Esther (Norwitz) Carton, 91, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of West Hartford and New London, died Dec. 24. She was the widow of Edward “Eddy” Carton. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Rubin and Rose (Dember) Norwitz. She was a founding member of Beth El Temple of West Hartford. She is survived by her daughters, Wendy Carton of Boston, Mass., and Shelley Carton of Tucson, Ariz.; her grandchildren, Adam Scheinberg and his wife Jennifer of Winter Park, Fla., and Robin Magnuson and her husband Brett of Boston, Mass.; and her great-grandchildren, Jillian Rose Scheinberg, Jack Edison Scheinberg and Shane Edward Magnuson. She was also predeceased by her brother Sydney Norwitz and her sisters and their husbands, Florence and Charlie Abel, Rhoda and Sam Fagin, and Sydelle and Irwin Black, and her in-laws Toby and Harold Thames, Moe and May Cohen, and Bea and Maxwell Rulnick.