Obituaries

Sidney R. Knafel, a philanthropist in the fields of education, medical research and the decorative arts, died Dec. 6 at home in Manhattan.

Eleanor Helm Ketcham died Nov. 6 after a battle with listeria.

Clare Mellon Kane, a longtime summer resident of Aquinnah, died Oct. 31, at home and surrounded by her family.

Joan Mary Pascal Karasik died peacefully on the evening of Nov. 3.

Robert (Bob) Marion Karger died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 2 from complications of frontotemporal degeneration.

Arlene M. Short Kastler died Oct. 17 at Beaumont in Northborough surrounded by her family.

John T. (Jack) Kane of Rockaway and formerly of Hackensack, N.J., died on Tuesday, Oct. 19.

Michael D. Knight died peacefully at his home in Detroit on August 26 after a short but valiant fight against pancreatic cancer.

Eleanor M. Kowalchek died Sept. 1 at the Knollwood Military Retirement Community. She was 80.

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