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She was a life member of
Hadassah and also supported the
Jewish National Fund and the sis-
terhood of Congregation B'nai
Moshe.
The synagogue was a major part
of their lives, said son Howard, of
Farmington Hills. "When they went
out of town, they looked for a shul
for Friday night and Saturday ser-
vices."
Mr. Kowalsky attended morning
minyan several times a week, said
Rabbi Elliot Pachter of B'nai
Moshe. "They were here all the
time.
"Jewish education was very
important to them," Steven said.
They would celebrate with their
grandchildren holidays like Purim
and Simchat Torah.
"They were there with a video
camera to film all musical perfor-
mances, model seders and other
events that their grandchildren took
part in at Hillel" he said.
A memorial service was held at
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit on Monday; another was
held at B'nai Moshe on Tuesday.
The Kowalskys also took the
grandchildren to the Bubbe and
Zayde Camp at the Butzel
Conference Center in Ortonville
every spring. "The only rule was the
grandchild had to be potty trained,"
Steven Kowalsky said, calling it the
child's "rite of passage" to camp.
Mrs. Kowalsky was also known
for her devotion to her children.
When her sons needed swimming
lessons, she would arrive with a
folding chair at the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park at
6 a.m. on registration day to ensure
their enrollment.
The Kowalskys loved to go on
family trips as well, traveling to see
the Apollo 11 moonshot at Cape
Kennedy in Florida in 1969. A
Detroit Free Press story, complete
with family photo taken near the
launch pad, adorns the wall of
Steven's basement den.
Mr. Kowalsky also joined
Howard at the Detroit Tigers fanta-
sy camp.
The last family journey was an
eight-day trip, including grandchil-
dren, to Beijing, China, last
February.
According to Steven, his parents'
favorite places to visit were Hawaii,
where Mr. Kowalsky served in the
navy; and Israel, where they visited
many times, twice to do charity
work. Mr. Kowalsky volunteered as
a pharmacist in a hospital; Mrs.
Kowalsky volunteered at day care
centers.
Last summer, the couple traveled
to Israel with some family members
to celebrate a granddaughter's bat
mitzvah. Mr. Kowalsky also traveled
back to his Lithuanian town with
four family members.
Larry and Edith Kowalsky are
survived by their sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Steven Kowalsky and
Ilene Burk, Howard Kowalsky,
Mark and Bonnie Kowalsky, Jeffrey
Kowalsky; grandchildren Marisa,
Daniel, Ariel, Hannah, Rebecca and
David Kowalsky.
Mrs. Kowalsky is also survived by
her sister, Rose Albun; brother
Irving Stein and his fiancee, Zelda
Gechter; aunts and uncles Sophie
(Harry) Falkoff, Julius Stobinsky,
Morris Stein, David Hauer and Ann
Gross. She was the dear sister-in-
law of the late Joseph Albun.
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Congregation B'nai Moshe, Hillel
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SHAPIRO from page 150
the profession and loved dealing
with people.
Mr. Shapiro, an army veteran and
Wayne State alumni, was a big
sports fan, not only of the Lions,
but also the Tigers and Pistons.
The family celebrated his 70th
birthday this past June by touring
Tiger Stadium.
Larry Shapiro said he'd said to his
father, "'You took me to my first game
here and I'll take you to your last.'"
Mr. Shapiro was wished a happy
birthday with his name on the score-
board.
"My father had a lot of varied
interests," said Bob Shapiro.
He made jewelry for his daughter,
wife and others using gold and gem-
stones. He collected antique phar-
macy items, displaying them in an
antique case in his living room.
He inspired his daughter, Helene, to
become "the newest pharmacist in the
Shapiro family," as he once proclaimed.
_Joan Shapiro earned a master's
degree in library science from Wayne
State University. She volunteered as
a librarian at their !ono-time svna-
gogue, Congregation B'nai David,
and at the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit. She
was a supporter of the Jewish
National Fund and had chaired its
annual auction.
Mrs. Shapiro was a gourmet cook
who once was a sous chef at
Restaurant Duglass in Southfield.
For her 50th birthday, her hus-
band threw a surprise party for her
at the Keego Theater in Keego
Harbor, filling the theater with their
family and friends to watch The
Purple Rose of Cairo.
"She was totally thrilled," said her
nephew, Bruce Shapiro.
Mrs. Shapiro became well known
in romance writing circles. A mem-
ber of the Greater Detroit Romance
Writers of America, she served in a
critique group of writers and attend-
ed national conventions. She had
Three romance novels and two short
stories published.
Fellow writer Jeanne Casstevens
of Rochester Hills said Mrs, Shapiro
"was a homemaker and the writing
was something she started quite later
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in life. Her books always had a lot of
humor. They made you feel good.
"The stories have a lot of depth
and characterization with realistic,
everyday sorts of problems. She was
a very observant woman and a peo-
ple person.
"Wherever Joan went, she made
friends. She was very helpful and
had a great sense of humor.
"You can't imagine how many
friends that Joan has all over the
country that are grieving for her."
Norman and Joan Shapiro are
survived by their sons, Bob Shapiro
of Bloomfield Hills and Larry
Shapiro of Bloomfield Hills; daugh-
ter Helene Shapiro of Birmingham.
Mrs. Shapiro is also survived by
her mother, Frances Bonner, and sis-
ter and brother-in-law Ruth and
Fred Lax of Bloomfield Hills. She
was the loving daughter of the late
Edward Bonner.
Mr. Shapiro is also survived by
his parents, Joseph and Blanche
Shapiro of Oak Park, and brother
and sister-in-law Bernard and
larcia Shapiro of Clarkston. 71