THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 29, 1968 47
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OBITUARIES
Mrs. Joseph Willen, NCJW Leader,
Killed in Auto Accident While in Africa
NEW YORK — Mrs. Joseph
Willen, immediate past president
of the National Council of Jewish
Women, was killed in a motor ac-
Monument
Unveiling
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
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 Gustie
Zbick announces the unveiling of
a monument in her memory 11
a.m. Sunday, March 31, at Mach-
pelah Cemetery. Rabbi Schnipper
will officiate. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
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The family of the late Sam
Saltzman announces the unveiling
of a monument in his memory
1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31, at
Beth Abraham Cemetery. Rabbi I.
Halpern will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked to attend.
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The family of the late Anna
Davis announces the unveiling of a
monument in her memory noon
Sunday, March 31, at Hebrew Me-
morial Park. Rabbi Schnipper will
officiate. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
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The family of the late Sophie
Gruskin announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 7, at Bnai
David Cemetery. Rabbi Donin and
Cantor Adler will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are asked to
attend.
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The family of the late Ida Aran
announces the unveiling of a monu-
ment in her memory 1 p.m. Sun-
day, April 7, at Nusach Hari
Cemetery. Rabbi Gordon will
officiate. Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.
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The family of the late Max
Emmer announces the unveiling
of a monument in his memory
12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at Beth
Abraham Cemetery. Rabbi Halpern
will officiate. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
cident in Kenya March 17. An out-
standing women's leader and
champion of civil rights and civil
liberties, Mrs. Willen was the wife
of the executive consultant to the
Federation of Jewish Philan-
thropies. She was 64.
Funeral services were held
March 22, with many outstanding
Jewish community leaders and
civic leaders in attendance.
Mrs. Willen served as president
of the National Council of Jewish
Women from 1963 to 1967 and as
president of the International
Council of Jewish Women from
1954 to 1957. A social worker by
BERTHA ABRAMOVITZ, 7381
W. Outer Dr., died March 25.
She leaves a son, Robert B.
Abrams; two daughters, Mrs.
Samuel (Gertrude) Erlich and
Mrs. Malcolm (Esther) Ellias; one
sister, eight grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
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BESSIE BECKERMAN, 19780
Monte Vista, died March 26. Sur-
vived by her husband, Oscar W.;
and a son, Allen.
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ELI BUTCOVSKY, 3378 Richton,
died March 25. Survived by neph-
ews and nieces in Mexico.
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RAPHAEL DASHOW, of Brook-
lyn, died March 21. Survived by
his wife Minnie; three sons,
Samuel and David of Detroit and
Jules of Chicago; two brothers,
eight grandchildren and one great-
grandchild. Interment New York.
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HERMAN DICTOR, 21650 Sussex,
Oak Park, died March 25. He
David Greenberg,
Conservationist;
Rescued Jews
MRS. JOSEPH WILLEN
profession, she was best known
for her work in civil rights, for
which she received the National
Council of Negro Women's Award
for Outstanding Service in 1951.
The women's leader was active
in the founding of the Liberal
Party and was a officer of a score
of Jewish, civic and social wel-
fare organizations. She was hon-
ored last April by the Office of
Economic Opportunity for her
work with disadvantaged youth
and received a distinguished alum-
ni award from Washington Uni-
versity in St. Louis March 2.
A special Pearl Willen Mem-
orial Fund has been established
by Council, to be earmarked for
an area of NCJW program which
was especially significent to Mrs.
Willen,
Dr. Leon Wohlmann, 67
Swiss Leader, Editor
The Family of the Late
NEW YORK — David B. Green-
berg, writer on wildlife and con-
servation, who was honored by the
state of Israel for his services to
the Jewish people, died March 22
at age 75.
Mr. Greenberg, a native of Yon-
kers, taught poultry husbandry at
the New York State School of
Agriculture, served as an artillery
officer in World War I and later
operated with his brother a chain
of children's wear stores in sev-
eral cities. He retired to an estate
in Duchess County, N.Y., where
his experiments and knowledge
resulted in two textbooks on wild-
life, anthologies of farm stories
and essays.
After Hitler's rise in 1933,
Mr. Greenberg began a one-man
rescue operation, sponsoring al-
most 500 Jewish refugees from
Central Europe for admission to
the. United States. In 1948, he let
a group of Israeli scientists de-
velop anti-tank guns on his estate.
Former Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion awarded Mr. Green-
berg the Hagana pin.
Mr. Greenberg and members of
his family have named for them
a laboratory at the Hebrew Uni-
versity-Hadassah Medical School
at Ein Kerem, newborn infants'
ward at the Hadassah Hospital on
Mt. Scopus, a large wood planted
by the Jewish National Fund near
Jerusalem and several Youth Aliya
institutions.
ZURICH (JTA) — Dr. Leon
Wohlmann, well - known Jewish
writer and community leader and
one of the founders of the Zionist
Actions Committee, governing body
Announces the unveiling
of the World Zionist Organization,
of monuments in their
died here March 21 at age 67.
memory 2 p.m. Sunday,
Dr. Wohlmann was born in
March 31, at Beth El Me-
Poland and came to Switzerland as Ella Zwerdling Fund
morial Park. Rabbi Syme
a young man. He was a senior
will officiate. Relatives
member of the staff of the Is- at Wayne State University
and friends are asked to
raelitische Wochenblatt, a Jewish
A memorial fund named for the
attend.
weekly, in which he wrote on late Ella Zwerdling, professor of
Zionism and on Jewish life.
social work education at Wayne
State University, has been estab-
lished in the university's school of
social work.
To families who have loved ones intered in
Mrs. Zwerdling, wife of Morris
Zwerdling, died March 8 at age
58. Memorial tributes may be made
out to Wayne State University,
we urge all those who have not as yet paid their 1968 bill to
Ella Zwerdling Memorial Fund,
and mailed to the School of Social
please do so immediately, so we may maintain the beauty of
Work at WSU, Detroit 48202.
the cemetery. Those who have moved and not received your
CARD OF THANKS
1968 bill, please inform the office of your correct address.
The family of the late Freeda
Freed acknowledges with grate-
ful appreciation the many kind
expressions of sympathy extended
by relatives and friends during the
family's recent bereavement.
ARLENE VERONA
and
MOLLIE GREEN
SOL SAPPERSTEIN, 22323 L4-1-
leaves his wife, Lillian; a son,
Marvin; a daughter, Mrs. Harry Seine, Southfield, died March 24.
(Phyllis) Horovitz; one brother He leaves his wife, Fannie; a
daughter, Mrs. Newton (Ileene)
and five grandchildren.
Levin; one sister and two grand-
HELEN DREHER of Brooklyn children.
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died March 21. Survived by her
BEN B. SCHWARTZ, 13693
husband, David; three sons, Jack
of Jacksonville, Fla., Meyer and Mecca, died March 21. He leaves
Reuben both of New York; three a brother, Joseph of Miami Beach,
daughters, Mrs. Boris (Sylvia) and four sisters, Mrs. Frances
Leipow of New York and Mrs. Sol Greenberg, Mrs. Esther Krow and
(Gertrude) Millman and Mrs. Isa- Mrs. Morris (Helen) Jacobs, both
dore (Mildred) Siegel, both of De- of South Bend, and Mrs. Ben
troit; two brothers, one sister and (Hannah) Levy of Chicago.
12 grandchildren. Interment New
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York.
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REUBEN SLIFKIN of Steuben-
MARY FREEDMAN, 20285 West- ville, 0., died March 26. Survived
moreland, died March 24. She by his wife, Lillian; two sons,
leaves two sons, Philip and David; Stanley of Pittsburgh and Irving;
two daughters, Mrs. Harry (Shir- one brother; a sister, Mrs. Joseph
ley) Shiovitz and Mrs. Hyman (Lilyan) Shekter of Detroit; and
(Blanche) Baren; 12 grandchildren five grandchildren. Interment Steu-
benville.
and five great-grandchildren.
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DAVID GOLDON, 18953 Stans-
bury, died March 21. Survived by
his wife, Freda; two sons, Harold
and Israel; two daughters, Mrs.
Nathan (Elizabeth) Israel and Mrs.
Joseph (Ruth) Kwaselow; one
During the coming
brother, three sisters and eight
week Yeshiva Beth
grandchildren.
Yehuda will observe
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the Yahrzeit of the
BEN M. GORELICK, 16877 Stoe-
following departed
pel, died March 22. He leaves his
friends, with the
traditional Memorial
wife, Beaty; two sons, Milton and
Prayers, recitation of
Dr Joseph of East Meadow, N.Y.;
Kaddish and study-
a daughter, Mrs. Philip (Irma)
ing of Mishnayes.
Zald of Ann Arbor; one brother,
two sisters and eight grandchil-
Hebrew Civil
dren.
Nisan March
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30
1
Jacob Dach
30
1
Louis Slakter
ROBERT GREEN, 11500 Sher-
30
1
Berta Palman
wood, Oak Park, died March 27.
30
1
Hyman Taback
30
1
Louis Gladstone
He leaves his wife, Ada; three
30
1
Sam Turkel
sons, Alan, Randall and Paul; his
30
1
Louis Alper
30
1
mother, Mrs. Ruth Green of Albu-
Annie Sarko
30
1
Sarah Siegel
querque; and two sisters.
31
2
Jacob Fleischman
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31
2
Fred Kline
31
2
Etta
Cohen
Slakter
HERMAN GROFFSKY of West
31
2
Esther Gellman
31
Orange, N.J., died March 23 in De-
2
Abe Barg
31
2
Shelly Lynn Gold
troit. He leaves his wife, Belle; a
31
2
Chava Yaker
son, Paul of Detroit; two daugh-
31
2
Robert B. Novitz
April
ters, Maxine and Irene; and three
1
3
Harry Ablitz
grandchildren. Interment Iselin,
3
1
Samuel Israel
1
Harry Rimar 3 3
N.J.
1
Jack
Sklar
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1
3
David Toker
1
Fanny Heifetz 3 3
SOLOMON LEIBICK, 19759 Bur-
1
Mannie Cohen
gess, died March 26. Survived by
2
Keys 4
4
Hyman Abraham
2
Jack Malin
his wife, Ruth; a son, Arthur Lavi
2
4
Juda Gottlieb
of Israel; a daughter, Mrs. Doro-
4
2
Goldie B. Rapp
5
3
Chaye Esther Singer 5
thy Broder; five sisters and five
3
Reva Lipschutz 5
grandchildren.
3
Flora Morris
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3
5
Samuel Remer
3
5
Esther Messing
DORA LOIKREC, 214 Giles,
3
5
Mary Baxter
4
6
Frank
Friedman
Windsor, died in Edmonton, Alta.,
4
6
Dora Lutsky
March 24. She leaves three sons,
4
6
Yetta Gladstone
4
6
Nathan Lee
Hyman of Grand Blanc, Mich., Dr.
4
6
Minnie Lazarus
Harry of Pittsburgh, and Ervin of
5
7
Musha Stein
7
5
Edmonton; five grandchildren and
Irving Osnos 7
5
Morris Kent
10 great-grandchildren. Interment
7
Julius W. Webber
Detroit.
David Jacob Kabaker 7
5
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