Leonard S. Faber died on April 8 at North Shore University Hospital from complications relating to chemotherapy treatment from acute myeloid leukemia. He was 70.
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4/28/11
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Far Rockaway resident Sarah ‘Sadie’ Minichello died on March 26. She was 74.
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4/28/11
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A former member of the Woodmere Bay Yacht Club in East Rockaway, and onetime Woodmere resident Lawrence (Larry) Heimbinder died June 21 in North Carolina, where he lived with his wife, Verna, since 1993. He was 90.
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By Jason Brendler
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7/3/13
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Sonny Usdan was a man of diverse interests, who loved his family and became involved in the communities where he lived.
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By Jason Brendler
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7/3/13
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