Merrill R. Stein, 90, of West Hartford, died Nov. 2. He was the widower of Janet (Sakofsky) Stein. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Michael and Sadie (Raphael) Stein. He is survived by his children, Mark Stein and his wife Jackie Gray of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Debbie Elman and her husband Larry of West Hartford; his brother Frederick Stein of Boynton Beach, FL; his grandchildren, Jennifer Cushman and her husband Wesley, Julie Elman, and Andrea Gray Stein; his great-grandson, Jackson; his nephew and niece Lauren and their families. He was also predeceased by his in-laws, David and Fannie Sakofsky, his brother-in-law Harvey Sakofsky, and his sister-in-law Shirley Kolman Stein.