STUART
WEITZMAN

Senior Lifeline

SHOE WEEK

Estate of Althea Flayer earmarks $1 million for
Meer Jewish Apartments.

Foundation of Baltimore complete more
couple who shared a compas-
than half of the subsidy funding.
sion for others — especially
The Flayer funds will be permanent
the elderly — throughout
endowment
assets within the Irving A.
their lifetimes will be remem-
Rubin
Jewish
Community Trust for the
bered after their death, thanks to a $1
Elderly
for
the
benefit of the Meer
million bequest. The money will be used
Apartments.
to subsidize apartments for a number of
Married for more than 65 years, the
elderly residents of Meer Jewish
Flayers had no chil-
Apartments, now
dren. David Flayer,
under construc-
the youngest of three
tion in West
siblings,
was a
Bloomfield.
Detroit
attorney
for
The gift from
20
years
before
join-
the estate of
ing the Wayne
Althea Flayer, who
County prosecutor's
died in April five
office, where he
years after the
served from 1949 to
death of her hus-
1968. Althea Flayer
band, David, was
was
a homemaker
announced by
and
volunteer.
Penny
Rozanne Sedler, a
Blumenstein, pres-
social
worker with
ident of the Jewish
Southfield-based
Federation of
Jewish Family
Metropolitan
Service, met the
Detroit.
Flayers more than a
An additional
decade
ago. At that
$400,000 from
time,
Mrs.
Flayer
the Flayer estate
was
the
primary
will establish a
caregiver for her
permanent endow-
husband, who was
ment fund to ben-
David and Althea Flayer, circa 1953.
nearly blind. After
efit Federation's
his death and in
Annual Campaign
accordance
with
his
last wishes, Mrs.
and another toward the general fund of
Flayer
was
cared
for
in her own home
United Jewish Foundation, Federation's
until
her
death
at
age
91.
real estate/banking arm.
Sedler
described
Mrs.
Flayer as "a
Blumenstein said the Flayer gift to
gracious lady who conducted herself
Federation will help match a series of
with dignity, style and grace." Known
challenge funds that together will subsi-
for her volunteer work as chairperson
dize more than 650 units for older
of
the Sinai Hospital Gift Shop, Mrs.
adults of modest income at the 200-unit
Flayer
"worked tirelessly to serve the
Norma Jean and Edward Meer
patients
and to generate revenue for
Apartments. As the apartments were
the
hospital,"
Sedler said. "Her pres-
constructed without federal funding,
ence
enhanced
the lives of those who
rental fees are at market rate.
were fortunate to know her.
The most recent of these challenges
"Althea and David. were generous
came from Detroit's Jewish Fund, creat-
people,"
Sedler continued. "They gave
ed for charitable projects out of proceeds
both
of
themselves
and their assets dur-
from the 1996 sale of Sinai Hospital.
ing
their
active
lifetime."
Administrators of the Jewish Fund have
A couple who "agreed upon just
agreed to make three annual grants
about
everything," she said, "they
totaling $150,000, but two of the grants
particularly agreed that their values
are conditioned on matching funds of
and desire to help other, especially
$1 million each from other sources.
the elderly, would continue through
Together with the Flayer gift, contri-
the bequest of their estate to the
butions from the Meers and also the
Jewish
Federation."
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