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mom who made all our friends feel
ettyemae Bennett wove the
like
she was their second mom.
threads of her vocation into
"She was a fighter," says her
lasting friendships. Through
daughter. "Even when she had an
the grooming, breeding and showing
of toy poodles, she amassed a legion of acute flare-up of rheumatoid arthri-
tis, nothing would stop her from
'enduring relationships.
coming
to help me with her first
Mrs. Bennett, 80, of Commerce,
grandchild. She fought off several
died July 10, 2004, from complica-
bouts of pneumonia and survived
tions of Alzheimer's disease.
two occurrences of breast cancer, but
Born in Columbus, Ohio, she
I never thought of my mother as a
grew up in Detroit and graduated
sick person because she always
from Central High School. She was
fought back."
an executive secretary for Eidelman
Upon completion of treatment for
Brothers Company and received
Gregg Awards in both shorthand and breast cancer in 1984, Mrs. Bennett
became a volunteer at
typing. She was active in
the
radiation oncology
B'nai B'rith and served as
center
at Harper
the president of Israel
Hospital. She also
Chapter.
served as a speaker for
Always a lover of ani-
the radiology techni-
mals and nature, she took
cians in training, to
up poodle grooming to
help sensitize them to
keep the family pet, Fifi,
the experience of a can-
in style. That interest
cer patient undergoing
grew into breeding and
radiation treatment.
showing toy poodles
Mrs. Bennett is sur-
throughout the United
vived
by her husband,
States and Canada. She
Walter "Terry" Bennett;
was the owner of two
sons and daughters-in-
American and Canadian
law, Dr. Marshall
champion toy poodles
Bettyemae Bennett
Solomon and Suzanne
and served as president
Shawn of Farmington
and treasurer of the
Hills, Craig and Diana
Poodle Club of Southeast
Bennett, Westin and
Michigan.
Lynn Bennett; daughter and son-in-
"Everyone who met my mother
law, Janice and Dr. Arnie Tracht;
through the work she did with toy
grandchildren,
Daniel and Michael
poodles came to love her," says
Solomon,
Julie
Tracht, Ryan and
daughter Janice Tracht. "They'd
Debbie Tracht, Sari Tracht, Steven
come to pick up their beautifully
groomed dogs and inevitably stay for and Megan Bennett, Russell
Bennett, Gregory Bennett.
a cup of coffee and a chat, not just
She was the dear sister of the late
about their dogs, but about their
Estelle
Pleasant, the late Evelyn
life.
Gomberg
and the late Shellie
"She was kind of a combination
Shiffman.
therapist-poodle groomer!"
Interment was at Machpelah
"Whether it was something to do
Cemetery. Contributions may be
with poodle business, or gardening
made to the Alzheimer's Foundation,
or raising us, she gave it her all,"
said son Dr. Marshall Solomon. "She _ 20300 Civic Center Dr., Suite 100,
Southfield, MI 48076, or the
was the den mother for my Cub
Scout pack, the Girl Scout leader for Michigan Humane Society, 3600
Auburn Road, Rochester Hills, MI
my sister's troop. She shlepped us to
48309. Arrangements by Ira
dance lessons and Little League and
Kaufman Chapel. El
everywhere. She was the kind of
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Rabbi: David Nelson
of Beth Shalom Synagogue
Machpelah Cemetery
HERBERT SILVERSTEIN
Rabbi: Daniel Nevins
of Adat Shalom Synagogue
Adat Shalom Memorial Park
LYNETTE MARCUS
Rabbi: Sherwin Wine
of Birmingham Temple
Machpelah Cemetery
BESSIE CHASE
Rabbi: Jonathan Berkun
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Hebrew Memorial Park
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1-800-736-5033
LILLIAN EFROS
Hebrew Memorial Park
26640 Greenfield Road
Oak Park, Michigan 48237
VENIAMIN NIGIN
Rabbi: Yosef Mishulovin
of Bais Chabad of North Oak Park
Hebrew Memorial Park
Rabbi Boruch E. Levin
Robert H. Bodzin
Executive Director, H.B.S.
Funeral Director •
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Asher T. Tatelbaum
Funeral Coordinator
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ChaPel
From Generation to Generation
Mark E. Klinger
Funeral Director
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