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Ethel Dunitz:
`Last Of A Generation'
Ethel Dunitz, 97, of Southfield,
died Oct. 22. She was a 70-year
member of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and a life member of Hadas-
sah. She also was a member of the
Sinai Hospital Guild, National
Council of Jewish Women, Jewish
Home For Aged, United
Hebrew Schools, Federa-
tion Quarter Century
Club, Moies Chetim of
Detroit, Yad Ezra, JARC,
Women of Jewish
National Fund, and Pio-
neer Women Na'amat.
She was "the last of a
generation," said daugh-
ter Shirley Dunitz of
Farmington Hills.
"She was wise, charita-
ble, extremely giving,"
said daughter Dolly Brown of
Franklin, who added that her
mother was "a devoted wife, moth-
er and grandmother. A different
kind of woman, very beautiful."
Mrs. Dunitz is survived by
daughters and son-in-law Dolly
and Bernard B. Brown of Franklin
and Shirley L. Dunitz of Farming-
ton Hills; grandchildren, Barbara
and Dr. Alan Berlin, Connie and
Tom Glaser, Richard Brown, Carol
Dunitz, Mitchell and Jody Dunitz,
Margie and Adam Coiner, Nancy
Dunitz, Judy Winston and corn-
panion, John C.
McGraw, Bob Gloss-
man, Diane Glossman
and Richard Magruder,
James and Rachel Gloss-
man; and 16 great-
grandchildren.
Mrs. Dunitz was the
beloved wife of the late
Max Dunitz and loving
mother of the late
Daniel B. Dunitz. She
was the last survivor of
11 brothers and sisters.
Burial was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery, Birmingham. The family
asks that contributions be made to
Congregation Shaarey Zedek and
the Southfield-based Hospice of
Michigan or a charity of one's
choice. Ira Kaufman Chapel in
Southfield handled arrangements.
Sarah Dorf: Long Active
In Business And B'nai B'rith
Sarah Dorf, 90, of San Diego, former-
ly of Detroit, died Aug. 20. She had
been a lifetime member of B'nai B'rith
Women since 1943.
Born Sarah Ruth Goldener to Anna
Feinstein and Max Goldener on March
22, 1908, in Providence, R.I., she was
the youngest of six children. Her initial
love of mental agility showed itself in
her appointed task of bookkeeping for
her father's men's burial society meet-
ings, which met periodically in the
Goldener home.
After the family moved to Detroit
in the early 1920s, Sarah, as a young
- t eenager, became president of her
Young Judea girls group. She mastered
the practical skills of homemaking,
including sewing, cooking and making
a kosher home as well as Jewish philo-
sophical thought.
Sarah attended the High School of
Business and Commerce, where she
learned secretarial, business and man-
agement skills. After graduation and
until marriage, she worked, advancing
to executive secretary to the president
of Detroit Gas Co.
In 1932, she married Ben Dorf, an
advertising artist and commercial sign
painter. She became a homemaker
until the Depression forced Ben to
abandon his trained profession and
turn to candy selling, an occupation
that eventually led to establishment of
Dorf Products, a small candy making
business. She maintained the books
and helped in whatever way she could,
including packaging trays of candy at
home at night on the kitchen table
while raising firstborn son Shel.
When Ben accidentally fell down
the elevator shaft in their manufactur-
ing plant, and faced six months of
recuperation, Sarah took over route
sales, along with Shel. They traveled in
a van all over Michigan and Ohio, ser-
vicing chain supermarket stores that
carried the candy line known as Dorf's
Horehound and Anise candies. These
were hard-candy cough drops for
coughs and colds, a popular item for
more than 35 years in the family
owned and run manufacturing and
wholesale business.
The family also established Dorf's
House of Chocolates and Dairy
Freeze, making homemade chocolates
and ice cream as a retail business on
the first floor of their plant, where
Sarah periodically worked during
busy holiday seasons.
Sarah was active in B'nai B'rith
Women, Louis Marshall chapter in
Detroit, of which she served as presi-
dent. She developed the idea for a com-
munity blood bank to serve B'nai
B'rith members throughout metro
Detroit who needed blood. She secured
the support of the American Red Cross
and enlisted B'nai B'rith Women vol-
unteers to learn how to run blood bank
drives. The B'nai B'rith Blood Bank is
still operational today.
As past president of the Louis Mar-
shall chapter, Sarah qualified for
membership in the Benevolent Club,
which held yearly fund raisers and
confidentially gave financial gifts of
thousands of dollars to a different
needy chapter member family every
year.
The Dorfs closed their business in
1969 to retire and move to San
Diego. There, Sarah became a mem-
ber of the Shalom chapter of B'nai
B'rith Women, where she acted as
consultant to younger officers and
members and maintained long-dis-
tance telephone contacts and friend-
ships with former B'nai B'rith friends
in Detroit.
After her death, it was discovered
that Sarah, who had lived in a local
nursing home the last five years, had
been a friend and confidant to many
of the staff. They used to come to her
room to share their burdens and have
a good listener, a warmhearted person
and an understanding presence with
whom to share their burdens. They
left, always feeling uplifted, encour-
aged and empowered, their self-
esteem raised and hope and courage
put back in their hearts.
Sarah Dorf is survived by two sons,
Shel Dorf, a graphic designer, calligra-
pher, columnist and cartoon histori-
an, in San Diego, and Michael
Mordechai Dorf, a fine art photogra-
pher and para-chaplain with the
Southern California Board of Rabbis,
who travels between California and
New York
She also leaves nieces Elayne Wolf-
son of Farmington Hills and Donna
Horwitz of Phoenix, Ariz., nephews
Buddy Farber of Vista, Calif., Marvin
Gersuk of Southfield, Helene and
Jack Gersuk of Northridge, Calif,
and Susan and Gene Farber of West
Bloomfield as well as other nieces,
nephews and grandnieces and grand-
nephews.
The family asks that contributions
be sent to B'nai B'rith Women, now
known as Jewish Women International.
A booklet of individual recollec-
tions and remembrances of Sarah is
being prepared by her family. All pho-
tos and other memories would be
welcome. Submission may be in the
form of written pieces or spoken on
audio tape. Any friends, associates or
family contributions would be wel-
come. Send to: Michael Mordechai
Dorf, 1303 53rd Street, #177, Brook-
lyn, N.Y. 11219.
IRVING ALBERT, 81, of Lake
Worth, Fla., formerly of Detroit and
Wichita, Kansas, died Oct. 20. Mr.
Albert was the former owner of The
Record Shop in Wichita, Kan. He
was a member of the Jewish War Vet-
erans and very active in the Wichita
business community. Mr. Albert is
survived by his wife, Rhea Albert;
daughter, Janet Glaze of Wichita;
grandchildren, Cory and Jed Glaze
and sister and brother-in-law, Regina
and Dr. Arnold Kass. He was the
beloved husband of the late Frances
Albert and the late Mildred Albert
and the loving brother of the late
Abe Albert and the late Sariva
Greenbaum.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be directed to the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
BENIAMIN AZARYAYEV, 82, of
Southfield, died Oct. 20. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Genya Azaryayev;
son and daughter-in-law, Levi and
Yeva Azaryayev of West Bloomfield,
Lyudmila and Sergey Sadykhova of
Southfield, Esfir and Michael
Azaryayev of Russia; brother and sis-
ter-in-law, Safo and Maria Azaryayev
of Baltimore; grandchildren, Avnil,
Emil, Samira, Julian, Roman, Sabina,
Oleg, Khasida, Genya, Martha; great-
grandchild, Rauf.
Contributions may be made to a
charity of one's choice. Services were
held at Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park.
10/30
1998