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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-231
Obituaries
Friday, January 7, 1955
Flint Honors Memory
MARY ROSENTHAL, of 19501
Prairie, died Jan. 4. Services
were at Menorah Funeral
Chapel on Jan. 5. Survived by
husband, Morris; children, Al-
bert, Gerald, Lynn, and Virginia,
and three grandchildren.
rence E., of Van Nuys, Calif.; a
daughter, Mrs. Theodore Mas- Of Mrs. Ann Lebster
serman; a brother and four
The entire community of Flint,
grandchildren.
people of all faiths, continue to
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pay tribute to the memory of one
SOPHIE C. BLONDY, 18019 of the city's most distinguished
Ohio, died Dec. 31. Services at citizens, Mrs. Ann Lebster, who
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Ira Kaufman Chapel. She leaves died on Dec. 28. A statement ,
ALBERT SELESNICK, 660 her husband, Dr. Samuel H.
issued by the Flint Jewish Com-
Whitmore, died Dec. 30. Services Blondy, three sons, Marshall J., I munity
Council declares:
at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He
d M. andRobert D.; two
"Ann
Lebster has passed away
leaves his wife, Mae; a son, Dr. daughters, Gloria and Cynthia;
Sheldon I.; a daughter, Mrs. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben after a life of service to the
Ernest Berk, of Miami Beach, Cohen, of Milwaukee; t w o Jewish Community of Flint. Be-
loved by all who knew her in her
Fla.; a brother, sister and two brothers and a sister.
50 years of resi-
grandchildren.
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dence in Flint,
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ABRAHAM FISHMAN, 13420
she leaves be-
LILLY WOJ RNBERG, 3329 Kenwood, Oak Park, Mich., died
hind her a me-
W. Grand, died Dec. 31. Services Jan. 1. Services at Ira Kauf-
morial in the
at Hebrew Memorial Chapel. man Chapel. He leaves his wife,
form
of a ma-
Survived by three daughters, Mary; a son, Ellis; a daughter,
ture, growing
Mrs. Ira Bigelman, Mrs. Charles Mrs. Herman Weiss, and two
Jewish commu-
Tenenbaum and Mrs. Harry brothers.
ity whose every
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Kaminsky; seven grandchil-
institution is
dren, a brother and three sisters.
LILLIAN LEZERSON, 11501
living testimony
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Petoskey, died Dec. 31. Services
to her work.
NORMAN STERN, 12669 Stoe- at Ira Kaufman Chapel. She
"Mrs. Lebster
pel, died Dec. 31. Services at leaves a son, Morris; four
was an organiz-
daughters,
Mrs.
Max
Silverman,
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur- -
Ann Lebster er of the Sister-
vived by his wife Frances; two Mrs. Charles Abram, Mrs. Jo- hood of Congregation Beth Is-
daughters, Karen and Susan; seph Lachar and Mrs. Murray rael, the oldest • religious institu-
mother, Mrs. Pauline Stern, four Wilbur, of Sherman Oaks, Calif. tion in the city, and served as its
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brothers and three sisters.
president for two terms; she was
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S U S I E SARAQUSE, 19035 the first secretary of the Zionist
ELSIE MAYERS, 16133 Curtis, Edinborough, died Jan. 1. Serv- organization-at that time in-;
died Dec. 26. Services at Hebrew ices at Ira Kaufman Chapel. eluding men and women jointly;
Memorial Chapel. Survived by She leaves a daughter, Mrs. she helped organize the Hadas-
three sons, Harry, Frank and Samuel Papo; four sons, Isaac, sah chapter in 1922 and served
Abraham;' five grandchildren; Charles, Joseph and Louis, and as its president for five years;
four sisters in Israel.
and a brother.
she served as chairman of the
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Women's Division of the Flint
PAUL BERLOW, 11534 Byron,
ANNA FRIEDMAN, 17182 Stoe- Unitetd Jewish Appeal for sev-
died Dec. 27. Services at Hebrew pel, died Jan. 2. Services at Ira eral years and was instrumen-
Memorial Chapel. Survived by Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her tal in the creation of the Flint
his wife, Hannah; two sons, husband, Julius; a son, Sidney; Jewish Community Council.
Walter and Henry; and four two daughters, Lillian and Mrs.
"Her philosophy of service en-
Kenneth Torby; a sister and compassed general community
grandchildren.
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four grandchildren.
activities as well as including
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ALEX ALLOWITZ, 2'745 Burl-
active participation in the
PAULINE COHN, 18650 Pen- League of Women Voters, of
ingame, died Dec. 27. Services at
nington,
died
Jan.
3.
Services
at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
which she was a charter member
vived by three sons,. Max, Abie Ira Kaufman Chapel. She leaves in Flint. She was an active
and Leo; two daughters, Mrs. her son, Seymour J.; a daugh- member, too, of YWCA and
Max Miller and Mrs. Ben Pas- , ter, Mrs. Sam Feldman; a sister Order of Eastern Star.
man; 13 grandchildren and two and five grandchildren.
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"Together with her husband,
sisters.
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JOSEPH RADER, 2445 Rich- Louis Lebster, she gaye inspira-
guidance to the entire
FAIGEL WEINER, 2903 Elm-- ton, died Jan. 3. Services at Ira tion and community
of Flint in
hurst, died Dec. 30. Services at Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his Jewish
every
Jewish
endeavor,
Their
wife,
Beatrice;
four
sons,
Max,
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
Marcus, Laura and
vived by a son, Harry; three Victor, Louis and Harry; hie children,
have continued the de-
daughters, Mrs. Clara Moray, daughters, Mrs. Mai Hirsch, Rosabeth
voted work of Ann Lebster in the
Mrs. Harry Ludin and Mrs. Sam! Mrs. Ann Parker, Mrs. Gertrude finest tradition of Jewish service
Seppen; nine grandchildren and I Greenwald, Mrs. Ben Gettlason, to _the community.
and Mrs. Samuel Freedman;
18 great-grandchildren.
three brothers, a sister, 20
"May her memory be for a
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MICHAEL EDER, 3210 Rich- grandchildren and 32 great blessing eternally."
ton, died Dec. 27. Services at Ira grandchildren.
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Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his
BARNEY
S.
DAVIS, 3841 W. Welfare Organization, in which
wife, Ida; son, Jack; two daugh-
Buena
Vista,
died
Jan. 3. Serv- she was a charter member. She
ters, Mrs. Martin Lippitt and
ices
at
Ira
Kaufman
Chapel. He leaves two sons, Abe and Joe,
Mrs. Myer Kavan; a sister, nine leaves his wife, Ruth;
brother, of Miami Beach; two daughters,
grandchildren and three great- Joseph, of New York, a and
two Mrs. Lily Robins and Rose Au-
grandchildren.
sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Dallin, of gust, of Detroit, several grand-
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Washington, D. C., and Mrs. children and great grandchil-
JOSEPH FRANK, 2645 W. Mc- Clara Wechter, of Elgin, Ill.
dren.
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Nichols, died Dec. 28. Services
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at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He
Miss
ANN
SCHLAFMAN, 48,
LOUIS (Lew) M. SCHAEP lc ER, 856 Lenox, formerly
• of Windsor,
leaves two sons, Leonard and 61,
president of the Schaeffer
Harold R.; a daughter, Mrs. S. Blade Corp., of Cleveland, 0., died Dec. 31. Services and bu-
U. Albert; four brothers, and died Dec. 24, in his home, 3665 rial at Jewish Cemetery, Wind-
nine grandchildren.
Winchell Rd., Shaker Heights. sor. She leaves two sisters, Mrs.
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Services and interment in 'Cleve- L. Kravis and Mrs. Leo Edel-
AMOS H. BICOLL, 3733 Tyler, land. He leaves his wife, Lillian; stein, of Detroit, and five broth-
died Dec. 30. Services at Ira son, Marvin; a sister, Sadie ers, Phil and Joe, of Windsor;
Kaufman Chapel. He leaves Goldman, of Cleveland; and Lou and Dave, of Milwaukee,
three sons, Ben Bircoll, Albert two brothers, Harry J., of De- Wis., and Norman, of Sudbury,
and Sam Bicoll; three daugh- troit, and Dr. William, of Mid- Canada.
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ters, Mrs. Charles Kahn, Mrs. dletown, 0.
FANNY REISS, 12230 Dexter,
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William Plotkin and Mrs. Rose
Hock; 12 granchildren and two
Mrs. ELLA MILLER, a former died Jan. 3. Services at Hebrew
great-grandchildren.
Detroiter, died Dec. 27, in Miami, Memorial Chapel. Survived by
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Fla. She was active here in a her husband, * Salomon.
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DAVID M. DEAN, 5406 Maple- number of charitable and serv-
AUGUST GODSENT KLINE,
wood, died Dec. 30. Services at ice organizations, including Jew-
Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves ish Home for Aged, Chesed shel 23425 Carlisle, Hazel Park, Mich.,
died Jan. 1. Services and inter-
his wife, Pauline; two sons, Emes, Jewish National Fund ment
in Cincinnati. He leaves
Sidney H., of Chicago, and Law- and Jewish Women's European his wife, Helen; a sister and a
brother.
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BESSIE GARFINKEL, 18426
Indiana, died Jan. 3. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. She
leaves two sons, Dr. Morris a
and Sol Charles Garfield; two
daughters, Mrs. Sam Freedman
and Mrs. Joseph Zuckerberg;
The Excellent Facilities of The Ira Kaufman two
sisters, eight grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Chapel are Known to Our Community,
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Within Reach of All
The Ira Kaufman Chapel
FUNERAL DI RECTORS
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Zionists Bnai Brith Mourn Death
Of Aaron Kurland, Communal Leader
The death here on Sunday, at
the age of 56, of Aaron Kurland,
of 25115 E. Roycourt, Huntington
Woods, prominent community
leader, is mourned in Zionist and
Bnai Brith ranks.
Mr. Kurland died after a long
illness, in Sinai
Hospital. Funer-
al services were
held Tuesday at
Menorah Chap-
el. Surviving
him are his wife,
Rose; two sons,
Dr. Norman
David Kurland,
a member of the
faculty of Ho-
bart Smith Col-
lege, Geneva,
N.Y., and Rich-
ard Erwin Kur-
land; two grand- A. Kurland
children;
a brother, John; two sisters, Mrs.
Anna Peitz and Mrs. Elsie Lark-
ey, of Sommerville, N.J.
Immediately after coming to
this country in 1912, Mr. Kurland
became active in Zionist circles
and was a leader in the Young
Maccabaean Society. He was
president of the Jewish National
Fund Council of Detroit during
the eventful years of 1930 to
1932, when he managed the visit
here of the late Menahem
Ussishkin, the world JNF leader.
A former president of Pisgah
Lodge of Bnai Brith, he was ac-.
tive in numerous Bnai Brith
projects and was editor of the
Pisgah Broadcaster. He was a
member of Arlazaroff Branch of
Farband and of the Suburban
Temple.
From 1931 to 1938 he direct-
ed the Jewish Radio Forum
whose educational programs
attracted wide interest.
Born in Russian Poland, May
15, 1898, he was educated in the
Passaic, N.J., public and high
schools. He received his law
degree from the Detroit College
of Law and was admitted to the
Michigan Bar in 1924. He was
member of the Detroit and.
American Bar Associations. He
was the author of numerous
legal articles and had written
extensively for the Jewish press..
He was active in the American
Jewish Congress, was chairman
and counsel of the Michigan De-
positors League, was counsel for
the Guardian National Bank De-
positors League and the Deposi-
tors Committee for the Detroit
National Bank, and fostered the
movement for the payment of
100 per cent to depositors in
closed national banks during the
1930s.
The late Frank Murphy. as
Governor of Michigan, named
him counsel of the Michigan
Public Trust Commission.
He was married to Rose Sam-
ter on July 22, 1926.
The hundreds of friends and
co-workers of Mr. Kurland who
filled the Menorah Chapel to
overflowing heard tributes to his
memory by Rabbis A. M. Hersh-
man and Frank Rosenthal, who
officiated at the funeral togeth-
er with Cantor J. H. Sonenklar.
a
In Memoriam
CARD OF THANKS
The Family of the Late
In loving memory of my dear
wife, Terry Shapiro, who passed
away on Dec. 24, 1953.
MORRIS EISENBERG
Acknowledges with grateful ap-
preciation the kind expressions of
sympathy, the warm tributes and
donations to all causes made ' in
his memory by relatives and
friends.
You are not forgotten, dear,
Nor will you ever be;
As long as life and memory last,
We will remember thee.
We miss you now, our hearts are sore,
As time goes by, we miss you more.
Your loving smile, your gentle face,
None can fill your vacant place.
Sadly missed by her husband,
Larry Shapiro, daughter, Arlene,
and sister, Gertrude Warnow, of
California.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Mr.
Samuel Posner acknowledges
with grateful appreciation the
many kind expressions of sym-
pathy extended by relatives and
friends during the family's re-
cent bereavement.
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