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LAWRENCE LESHMAN
JANUARY 10, 1934 • MAY 8, 1999
BELOVED, DEDICATED WIFE FOREVER MORE, BETTY LESHMAN YOU ARE THE
SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE, BETTY. I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU. YOU STOOD BY MY SIDE
ALWAYS. THE GREATEST WIFE, MOTHER AND AUNT ANYONE COULD HAVE.
BELOVED DAUGHTERS-ROBIN, MONQUE, TIFFINY AND MIA.
BELOVED SON AND GRANDSON-SHANE, REMEMBER PAPA LOVES YOU ALWAYS.
BELOVED BROTHER IVIELVIN LESHMAN, I LOVE YOU BROTHER
BELOVED NIECES, I LOVE MY NIECES AS MY OWN DAUGHTERS, RENEE JEWEL
LESHMAN AND I FSI SHAFKIND.
BELOVED HONORABLE MOTHER-IN-LAW, DOROTHY CAPLAN, I LOVE YOU
DOROTHY, THE BEST MOTHER-IN-LAW
TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW AND BROTHER-IN-LAW AND CHILDREN, SHWA AND
MICKEYMORGENROTH, SCOTTY AND LONNIE AND GRANDCHILDREN, ALSO
THE LOVING EII_EEN CAPLAN.
FROM PARENTS, BELOVED JOSEPH AND MARY LESHMAN, WHO PASSED AWAY
YEARS AGO AND ARE ALWAYS WITH US FOREVER MORE. BELOVED PARENTS,
(RENOWNED BAKER), JOSEPH AND MARY LESHMAN.
JOSEPH WENT TO FRANCE TO BECOME A BAKER. JOSEPH AND MARY LESH-
MAN OWNED THE RENOWNED DEXTER BAKERY ON DEXTER FOR 40 YEARS.
JOSEPH WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED AND MARY STOOD BESIDE HIM. SHE WAS
AN ECCELLENTWIFE, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER JOSEPH I FSHMAN WAS
WAYAHEAD OF HIS TIME. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE EARLY AGE OF 45 AND LEFT
AWONDERFUL WIFE AND TWO SONS. HIS WIFE MARY CARRIED ON THE DEX-
TER BAKERYAND THE RESPECTABLE NAME AND SEVERALYEARS LATER SOLD
THE BUSINESS. MARY LOVED HER HUSBAND JOSEPH, MOTHER, FATHER, SIS-
TERS AND BROTHERS. LOVED HER SONS AND LOVED HER GRANDCHILDREN.
HER FAMILYWAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. SHE LOVED SPEAKING ABOUT
JOSEPH AND WHAT AWONDERFUL HUSBAND AND FATHER HEWAS AND TOLD
HER GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GRANDDAUGHTERS RENEE, LESLIE, JODY,
ROBIN, MONQUE, TIFFINY, AND MIA THAT HE LOVED US AND WAS ALWAYS
WITH US AND SHE KEPT THE RESPECTABILITY. SHE WAS EXTREMELY LOYAL
AND HONEST AND LOVING. SHE LIVED FOR HER CHILDREN AND GRAND-
CHILDREN WITH ALL HER HEART AND SOUL SHE ALSO LOVED HER GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN.
LAWRENCE I FSHMAN WAS A NATIVE DETROITER FOR 50 YEARS. HE MOVED
TO THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE STATE OF FLORIDA AND RESIDED IN PLAN-
TATION FLORIDA. HEWAS THE MOST HONORABLE, RESPECTABLE, LOYAL MAN
TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT HE LOVED SO DEARLY. HIS WORD WAS HIS
BOND. WE LOVE YOU. AS LAWRENCE WOULD SAY, "I HOPE YOU HAD AN EN-
JOYABLE TIME. THERE WAS A LOT OF FOOD, A LOT OF TALK AND MEMORIES
AND I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED YOURSH E: THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU ALL."
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Executive Director, H.B.S.
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Mark Klinger and Robert Bodzin,
Licensed Funeral Directors
Kindred; parents Rochelle "Shelley" and
Allen Steinberg of West Bloomfield; sis-
ter and brother-in-law Jodi and Tim
Gonterman of New Mexico; grandpar-
ents Bernard and Edith Hoffman of
Southfield; mother-in-law Emma
Watson.
Mrs. Kindred was the loving grand-
daughter of the late Faye Bernstein and
the late Coleman Bernstein. Interment
at Beth El Memorial Park. - •
Arrangements by the Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
RUTH H. KUSHNER, 86, of
Margate, Fla., died May 14.
Mrs. Kushner is survived by her hus-
band, Gordon Kushner; son and
daughter-in-law Gary and Carol
Kushner of West Bloomfield; grandchil-
dren Lisa Kushner and Steffie Kushner;
brother and sister-in-law Goldie and
Morris Rose; brother-in-law Ernie
Hirschbein.
She was the dear sister of the late
Sylvia Hirschbein, the late Fred
Burnstein and the late Dorothy
Rosen Geller.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Arrangements by the Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
LAWRENCE LESHMAN, 65, of
Plantation, Fla., died May 8. Mr.
Leshman was a retired mortgage broker.
He is survived by his wife, Betty
Leshman; daughters Robin, Monique,
Tiffany and Mia; grandson Shane
Shagrin; brother Mel Leshman; moth-
er-in-law Dorothy Caplan; sisters-in-
law and brother-in-law Shila and
Mickey Morganroth, Ilene Tina
Caplan.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to the American. Cancer
Society. Arrangements by the Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
RALPH LEVIN, 89, of West
Bloomfield, died May 15.
Mr. Levin was a real estate execu-
tive. He was a member of B'nai
B'rith Oakland Century Lodge and
the Mason Perfection Lodge. He was
also a member of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek and the Anti-
Defamation League.
He is survived by his wife, Edith
Levin; daughters and sons-in-law Carol
and Irving Wiseman of West
Bloomfield, Joan and Dr. Sheldon
Simons of Farmington Hills, Susan and
Dr. Burt Ellis, Judi and David Hinds,
Deborah and Joel Schwartz; son and
daughter-in-law Dr. Joel and Debra
Hershman; grandchildren Larry
Schreiber, Lisa Schreiber and fiance'
Nick Philko, Jacob and Ben Ellis,
Rachael and Naomi Schoenbaum, Kate,
Brian and Brett Hershman, Adam
Hinds, Melissa and Paul DiFiore; great
granddaughter Emma DiFiore.
Mr. Levin was the beloved husband
of the late Lillian Levin.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to the Ralph Levin Memorial Fund, c/ r,-)
the Jewish National Fund.
Arrangements by the Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
MERRILL VICTOR MAX, 65, of
Sequim, Wash., died May 1. Mr. Max
was formerly of Detroit and La Mirada,
Calif.
He is survived by his wife, Sandi;
son Andrew; daughter and son-in-law "(_\
Leslee and Randy Simmons; grandchil-
dren Justin and Leah Simmons, Kurtis
Max; sisters and brothers-in-law Resa
and Sy Brenner and Lois and Morey
Sein of California; aunts Gussie Wachs
and Hilda Max of Oak Park.
Contributions may be made to the
Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box
2014, Port Angeles, Wash. 98362.
FRED MAYSELS, 56, of Goshen,
N.Y., formally of Detroit and
California, died May 14.
Mr. Maysels is survived by his wife,
Susan Maysels; daughters Daniella and
Rachael Maysels; brother and sister-in-
law Audrey and Herbert Saperstein.
He was the loving father of the late
Kendra Maysels.
Services and interment in Goshen.
Contributions may be made to the
Alzheimer's Association. Placed at the
request of the family by the Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
SEYMOUR MILGROM, 73, of
Walled Lake, died May 12. Mr.
Milgrom was a major appliance manages
er with Sears for 1
39 years.
He graduated
from Detroit
Institute of
Technology with
a business admin-
istration degree
and was presider!
of the Kappa
Sigma Kappa fraternity.
During World War II he was in the
infantry with the First Division at
Normandy. After suffering a shrapnel
wound, he returned to the front lines
two weeks later. He was recipient of the