YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH
Founded 1914
Administration Office: 557-6750
JOSEPH TANENBAUM SCHOOL FOR BOYS SALLY ALLAN ALEXANDER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
15751 West Lincoln Drive
Southfield, Michigan 48076
DAVID RUBIN, 102, of Oak
Park, died April 12. He leaves
sons and daughters-in-law,
Harold and Judith, James
and Sondra of West Bloom-
field; daughter and son-in-
law, Clara and Maurice Rob-
bins of Southfield; a brother;
a sister; 10 grandchidren and
17 great-grandchildren.
DAVID RUDY SKLARE,
47, of Aspen, Colo., formerly
of Michigan, died April 5. He
is survived by aunts; a sister-
in-law, Judith; a nephew and
niece.
SAMUEL STONE, 88, of
West Bloomfield, died April
12. He leaves daughters and
sons-in-law, Marian and Lif-
ton Smith, Audrey and Pat
Brady and Barbara Harvey;
13 grandchildren and 19
great-grandchildren.
Ruth Edith Rome
Ship Fire Victim
Ruth Edith Rome, 27,
formerly of East Lansing, of
New York City, died April 7 in
a fire aboard a ship sailing
from Oslo, Norway, to
Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She
75 YEARS OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
nationally with Evita and in
Europe with West Side Stoiy.
Among her favorite roles
were Anna in King and I,
Mother Abess in Sound of
Music and Louise in Gypsy.
She is survived by her
parents, Winifred Rome of
East Lansing, and Louis
Rome of Ann Arbor.
Services in East Lansing
followed by burial in Detroit.
Sol Konikow, 81,
Produce Buyer
Sol Konikow, 81, a produce
buyer, of Southfield, died
April 16. Mr. Konikow was
born in Russia and had been
a Detroit area resident for
many years. Mt Konikow was
a self-employed produce buyer
and manager. He was a
member of Temple Beth El,
the Louis Marshall Lodge of
B'nai B'rith, Jewish Com-
munity Center, and was a
volunteer worker at the
Jewish Community Center
on 10 Mile Road.
He leaves his wife, Bernice;
a son and daughter-in-law,
Joel and Nancy of Seattle,
Wash., a daughter, Claire of
Southfield; sisters, Celia
Must of Oak Park and Yetta
Levine of Southfield; and two
grandchildren.
Samuel Katz, 76,
Founded Mailers
Ruth Edith Rome
was employed as an enter-
tainer in a musical revue on
the ship.
As described by the
Associate Dean, School of
Speech, Northwestern
University, "Ruth was a
warm, vibrant, giving person
." She had a gift for
relating to children and
adults alike. Anfriend wrote
that "she had a love and en-
thusiasm for performing and
was encouraging and suppor-
tive of her co-performers. She
always spoke highly of her
family."
A graduate of Okemos High
School and Northwestern
University, Ms. Rome had
been living in New York City
where she was pursuing a
career in musical theater.
Ruth had performed in sum-
mer stock in Michigan and
other states, off-Broadway
and on-Broadway. She toured
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Samuel Paul Katz, 76,
founder of American Mailers
Co., of Farmington Hills, died
April 16. Mr. Katz was born
in Youngstown, Ohio, and had
been a Detroit area resident
for the past 60 years. Mr. Katz
was president of American
Mailers Co. since 1945, one of
the largest direct mail
marketers in the Midwest. He
also was active with the
Democratic Party. He leaves
his wife, Martha; a son and
daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and
Pauline of Bloomfield Hills; a
sister, Shirley Stone of
Southfield; and one
grandchild.
Photo courtesy of David Zuroff
During the coming week Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends, with
the traditional memorial prayers, recitation of kaddish and studying of mishnayos.
Philip Aaron
Ben Bloom
Esther T. Haas
Rose Komisor
Fannie Litmak
Samuel H. Singer
Abe Slotnick
Refael Y. Weingorden
Jacob Buehler
Harry Cohen
Eliyahu Greenbaum
Morley Kessler
Dora Lipman
Som Miller
Abraham Rubin
Gertrude Schecter
Dr. Herbert Waldman
Rachel I. Wohl
Morris Alter
Kurt Ehrlich
Hyman Feldman
Morris Freedman
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Mae Krass, 88, of
Southfield, died April 14.
Mrs. Krass was born in
Detroit and was former owner
of the Main Theatre in Royal
Oak for 22 years. She also
owned the Dix, Carlton, Arc,
Oakman and Coliseum
Theatres.
She leaves her sons and
daughters-in-law, Marvin and
Joan of Northridge, Calif.,
Theodore and Harriett of
West Bloomfield; five grand-
children and five great-grand-
children.
Ethel Sorison
Louis Cohen
Jack Cwajgenberg
Beatrice Folick
Bertha Goodman
Helen Hess
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Jeanette L. Kirsnionski
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Morris Klein
Louis Litwok
Rose Nathanson
Paul Shulman
Dr. Josef Weber
Rose Weider
Benjamin Appel
Reuben Himelhoch
Herbert C. Kohn
Rose E. Lerman
Rose Motenky
Celia Brody
Rebecca Fointuck
Samuel Fine
Samuel Leiderman
David A. Levine
Hermon Moerman
Bella Stein
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