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By
Kingston and John Zgoralski of
Farmington Hills; grandchildren,
Beverly Kingston, Andrea (Patrick)
McNulty, Suzanne (Kevin) Walmsley,
Eric Kingston and Wendy (Eric
Mintz) Kingston; great-grandchil-
dren, Alicia, Joshua, Nicholas, Evan
and Sabina.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial
Park Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to the Children's Miracle
Network (in memory of Jacob
Walmsley), do the Sparrow
Foundation, 1322 E. Michigan Ave.,
P.O. Box 30480, Lansing, MI or to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Dorfman Chapel.
LEON JESS MIRBACH, 89, of
Bloomfield Hills, died Nov. 12,
2002. Mr. Mirbach grew up in
Pennsylvania and
was salutatorian of
his high school class.
He earned his bache-
lor of arts degree
from Pennsylvania
State College in Sate
College, Pa.
During World War
II, Mr. Mirbach was
a Nay Sea Bee sta-
Leon Mirbach
tioned in California.
After college, he was
a social worker in
Pennsylvania and New York before
moving to Detroit. In the early
1950s, he sold Cadillacs at GM's
Factory Branch on Cass Avenue; later,
he imported German autos, primarily
Volkswagons, using his German lan-
guage skills. In the early 1960s, Mr.
Mirbach worked as a consultant and
recruited salespeople and general
agents for insurance firms. He had a
national clientele and locally, he set
up the general agent network for the
Alexander Hamilton Insurance Co.
and he.worked with Federal Life of
Battle Creek.
By the mid-1960s, he focused his
practice on recruiting actuaries and
placed people worldwide. -
He was his wife, Janis, helped build
the Birmingham Temple and were
active members there.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Janis Mirbach; son and daughter-in-
law, Bill and Susan Mirbach of Los
Alton Hills, Calif.; daughter and son-
in-law, Gay and Fred Rubin of
Birmingham; grandchildren, Jessica
Rubin, Rebecca Rubin, Marissa
Mirbach and Kenlyn Mirbach.
Services were held at the
Birmingham Temple. Contributions
may be made to the Birmingham
Temple, 28611 W. 12 Mile Road,
Farmington Hills, MI 48334 or to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Dorfman Chapel.
GERTRUDE RAPHAN, 83, of West
Bloomfield, died Nov. 16, 2002.
She is survived by
her husband, Nat
Raphan; daughters
and sons-in-law,
Sharon and Herman
Frankel of West
Bloomfield, Judith
and Robert Liss of
Birmingham, Abby
Raphan Mittelmann
Gertrude
of New Jersey,
Raphan
Michele Raphan of
New York; grandchil-
dren, Garret Glaser,
Mitchell Glaser, Brian Glaser and
fiancee, Marnie Gaither, Margo and
Lon Ross, Jacqui Chazen, Amy
Milberger, Jason and Jennifer Liss,
Jennifer Liss, Rebecca Liss, Joshua
Liss, Laurie Frankel Silverman and
Rob Silverman; great-grandchildren,
Justin, Alex, Noah and Kyla
Milberger, Gabriel Liss, Leia and
Nathan Silverman, Amanda
Mittelmann. She was the beloved
wife of the late William H. Rubin;
loving mother of the late Harvey
Rubin; devoted grandmother of the
late Leslie Chazen.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to the Juvenile Diabetes
Association. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
IRENE SAULLES-CARTER, 66,
formerly of Michigan of Tucson,
Ariz., died Nov. 9, 2002.
She is survived by her sister and
brother-in-law, Beatrice and Max
Pleasant of Tucson; brother and sis-
ter-in-law, Norman and Anne Saulles
of Phoenix, Ariz.; brother-in-law and
sisters-in-law, Larry and Paula Cohen,
Dorothy Saulles of Farmington Hills.
She was the sister of the late Charles
Saulles and the late Rae Cohen.
Services and interment in Tucson.
Contributions may be made to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Dorfman Chapel.
ANNA SCHNAIDMAN, 93, of
Southfield, died Nov. 6, 2002.
She is survived by her sons and
daughter-in-law, Rabbi Dr.
Mordechai Schnaidman of New York
City, Rabbi Yaacov and Pina
Schnaidman; daughter and son-in-
law, Drs. Mintzi and Gene Schramm
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