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Mistaken Identity

As police search for the killers of Merle Silverman,
his family recalls his life.

JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER

M

erle Silverman loved
sports, children and his
family.
He lived on the same
street in Detroit for the past 28
years and was married to the
same woman for 42 years. He
was the love of her life.
"He was a wonderful man,"
said Selma Silverman, his wife.
"I have been very lucky."
After having lunch with his
wife, Merle Silverman went to
their Detroit home to gather the
mail on Monday, Sept. 16, when
a car carrying three individuals
drove by. One of the passengers
— a man police say was angry
with one of Mr. Silverman's
neighbors — shot Mr. Silverman
in a case of mistaken identity.
That bullet ended his life almost
•immediately.
As police continue to search for
the killers, his family struggles
to pick up the pieces of their lives.
Shiva ended on Sunday before
Kol Nidre; Mrs. Silverman re-
- turned to her job at the Holocaust
Memorial Center on Tuesday.
The pair had met when she
was ,15 and he was 19; both were
students at Central High School
in Detroit. She hosted a party at
her house and' he was a guest.
"I opened the door and bells

went off. I thought, 'Is he ever
cute!' " Mrs. Silverman recalled.
"He was so tall, dark and hand-
some."
The couple married five years
later and subsequently had three
children, Gail Cohen and Glori-
anne Pearlman, both of Farm-
ington Hills, and David of Detroit.
Mr. Silverman, a former to-
bacco company salesman known
by customers as "the Kool man,"
instilled the love of sports in his
children, teaching them about
batting averages and racing
forms. He coached Little League
and joined one daughter when
she learned how to ride horse-
back.
"The kids in the neighborhood
loved him. They would come to the
door after dinner and say, 'Can
Mr. Silverman come out and
play?' " Mrs. Silverman recalled,
laughing. "And he would go with
them and throw the ball all night."
Two heart bypass operations
in the past 18 years did not slow
his love for children and sports.
He became involved with the Va-
riety Club and donated what
time or money he could spare to
make sure underprivileged chil-
dren had the opportunity to at-
tend camp.
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