Tragedy Strikes Habonim
18—THE JEWSH NEWS
Friday, September 1'7, 1948
Obituaries
She leaves her husband, Edward;
a daughter, Donna; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Cohen of Minne-
sota; and a sister, Mrs. Barbara
Dubow of Baltimore, Md. Inter-
ment, Machpelah.
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BESSIE ROBINSON, formerly
of Detroit, died Sept. 9 in Chic-
ago. Services were held at Kauf-
man Chapel with Rabbi Rosen-
wasser officiating. She leaves her
daughters, Mrs. Alfred Erhard
and Mrs. David Frank of Chicago.
REBECCA STONE,. 71, of 2267 by a daughter, Sherry Beth, and
G_adstone, died Sept. 11. Dr. B. his mother, Mrs. Bessie Agar.
Benedict Glazer officiated at fun- Military honors were by the Jew-
eral services at Lewis Bros. Burial ish War Veterans.
was at Machpelah Cemetery. She
ROSE MOSOW, a resident of
leaves" her children, Samuel and Sioux City, Ia., passed away here
Mayme; four grandchildren, and while visiting her daughter, Mrs.
two great-grandchildren. Arnold Bramson of Warrington
Drive. She is survived by two
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NATHAN COHEN, 67, of the .Other daughters and five sons.
Barium Hotel, died Sept. 10. Dr. Services and interment in Sioux
A. M. Hershman officiated at fun- City.
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eral services at Lewis Bros. Bur-
ANNA BITTKER, a resident of
ial, Cloverhill Park. He leaves
Detroit and Wyandotte for 71
a brother, Philip.
In loving memory of our be-
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years, died at her residence, 156 loved brother, Samuel (Pink)
Services for LT. EUGENE Cedar St., Wyandotte, Sept. 6. Velick, who left us three years
FRIEDMAN were held at Lewis Services were held at Kaufman ago, Sept. 17, 1945.
Bros. Lt. Friedman died Oct. 20, Chapel, with Rabbi Stollman and
Always remembered by his
1944, at Leyte. He is survived by Cantor Sonenklar officiating. She brothers and sister, Al, Caspar
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius leaves four sons, Dr. I. Irving and Ida Velick.
Friedman of 16178 Ilene; a bro- Bittker, Dr. David J., Bittker, Max
ther, Donald, and a sister, Mrs. and Barney Bittker; two daugh-
Richard Gunsberg. Military rites ters, Mrs. Meyer Stern and Mrs. New York Philharmonic
were conducted by the Rosen- Bernard Frank one brother, Max Concert Here Sept. 22
wald Post of the American
On Dec. 7, 1842, the Philhar-
Rosen of Brooklyn; 13 grand-
gion. Burial was at Oakview children, and th•ee great-grand- monic Society gave its first con-
Cemetery.
children. Interment, Machpelah cert. John Tyler was President
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of the United States and Victoria
Cemetery
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JOSEPH WOLF, 79, of 356
Queen of England. Beethoven
Arde,n Park, died Sept. 12. Rabbi
DAVID LEVINE, 11845 La Salle, had been dead 15 years and
Morris Adler and Cantor Jacob died Sept. 8. Services were held Brahms was not yet 10 years old;
Sonenklar officiated at funeral at Kaufman Chapel, with Rabbi Liszt, Wagner and Verdi were in
services at Lewis Bros. Burial, Adler and Cantor Sonenklar mid-career. The City of New
Cloverhill Memorial Park. He officiating. He leaves his parents, York numbered less than 400,000
leaves a son, Abner A.; five Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Levine, and people. During its first season,
grandchildren, and nine great- a brother, Stanley. Interment, the Philharmonic gave three con-
grandchildren. Mr. Wolf, who Machpelah Cemetery.
certs.
was prominent in the wholesale
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New York Philharmonic, under
grocery business, owned a farm
MINNA RAVITZ, 2994 Roches- the direction of Leopold Stokow-
at Romeo and raised prize live-
ter, died Sept. 10. Services were ski, will appear in concert in De-
stock as a ho_bby.
held at Kaufman Chapel, with troit at the Masonic Temple on
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JACOB LERNER, 60, of 2540 Rabbi H. N. Rosenthal officiating. Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Monterey, died Sept. 6. Funeral
services were held at Hebrew
Benevolent Society; interment at
Bnai David Cemetery. Rabbi
Sperka and Cantor Adler offic-
iated. He is survived by his wife,
Bertha, and sons, Sam and _Al-
bert.
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JACOB L. BECKERMAN, 51,
of 2655 Leslie, died Sept. 10. Fu-
neral services were held at He-
brew Benevolent Society, with
interment at Beth Yehuda Cem-
etery. Rabbis Stollman, Thumin,
Rottenberg and Eisenman offic-
iated. He is survived by his wife,
Lea; sons, Morton and Nathaniel;
daughters, Mrs. Ann Kahan, one
grandchild and one brother.
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Today, BETH OLAM CEMETERY (Smith St.
HYMAN OLSHANSKY, 2975
Cortland, died Sept. 2. Services
Cemetery) is a resting place of orderly beauty
were held at Kaufman Chapel,
with Rabbi Stollman officiating.
for our honored dead.
He leaves three sons, Albert,
Morris and Joseph and a daugh-
ter, Mary. Interment, Turover
Cemetery.
It was not always so. Until two years ago,
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Reburial services for PFC.
this cemetery where the pioneer Jews of
FRANK FAUDEM, who died Jan.
Detroit were laid to rest was shamefully
12, 1945, on Leyte, were held at
Kaufman Chapel and Turover
neglected ... a weedgrown, decaying eyesore
Cemetery Sept. 5. He is survived
In Memoriam
Two Killed in Truck Accident;
Detroiter Dies, Others Injured
Labor Zionists are in mourning
over the death of two of their
youth members and the injuries
sustained by several others in a
tragic accident that struck a
group of Habonim, Sept. 8.
The 12 members of Habonim,
Labor Zionist youth movement,
were on their way in their Hecha-
lutz truck to a California agri-
cultural training farm. The truck,
driven by Murray Sherman, 17,
of Pittsburgh, was forced off the
pavement at Three Oaks, Mich.,
by another truck, and was de-
molished.
Roslyn Helene Leff of Califor-
nia, 23, was killed. David Levine,
of Detroit, 18, later died of inju-
ries.
Others in the party, besides
Sherman and the two who died,
most of whom were hurt, some se-
riously, were:
From Detroit: Bernard Schrei-
er, Aaron Schreier, Ruth Atin
Marks, Gilda Partright.
From Winnipeg: Dennis Ker.
man, Ari Moskovitz, Sally Wohl..
From Chicago: Florence Aft.
From the Bronx, N. Y.: Martin
Lerner.
Brandeis Lodge Wins BB
Softball Championship
Louis D. Brandeis Lodge of
Bnai Brith won the playoffs of
the Bnai Brith Softball Associa-
tion by beating the Detroit Lodge.
Other teams participating were
Henry Morgenthau, Israel, Philip
Handler, Ivan S. Bloch, George
Gershwin, Tikvah and Pisgah
lodges.
The Softball Association will
hold its annual picnic . at Lola
Valley Park, Sunday, Sept. 19,
with a game scheduled for 1:30
p.m. against a team from the CIO.
Lunch will be served.
CUSTOM BUILT LAMPS
.
Vases, urns, pitchers, flasks, candle sticks, figurines,' statuary
and other keepsakes converted into artistic table lamps.
Oil lamps electrified.
LAMP SHADES MADE
LAMPS MODERNIZED,
AND RECOVERED
REPAIRED & REFINISHED
Old style floor lamps made Custom made and recovered.
Styled to your lamp. Large
Into indirect lamps and
stock on display.
torcheres.
PICKUP AND DELIVERY ALL PARTS OF DETROIT
HOUSE OF LAMPS
16841 Livernois Ave.. v. Block South of Six Mile
Phone UN. 2-8336
Open Thursday to 9 P.M.
A GOOD DEED
MAKES A GOOD YEAR
and a disgrace to our community.
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TY. 8-6117
those who are buried at Beth Olam and from
public spirited members of our community
can finance the maintenance of the cemetery,
Beth Olam is not endowed.
Without your gifts, the maintenance of Beth
Olam Cemetery must be abandoned. It is un-
WOLF WROTSLAVSKY
MONUMENTS
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A Tribute — Everlasting
Only substantial donations from relatives of
thinkable that the Jewish Community of
So it remained until a group of civic-minded
Detroit would allow this to happen.
men resolved to restore this hallowed ground
and make it once more a place of peaceful
beauty. For two years, they have continued
Give . . give generously to save our holy
to work self-sacrificingly to complete this
ground from shameful neglect. Make your
self-imposed task.
gift the good deed that will help bring you
a good year. Send your contribution now to
Through their efforts, Beth Olam Cemetery
is today orderly, peaceful and beautiful. The
task has cost over 4;15,000 to date. It will
cost at least $4,500 each year to keep the
grounds in their present beautiful condition.
Detroit Monument
Works
Full Size Monuments
as low as
115.00
the Beth Olam Cemetery Association. 401
Transportation Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich.
(Contributions are deductible for income tax
purposes.)
BETH OLAM CEMETERY ASSN.
Daniel Mendelsohn,
Secretary
Morris H. Blumberg, Chairman
Charles Hamburger, Treasurer
COMPLETELY INSTALLED
Charles Agree, Director
Irwin I. Cohn, Director
Seymour Simons, Director
Others Correspondingly
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Aaron J. Blumenau, Director
Abe A. Schmier, Director
Robert Loewenberg, Supt.