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Council of Orthodox Rabbis
25270 Greenfield, Oak Park
17100 -W. Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Michigan 48075
Phone:(313) 557-6644
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GLATT KOSHER
YOUR NEIGHBOR — SERVING THE
Mt I HOPOLITAN AREA FOR 50 YEARS
1-810-399-2711
of Southfield; daughter and son-
in-law Ida and Sol Pitt of Boyn-
ton Beach; grandchildren,
Leonard and Dr. Claire Barker-
Pitt, Dr. Randy and Elizabeth
Frederick, Dr. Jeffrey and Gail
Frderick, Mitchell and Fanny
Frederick; great-grandchildren,
Michael, Brian, Christopher,
Ryan and Renee. Donations to
the Hospice of S. E. Michigan
Would be appreciated. Interment
Hebrew Memorial Park; services
held at Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.
BROOKS
SHIRLEY
80, of
GELLERMAN,
Northville, died Dec. 29. She is
survived by her husband, Morrie;
daughters and son-in-law, Rona
and Herman Schwartz of West
Bloomfield, Violet Brooks of Oak
Park; grandchildren, Howard
and Robin Schwartz and Eric
Schwartz; great-grandchildren,
Branden, Michael and Jacob
Schwartz. Interment at Work-
inen's Circle Cemetery, Turover
Section. Donations may be made
to Jewish National Fund or a
charity of your choice. Services
held at Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.
LEON JALAN GERSTEN,
Hudson, Fla., formerly of Detroit,
died Dec. 26. Mr. Gersten was the
loving son of the late Sarabelle
Jalan Gersten and the dear
brother of the late Julie Aim Ger-
sten. He is survived by his wife,
Denise; son, Anton of Hudson; sis-
ter and brother-in-law, Iris and
John Beattie of Boca Raton, Fla.
Interment in Florida. For infor-
mation, call the Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
RAYMOND GILBERT, 78, of
Oak Park, died Dec. 26. Mr.
Gilbert operated an income tax
office in Detroit under the name
of Ray's Income Tax Service. He
contributed to many organiza-
tions including Allied Jewish
Campaign, City of Hope, Memo-
rial Sloan Cancer Research,
March of Dimes, Multiple Scle-
rosis, JCC, Alzheimers, Muscu-
lar Dystrophy, JARC. He was a
member of the Jewish War Vet-
erans. He is survived by his wife,
Sedelle; son and daughters-in-
law, Sherwin of Las Vegas, Nev.,
Maurice and Veronica-Gilbert of
Dallas; sister, Ruth Bell of Chica-
go; grandchildren, Gregory Scott
and Alex Gilbert; brothers-in-law
and sisters-in-law, Cantor David
and Marg Gutman, Burton and
Ann Gutman, Al and Bette Gut-
man. Donations may be made to
Hospice of S.E. Michigan or a
charity of your choice. Interment
at Beth Abraham Cemetery; ser-
vices held at Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.
ALICE KLEMPTNER, 85, of
Oak Park, died Dec. 30. She was
the beloved wife of the late Niko-
lay. She is survived by daughter
and son-in-law, Regina and Zi-
novi Schabashova of Brooklyn,
N.Y.; sons and daughters-in-law,
Dr. Vladimir and Tauba, Alexan-
der and Irina, all of West Bloom-
field; grandchildren, Freida and
Robert Gilman, Anatoly Schab-
shova, Albert, Daniel and An-
thony Klemptner; great-grand-
children, bernard and Analise
Gillman. Interment at Hebrew
Memorial Park; services held at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
by her sons, Jerome of Cleveland,
Ohio, Edgar of Miami, Fla.;
daughters, Phyllis Feldman of
Brookly, N.Y., Corinne Blecher
of Oak Park. She also is survived
by her beloved Marsha Weingoz;
grandchildren, Alan, Trisha and
Janice Markoff, Kim and Clark
Schieb, Terry and Wendy
Markoff, Cheryl and Dick Pow-
ers, Randy and Kathy Markoff,
Cora Feldman, Iris Feldman,
Chet Feldman, Mindy and Mike
Drongowski, Bonnie Blecher;
great-grandchildren, Dawn, Jeni-
ca, Gabrielle, Austin, Avery,
Emma, Caleb and Cara. Inter-
ment at Beth David Memorial
Gardens in Hollywoods, Fla.
Memorial contributions may be
directed to the Memorial Sloan-
Kettering Cancer Center, 1275
York Avenue, New York, New
York 10021. Arrangemnets by
the Ira Kaufman Chapel.
HARRY ADOLPH KOMER,
93, of Southfield, died Dec. 31.
Mr. Komer was a movie theater
executive and co-founder of 19
community theaters in Detroit
from 1931-1955. He operated the
Whittier Theater in Detroit from
1935-1955 and the Berkley The-
ater from 1961-1982. He also was
a member of the first Boy Scout
troop in Detroit, member of the
State Guard World War I, life
member of the Perfection Lodge ANN MITTELDORF, 82, of
of the Masons, B'nai B'rith, char- West Bloomfield, died Dec. 31.
ter member of Adat Shalom Syn- She is survived by her husband,
agogue, member of the Variety Alfred; daughters and son-in-law,
Club and the Berkley Rotary Sharon Gold of West Bloomfield,
Club. He is survived by his wife, Rita and Melvyn Levin of West
Lillian; sons and daughters-in- Bloomfield; sister, Lois Leib of
law, Dr. Robert A. of Mont- West Palm Beach, Fla.; gran-
gomery, Texas, Richard L. and children, Mindi, Eric and Ronnie.
Judy of Huntington Woods; Donations may be made to Yad
daughter, Shelly Komer Jackier Ezra, Congregation Beth Abra-
of Bloomfield Hills; grandchil- ham Hillel Moses or a charity of
dren, Lee, Margery and Nancy your choice. Services and inter-
Komer, Ariana and Seth Jacki- ment at Beth Abraham Ceme-
er. Interment at Clover Hill Park tery; arrangements by Hebrew
Cemetery. Arrangements by the Memorial Chapel.
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
JEAN POTOCSKY, 77, of Deer-
ESTHER LEVY, 91, of West field Beach, Fla., formerly of De-
Bloomfield, died Dec. 31. Mrs. troit, passed away Dec. 24. She
Levy was active in the sisterhood was a devoted wife and mother.
of the Downtown Synagogue. She She is survived by her sons and
was the beloved wife of the late daughters-in-law, Dr. Dennis and
Mark Daniel Levy; loving sister Myra of Bloomfield, Steven and
of the late Edith Linderman, the Christine of Novi; brother, Dr.
late Bessie Snidedrman and the Jack Burke of Minneapolis; eight
late Ann Linn; and the dear sis- grandchildren. Services were held
ter-in law of the late Sol Snider- in Florida.
man and the late Bernard Lin-
derman. She is survived by her BENJAMIN SIEGEL, 80, of
son, David of West Bloomfield; Deerfield Beach, Fla., died Dec.
daughters and sons-in-law, Di- 25. He is survived by his wife,
ane and Joseph Halberg of Dora; son, Harry of Milford;
Ft.Lauderdale, Fla., Cecile and brother and sister-in-law, Julius
Ernest Kamins of Southfield, and Phyllis of Southfield. Grave-
Sylvia and Robert Penfil of side services were held at Adat
Brighton; 12 grandchildren; 24 Shalom Cemetery in Livonia.
great-grandchildren; brother and Contributions can be made to the
sister-in-law, Milton and Marion Allied Jewish Campaign or the
Bates of Oak Park; sister-in-law, charity of one's choice. Arrange-
Sidney Linn. Interment at Adat ments by the Dorfman Funeral
Shalom Memorial Park Ceme- Direction.
tery. Memorial contributions may
be directed to the Children's SIMEON SNIDER, 85, of
Leukemia Foundation, 29777 Bloomfield Hills, died Jan. 2. Mr.
Telegraph Road, Suite 1651, Snider was in real estate invest-
Southfield, MI 48034. Arrange- ments, a member of Congrega-
ments by the Ira Kaufman tion Shaarey Zedek and Hadas-
sah and an associate member of
Chapel.
the Sinai Hospital Guild. He was
ETTA "NANNA" MARKOFF, the loving brother of the late Shi-
87, of Southfield, died Jan. 1. Mrs. mon, Sam, Norman, Reuben,
Markoff was a bookkeeper for Joseph C., Max and Albert
ITT. She was the beloved wife of Snider. Mr. Snider is survived by
the late Irving Markoff and lov- his brothers and sisters-in-law,
ing grandmother of the late Craig Charles and Leah of West Bloom-
Blecher. Mrs Markoff is survived field, Arthur and June of Bloom-