THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Abel Sobel, 81; Was
Saginaw Clothier

Abel Sobel, retired Saginaw re-
tail clothier, died at his Oak Park
home, 15140 James, Dec. 22. Mr.
Sobel, 81, started his business,
Sobel Brothers, in 1912 and re-
tired in 1945. He was an Oak Park
resident the past seven years.
Mr. Sobel was a life member of
Pioneer Lodge, F&AM„ in Saginaw
and was a charter member of
Temple Beth El there. As an area
resident, he belonged to Temple
Emanu-EL
He had an extensive knowledge
of designing and was noted for
his alterations, bringing customers
from towns and cities miles away.
He started the business with his
brother, Philip. A 25-year employe
of his, Mrs. Leona Chereton, had
been caring for Mr. Sobel the
past 51/2 years.
Mr. Sobel, whose wife Hazel
died in 1959, leaves a sister, Mrs.
Clara Lichtenstein of New York.

Friday December 30, 1966-31

OBITUARIES

Meyer Hochberg, 74;
Owned Custom Shop

Meyer Hochberg, owner of the
Custom Shop shirtmakers down-
town, for 12 years before retiring
in 1959, died Monday at age 74.
Mr. Hochberg, a member of Lac-
howitcher and Korostichever aid
societies, was a Detroit resident 53
years.
He leaves his wife, Nellie; two
sons, Sidney of Grand Rapids and
Morris; a daughter, Mrs. Louis
(Evelyn) Brant; four brothers,
Sam, George of Clarkson, and Mor-
ris and Eddie, both of New York;
two sisters, Mrs.
M Lillian Friedman
of New York and Mrs. Rose Sil-
berstein of Los Angeles; five grand-
children and one great-grandchild.

a son, Manuel; and a brother,
Murray, and a sister, Mrs. Ethel

Siskind, both of Detroit. Interment
Toronto.
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MOLLIE BERKOWITZ, 18633
Indiana, died Dec. 23. Survvied by
a eon, Herman Berke; a daughter,
Bertha, and two grandchildren.
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IDA CHERRIN, 21911 Church,

Oak Park. died Dec. 22. She leaves
four sons, Archie, Lem, Philip and

in Local Philanthropies

Lily 'Margolis, widow of Louis
Margolis, owner of Margolis Fur-
niture Co., died Wednesday at age
75.
Mrs. Margolis, 19916 Robson,
was a charter member of Temple
Israel and a life member of Ha-
dassah. She also belonged to the
Jewish National Fund Auxiliary,
United Hebrew Schools, American
Jewish Congress, Bnai Brith and
Brith Sholom Society. She served
on the boards of the Louis Mar-
golis Scholarship Fund and Hillel
Day School Scholarship Fund.
Born in Russia, Mrs. Margolis
lived in Detroit 55 years.
She leaves four sons, Irwin,
Herbert, Nathan and Arnold; two
daughters, Mrs. George (Rose)

Zalman and Mrs, Max (Sylvia)
Garland; two sisters, Mrs. William
(Zelda) Aronovitz and Mrs. Sam
(Goldie) Sigman; 14 grandchildren
and 15 great-grandchildren.

Soviet's Oldest Rabbi,
Nathan Nute Alevsky

NEW YORK (JTA)-The death
of Rabbi Nathan Nute Alevsky,

Dr. Morris Burstein, Detroit
physician for 35 years, died Tues-
d ay at age 66.
Dr. Burstein, who had offices at
2950 W. Grand Blvd., was a 1923
graduate of Wayne State Univer-
sity and was a member of the
M ichig an
W ayne County,
American Medical societies, Amer-
ican Academy of General Practice
and Phi Delta Epsilon medical
fraternity.
A member of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, Dr. Burstein was former
president of its men's club. He
lived at 19195 Berkeley.
He leaves his wife, Jean; a
daughter, Mrs. Martin (Merle)
Benson; two brothers, Drs. Harry
and Marvin; and three grandchil-
dren.

the name and address of the person
making the insertion. There is a stand-
ing charge of $3.50 for an unveiling

notice, measuring an inch in depth,
and $7.00 for one two inches deep with
a black border. •
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The family of the late JULIA
Brookenthal announces the un-
veiling of a monument in her
memory 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15,
at Eagle Point Cemetery, Rossford,
0. Rabbi Ephraim Zimand will
officiate. Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.

WE REMEMBER
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Robert (Sarah) Greene and Mrs. two daughters, Ellen and Mrs.
Stanley (Ann) Ellis of Cleveland; Barry (Judith) Sachs; his mother,

Carl Siegel, 72 ; Owned
Eastern Market Firm

Carl Siegel, owner of the East-
C • for 50
P d
ern
years, died Wednesday at age 72.
Mr. Siegel, 14110 Wales, Oak
Park, a veteran of the World War
I Rainbow Division, was a member
of Rosenwald Post of American

Mrs. Helen Goldman; one brother,
three sisters and three grandchil-
dren.
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ABRAHAM LEVKO, 17230 Anna,

During the coming

week Yeshiva Beth
Yehuda will observe
the Yahrzeit of the
following deported
friends, w i t h the
traditional Memorial
Prayers, recitation of

Southfield, died Dec. 23. Survived

by his wife, Lola; two sons, Aron
and Fred; and one sister.

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MARGARET MARKUS, 20244
Mansfield, died Dec. 23. She leaves
Legion, Louis Marshall Lodge of two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Elsie) ,
Bnai Brith and Cong. Bnai Moshe. Gelman and Mrs. Carl (Olga)
Born in Russia, he lived in the Hirsch of Pittsburgh; and two
grandchildren. Interment Pitts-
Pharmacist S. Davidoff Detroit area 53 years.
Survivors are his wife, Lena; burg.
Samuel Davidoff, Detroit phar-
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a son, Leon; two daughters, Mrs.
macist, died Wednesday at age Wilfred (Gertrude) Feldman and
JENNIE MILSTEIN, 23845 Mor-

Kaddish and study-
ing of Mishnayes.

Hebrew Civil

Teves Jan.

Ida Gutterman
Sadie Lafer
Libby Fine
Mary Grace
Ethel Rebecca
Meyers
Joseph Cossman
William siporin
Esther Doris
Pearlman

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Mr. Davidoff, 20520 Murray Hill, Hilda; and four grandchildren.

itz, Oak Park, died Dec. 23. Sur-
vived by her husband, Joseph;
was pharmacist for seven years
two sons, Henry Mills and Leon-
with the Central Drug Co. at 7700 Bessie Goodman, 88;
, ard; three sisters, and four grand-
W. Fort. He was a member of Bicur Cholem Founder
children.
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Perfection Lodge, F&AM, and
Bessie Goodman, a founder of
Zieger-Stone Lodge of Bnai Brith. Bicur
HENRIETTA PEREIRA, former
Cholem
Organization,
died
He was born in Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 23 at age 88.
Detroiter of San Diego, died Dec.
and lived in Detroit 56 years.
Mrs. Goodman was active in . 25. She leaves four sons, Aubrey
He leaves his wife, Ida; three many
Jewish organizations and of Culver City Calif; Myron. Jo-
daughters, Mrs. Morey (Shirley)
philanthropies and was a longtimeseph of Detroit and Morey of Los
Strasberger, Mrs, Milton (Ro- member
Sam-
Hadassah. Born in I Angeles; two daughters, Mrs.
chelle) Goldman and Mrs. Law- Lithuania, of she
lived in Detroit 72 uel (Kathleen) Goldfine and Mrs.
rence (Myra) Morton; a sister,
Lessem; 10
Morris (Jeanette)
Mrs. Louis (Mamie) Zacks; and years.
Mrs. Goodman, 13351 S. 'Norfolk. grandchildren and 17 great-grand-
seven grandchildren .
leaves three daughters. Mrs. Lil- children. Interment Detroit.

tion on the passing of Rabbi Alev- Mayer Sherman insurance agency
sky, who was over 90 year of age, for 35 years, died Lec. 21 at age
but active until shortly before his 75.
death. He has served in Moscow for
Mr. Sherman, 17430 Pontchar-
over 30 years as leader of Maryna- train, was a resident of Detroit for
Roschtsa Synagogue, second largest 50 years. He was a member of
congregation in Moscow. He was Temple Israel, Pisgah Lodge of
formerly rabbi of the Urkutsk Con- Bnai Brith and Detroit and Mich-
gregation in Siberia."
igan_Insurance Agents associations.
There are now only 65 syna-
He leaves his wife, Pearl; a
gogues in all of Russia and less son, Bernard; a daughter, Mrs.
than 50 rabbis.
Joseph (Eve) Weisblum - and three
grandchildren.

Unveiling announcements may be in-
serted by mail or by calling The Jewish
News office, 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., De.
troit 48235. VE 8-9364. Written an-
nouncements must be accompanied by

grandchildren.

LOUIS ZIDE. 19100 W. Seven
Mile, died Dec. 27. Survived by
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grandchildren and 11 great-grand-
ROSE FURMAN, 18711 Flamin- two daughters, Mrs. Martin (Ruth)
children.
go, Livonia, died Dec. 24. Survived Schaeffer and Mrs. Jack (Jean-
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by two sons, Joseph and Leonard; ette) Ross; one brother. four
HENRY COHEN, 18267 Indiana, two daughters. Ida and Helena; grandchildren
and one great-
died Dec. 27. Survived by his wife, one sister and three grandchildren. grandchild.
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Bertha; five daughters, Mrs. Max
(Helen) Green of Bronx, Mrs. Rose
SAMUEL GOLDMAN, 13345
Schutzman, Mrs. Louis (Elizabeth) Pembroke, died Dec. 26. He leaves
Gorenbein of Los Angeles, Mrs. his wife, Marion; a son, Michael;

(Helen) Foreman, Mrs. Mary Hil-
lock and Mrs. Mayme Kohn; 15

oldest rabbi in Russia, was an-
nounced here by Rabbi Israel Mil- Mayer Sherman, 75;
ler, chairman of the American
Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry. Insurance Agency
"We have just received informa-
Mayer Sherman, head of the

Monument
Unveiling

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Abe, three daughters, Mrs. Jack nard (Dorothy) Sherman; and 10

Dr. Morris Burstein

Lily Margolis, Active

10 great- 1 MORRIS SERVETTER, former
i Detroiter of San Diego, died Dec.
; 22. Survived by his wife. Beatrice;
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JOS EPH DROZ 679 P terboro, two sons, Dr. Leonard of Chula
died Dec. 27. Survived by four Vista. Calif. and Cyril; one broth-
brothers, Louis, Edward, Harry , or, two sisters and seven grand-
of Whittier, Calif., and Mitchell of children. Interment Detroit.
Phoenix.
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ANN SINGER of Cleveland died
JOSEPH EPSTEIN, 19784 Monte
leaves Dec. 24. Survived by a son. Kurt
Vista, died Dec. 26. He
o f Detroit; a daughter, Mrs. Ralph
his wife, Gertrude; two sons, Her-
(
bert of Dallas and Irwin; two (Carla
) Ledderman of Chicago;
daughters, Mrs. Waltar (Anita) land seven grandchildren. Interment
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Strenger of Atlanta and Mrs. Ber-

SOLOMON ABRAMOVITZ of 10 grandchildren and
Toronto died Dec. 21. Survived by grandchildren.

Leon Lerman; Writer
in Soviet Union, Dead

LONDON (JTA)-Leon Lerman,

a Soviet Yiddish writer and one of
the contributors to the now defunct
Moscow Yiddish daily, "Emes," has
died in the Soviet Union in his 70s.
During the Stalin purges which
began in the late 1940s, Mr. Ler-
man was arrested and exiled. He
returned to Moscow in the early
1950s, a broken man.

Dies in Jerusalem

Rabbi Yonah Eidelkopf, one of
the elders of the Chabad-Lubavitch

Tian Monash, Mrs. Charles (Elsie)
Bowen of Pomp an o Beach and
Anne; three grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren and one great-
great-grandchild.

Lena Silberstein, 74

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Lena Silberstein, a member of
JOSEPH B. RUBEN. 20301
Temple Beth El and its sisterhood.
Hadassah and the National Council Stout, died Dec. 26. Survived by
of Jewish Women, died Dec. 23 in his wife, Betty.
Chicago, where she was visiting

her daughter Mrs. Eddie (Roslyn)

Richmond. Mrs. Silberstein, born
in Baltimore 74 years ago, was a
Detroit resident 70 years. She lived
at 10643 Santa Maria.
Survivors besides Mrs. Richmond
are a son, Leonard; a brother, Sol;

a sister, Mrs. Jack (Ittie) Krashes
of Baltimore; five grandchildren

Sid Wolfson's
MONUMENT CENTER, INC.

Leon Creditor, Dean
of Anglo-Jewish Writers

LONDON (JTA)-Leon Creditor.
a veteran Jewish educator and
journalist, died here at age 88. He
was the dean of Jewish journalists
n England.
Born in Russia, Mr. Credtor came
to England 70 years ago and com-
bined a career of Hebrew teaching
with writing for the Yiddish and
Hebrew press. After he retired
from teaching, he devoted all his
time to writing, serving as associate

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LUBA PORTNOFF. 803 Hutch-
ins. Ann Arbor, died Dec. 26. She
leaves three sons, Joseph. Samuel
of Kansas City and Eugene of To-
ledo; a daughter, Mrs. Philip
(Clara) Seymour; seven grandchil-
dren and one great-grandchild.

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