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THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
Sidney Leiwant of ORT Dies
NEWARK (JTA) — Sid-
ney Leiwant, honorary
president and immediate
past president of the Ameri-
can ORT Federation, died
Dec. 5 at age 71.
Born in Austria, Mr.
Leiwant was brought to.the
United States as a child by
his parents and spent his
formative years in Connec--
ticut. He was graduated
from the University of
Alabama in 1934. He sub-
sequently settled in Verona,
N.J.
Mr. Leiwant was active in
all phases of Jewish com-
munal life. He was active in
the American ORT Federa-
tion for more than a decade,
having served as vice
president of its central
board. He also served on the
executive committee of the
World ORT Union, to which
he was a delegate.
Mr. Leiwant was a
member of the National
Cabinet of the United
Jewish Appeal; a trustee
of the United Israel Ap-
peal; former chairman of
Coun.cil of Jewish Feder-
*, ations' Large City
Budgeting Conference; a
member of the board and
executive committee of
The Family
of the Late
SHELDON
KLEIN
Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation
the many kind ex-
pressions of sympathy
extended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent be-
reavement.
OBITUARIES
FRANCES POHL
DANTO, 60, died Dec. 5.
SIDNEY LEIWANT
the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Com-
mittee; and a member of
the board and executive
committee of HIAS.
In addition, Mr. Leiwant
was a president of the
Jewish Education Associa-
tion of Metropolitan New
Jersey; president of the
Jewish Community Federa-
tion of Metrowest (formerly
Metropolitan New Jersey);
general chairman of the
UJA of Metrowest; board
member of The New Jersey
Jewish News and the Fed-
eration Community Rela-
tions Committee.
He also was president of
Temple Israel of the
Oranges and Maplewood;
vice president and board
member of the United Way
of Essex County; and a
member of the boards of the
Jewish Counseling and
Service Agency and the He-
brew Youth Academy.
Dr. Kagan Dies
NEW YORK — Dr.
Abram S. Kagan, founder of
International Universities
Press Inc., died Dec. 5 at age
94.
She leaves her husband,
Paul; a son, Stephen of
Houston, Tex.; and a sister,
Mrs. Arthur (Churrey)
Schreier of Houston.
* * *
LILLY FINE, 82, of Oak
Park, died Dec. 5. Survived
by a daughter. Mrs. Frieda
McClure of Biloxi, Miss.; a
brother, Elmer Marcus; two
sisters, Mrs. Anne Goldin of
New York and Ella Marcus;
three grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
* * *
SARAH HEIT, 87, of De-
troit, died Dec. 3. Survived
by her husband, Abraham;
a son, Louis of ,Seebring,
Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Pearl
Davidson; two sisters, Mrs.
Tillie Fraydman and Mrs.
Helen Shul, both of Miami
Beach, Fla.; two grandchil-
dren and four great-grand-
children. Interment
Florida.
* * *
LOLA ELEANOR
KOLLMAN, 84, died Dec.
5. She leaves a cousin, Ger-
trude Meier.
* * *
GERTRUDE PEARL,
64, of Southfield, died Dec.
6. Survived by her husband,
Max; a son, Alan of Novi; a
daughter, Mrs. William
(Susan) Liebman of
Hartsdale, N.Y.; a brother,
Albert Watson of Toronto,
Ont.; a sister, Mrs. Betty
Wray of Scarborough, Ont.;
and three grandchildren.
* * *
FANNIE (FAYE) RU-
BIN, 63, of Southfield, died
Dec. 6. Survived by her hus-
band, Alex; a son, Ira; a
Mines to Be Park Site
The Family
of the Late
IRVING H.
PELAVIN
Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation,
the many kind ex-
pressions of sympathy
extended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent be-
reavement.
daughter, Mrs. Stanley
(Harriet) Remer; two
brothers, Nathan Schwartz
of Louisville, Ky., and Mar-
tin Moe Schwartz; and four
grandchildren.
* * *
SAMUEL RUBIN, 80,
died Dec. 3. He leaves his
wife, Rose--S.; a daughter,
Davida M. of San Francisco,
Calif.; and two brothers,
Meyer and Lawrence A. of
Ignatyev Dies,
Linked to
`Doctors Plot'
NEW YORK — Semyon
D. Ignatyev, Soviet minis-
ter of state security in
January 1953 when the
Soviet government dis-
closed the "doctors plot," in
which 15 physicians, many
of them Jews, were arrested
on charges of having plotted
to kill Soviet leaders, is
dead at age 79.
According to the New
York Times, in April of that
year, Mr. Ignatyev's suc-
cessors repudiated the
charges and freed the doc-
tors. They said Mr. Ignatyev
had shown "political blind-
ness and gullibility" in
allowing false charges to be
brought by a Deputy Minis-
ter of State Security named
Ryumin. Mr. Ignatyev was
dismissed as a national
party secretary.
Reva Appleton
Reva Appleton, active in
Jewish organizations in
Grand Rapids for more than
40 years, died Dec. 7.
Mrs. Appleton was a resi-
dent of Royal Oak for the
last two years. She had
taught Hebrew school for 40
years at Cong. Ahavas Is-
rael in Grand Rapids, and
was active in its sisterhood,
Bnai Brith Women and
senior citizen organiza-
tions.
She is survived by a son,
Dr. Abner Ragins of
Franklin; a daughter, Mrs.
James (Barbara) Hotary of
Grand Blanc; and six
grandchildren. Interment
Grand Rapids
St. Ignace, Mich.
* * *
ARTHUR SNITZ, 71,
died Dec. 1. He leaves his
wife, Gail; a daughter, Mrs.
Emery (Natalie) Weinber-
ger; a sister, Mrs. Bessie
Suhd; and three grand-
children.
of Las Vegas, Nev., died
Nov. 25. Survived_by his
wife, Mildred; a son, Paul A.
of New York; a brother, Dr.
Charles I. of Southfield;
three sisters, Anne Kutzen
of Southfield, Mrs. Charles
Davis of California and Mrs.
Louis Liberman of Detroit;
and two grandchildren.
Interment Las Vegas.
* * *
RAE THOMAS, 100,
died Dec. 4. She leaves two
sons, Harry and Max; two
daughters, Rose Gold and
Mrs. Barney (Minnie)
Broner; 11 grandchildren
and 21 great-grand-
children.
* *
GLADYS
L.
WELTMAN, 62, of Detroit,
died Dec. 1. Survived by her
husband, Nathan; three
daughters, Mrs. Karen
Kreutzer, Mrs. James
(Janice) Espinoza and Mrs.
Barry (Patricia) Kideckel of
Grand Blanc; a brother,
Leonard Magilvy of Dayton,
Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Pat
(Ilavere) Cancellara of
Riverside, Calif., Mona
Glazman of Garden Grove,
Calif. and Mrs. John
(Hilda)
' Koot of Roseville,
Calif.; and six grand-
children.
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ment California.
WE REMEMBER
During the coming
week Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah will
observe the
Yahrzeits of the fol-
lowing departed
friends, with the
traditional Memo-
rial Prayers, recita-
tion of Kaddish and
Studying of Mis-•
hnavos.
TEVES DEC.
5 11
SARAH BUCHMAN
5 11
MAYNARD LAZARUS
5 11
JACOB LEVIN
5 11
SAM NASBERG
5 11
FANNIE POSTER
5 11
MAURICE SAFRAN
5 11
BESSIE SHORR
5 11
TONY THORN
5 11
ROSE WOLFGANG
6 12
REBECCA CARPOL
6 12
BERNICE D. MAZER
6 12
SAMUEL ROBINSON
6 12
NORMAN STERN
7 13
LIBBA E. AGRANOVICH
7 13
BENJAMIN H. ETTINGER
7 13
BEN FELDMAN
7 13
LEE GLADSTONE
DOROTHY JACOBSON
7 13
GOODMAN
7 13
FANNIE GUTMAN
7 13
HARRY LIFSHITZ
7 13
SARAH MILMET
7 13
LEA RUBEL
7 13
ALLEN SHERWIN
7 13
RACHEL WEINER
7 13
ETHEL L. WIENER
8 14
BERNARD BLOCH
8 14
FAYGA G. CHESLUK
8 14
HARRY KEYS
8 14
ISRAEL LUBOW
8 14
EDITH LEWIS MARX
8 14
DOROTHY MISRACH
8 14
CELIA RABINOWITZ
8 14
HENRY ROTH
8 14
REVA SCHOICHIT
8 14
SAM SIEGEL
8 14
MINNIE TAYLOR
8 14
ALEXANDER WEISS
9 15
EDIS BORDOLEY
9 15
DAVID FLEISCHER
9 15
MORRIS HOFFMAN
9 15
AARON NATINSKY
9 15
BENJAMIN SCHLUSSEL
BETTY CHARLIP-SCHWARTZ 9 15
16
10
LAWRENCE BEIGLER
10 16
SAM LIPPA BRADY
10 16
HYMAN R. COHEN
10 16
MENAHEM M. COHEN
10
16
JACK J. EASON
10 16
ROSE GROSSBERG
10 16
LEAN GROSSMAN
10 16
CELIA KAPETANSKY
10- 16
BESSIE KATZMAN
10 16
MAX LYNDER
10 16
JACOB K. PALMAN
10 16
MORRIS RADNER
10 16
BAILAH ROTENK.IG
FAMILY OF
10 16
MENDEL ROTENBERG
10 16
JULIUS SCHWARTZ
10 16
BERTHA SKOLNICK
10 16
RACHEL SPERLING
10 16
HYMAN SNYDER
10 16
ANNA WEINGARDEN
10 16
REBECCA WEISBERG
11 17
JENNIE APPLEBAUM
11 17
SALA CETNER
11 17
ROSE FURMAN
11 17
JULIUS GREEN
11 17
SAMUEL B. KEMPNER
11 17
H. LEVIN
11 17
IRVING MINSKY
11 17
MILDRED MOSKOVITZ
11 17
HARRY SLOBASKY
11 17
THERESA SONNENFELD
13405 CAPITAL at Coolidge
March of Dimes
r,
* * *
SAM YESZIN
California died Dec. 2. He
* * *
SAMUEL STOLAR- leaves a brother, Leo of
SKY, 78, former Detroiter Southfield; and a sister,
.
The Family
ROSE WHITE, 93, of
Roslyn, N.Y., died Dec. 3.
Survived by two sons, Tibor
of Los Angeles, Calif., and
Stanley of Roslyn; and three
grandchildren. Interment
Detroit.
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