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The Family of the Late

HARRY KATZ

Announces the unveiling of a
monument in his memory,
10:00 a.m., Sunday, June 2,
at B'Nai Israel Cemetery.
Rabbi Hornstein is officiating.
Family and friends are
invited to attend.

In Loving Memory of
Beloved Husband, Father & Grandfather

MAURICE
LEVIN

Who passed away May 26, 1991

Sadly missed and always remembered by
wife Alyce, children & grandchildren

The Family of the Late

DAVID GREGORY
FRANKEL

Announces the unveiling of a

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monument in his memory,
10:00 a.m., Friday, May 31, 2002,
at Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery.
Rabbi Loss is officiating. Family and
friends are invited to attend.

Jewish president of the local American
Association of University Women chapter
and the first woman president of the local
American Jewish Congress.
In 1986, the Michigan Society for
woman didn't just pass through; she left a
Clinical Social Work named her
KERI GUTEN COHEN
mark in each place and each person."
Outstanding Clinical Social Worker of the
Story Development Editor
That was clearly so when she met her
Year.
future husband, George, in 1941. He
Mrs. Rubin was an active board mem-
espite illnesses that plagued
came over to meet her on her first day as
ber of many Jewish and secular organiza-
her since childhood, Matilda
the new assistant director of the Jewish
Rubin devoted her life to
tions, including the League of Jewish
Community
Center on Woodward at
Women's Organizations, Jewish
helping others through her
Holbrook.
Community Council of Metropolitan
work as a social worker, com-
"We shook hands and we
Detroit, American Jewish Congress,
munity volunteer and activist.
never let go," he said. They
United Way Community Services, Detroit
Mrs. Rubin, 87, of
would have been married 60
Urban League, Detroit Mayor's
Huntington Woods, died May
years in June.
Committee on Children and Youth,
18 of congestive heart failure.
Rubin says his wife became
Hadassah and Congregation Beth Shalom,
Though unable to see, walk
so involved in Jewish and
among others.
or hear well, she met with some
community causes over the
With AJC, she was instrumental in cre-
of her beloved clients up to
years that he wasn't sure of the
ating ongoing Catholic-Jewish and Black-
three months before her death,
breadth of her involvement.
Jewish dialogues, often held in her home.
relying on her extraordinary
He found a single-spaced,
"Matilda worked to make contact with
intuitive sense to help them.
four-page resume from 1987,
the black community, especially during
"She was the therapist's thera-
Matilda Rubin
which would have been much
the riots in 1967, when very heavy clouds
pist," said Eeta Gershow, a
longer if it had included the
hung over both communities," said Irving
s ocial worker and longtime
last 25 years of her many activ-
Panush of Bloomfield Township, a long-
friend froM Huntington Woods.
ities..
time friend. "She worked to try to bring
"She was my role model."
Mrs. Rubin, a certified marriage coun-
the two communities back together."
Mrs. Rubin's husband, George, remem-
selor, earned her undergraduate and mas-
Her husband says she was a person who
bered her saying, "I never had a client I,
ter's degrees at Temple University, which
never turned anyone down, who always
didn't like." And she remembered them
she attended on a music scholarship. She
included those who might be alone. She
all, sending them cards at the holidays,
later worked toward her doctorate degree
loved cooking for the Jewish holidays. And
including this year when she was in and
at the University of Michigan, lacking
she had an undying devotion to her fami-
out of the hospital and nursing home.
only her thesis.
ly especially her grandchildren Daniel,
"When she asked how you were, she
While at the JCC, she and then-director Harry and Sarah Rubin.
really wanted to know," said Rabbi David
Irwin Shaw created the annual Detroit
Mrs. Rubin is survived by her husband,
Nelson of Oak Park's Congregation Beth
Jewish
Book Fair, which celebrated its
George Rubin; son and daughter-in-law,
Shalom during his eulogy. "Her whole life
50th year this year. She developed a blue-
Dr. Steven and Helene Rubin of
was about giving and caring. Her life was
print for organizing the event that prevails
Bloomfield Hills; her grandchildren;
summed up by her [Hebrew] name, Tovah
today.
brother and sister-in-law, Albert Z. and
[goodness]."
In 1975, she was honored with a Heart
Blanche Segal of New Jersey and sister,
Many of her past and recent clients
of Gold Award from United Community
Evelyn Weinstein of New Jersey.
filled Kaufman Memorial Chapel. Every
Services, marking the first time the award
Interment was at Adat Shalom Memorial
once in a while, one could be heard mur-
was given to a professional who also was
Park. Contributions may be made to
muring the same words: "She really
an active volunteer.
Meals on Wheels or Yad Ezra. ❑
changed my life."
Other firsts included being the first
Said Jim Tuman of Royal Oak: "This

Giving And Caring

D

SHARRON ADELL, 64, of Bloomfield
Hills, died May 13. She.was a past
board member of the Michigan Cancer
Foundation, a member of Hadassah and
Women's American
ORT.
Mrs. Adell is survived
by her husband, Frank
Adell; daughters and son-
in-law, Laurie Goldman
of West Bloomfield, Julie
and Paul Verona of
Bloomfield Hills; son,
Sharon Adell
Kevin Adell of Franklin;
grandchildren, Andrew
Goldman, Melanie Goldman, Bradley
Verona, Brandon Verona and Jessica
Verona.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the

Karmanos Cancer Institute or to Dr. V's
Pancreatic Research Fund, 3990 John R,
Detroit, MI 48201. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ELI B. APT, 50, of Oak Park, died May
11. Mr. Apt served for many years as
kashrut supervisor and religious coordina-
tor for Jewish patients at Sinai Hospital of
Detroit. Later he entered the insurance
profession. He was also actively involved
in the activities of Young Israel of
Greenfield and Young Israel of Oak-
Woods as its sexton.
He is survived by his wife, Brenda
Apt; mother, Miriam Apt of Oak Park;
son, Naftali Apt; daughters, Esther Apt
and Deena Apt of Oak Park; mother-in-
law, Cecelia Tenenbaum of Southfield;
brother and sister-in-law, Rabbi Dovid
and Sarah Apt of Oak Park; sister and

brother-in-law, Bernice and Rabbi
Avrohom Hershoff of Israel; brothers-in-
law and sisters-in-law, Jeffrey and
Marsha Tenenbaum of West Bloomfield,
Dovid and Madeline Tenenbaum of
Southfield. Mr. Apt was the loving son
of the late Hugo Apt.
Contributions may be made to Matan
b'Seder of Detroit, Machon L'Torah or a
charity of one's choice. Interment at Beth
Tefilo Emanuel Cemetery. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

ELEANOR "ELLEE" BENKOFF, 74,
of West Bloomfield, died May 18. She
had been'a bookkeeper in the computer
industry and, at one time, for Apollo
Record Company. She was also a mem-
ber of B'nai, B'rith Women, a B'nai
B'rith bowler and an avid card player.
Mrs. Benkoff is survived by her hus-