WE REMEMBER During the coming week Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends, with the traditional memorial prayer, recitation of kaddish and studying of mishnayos. Harry Averbuch se Bc sagraman Schwartz Edward Tarnopol Leo Barth Charles Drescher Ellis Friedman Bertha Glazer Rebecca Katzer Harry Raskin Rose Ross Bessie Rott Rachel Scherr Jack H. Schey Eva Shlakrnan Julius Wasserman Meyer Weisberg Sadie Delln Hyman Mickelson Max H. Sailors Bessie Baskin Anne Cooper Emanuel Danzig Irving Goodgall Esther Jacobson Beth Mindy Kaplan Morris Korman Abraham Morris Kreplak Meyer Nusbaum Joseph Penner Kate Pitkowsky Shirley Sherman Samuel WiernIk Katie Zamler Harry Antman Nellie Wolf Lillian Bluestein Lilly Bocolor Jacob Chaben Hyman Lerner Leah Menuck William Rothenberg Betty Schlussel Sylvia Silverstein Harry F. Zahler Rex William Berman Ro ADR I MARCH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 Ethel Bruseloff Sarah Karbal Pearl Keller Roy Radner Irving Lawrence Stern Jen Alexander Hymle Armeiand Louis Barsky Ethel Dworkin Samuel Eisenstadt Louis Honigman Harry Marwil Dora Norber Anna PesochInskaya Max Rosenfeld Alexander Farber Rebecca Llpshltz Beckle Traub Betty Barlll Norman Fill Mollie Goldberg Sarah Horovltz Dorothy Beverly Levin Sylvia Miller Channa Reitman Anna Silverman Bessie Weinstein Samuel Winograd Sadie Bauman Jacob Z. Weiner Jerome Sylvan Baseman Abraham Deroven Rachel Leah Ellenson Ida Mickelson Larry Posner Helen K. Wolson Frank Yorke Robert Levin Fannie Steinberg Jessie Berris Alex Goldberg David Heisler John R. Herman Sarah Kaplan Max Kwartowltz Morris I. Medow 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 ADAR I 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 MARCH 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 1 3 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH Administration Office: 557-6750 YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH SCHOOL FOR BOYS 15751 West Lincoln Drive Southfield, Michigan 48076 Founded 1914 SALLY ALLAN ALEXANDER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 14390 W. 10 Mile Road Oak Park, Michigan 48237 HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL Elaine K. Medwed, M.A. Bereavement Counselor WHEN CONFIDENCE is SO IMPORTANT AND MINIM *1 ■ 1111= COST A CONCERN 4■ 1I has ysr Iran Hebrew Memorial ChaPel FOR COMPASSIONATE ASSISTANCE IN A TIME OF NEED, PLEASE CALL 810 543 1622 - - 1-800-736-5033 (OUTSIDE MICHIGAN) 26640 GREENFIELD ROAD, OAK PARK, MICHIGAN 48237 Rabbi Boruch E. Levin, Executive Director Mark Klinger and Robert Bodzin, Licensed Funeral Directors A Tree Has Been Planted In Honor Of Or In Memory Of A Loved One By TO ORDER YOUR TREE CERTIFICATES CALL THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 81TPP 11i) at (8 10) 557-6644 154 17100 W. 10 Mile Road Southfield, MI 48075 A 7 IN .01.1n Obituaries Dr. A. J. Walt, Noted Surgeon Dr. Alexander J. Walt, 72, of Huntington the American Surgical Association, president Woods, died Feb. 29. t of the Michigan Chapter of the American Col- Dr. Walt graduated from the medical school lege of Surgeons, the American Association for of the University of Cape Town in 1948 after the Surgery of Trauma and the Central Surgi- serving three years in North Africa and Europe cal Association, the Western Surgical Associa- during World War II. His postgraduate train- tion. He had been associated with WSU since ing consisted of two years in England and a sur- 1961 and served as assistant dean and asso- gical residency at the Mayo Clinic. ciate dean of the School of Medicine from 1964 Dr. Walt was Fellow of the - 1970 and Penberthy Professor American College of Surgeons, and Chairman of Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons 1966 - 1988. of Canada, the Royal College "Dr. Walt was a leader in of Surgeons of England. the efforts to imporve medical In 1969, he was selected a care in the city of Detroit and Hunterian Professor by the across the country," said Dr. Royal College of Surgeons in David Adamany, president of England and the Moynihan WSU. Lecturer in 1988. He was a Dr. Walt is survived by Founder's Lecturer of the So- his wife, Irene; sons and daugh- ciety for Surgery of the Ali- ter-in-law, John and Janet of mentary Tract, the Scudder Birmingham, Steven of Char- Orator of the American College lottesville, Va.; daughter and of Surgeons, recipient of the son-in-law, Lindsay Walt and Jorge Bejarano Medal from the Colin Thomson of New York; Government of Colombia, the granddaughter, Eve Walt- Balfour Visiting Professor and Thomson; brothers and sisters- the Judd-Plummer Lecturer of Dr. Alexander J. Walt in-law, Maurice and Kaye of the Mayo Clinic. England, Frank and Gwen of Dr. Walt was a member of the University's Boston, Julian and Genessa Walt of London, Academy of Scholars, was presented the England. Lawrence M. Weiner Award for outstanding Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. achievement of a non-alumnus by the Wayne Contributions may be directed to the Alexan- State School of Medicine Alumni Association der J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center do in 1984 and received the Distinguished Service Harper Hospital Development Office, 3990 John Award in 1988. R, Detroit, MI 48201. Arrangements by the Ira Also, he had been the first vice president of Kaufman Chapel. ANNA SACKS BARACK, of Southfield, died Feb. 27. Mrs. Barack is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Flora Sacks of Southfield, Frank Sacks of Arizona; daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Harold Ellis of Fountain Valley, Calif.; sister and brother-in-law, Mary and James Warner of Phoenix, Ariz.; grandchildren, Lynn and Milton Klein, Michael and Ruth Sacks, Denise Cook, Fran Sacks, Debbie Ellis, Joel and Wendy Ellis, Pamela and Tony Aked; great-grandchildren, Margaret Sacks, Mary Dee Scott, Robert Sacks, William Sacks, Paula Jean Wood. Contributions may be directed to a charity of one's choice. Ser- vices and interment were held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by He- brew Memorial Chapel. MORRIS BERNSTEIN, 86, of Ann Arbor, died March 1. Mr. Berstein was a bookkeeper for Empire Fruit Company in New York. He is survived by his wife, Norma; son and daughter-in- law, Jesse and Lenore of Ann Arbor; grandchildren, Zachary and Mara Bernstein, Kyle, De- von and Jodi Baumstein; broth- er, Harry of Silver Springs, Mo. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery in N.Y. Contributions may be directed to Temple Beth Emeth, 2309 Packard, Ann Ar- bor,1VII 48104; or the Jewish Community Center of Washte- naw County, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor, ME 48108. Arrangements by the Ira Kauf- man Chapel. . EDWARD M. BLAU, 76, of Farmington Hills, died March 3. Until 1979, Mr. Blau was the owner of East End Laundry, a commerical laundry and linen supply business that supplied hotels, motels and barber shops. Mr. Blau owned Construction Financing Company that arranged loans for new residen- tial construction. He was an en- thusiastic volunteer for Yad Ezra, a member of Perfection Lodge, active in Israeli Numis- matic Society collecting Israeli coins, a member and usher at Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses. He is survived by his wife, Florence; son and daughter-in- law, Marshall and Ellen of Bing- ham Farms; daughter and son- in-law, Janice and Paul Lefkowitz of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Justin Green, David, Annie and Joshua Lefkowitz; sisters and brothers- in-law, Edith Wyman of Oak Park, Betsy and Allen Buch of Southfield, Esther and Maury Morger of West Bloomfield; brother and sister-in-law, David and Jean Blau. Interment at Beth Abraham Cemetery. Contributions may be directed to Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, 5075 West Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; or Yad Ezra, 26641 Harding, Oak Park, MI 48237. Arrangements by the Ira Kauf- man Chapel. GABRIEL "GABE" COHN, 90, of Southfield, died Feb. 29. Mr. Cohen went to the Uni- veristy of Michigan undergradu- ate and law schools. He clerked for a judge in Gary, Ind. In Detroit, he practiced law for 55 years. In addition to rep- resenting the United Thorough- bred Trainers of America as le- gal counsel, he served as president of the Michigan Train- ers and Breeders of America, president of the Michigan Train- ers and Owners Association and vice president of the Horsemen's Benevolent Protective Associa- tion. He advanced the causes OBIT page 152