I SHELDON MONUMENT COMPANY 19800 WOODWARD AVE. of Los Altos, Calif.; a sister, Rachel Cohen; two brothers, Harry Bernstein and Barney Bernstein of Hallandale, Fla.; and six grandchildren. Inter- ment Hollywood, Fla. Sigmond Lax Sigmond Lax, who with his brother Kalman formerly operated the only kosher delicatessen and butcher shop in the downriver area, died Jan. 14 at age 96. Born in Hungary, Mr. Lax came to the Delray section of Detroit in 1923. He was a partner in the Golden Cracknel Biscuit Co. and also worked for Ida Products, a family business. He established the Lax Family Club in the 1940s, and was active in it for more than 30 years. He was a sup- porter of Mo'os Chitim and was among the early members of the First Hebrew Congregation of Delray, Cong. B'nai Moshe and Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah. In 1970, Mr. Lax and his wife, Fanny, realized a life- long dream and moved to Israel. Besides his wife, Mr. Lax is survived by a daughter, Mrs. David (Sarah) Cern of Raanana, Israel; two sons, Fred of Bloomfield Hills and Harold (Yisrael) of Kfar Adumim, Israel; 12 grand- children and 25 great-grandchildren. Stella Canner Stella Canner, charter member of the Friendship Club, died Jan. 22 at age 81. Born in London, England, Mrs. Canner was a member of Temple Israel, Southfield Senior Citizens, Service With Love. She also was a volunteer at Sinai Hospital. She leaves a son, Milton; a daughter, Mrs. Robert A. (Beverly) Krause of Townsville, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Gerald (Dora) Sparr and Mrs. Louis (Ceil) Glick of Hollywood, Fla.; eight grand- children an seven great-grandchildren. Diana Levine Diana Arlin Levine, a two- term president and executive board member of the Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit, died Jan. 21 at age 73. A former Detroiter, Mrs. Levine resided in Miami Beach, Fla., at the time of her death. She was a member of the Women of Jewish Na- tional Fund, past president of B'nai B'rith Women and the Women's Auxiliary of the United Hebrew Schools. She was a life member of American Mizrachi Women and was honored by the Fan- nie Gluck Chapter in 1976 as its woman of the year. Mrs. Levine was active in Israel Bonds and was a life member of Hadassah in Detroit and Florida. In the 1970s, she pro- vided a community calendar on the Jewish Hour radio broadcast on WIID-AM. During Israel's Six-Day War, Mrs. Levine helped raise money through Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical service, for am- bulances. She was a member of the Pinsker Progressive Aid Society, Farband and Cong. Beth Torah in Miami Beach. In her spare time, Mrs. Levine wrote poetry. She leaves two daughters, Marilyn Joy Arlin of North Miami Beach, Fla., and Beverly Doris Taylor of Honolulu, Hawaii; a brother, Saul Cooper of West Bloom- field; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. In- terment Detroit. Eli Castleman Eli B. Castleman, a self- employed real estate investor, died Jan 20 at age 77. Born in Boston, Mass., Mr. Castleman was the owner of the Wolverine Textile Co. from 1935 to 1962. He was graduated from the Boston Latin School and Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. degree in 1931. he was on the board of directors of the Harvard Club, Detroit Chapter, and B'nai B'rith. He leaves his wife, Emily; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Susan) Levin of Tenafly, N.J., and Carol Falk; a son, Lee C. Light; a step-son, Gregory A. Brehm; a brother, Frank; and five grandchildren. F. Marshall Active In JWV Florence Marshall, past president of the Eli Levin Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans, died Jan. 26 at age 58. Born in Detroit, Mrs. Mar- shall was a board member of Bloch-Israel Benevolent Association, a member of Bloch-Israel Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women and Lt. Roy Green Auxiliary, Jewish War Veterans. 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