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Aunt Char'

LEONARD POGER
Copy Editor

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harlotte Edelheit was a leader in several
Jewish organizations and a loving mother
who transmitted her Jewish values to her
two daughters.
"She was a very special lady who was very nurtur-
ing and taught us about caring for others and volun-
teering," said daughter Janis Holcman. "Everyone
called her Grandma Char or Aunt Char — even
those who weren't related."
Mrs. Edelheit, 78, of Southfield, died Sept. 13,
2004.
She was the youngest of six children born to
Ruben and Dora Kartzman. She grew up in Detroit
and graduated Central High School.
Besides raising a family .and working as an insur-
ance company bookkeeper, she found time for the
volunteer activities that were so important to her.
Those included chapter and regional presidencies for
Jewish Women International Council of
Metropolitan Detroit as well as being a leadership
trainer. For her work with the group, she received a
Women of Achievement award in 1999.
She was also involved in the Adat Shalom
Synagogue Sisterhood, Jewish Community Council
of Metropolitan Detroit and the Northwest Child
Rescue Women.

Her other activities includ-
ed traveling — particularly to
Europe, Acapulco, Hawaii,
California and Florida. She
enjoyed entertaining, espe-
cially setting tables in an ele-
gant style with traditional
Jewish items.
Over the decades, she's
maintained numerous friend-
ships, many from her child-
hood. She would help friends
and family plan their lifecycle
celebrations. She was known
for her strudel; she baked for
everybody.
Daughter Janis remembers
her mother's care as she and
her sister Laurie Weinberger
grew up, "She was always
there for us through good
and bad." That included
attending soccer games,
school plays and dance
Charlotte Edelheit
recitals, not only for her
daughters, but also for her
four grandchildren.
"We always had Sabbath dinners as a family as well
as holidays," Janis said. "My sister and I also had a

Hebrew School education."
Her daughters continued
her tradition of helping others
and performing mitzvot. Janis
is a past president of the Adat
Shalom Synagogue Sisterhood
while Laurie is active in her
children's school as well as the
Birmingham Art Fair, that
raised money for a women's
shelter.
Charlotte Edelheit is sur-
vived by her husband, Phillip
Edelheit; daughters and sons-
in-law, Janis and Samuel
Holcman of Farmington Hills
and Laurie and Howard
Weinberger of Birmingham;
grandchildren, Bradley
Holcman, Dana Holcman,
Chelsea Weinberger and Cody
Weinberger.
Interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to the Charlotte and
Phillip Edelheit Fund, do
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt, Farm-
ington Hills, MI 48334 or a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. ❑

The Artist's Touch

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arole Tuft Rubiner, a longtime
Huntington Woods resident and co-
owner of the former
Rubiner Gallery — one of
the first contemporary fine-
art galleries in the Detroit
area — died Sept. 12, 2004,
in Tucson, Ariz., where she
had a winter home. She had
long suffered from a neuro-
logical illness.
A memorial service will be
held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
19, at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield, followed by a
gathering for family and
friends at the Rubiner home.
Carole was born in Easton,
Pa., to Ben and Betty Tuft.
She moved to the Detroit
area in 1958, after meeting
Carole Rubiner
her husband of 47 years,

Allen, a Detroit native. The couple met at
Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., where she
studied painting, earning a
bachelor of fine arts degree.
Carole and Allen opened the
Rubiner Gallery in Royal Oak
in 1964, exhibiting work by
Michigan artists, including her
own paintings. During the
gallery's 30 years, it expanded
to show work in various medi-
ums by national and interna-
tional artists. After 20 years in
Royal Oak, the gallery moved
to West Bloomfield.
The Rubiners settled in
Huntington Woods in 1960,
raising four children there.
They traveled extensively for
enjoyment and in search of art
for the gallery. Warm and viva-
cious, Carole loved nothing

more than hosting family and friends at her
home. She was a devoted daughter, sister, wife,
mother and grandmother.
Carole Rubiner is survived by her husband,
Allen; daughters, Betsy Rubiner of Des Moines,
Iowa, Laurie Rubiner of Brooklyn, N.Y., Jill
Christie of Oak Park, Ill.; son, Michael Rubiner
of Brooklyn; grandchildren, Noah, Lily, Nora,
Caroline, Hank and Erika; stepgranddaughter
Emma; sister, Mary Ann Tuft of Chicago;
brothers, Tom Tuft of New York City, Bill Tuft
of Peoria, Ill.
Donations may be made to the Cognitive
Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center,
Northwestern University, the Feinberg School
of Medicine, 320 E. Superior St., Searle 11.-
499, Chicago, IL 60611. I 1

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