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"YES THERE IS
LIFE AFTER
BREAST CANCER.
AND THAT'S THE
WHOLE POINT:'
—Ann Jillian
Max Schrut
Max Schrut:
Chronicler
Max Schrut, a long-time photogra-
pher, died Oct. 7. The Oak Park
resident was 88.
Schrut was the owner and opera-
tor of the Blair Studio for 50 years.
He photographed and recorded on
audiotape many weddings and bar
mitzvahs. He was the sole photog-
rapher for the local Israel Bonds
Office for 15 years, when he pho-
tographed such dignitaries as Golda
Meir, Eleanor Roosevelt and Moshe
Dayan. A member of Congregation
Ahavas Achim and an officer of its
Men's Club, he also belonged to
Pisgah Lodge of B'nai B'rith.
"He opened his doors and his
heart to anyone with the motiva-
tion to learn. Race or social class
was no barrier," said
son Ralph Keith. His
daughter, Sandra
Weiswasser, described
her father as having
"unfailing courage and
steadfastness. No one I
know — no one —
handled so nobly the
cards life dealt him."
"He delighted so in
being able to say
`Thank you' in 20 Ian-
,
guages — not Hello
but 'Thank you.'"
He is survived by his
wife of 26 years,
Augusta Schrut; son
and daughter-in-law,
Ralph and Erika Keith
of Ann Arbor; daughters and son-in-
law, Sandra Weiswasser of Washing-
ton, D.C., Bobbie and Mark Borkin
of Huntington Woods, Tequila Min-
sky (Marilyn Schrut) of New York;
brother and sister-in-law, Albert and
Sherry Schrut of California; sister,
Ann Brooks of Oregon; grandchil-
dren, Jonathan and Elizabeth
Weiswasser, Gayle Weiswasser, Sam
and Melissa Keith, Marji Keith, Julie
Borkin, Michael Borkin, Lauren
Borkin, Ashley Borkin and Melissa
Bodkin; and great-grandchildren,
Sarah and Rachel Weiswasser. He
was also the beloved husband of the
late Esther Schrut.
The family asks that contribu-
tions be made to the American
Heart Association or the Jewish
National Fund.
Services were held at Hebrew
Memorial Chapel in Oak Park with
interment at Adat Shalom Memori-
al Park in Livonia.
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A lot of women are so afraid of
breast cancer they don't want to hear
about it.
And that's what frightens me.
Because those women won't prac-
tice breast self-examination regularly.
Those women, particularly those
over 35, won'_ ask their doctor about a
mammogram.
Yet that's what's required for breast
cancer to be detected early. When the
cure rate is 90%. And when there's a
good chance it won't involve the loss of
a breast.
But no matter what it involves, take
it from someone who's been through
it all.
Life is just too wonderful to give up
on. And, as I found out, you don't have
to give up on any of it. Not work, not
play, not even romance.
Oh, there is one thing, though.
You do have to give up being afraid
to take care of yourself.
VAAAERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
■ 6
11 /20
Get a checkup. Life is worth it.
JOY EVE ALLAUN, 51, of Fenton,
died Nov. 9. Ms. Allaun was a teacher
in Flint. She received her BA from
Michigan State University in 1969 ,
her MFA from the University of
Michigan in 1975 and post graduate
studies at the University of Connecti-
cut in 1987-88. Ms. Allaun was also
active with MENSA.
She is survived by her dearest
friends, Ellen Crandell, Mary Devlin,
Carol McArthur and Thomas Woods.
Ms. Allaun was the beloved daughter
of the late Bernard and the late Ruth
Allaun.
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Contributions may be directed to the
Youth Scholarship Fund, C/O Flint
Institute of Art, Attn: Jean Forrell.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
EDITH DAVIS, 96, formerly of
Detroit of McAllen, Texas, died Nov.
10. She is survived by her son and
daughter-in-law, Gilbert and Patricia
Davis of Grand Rapids; daughter,
Marsha Davis of McAllen; daughters-
in-law, Yola Davis of Florida, Frances
Davis of Oak Park; grandchildren,
Adrienne and Joe Stamell, Rand
Davis, Rhonda Davis, Jeri Davis,
Caryn Zilber, Loren and Billy Hamil,
Marc and Mary Fantich, Ronald Put-
nam, David and Lisa Putnam; great-
grandchildren, Jacob Stamell, Eric
Fantich, Rachel Zilber, Jonathan Zil-