Tributes are pouring in from
leaders in Michigan and from
Israelis to the memory of
Nathan W. Lurie, one of Detroit
Jewry's most prominent leaders,
who died Sunday. night. at his
home, 17433 Westover, South-
field.
Leading personalities in all
walks of life in Detroit, and
many from other communities
who came to pay him final hon-
ors, were in the large assembly
that attended the funeral serv-
ices at Temple Beth El at noon
on: . Wednesday. The services
were conducted by Dr. Richard
C. 'Hertz.
In tribute to Mr. Lurie's
memory, the Supersol Super-
market in Tel Aviv, which he
helped establish, was closed
from 12 noon to 1 p.in.
Wednesday=the hour of the
funeral services. Sp e c i al
notices in the Israeli news-
papers took note of his pass-
ing and his associates in
Israel joined in paying tribute
to his memory.
In Detroit, the weekly Wed-
nesday gathering of the Jewish
Affairs Luncheon Club of the
Jewish Community Center was
delayed for an hour to permit
club members to be at the
funeral service.
The dinner meeting of the
.Israel Bond Organization that
was scheduled to be addressed
IN MEMORIAM
The Hannah Schloss
Old Timers
mourn the passing of
one of its distinguished
members
NATHAN W.
LURIE
We pay tribute to his
memory for his friend-
ship, for all the good
deeds that marked his
active life. He was
dedicated to our com-
munity and to its best
interests and his gen-
erosity was an encour-
agement for good deeds
by all who were as-
sociated with him in a
score of our worthy
causes. 0 u r heartfelt
sympathies go to the
entire L u r i e family.
May they be consoled
in their hour of sorrow.
Supermarkets which were the
outgrowth of a small produce
store he and his brother estab-
lished at Quincy and Grand
River.
The deceased has been ac-
claimed nationally for his enter-
prises in industry. A founding
member of Supermarket Insti-
tute, he was honored by being
named its honorary president
and he was given the institute's
Albers AWard. He was vice-
president of the ACF-Wrigley
chain which, under his direction,
had absorbed the Packer Super-
markets and other markets.
He was a member of the Na-
tional Association of Food
Chains and of other industrial
organizations. .
NATHAN W. LURIE
by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz on
Monday evening was cancelled
as a mark of respect for the
me m or y of the departed
leader who had greatly as-
sisted the Israel Bond drives.
Nate Lurie was a member of
Congregations Beth El, Shaarey
Zedek and Adas Shalom. He was
associated with Aschler Lodge
F. & A. M., the Shrine, Detroit
Consistory, Pisgah Lodge of
Bnai Brith and a score of other
movements.
He was active in civic and
religious movements, was a
leader in the Allied Jewish
Campaigns as well as the Israel
Bond drives, encouraged the
religious yeshivot which he and
his brother, John Lurie, sup-
ported, and both always were
among the most generous con-
tributors to Detroit Community
Fund and other public causes.
Nate Lurie especially was
.proud of the prominent role
he had played in establishing
t h e Supersol Corporation
which built the first super-
market in Israel. During the
past two weeks he was active
in efforts to encourage sub-
scriptions to the stock issue
being floated here for the
building of three more Super-
sol markets in Tel Aviv, and
an additional 15 throughout
Israel during the coming
year.
Surviving him are his wife,
Ireta; a son, Richard; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Melvin Yoffee; six
grandchildren and his brother,
John.
Lurie's great success was in
the formation of the Wrigley
The Officers and Directors of
SUPERSOL LTD.
Wish to Express
Their Heartfelt Sympathy
To Mrs. Ireta Lurie
and the Lurie Family
On the Untimely Death of
NATHAN W. LURIE
Founder an Chairman of the Board
Monument
Unveilings
(Unveiling announcements may
be inserted by mailing or by call-
ing The Jewish News office, VE
8-9364. Written announcements
must be accompanied by the name
and address of the person making
the insertion. There is a standing
charge of S2.00 for an unveiling
notice, measuring an inch in
depth.)
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The family of the late Ruth.
Anita Spiro announces the un-
veiling of a monument in her
memory at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec.
6, at Chesed shel Emes Ceme-
tery, 14 Mile and Gratiot. Rabbi
Lehrman will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are asked to
attend.
Native Detroiter Dies
in Miami Beach at 56
George Ellenstein, a native
Detroiter, died at his home at
Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 18. He
was 56.
Mr. Ellenstein had • been an
investigator with the Friend
of the Court here for 30 years.
He was a 32d degree Mason, a
member of Mosaic Lodge 530
F&AM, and the Detroit Consis-
tory and Shrine.
An organist with his lodge,
Ellenstein also belonged to the
Federation of Musicians Union.
He leaves his wife Lila;
daughter, Mrs. David Nabat and
a sister, Mrs. Sam Samuels.
UNRWA Refugee Aide
Dies in Auto Crash
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.,
(JTA)—Leslie J. Carver, dep-
uty director of the United Na-
tions Relief and Works Agency
for the Palestine Refugees, was
killed in an automobile acci-
dent outside Beirut, Lebanon.
According to a cable received
here from UNRWA headquar-
ters Carver's car collided with
a Lebanese armored automo-
bile outside Beirut.
UNRWA's headquarters are
in Beirut, and Carver, who had
been acting director of the
agency previously, has been in
charge of UNRWA operations
for the last three weeks since
Dr. John H. Davis, head of
UNRWA, has been here to at-
tend the current debate on the
Arab refugee problem.
OBITUARIES
SAUL WINKELMAN, for-
merly of St. Ignace, Mich., died
Nov. 8 in Orlando, Fla. Services
and interment in Orlando. Sur-
vived by his wife, Mae; a son,
Marvin, of St. Ignace; two
daughters, Mrs. Bud Wilson,
Chicago and Mrs. Her b e r t
Hecht, Orlando; four sisters,
Mrs. Tillie Margolis, New York,
Mrs. Lillian Saulson, Mrs. Abra-
ham Weisner, and Mrs. Harry
Rosenbloom, Detroit; two broth-
ers, Paul, of Miami Beach and
Irving, of Detroit, and five
grandchildren.
* * *
MARK KAMINSKI, 17376
Indiana, died Nov. 15. He leaves
his wife, Sadie; two daughters,
Helen and Lauren; and two
brothers, Arthur Kaminsky, of
Detroit; and Dr. Julius Kamin-
ski, of Poland.
* * *
JACOB LESSER, 17353 Wis-
consin, died Nov. 19. Survived
by his wife, Rebeccah; two sons,
Nathan and Al; three daughters,
Mrs. Sam Kalishman, of New-
ark, N.J., Mrs. Albert Katz, and
Sybil; a brother, three sisters
and seven grandchildren.
• * *
BERTHA LEVY, 3825 Tyler,
died Nov. 19. Survived by two
sons, Arnold and Milton; four
daughters, Mrs. Sidney Schecter,
Lillian, Mrs. Sam Iden and Mrs.
Al Paynter; a brother and 13
grandchildren.
* * *
IDA SARAH COHEN, 11501
Petoskey, died Nov. 20. Sur-
vived by four sons, Morris P.,
Jacob, Fred N. and Dr. Abra-
ham L.; two daughters, Mrs.
Allen Fischer and Mrs. Rose
Klesmer, of Lexington, Ky.; 14
grandchildren and 17 great-
grandchildren.
• * *
MINNIE MOSS, 2750 Elm-
hurst, died Nov. 21. She leaVei
three sons, Joseph and William
Wolf and Morris Moss; three
daughters, Mrs. Clara,Gorish,
Mrs. Erving Schreiber and Mrs.
Misha Sumner, 15 grandchildren
and 18 great grandchildren.
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MAX H. COHEN, 19501
Washburn, died Nov. 22. Sur-
vived by four sons, Joseph H.,
of Phoenix, Ariz., Irving I., of
Sherman Oaks, Calif., Reuben
S. and I. Goodman; a sister, five
grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
* * *
JOSEPH ZARANKIN, 17500
San Juan, died Nov. 22. Sur-
vived by his wife, Sohpie; and
a brother, Morris.
* * *
AMSON A. LANDAU, 59 Sew-
ard, died Nov. 18. He leaves a
sister, Mrs. Hattie Radin and
two nieces, Mrs. Mildred Glass-
man and Mrs. Rudolph Rosen-
bush, of Fremont.
* * *
CELIA FRANK ECKERT,
18062 Woodingham, died Nov.
19. Survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Jack Allweil, a sister, Mrs.
Mrs. David Ecker, and two
grandchildren.
Max Baer Dies; Rejoiced
Over Defeating German
Max Baer, former boxing
heavyweight champion, who
died Saturday at the age of 50,
was partly of Jewish descent. It
is recalled that he rejoiced
when he defeated the German
Max Schmeling, and he spoke as
a Jew, who licked a Nazi..
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FANNIE FILSTEIN, Miami
Beach, died in Miami Nov. 19.
She leaves a son, Joseph, a
daughter, Mrs. Jennie Green-
berg, a sister and three grand-
children. Interment in Detroit.
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AUGUST BARAK, 2050 Glen-
dale, died Nov. 21. He leaves
his wife, Anna; three sons, Dr.
H. G. Barak, Irwin and Ron-
ald; a daughter, Mrs. Reuben
Shapiro; two brothers, a sister
and nine grandchildren.
ROSE COOPER (Prinstein),
19324 Ardmore, died Nov. 20.
She leaves two • brothers, Meyer
and Saja, and a sister, Mrs.
Anne Dovitz.
* * *
REBECCA BERMAN, 850
Whitmore Rd., died Nov. 21.
She leaves her husband, Wil-
liam, a son, Myron, a brother;
Abraham Lowenberg, and two
grandchildren.
* * *
BENJAMIN B IG ELM A N,
19340 St. Mary's, died Nov. 18.
Survived by his wife, Jean; a
son, Myron; a daughter, Rhoda;
and two brothers.
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OSCAR M. AMBERG, 72, of
17302 Wisconsin, died Nov. 19.
Survived by his wife, Frieda;
sons, Martin, Charles and
George, and seven grandchil-
dren.
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JACOB SCHLUMAN, 3338
Elmhurst, died Nov. 22. Sur-
vived by his sister-in-law, Flor-
ence Smith.
Gedaliah Zakiff Dies at 84;
Was Jewish Agency Official
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Gedaliah
Zakiff, general secretary of the
Jewish Agency for Israel, died
Nov. 28 after a brief illness.
Prior to his appointnient as
general secretary, M. Zakiff had
been the Jewish Agency's repre-
sentative in Canada and in
Latin America. A native of
Russia, he was brought here in
early childhood. He took a
degree in law in Paris.
WE MUTER
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During the coming
week Yeshiva Beth
Yehuda will observe
the Yahrzeit of the
following departed
friends, with the
traditional M e mo -
rial Prayers, recita-
tion of Kaddish and
studying of Mish-
nayes.
Hebrew Civil
CHESHVAN NOV
Ethel Baxter
27
28
Aaron Simons
27
28
Herman J. Fishel
27
28
Sol Lapinsky
28
29
Rose Kartun
Joseph H. Kunin
Harris Kosofsky
Peter WeiswAsser
29
29
29
29
30
30
30
30
KISLEV DEC.
Feiga Yampolsky
Anna Goldberg
Samuel B. Posner
Jacob Fish
Karl Yagoda
Ben Hochman
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Minnie Tilchin
Freda Elstein
2
2
3
3
H. S. Elstein
Avrohom Y.
Eisenstadt
Samuel Benedikt
3
4
3
3
4
4
1
1
Yeshiva Beth Yehuda
12305 Dexter
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31 -THE DETROIT JE WISH NEWS—Friday, N ovember 27, 1959
Death of Nathan W. Lurie Mourned Here and in
Israel; Scores of Tributes in Leader's Memory