THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Isidore Sosnick, Leader in Mizrachi, Dr. William Klein,
President of Ezras Achim 25 Years Villa-Zion Owner,
Isidore Sosnick, whose activities idence was as 21860 Marlow, Oak Active as Zionist
in Orthodox and landmanshaften Park.

circles were well known here, died
Monday at age 67.
Mr. Sosnick, who was named
man of the year by Cong. Mishkan
Israel six months ago, was active
in that congregation as well as
Cong. E zr as Achim (Turover
Shul), of which he was president
for 25 years. He also was honorary
president of Turover Aid Society
and a former president of Cong.
Bnai Zion.
A devoted member of Mizrachi,
he was on the national executive
committee of the Mizrachi-Hapoel
Hamizrachi Organization. Mr. Sos-
nick was a Zionist as well, assist.
ing in the Jew-
ish National
Fund drives and,
at one time, the
Palestine c o m -
mittee of Young
Israel. At the
time of his death,
he was treasurer
of the Hebrew
Benevolent So-
ciety.
Owner of Sos-
Sosnick
nick Furniture Co. on Russell, Mr.
Sosnick was still active in the busi-
ness. Born in Russia, he lived in
the Detroit area 47 years. His res-

An honorary president of the
Detroit Lansmanshaften Council,
Mr. Sosnick at one time was a
leader in the Federation of Po-
lish Jews, Vaad Hayeshivoth and
Vaad Hakashrnth. He also was
devoted in efforts for the Beth
Yehudah Schools and a founder
of the Jewish Community Coun-
cil.

Abe Langwald, 42,
Pharmacist Killed

Abe Langwald, 42, who had
operated Michigan Pharmacy at
8816 W. Vernor for the past year
and a half, was shot to death in his

Richard Aronsson, 20;
Wayne State Student

Albert Olshansky, 58;
Richard David Aronsson, a Shot in Store Holdup

Miami.

Albert Olshansky, a grocer who
kept a small store at 12002 N. Mar-
tindale on the West Side, was shot
and killed in a holdup last week-
end. He was 58.
Mr. Olshansky, 23420 Beverly,
Oak Park, owned Albert's Market
on Martindale for the past 10
years; earlier his store had been
located on Dexter and Richton
Ayes. Born in Russia, Mr. Olshan-
sky had lived in the Detroit area
for the past 45 years.
Surviving are his wife, Helen; a
son,t,Harold; a daughter, Elaine; a
brother, Morris of Tucson; and a

sister, Mrs. Boris (Mary) Grels-
dorf.

OBITUARIES

BEN BUSSELL, 33640 Lyncroft,
Farmington, died Dec. 11. He
leaves his w if e, Ruth; a son,
Bruce; his father, Sam; and one
brother.
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HYMAN DESOW, 10201 Curtis,
died Dec. 12. Survived by his wife,
Ethel; three sons, David, Sidney

and Samuel; three daughters, Mrs.
Joseph (Rose) Mintz of Downsview,

Survivors are his wife, Dorothy;
a son, Joshua Jay: and three
daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Ann)
Levy of Phoenix, Mrs. Jack (Ilene)
Soshnick of Flushing, N.Y., and
Mrs. Robert L. (Harriet) Brent;
two brothers, Louis and Harry;
two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Ann)
Jacobs and Mrs. David (Ida) Mil-
ler; and 13 grandchildren.

store Tuesday afternoon, the vic-
tim of a crazed gunman, police be-
lieve.
Mr. L a n g w al d, 15680 George
Washington, Southfield, was a na-
tive of Detroit. The pharmacist
belonged to Temple Israel and Per-
Harvey Boxman
fection Lodge F. & A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Marian;
Killed in Accident three
sons, Nathan, William and
Harvey Boxman, 18-year-old stu- Geoffrey; a daughter, Judith; his
dent at Highland Park Junior Col- mother, Mrs. Fanny Wiseman; and
lege, died Sunday of injuries sus- a brother, Max.
tained in an automobile accident
Dec. 5 at Nine Mile and Greenfield Ex-N.Y. High Court Judge,
Rds., Southfield.
A June graduate of Henry Ford Meier Steinbrink, Age 87
NEW YORK (JTA) — Former
High School, he resided at 18650
Schaefer. He was a native De- New York Supreme Court Justice
Meier Steinbrink, who served as
troiter.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. chairman of the Anti-Defamation
and Mrs. Oscar Boxman; and his League of Bnai Brith from 1946 to
grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Smith. 1952, died Dec. 7 at his home in
Brooklyn. He was
87.
Harry Friedberg
In 1932, after a
distinguished ca-
Harry Friedberg, former De- reer as an attor-
troiter of Hollywood, Fla., died ney, he was elect-
Monday.
ed to the State
At one time the president of Supreme Court
Cong. Bnai David, Mr. Friedberg bench and was
was co-owner of the F. B. Melin reelected in 1945.
furniture stores here until 1957, He served until
when he retired to Florida. There, 1957 when he
he owned an apartment building. was designated a
Survivors are his wife, Sarah; special referee by
two daughters, Mrs. Sol (Iloo) the Appellate Di-
Seidman of Hollywood and Mrs. vision, the state's
Charles (Ruth) Danto of Detroit; highest court. He
a brother, Paul Friedberg of De- held a lifelong in-
troit; five sisters, Mrs. David (Ida) terest in interre- Judge Steinbrink
Heiman, Mrs. Dorothy Woolf, Mrs. ligious relations and as early as
Thomas (Ann) Cowen and Mrs. 1910, he served as counsel for
Abe (Minnie) Levy, all of Detroit, Catholic and Protestant church in-
and Mrs. Harry (Celia) Paul of terests in litigation in the city and
Hollywood; and six grandchildren. Long Island. He was active in a
variety of local Jewish and general
Interment Detroit.
causes as well.

Wayne State University student
and member of the Shaarey Zedek
Junior Congregation, died Dec. 9
at age 20.
Mr. Aronsson, 27571 Echo Val-
ley W., Farmnigton, was a mem-
ber of Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
at Wayne State. He was a 1964
graduate of Mumford High School
and a graduate of the Shaarey
Zedek High School.
A native of Detroit, Mr. Arons-
son leaves his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. Lawrence Aronsson; three
sisters, Elisabeth, Patricia and
Joyce; and his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Aronsson of N.

Dr. William Klein, owner of the
Villa-Zion Geriatric Clinic on Lin-
wood near Oakman Blvd., died
Dec. 9. He was 67.
Dr. Klein, 17489 Westhampton,
Southfield, was deeply interested
in music. He was organizer and
director of a group of musicians
known as Chord of Judea, active

DR. WILLIAM KLEIN

35 years ago, and he was a
founder and president of the Ha-
levy Singing Society.
A devoted Zionist, even before
coming to this country, he had
planned to establish nursing homes
in Israel, having made the goal of
care for the aged one of his ma-
jor aims in life. He was active
in the Labor Zionist Organization
Branch 7 and in Farband Branch
137.
Born in Bessarabia, Dr. Klein
lived in the Detroit area 48 years.
He received his bachelor of science
degree from Northwestern Univer-
sity and his medical degree from
the Detroit City College of Medi-
cine (now Wayne State Univer-
sity's medical school) in 1933.
While at Northwestern, he taught
Hebrew.
A general practitioner until 1951,
when he turned to the field of geri-
atrics, Dr. Klein was somewhat of
a pioneer in this area. He estab-
lished the Villa-Zion clinic in 1951
and was a member and former
board member of the National
Geriatric Society.
Dr. Klein also belonged to the
Michigan, Wayne County and
American medical associations
and the American Academy of
General Practitioners.
With two married daughters
then living in Israel, Dr. Klein or-
ganized a group of Detroiters
whose children were living in
Israel. He also established a num-
ber of literary groups.
Survivors are his wife, Molly; a
son, Harvey; six daughters, Mrs.
Shimon (Elaine) Gewirtz of Brook-
lyn, Mrs. Amnon (Naomi) Reiter,
Arlene, Judy, Nancy and Alicia;
and five grandchildren.

here

British Agudist Leader
LONDON (JTA) — Simcha Ber-
nard Unsdorfer, general secre-
tary of the Agudas Israel organi-
zation in Great Britain, who was
a survivor of the Auschwitz death
camp, died here at age 43. Mr.
Unsdorfer was born in Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia, and came to Eng-
land shortly after World War II.
He was the author of "The Yellow
Star," and editor of "Hederekh."

Ont., Mrs. Jack (Lillian) Fishbein
of Chicago and Mrs. Irving (Mary)
Pudalov of Wantagh, L.I.; 12
grandchildren and six great-grand-
children.
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SAMUEL ELKOWITZ, 22140 Sus-
sex, Oak Park, died Dec. 7. Sur-
vived by his wife, Sarah; a son,
Barry; two daughters, Mrs. Bur-
ton (Beh-ose) Burnstein and Mrs.
Abraham (Shirley) Saham; o n e
brother and four grandchildren.
s
SANDRA LEE FRANK, 733 N.
Cranbrook, Birmingham, died Dec.
7. She leaves her husband, David;
a daughter, Caroline; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Balaban; her
grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Hoch;
and one sister.
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ESTHER GOSEVITZ, 2945 W.
Grand, died Dec. 10. She leaves a
son, Harry Goss; two daughters,
Mrs. Theodore (Doris) Segall and
Mrs. Ange (Sadie) Medora; two
brothers, three sisters, three
grandchildren and four gr e a t-
grandchildren.
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SARAH LEWIS, 20 Worcester,
died Dec. 13. She leaves four sons,
Philip of Tucson, Albert of In-
dianapolis, Henry and George; a
daughter, Lillian; one brother, 13
grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.
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LESTER MICHELSEN of West-
wood, Calif. died Dec. 11. Survived
by his wife, the former Lillian
Gross of Detroit; a son, Terry; a
daughter, Joyce; and one sister.
Interment Westwood.
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SADIE RISHER, 20150 Stans-
bury, died Dec. 8. Survived by her
husband, L e o n; two daughters,
Mrs. Rose Fiantaco and Mrs. Sey-
mour (Elaine) Graybar; one sister
and five grandchildren.
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SIMON ROTH, 11501 Petoskey,
died Dec. 9. No survivors.
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LEON RUSKIN of San Diego
died Dec. 8. Survived by his wife,
Fannie; two brothers, including
Ben of Detroit; and three sisters,
including Mrs. Maurice (Bessie)
Schwartz of Detroit. Interment
San Diego.
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DOROTHY SCHILLER, 12943
Talbot, Huntington Woods, died
Dec. 12. She leaves a son, Maurice;
a daughter, Mrs. Sydney (Pris-
cilla) Radlow; four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.

ALBERT SINGER, 11501 Petos-
key, died Dec. 9. Survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Paul (Lillie) Bet-
man; two sisters and two grand-
children.

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ETTA SOL, 28539 Tavistock,
Southfield, died Dec. 12. She leaves
a son, Jack; two daughters, Mrs.
Sam (Sari) Cohen and Mrs. Arthur
(Maxine) Smith; one sister and
nine grandchildren. Interment Chi-
cago.

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FERN J. STOLMAN, 23075 Kip-
ling, Oak Park, died Dec. 8. She
leaves h e r husband, Max; two
sons, Larry and Steven; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Michael (Rita) Hoffer;
two sisters and one grandson.
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SALLY YOUNG, 23041 Oneida,
Oak Park, died Dec. 12. Survived
by a son, Steven; two daughters,
Ilene and Terry; her father, Na-
than Bluestein; and two brothers.
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PAULINE YUDELSON, 1 7 51 0
Indiana, died Dec. 9. She leaves
her husband, Ben; and one sister.

WE REMEMBER

rrimix minz

During the coming

week Yeshiva Botls

Yokeda will observe
the Yahrzeit of the
following departed
friends, with the
traditional Memorial
Prayers, recitation of
Kaddish and study-
ing of Mishnayes.

Hebrew Civil
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Nathan Scholnik
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Sarah Frank
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Solomon Abrams
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Lillian Lerman
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Michael Felgelman
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Ben Helfend
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Roy Charles Cohen
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David Farber
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Nathan Shiovitz
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Michael Weiss
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Mo rris Fox
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Harold Ely Shifman
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Morris H. Goldberg
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Samuel Zwirn
Harold H. Cohen
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Gussie Brickner
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Sally Ann Tucker
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Max Unrot
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Louise Silverstein
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Zelda Bloom
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Ida Margolin
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Geraldine Greenwald 19
Elchonin Greenberg 19
Zelda Baron
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Nathan Yanchalr
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Joseph Segerman
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Fanny August
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Mary Simon
Abraham Belfer
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Yachet Klein
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Esther Rothberg
Isadore Slitter
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Joseph Epstein
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E. S. Wolfson
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Anna Caplan
Ben Bragman
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Norman Chason
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Harvey Simon
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