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scooping up awards
and racking up high
grades on a consistent
basis.
Her English litera-
ture teacher at
Berkley High School,
Kathryn Kercher, re-
members Ms. Ram as
"very friendly, very ac-
cepting of other peo-
ple." She also stood
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out in her ability to
analyze readings.
y all accounts, Sharon
"She had such a wonderful fu-
"I have taught for
Ram had a bright, if not ture," said Jeff Ram, her father. 35 years and I have
dazzling, future ahead of "We miss her."
never had a student
her.
Ms. Ram became active in so young master that
A graceful figure . skater, Habonim Dror after her two close reading skill at
straight-A student at Berkley younger sisters, Natalie and such an advanced lev-
High School and leader in a lo- Tammy, attended the move- el," she said. "She was
cal Jewish youth group, the ment's summer gathering, particularly gifted in
Huntington Woods resident was Camp Dvor. Last year, her sec- that area."
in the process of applying to and ond in the local chapter, Ms.
At the time of her
being accepted by schools like Ram attended her first conclave, death, Ms. Ram had
the University of Michigan and in Toronto.
been attending school
a host of smaller but no less
"She was a good team worker in Nova Scotia, a tem- Sharon Ram: Admired by many.
prestigious colleges.
and a leader," Mr. Ram said. "It porary move the fam-
But she will not attend those was always expected that she ily had made to accommodate a
"I was very impressed with
schools, she will not win anoth- would run and organize the parent's work. While there, she the number of people who came
er skating medal and her youth group."
continued to take a calculus to the memorial service," Ms.
group will not have her to lean
Through Habonim Dror, Ms. class at Berkley, e-mailing her Kercher said. "It was evident
on.
Ram deepened her love of Israel. homework to the school.
that [Sharon] really made
While attending a youth con- Having gone to the country sev-
Ms. Ram looked forward to friends wherever she went."
clave for Habonim Dror outside en times to visit relatives, she graduating with her friends in
Along with her youth group
of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Ms. Ram was pleased two years ago to June. Many of them attended participation, Ms. Ram filled her
contracted bacterial meningitis. make the trip with friends from the memorial service Jan. 12 extracurricular time by ice skat-
She died hours later on the Habonim Dror.
held for Ms. Ram at Congrega- ing or playing the French horn,
morning of Dec. 31.
She was an excellent student, tion Beth Shalom.
both remarkable activities con-

A Berkley High School student, her future bright
with promise, dies at 17.

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sidering a birth defect
left her with a short
arm that was missing
three fingers.
She was so good at
these activities that
she won 17 figure
skating medals and
was a member of the
Michigan Youth Sym-
phony.
Gadi Raviv, the
community shaliach
for Habonim Dror's
Midwest region, re-
called a time last sum-
mer when the local
chapter of the youth
group held a bicycle
excursion. Two boys,
eager to finish the
journey first, raced to
the end of the road,
panting for breath
when they finally
stopped.
The next person to
finish was Ms. Ram,
who chatted breezily with the
boys as they caught their breath.
"Sharon was an extremely ca-
pable young person who through
her talents and personality man-
aged to transcend her physical
handicap," Mr. Raviv said.
Ms. Ram is survived by her
parents, Jeff and Michal Ram,
and her sisters, Natalie and
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