Obituaries

DR. LEO KALLMAN

On August 8, 1994 Dr. Leo Kalman died peacefully in Hollywood, Florida. He
was one month shy of turning 93 years old. having lived a dedicated, caring, fulfilled
life as a member of the Detroit Jewish Community before retiring to Florida in 1988
to reside with his brother, the late Dr. Reuben Kallman. A graveside service was held
at Cloverhill Park Cemetery attended by many nieces, nephews and friends.
A devoted physician, Dr. Kallman practiced medicine for 55 years in the fields
of psychiatry and internal medicine following an education at Wayne (State) University.
In addition to his private practice, he worked as the examining physician of the
Michgian Athletic Board for 10 years, consulting physician of the Wayne County
Friend of the Court, and served as the consulting physician to the Wayne County
Probate Court for 35 years. Dr. Kallman was the recipient of the 50-year gold diploma
presented by the Wayne County and Michigan Medical Societies.
An immigrant to the United States as a youth, appreciation for the benefit of
challenges and hard work molded a man who maintained a strong sense of
responsibility, care, commitment to his community. His involvement in numerous
fraternal, secular and philanthropic organizations included: Downtown Synagogue,
Crisis Club, Shriners, Masons, Lions Club, Zionist Organization of America, American
Israel Friendship League, Jewish Braille Institute of America, American Red Magen
David of Israel, United Negro College Fund, United Home for the Aged, American
Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Project Hope, Rabbinical Seminary
of America, the Simon Wiesenthal Center of Holocaust Studies.
Dr. Kallman will always be remembered by family and friends for being an
incredibly learned man who enjoyed the art of sharing a good lesson or lovely tale.
He was deeply attached to Jewish learning, having mastered much of the Talmud
prior to studying medicine. A wise man, he had a gift for sharing his care, generosity,
insightfulness, optimism with others. He was a strongly principled man committed
to supporting the values that he was raised with. His warmth and concern for others
lasted until the very end. Intellectual involvement and motivation for a full life were
always prevalent.
Dr. Leo Kallman was the dear brother of the late Dr. David and Dr. Reuben
Kallman, Lillian Tennen and Rose Bakst.

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Fund at the Federation Apart-
ments, 15106 W. 10 Mile Road,
Oak Park.

GERTRUDE D. REIFMAN,
78, of West Bloomfield, died
Aug. 23. She was a past presi-
dent of East Side Chapter of
B'nai B'rith, a past officer of
Women's American ORT, a
member of United Order of
True Sisters, a founder and past
president of Lincoln Towers
Tenants Assoc. She also was
very active with cancer support
groups.
Wife of the late Joseph, she
leaves her son, Alvin of Par-
adise Valley, Ariz.; son and
daughter-in-law, Steven and
Pamela of Farmington Hills;
daughters and sons-in-law,
Lynn and Kenneth Modell of
Franklin, Deborah and Ronald
Kaye of Woodland Hills, Calif.;
grandchildren, J. J. and
Michelle Modell, Joseph, Ben-
jamin and Sara Reifinan, Alfred
Kaye. Memorial contributions
may be made to Hechtman Fed-
eration Apartments, 6690 West
Maple, West Bloomfield, MI
48322. Services were held at the
Ira Kaufman Chapel followed
by burial at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery.

MEYER F. ROUFF, 72, of
Oak Park, died Aug. 24. He is
survived by his wife, Bernice;
sons and daughters-in-law,
Ronald of Oak Park Jeffrey and
Janet of Oak Park; brother and
sister-in-law, Leonard and
Sylvia of West Bloomfield.
Arrangements by Dorfman Fu-
neral Direction.

BLAKE SCHRAM, 1 day,
died Aug. 27. He is survived by
his parents, Dr. Alan and Amy
of West Bloomfield; brother,
Spencer Harrison; grandpar-
ents, Richard and Sandy, Sandy.
Miller and Dennis Solomon;
great-grandfather, Max Blot-
ner: great-grandmother, Addie
Kurtz; great-grandfather, Har-
ry Gurvis. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to the Neo
Natal Intensive Care Unit —
Sinai Hospital, 6767 West Out-
er Drive, Detroit, MI 48235. Pri-
vate graveside services were
held at Clover Hill Park Ceme-
tery; arrangements by the
Kaufman Chapel.

ISADORE SEIGEL, 80, of
Oak park, died Aug. 22. He is
survived by son and daughter-
in-law, Ronald and Ruby of
Highland Park, Mich.; daugh-
ter, Jessica of Washington, D.C.
Graveside services held at
Workmen's Circle Cemetery
through Hebrew Memorial
Chapel. Contributions to the
Southern Poverty Law Confer-
ence, Atlanta, Ga., would be ap-
preciated.

NORMAN SHERMAN, 82, of

Oak Park, died Aug. 23. He is
survived by his wife, Charlotte;
sons and daughter-in-law, Jer-
rold and Janice of West Bloom-
field, Murray of Southfield;
daughters and sons-in-law,
Brenda Osborn of Los Angeles,
Madeline and Marvin Barkin,
Irma Freed; sister, Sadie Smith
of Los Angeles; grandchildren,
Dr. Jeffrey and Jancie, Dr.
Leonard, Mark, Harley and
Lana Sherman, Shelley and
Yair Nadiv, Richard and Mari-
lyn, Bruce, Steven and Teri and
Janice Barkin, Sandy and Bar-
bara, Dan and Irene Swerdlow-
Freed; great-grandfather of
Daniell and Yohnaton Nadiv,
Joshua Sherman, Jeffrey, Lau-
rie, Arlana and Alexis Barkin,
Isaac Freed, Benjamin and
Aaron Swerdlow-Freed. Grave-
side services held at Nusach
Hari Cemetery through He-
brew Memorial Chapel. Dona-
tions to Hospice, Michigan Can-
cer Foundation or any charity
of your choice would be appre-
ciated.

BELLE SHOGAN, 92, of
Birmingham, died Aug. 26.
Wife of the late Nathan, she
leaves her daughter, Viola Hir-
shberg of Birmingham; son and
daughter-in-law, Marvin and
Harriet Shogan of Howell; eight
grandchildren; 14 great-grand-
children. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to American
Cancer Society, 29350 South-
field Road, Suite 110, South-
field, MI 48076. Services were
held at the Ira Kaufman Chapel
followed by burial at Oakview
Cemetery.

REUBEN SONNE, 73, of
Southfield, died Aug. 29. Mr.
Sonne was a fabric buyer and
seller for Jack Gell Fabrics. He
was the credit manager at
TUT's Blind Ambition. Mr.
Sonne was a past president of
Oak Park Kiwanis Club and a
member of Jewish War Veter-
ans.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy;
son and daughter-in-law, Dr.
Marvin and Fran of Farming-
ton Hills; daughter and son-in-
law, Anita and Tut Mentzel of
Farmington Hills; grandchil-
dren, Amy, Lisa and Jeffrey
Sonne, Mikki and Jay Mentzel;
brother and sister-in-law, Mar-
cus and Fran of Oak Park; sis-
ter, Louise Katz of Oak Park.
Memorial contributions may be
made to American Heart Asso-
ciation, 16310 West 12 Mile.
Road, Southfield, MI 48076 or
American Diabetes Association,
30600 Telegraph Road, #2255,
Bingham Farms, MI 48010.
Services were held at the Ira.
Kaufman Chapel followed by
burial at Beth Abraham Ceme-
tery.

LOITIE KROLL STERN, 84,
of Beverly Hills, Calif., formerly