Obituaries
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of Southfield; grandchildren,
John Apolo, Jamie and Joey
Borkin; brother, Edward of
Livonia. Contributions may be
made to a charity of one's
choice. Arrangements by the
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
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GEORGE "BUDDY"
BRODY, 63, of Southfield, died
Jan. 8. Mr. Brody was a real es-
tate investor and a venture cap-
italist. He was also a master
bridge player (over 900 points).
Mr. Brody was the former own-
er and founder of Nationwide
Auto Brokers.
He was the beloved son of
the late Samuel Brody and the
late Anna Brody. Mr. Brody is
survived by his son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Scott and Lisa
Dresner of Birmingham;
daughters, Sheryl of South-
field, Ronna of Royal Oak;
grandchildren, Jordyn and
Austin Dresner; brother and
sister-in-law, Robert and Rhea
--e Bloomfield Hills. Interment
at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be directed
to the Jewish Family Service-
Home for the Abused, 24123
Greenfield, Southfield, MI
48075; or Technion, 23077
Greenfield #106B, Southfield,
MI 48075. Arrangements by
the Ira Kaufman Chapel.
SYLVIA BRONSTEIN, 84, of
Southfield, died Jan. 4. Mrs.
Bronstein was the beloved wife
of the late Abraham Bronstein.
She was the loving mother of
the late Ethel Gordon.
Mrs. Bronstein is =survived
by her son, Elias Myron Bron-
stein of Jamal, Calif.; grand-
children, Michael and Lisa
Bronstein, Cindy and David
Gordon. Interment at Beth
Moses Cemetery in New York.
Arrangements by the Ira Kauf-
man Chapel.
HILDA COHEN, 75, of Mar-
gate, Fla., died Jan. 8. Mrs. Co-
hen was the beloved wife of the
late Benjamin Cohen and the
dear sister of the late Paul
Mutnick. She is survived by
her sons and daughters-in-law,
Alan Cohen and Karen
Kaplowitz of Santa Monica,
Calif., Robert and Antoinette
of Grosse Pointe Park; grand-
children, Samantha, Benjamin
and Elizabeth Cohen; brothers
and sisters-in-law, Erwin and
Sally Mutnick of Margate,
Donald and Phyllis Mutnick of
Yardley, Pa.; sister and broth-
er-in-law, Moshe and Wayne
Seaton of Richey, Fla.; sister-
in-law, Joyce Mutnick of Mar-
gate. Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to the American Lung
Association, 18860 West 10
Mile Road, Southfield, MI
48075. Arrangements by the
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
AUBIE COOPERMAN, 80, of
Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of
Southfield, died Jan. 6. He is
survived by his wife, Rosella;
sons and daughters-in-law,
Mark and Harriet of Farming-
ton Hills, Barry and Vickie of
Columbus, Ohio; daughter and
son-in-law, Bryna and Rick
Tonkray of Walled lake; sister
and brother-in-law, Ida and Leo
Sherman of Madison Heights;
grandchildren, Jason and
Heather Cooperman, Steven
and. Matthew Fisher, Lisa
Tonkray, Chris, Victor and B.J.
Cooperman. Services were held
at Hebrew Memorial Chapel;
interment at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Contributions may be
made to Hospice of SE Michi-
gan or a charity of one's choice.
LOIS E. GORDON, 60, of
Nevada, formerly of Detroit,
died Jan. 5. Ms. Gordon was a
legal secretary. She is survived
by her son and daughter-in-
law, Brad and Denise of
Berkley; daughter and son-in-
law, Gail and John Ferguson of
Sterling Heights; sister and
brother-in-law, Rise and Larry
Silverstein of Canada. Inter-
ment at Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Contributions may be
made to the Bar-Ilan Universi-
ty, 29200 Southfield, MI 48076.
Arrangements by the Ira Kauf-
man Chapel.
LEONARD GREEN, 67, for-
mer Detroiter of San Diego,
died Dec. 31. Mr. Green was
the former state commander of
the Jewish War Veterans for
the State of Michigan. He was
the beloved husband of the late
Donna Green. He is survived by
his sons and daughter-in-law,
Allen of Chicago, Sanford and
Virginia of San Diego; daugh-
ter, Jaqi of Chicago; brothers
and sister-in-law, Milton
Greenberg of San Francisco,
Jermone and Barbara Green-
berg of Berkley; brother-in-law
and sister-in-law, Howard and
Alisa Singer of Chicago. Inter-
ment in San Diego. Contribu-_
tions may be made to the Jew-
ish War Veterans, 16990 West
12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI
48076; or the Hospice of South-
eastern Michigan, 16250
Northland Drive, Southfield,
MI 48075. For information call
the Ira Kaufman Chapel.
WENDY LYNN GREENES,
42, of Ann Arbor, died Jan. 2.
Mrs. Greenes graduated from
Eastern Michigan University
with a master's degree in nurs-
ing in 1995. She was affiliated
with the Jewish Federation of
Washtenaw County, the Jewish
Community Center in Ann Ar-
bor, Planned Parenthood, He-
brew Day School of Ann Arbor
- and Hadassah. She was a mem-
ber of Congregation Beth Israel.
Mrs. Greenes was the loving
sister of the late David Greenes
and the dear daughter-in-law of
the late Ira Weiner. She is sur-
vived by her husband, Mark
"Tame Weiner; daughter,
Elana Greenes Weiner; son,
Joshua Greenes Weiner; father
and step-mother, Walter and
Shirley Greenes of Sherman
Oaks, Calif.; mother and step-
father, Phyllis and Dow Tunis
of West Bloomfield; mother-in-
law, Betty Weiner; brothers-in-
law and sister-in-law, Randy
Weiner and Donna and Lloyd
Cohn. Interment at Arborcrest
Cemetery in Ann Arbor. Contri-
butions may be directed to
Hadassah, 9600 Cherry Hill,
Ypsilanti, MI 48198, do Elaine
Margolis. Arrangements by the
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
Lew. She is survived by her
daughters and sons-in-law, Lil-
iane and Alex Blumenberg of
Southfield, Anne and Joshua
Grauer of Derwood, Md.; five
grandchildren; seven great-
grandchildren. Contributions
may be made to a charity of
one's choice. Services were held
at Hebrew Memorial Chapel;
interment at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
48076. Arrangements by the
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
SADIE E. REIS, 84, of Royal
Oak, died Jan. 6. Mrs. Reis was
the beloved wife of the late
William Reis. She is survived
by her daughters and son-in-
law, Janis Mittler of Lathrup
Village, Saralei and Jay Flash-
ner of Moore Park, Calif.; son
and daughter-in-law, Farrell
and Carolyn of Bloomfield
Hills; grandchildren, Paul
SHERMAN NACMANI, 80, of Flashner, Craig and Jeanne
Flashner, Beth and Barry Leaf-
Southfield, died Jan. 3. Mr.
Nacmani was an accountant for man, Steven Michael and Mar-
cia Fran; four great-grandchil-
Heritage Travel. He was also a
dren; sisters and
member of the Aesculapians,
Congregation Adat Shalom and brothers-in-law, Helen and
Pal Mal. Mr. Nacmani was a Is- Jack Schwartz, Grace and Ben
Morganroth; brother and sister-
raeli war hero in 1948-1949.
He spoke nine languages and in-law, Haskell and Florence
Greenfield. Interment at Adat
while in Poland majored in
Shalom Memorial Park. Contri-
CHARLES GROSS, 80, of De- Latin and earned his account-
troit, died Jan. 4. He is survived ing degree in Jerusalem; he had butions may be directed to a
charity of choice. Arrange-
an office in Tel Aviv. Mr. Nac-
by his brother and sister-in-
ments by the Ira Kaufman
law, Louis and Bertha of Israel; mani was also a violinist in
Chapel.
Poland and had his own band.
sister, Goldie Matlen of West
Mr. Nacmani is survived by
Bloomfield; Graveside services
GUSSIE RUTH ROCHMAN,
his wife, Lillian; niece and
were held at Nusach Hari
84, former Detroiter of Scotts-
nephew, Miriam Debra and
Cemetery in Ferndale. Contri-
dale, Ariz., died jan. 8. She was
butions may be made to a char- Steven Prysock and their chil-
dren, Jonathan and Rachel. In- the beloved wife of the late
ity of one's choice. Arrange-
Louis Rochman. She is sur-
terment at Machpelah Ceme-
ments by Dorfman Funeral
vived by her sons and daugh-
tery. Contributions may be
Direction.
ters-in-law, Milton and Brenda
made to charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by the Ira Kauf- of Dallas, David and Karen of
DAVID ALBERT HAZAN,
Scottsdale; grandchildren, Dori-
man Chapel.
74, of Oak Park, died Jan. 4.
an (Michael) Carr, Kimberlei
Mr. Hazan was an appliance
(David) Zaniol, Julie, Keith,
executive. For over 30 years, he SARAH ORMOND, 93, of
Charles; great-grandchildren,
Rochester Hills, died Jan. 3.
was the cantor for the
Jacqueline, Jon, Tory, Grace
Mrs. Ormond was the beloved
Sephardic community.
He was the beloved husband wife of the late Jack B. Ormond Louise. Graveside services were
held at B'nai Israel Cemetery
and the loving mother of the
of the late Rachel Hazan and
late Dr. Dennis Ormond. Mrs.
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the dear sister of the late
Ormond is survived by her
Joseph Hazan. He is survived
by his daughter and son-in-law, daughters, Joyce Reiger of
Novi, Neica Corr of Rochester
Lili and Dr. Howard Brode of
Hills; grandchildren, Vanessa
Bloomfield Hills; sons and
Reiger and Dovina and Craig
daughter-in-law, Dr. Toby and
Hall. Interment at Adat
Charlene of Bloomfield Hills,
Shalom Memorial Park. Con-
Roger of Oak Park; grandchil-
tributions may be made to the
dren, Sarah, Naomi and Ann
Hazan, Adam Brode, Amy and Michigan Cancer Foundation,
DETROIT/ 14
Daniel Mather; brother and sis- 18831 West 12 Mile Road,
Lullabies, olive-skinned
Lathrup Village, MI 48076-
ter-in-law, Elie and Jeanne of
lad and a few
9806. Arrangements by the Ira
Israel; sister, Mathilde Pinhas
of Israel. Contributions may be Kaufman Chapel.
space aliens.
made to the Hebrew Immigrant
LOUIS PEARLMAN, 83, of
Aid Society, 333 7th. Avenue,
New York, New York 10001; or Farmington Hills, died Jan. 8.
CLOSE UP/ 36
From 1955 to 1981, Mr. Pearl-
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Profitability and
man owned Mt. Elliot Scrap
Youth Fund, 27375 Bell Road,
the
future take
and
Sheet
Metal.
He
also
Southfield, MI 48034. Arrange-
owned a dry goods store on
ments by the Ira Kaufman
upturn at Sinai.
Hastings Street and was a
Chapel.
member of B'nai B'rith.
Mr. Pearlman is survived by
EMILIYA KORSUNSKAYA,
BUSINESS/ 41
his wife, Rose; daughters and
62, of Oak Park, died Jan. 4.
A
young attorney
son-in-law,
Marlene
Karp
of
She is survived by her husband,
West Bloomfield, Joyce Pearl-
Yefim Korsunskiy; daughter
jumps into
and son-in-law, Kira and Mark man Castro and Yishai Castro
image buisness.
of Huntington Woods; grand-
Leybzun of Commerce Town-
children,
Nancy,
Richard,
ship; granddaughter, Marina
Leybzun. Interment at Hebrew Adam and Gabriel Karp and
ENTERTAINMENT/ 66
Memorial Park. Arrangements Jason and Arielle Castro. In-
terment at Clover Hill Park
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
A preview of .
Cemetery. Contributions may
new shows for
FAY LEW, 92, of West Bloom- be directed to the Michigan
TV's
mid-season.
Heart
Association,
16310
West
field, died Jan. 3. She was the
12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI
beloved wife of the late Moses
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