Obituaries

Siegfried  Ansbacher -of Wayland, formerly of Glen Rock, NJ, on January 2, 2015.Beloved husband of the late Betty (Bauman) Ansbacher. Devoted father of Shirl Blank. Cherished grandfather of Jody Blank, Jeremy Blank, and Andrew Blank and his wife Annie. Loving great grandfather of Marissa and Devin. Graveside service at Beit Olam East Cemetery, 42 Concord Rd., Wayland, on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 11:00 am. Following services, memorial observance will be at  his residence until 4:00 pm, and will continue Monday and Tuesday 5-8 pm. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made to Hadassah New England,  200 Reservoir St., Suite 103, Needham, MA 02494.

loving wife of nearly 65 years of the late Benjamin Rudin, passed away peacefully at age 100 on January 2, 2015 in Beverly, MA. Rose is survived by her two sons, Stanley of Osprey, FL and Mark and his wife Anita of Danvers, MA, six grandchildren: Michael (Anne), Richard (Jeanne), Howard (Suzanne), Stacey (Andy Cessarini), Joshua (Gina), and Seth, seven great-grandchildren: Jamie, Sarah, Sam, Rachael, Toni Rose (Cessarini), Max, and Jaden, and her dear friend Lynda McCain. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 12:00 noon in the Sharon Memorial Park Chapel. Burial will be followed by shiva at the Olde Salem Village Condominium Club House, 43 Village Post Rd., Danvers, MA. Shiva will continue at the home of Mark and Anita Rudin Monday through Thursday, 1-4 & 6-9 pm and Friday 1-4 pm. Donations in Rose’s memory may be made to Temple Ner Tamid, 368 Lowell St., Peabody, MA 01960 or Care Dimensions Hospice, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B, Danvers, MA 01923.

of Newton, on December 26, 2014, Poet and Professor. Beloved husband of Anna Baranczak. Devoted father of Michael Baranczak and Anna Janina Baranczak. Dear brother of Malgorzata Musierowicz. Services in the Story Chapel at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 11:30 am. Donations in his memory may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777.

Polish Poet, Translator Stanislaw Baranczak Dies
WARSAW, Poland — Dec 27, 2014, 10:19 AM ET
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press
Associated Press
Poland’s outstanding poet, translator and dissident and a former Harvard lecturer Stanislaw Baranczak has died at his U.S. home, Poland’s leading daily Gazeta Wyborcza said. He was 68.

Since the 1990s, Baranczak suffered from Parkinson’s disease, which made him quit his Harvard job in 1997 after 16 years there. He died in Newtonville near Boston early Friday, the newspaper said.

Poland’s Culture Minister Malgorzata Omilanowska said that Baranczak’s death is a “great loss to Poland’s culture.”

“He paid a great price for his views, for his unwavering attitude,” Omilanowska said. “He dedicated his whole life to literature, to poetry. His work will always be an important part of Poland’s culture.”

His poems written in Poland in the 1960s and ’70s ridiculed the absurdity of the communist system and its artificial language. He co-founded the Workers’ Defense Committee (KOR) in 1977, following a brutal communist crackdown on protesting workers. For his activity he was fired from his job at the Adam Mickiewicz University in his native Poznan and his writings were barred from print in Poland.

In 1981 he got a three-year contract as lecturer at Harvard but stayed on, as Poland’s communists imposed martial law against the Solidarity freedom movement that year.

He translated many authors from Polish to English and from English to Polish, including works by Shakespeare, John Donne, Emily Dickinson and Bob Dylan. He also translated from Russian and from Lithuanian. He had the rare talent of preserving the spirit and the beauty of the language of the original.

In 1996 Baranczak shared the U.S. PEN Translation Prize with American Clare Cavanagh for putting into English a collection by Poland’s Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska.

Baranczak is survived by his wife Anna, a Harvard preceptor in Slavic languages and literatures.

Harold D. Price-of Newton, on December 28, 2014. Beloved husband of Annette (Lichter) Price. Devoted father of Ron Price and the late Sheryl Rothberg. Dear grandfather of Mellissa Price, Jennifer Price, David Rothberg, and Michelle Marom. Great-grandfather of Ella Rothberg, Liat Marom, Aidan Marom and Ethan Marom. Brother of Anita Michaelson. Graveside service at Temple Emeth Memorial Park, 776 Baker St., West Roxbury, on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 11:00 am. Memorial observance will be at the Community Room,  210 Nahanton Street, Newton, Wednesday until 6 pm and Thursday 12-5 pm. Remembrances may be made to Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston, 333 Nahanton St., Newton, MA 02459.

Died on December 27, 2014, of heart failure near his Longboat Key, FL home.  He was known in the advertising and entertainment fields as a skilled lawyer, throughout 25 years at Ted Bates Worldwide, serving as executive vice president and general counsel. He led committees of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) and other trade organizations, negotiating several national contracts with the Screen Actors Guild  (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).  After Ted Bates was acquired, he was of counsel to law firms including Reed Smith LLP, examining diverse topics such as electronic/online rights contracts for advertising performers. He enjoyed skiing with his sons, fishing, sports, a good cigar and traveling the world. As a diehard Red Sox fan he reveled in the Home Towne Team’s World Series championships. He was a proud Boston native – a dedicated alumnus of Roxbury Latin School, a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. Education was another lifelong interest. He was elected president of the Board of Education in Stamford, CT in the 1970s, and later served as adjunct professor at New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce Law Center. He began his law career in the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He is survived by beloved wife and debate partner, Mimi; son Peter “Hopper” Stone and his wife, Shulamis Hirsch; son Mark Stone and his wife, Margery, and granddaughters Margaret and Miranda. He also was stepfather to David Wallace and his wife, Lauren Goldberg.  Other survivors include his brother, Harris Stone, sister, Syril Solomon, and their families.

Services at the Wilson Chapel, 234 Herrick Rd., Newton Centre, MA on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 1:00 pm. Following interment at Beth El Cemetery, Baker St., West Roxbury, memorial observance will be at the home of Harris and Esta-Lee Stone from 3-5:30 pm and 7:30-9 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Roxbury Latin School, 101 St. Theresa Ave., West Roxbury, MA 02132 or Harvard College, Development Office, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02138.

of Chestnut Hill, on December 26, 2014.  Devoted daughter of the late Fred and Mary (Heifitz) Feingold of Brookline. Cherished mother of Howard Sawyer and his wife Linda, Arnie Sawyer and his wife Yuri, and Betsy Gold and her husband David. Cherished grandmother of Evan, Graham, Marika and her husband Matt, Sara, Hannah, Jesse, and Benjamin. Loving sister of the late Phyllis Bennett and her husband William. Dear sister-in-law of Sydell and Edward Masterman. Formerly married to the late Stanley Sawyer. Services at Shara Tfilo Cemetery, 776 Baker St., West Roxbury, on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at 1 pm. Memorial observance will be held at her late residence on Sunday 3-6 pm, and Monday and Tuesday 2-5 & 7-9 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284.

of West Yarmouth, formerly of Chestnut Hill, on December 26, 2014. Beloved husband of the late Judith A. (Abrams) Cutter. Devoted father of Cindy, Steven and his wife Nancy, Jeffrey and his wife Jodie, and the late Heidi Cutter. Proud grandfather of Matthew, Shelby, Davis, Naomi, and Natalie. Dear brother of the late Maisie Wolfson, Ruth Krakover, Esta Fay Liederman, Alfred Cutter, and Saul Cutter.  Also survived by his beloved cat “Billy”. Services at the Sharon Memorial Park Chapel, 43 Dedham St., Sharon, on Monday, December 29, 2014 at 10:00 am. Memorial observance will be at the home of Steven and Nancy Cutter immediately following the service until 8 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Animal Rescue League, 16 Chandler St., Boston, MA 02116 or to your local veteran’s organization.

Cherner-Flora (Cohen), of Newton, on December 26, 2014. Beloved wife of the late Harold Cherner. Devoted mother of Bruce A. Cherner and his wife Mary Bresadola of Acton. Dear Grandmother of Bonnie and Meryl. Loving sister of the late Irving Cohen. Services at the Wilson Chapel, 234 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, on Monday, December 29, 2014 at 1:00 pm. Following the interment, memorial observance will be at the home of Mary Bresadola and Bruce Cherner on Monday only. Remembrances may be made to the Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA  02215.

Schwartz-Caroline (Stone) of Boca Raton, Florida. Beloved daughter of the late Abraham and Sarah Stone. Loving wife of the late Harold Schwartz. Wonderful mother of Cynthia (Robert) Schwartz, Ava (Michael) Goldstein, Harvey (Carolynne) Schwartz. Brother of Herbert Stone and sister of the late  Evelyn Antin.  She is also survived by her adoring grandchildren; Jon and Kathy Schwartz, Adam and Nadia Goldstein, Hal and Melissa Schwartz, Richard and Mona Goldstein, Rachel Schwartz, along with great-grandchildren; Sophie, Brennan, Hannah, Evelyn, Lila, Samantha and Jessica.  Before moving to Florida she lived in South Brookline and Stoughton, Massachusetts. The funeral will be private.  The family will sit shiva at the home of Robert and Cynthia Schwartz in Mashpee, Monday, December 29 and Tuesday, December 30 from 1-4 & 7-9 pm.  Donations may be made to the charity of your choice.

on December 26, 2014.  Arrangements incomplete at this time.