Obituaries
YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH
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"The entire world is sustained by the Torah study of young children"
During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
will study in memory of the following departed friends.
In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan.
Shevat 20 January 30
Becky Efros
Morris Franovitz
Max Friedman
Sandra Karmazin
Ann Magid
Sarah Revzin
Max C. Shiovitz
Lillian Schubiner
Bernard Schwartz
Bertha I. Shipp
Robert Herman Singer
Albert Stein
Samuel H. Wainger
Morris Weiner
Mamie Zirulnik
Shevat 21 January 31
Mollie Hoffman
Reizel Kertes
Stephen Levitz
Samuel Neimark
Bessie Radner
Ernest Weinberg
Irving Weissman
Samuel Yagoda
Sam Zirulnik
Shevat 23 February2
Fannie (Blonder) Blinder
Samuel Carmen
Molle Cohen
Maly Cohn
Sol Copin
Betty Dobbs
Anna R. Goldberg
Lawrence N. Keller
Annette M. Kunick
Sarah Saltsman
Fanny Ann Smith
Shevat 22 February]
Abraham Bolker
Rachel Glazer
Ida Goldschlag
David Lowenthal
Benjamin Miller
Meyer Robiner
Bessie Schechter
Shevat 24 February3
Edward Bunin
Anna Dora Dinkin
Devorah Goldfarb
Esther Grinwald
Lena Holtzman
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Jennie Mandelbaum
Pearl Rottenberg
Ben Weinstock
Shevat 25 February4
Nathan Bakalar
Jerry (Jerome) Bielfield
Tillie Feldman
Sarah Goldman
Mendel Simon
Anna Tamaroff Witzel
Shevat 26 February5
Michoel Ben-Joseph
Harry Neil Brodsky
Wolf Cohen
Esther Glicksman
Riva Gula
Selma (Sadie) Levine
Theodore Lipman
Leon Meckler
Alexander Roberg
Jennie Shore
Leon J. Simon
Geoffrey I. Spector
Fannie Yaker
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grandchildren, Dr. Elizabeth and
David Elkus, Dr. Curt Cutler and
Elaine Tietjen, David and Dr. Teresa
Goodman, Dr. Kenneth Cutler and
Dr. Mai-Phuong Nguyen; great-
grandchildren, Daniel and Audrey
Elkus, Rebecca and Brianna
Goodman, Natalie, Isaiah and Sofie
Cutler, Jordan Cutler-Tietjen; broth-
er and sister-in-law, Larry and Ida
Blake; sister, Kay Berman. She was
the beloved wife of the late Irving
Kleinstein; loving mother of the late
Dorothy F. Goodman and the late
Peggy Cutler; dear sister-in-law of
the late Ruby Berman.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to the Jewish National Fund,
24110 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 100,
Cleveland, OH 44122 or to a chari-
ty of one's choice. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
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Hills, died Jan. 23, 2005. He was
the co-owner of A.Lax & Sons. He
was also a member of Temple Israel
and the Temple Treasures, the Jewish
War Veterans and Perfection Lodge
F 8c AM.
Mr. Lax is survived by his wife,
Edith Lax; son and daughter-in-law,
Charles and
Linda Lax of
West
Bloomfield;
daughter and
son-in-law,
Cheryl and Dr.
Marc Bocknek
of Farmington
Hills; grandchil-
dren, Richard
Louis Lax,
Steven Michael Bocknek, Andrew
David Bocknek; sisters-in-law,
Frances Kaplan and Shirley Kaplan.
He was the loving brother of the late
Phil Lax; dear brother-in-law of the
late Philip Kaplan and the late
Herman Kaplan.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made to
the Peter and Dorothy Brown Adult
Day Care Center, c/o Jewish Home
and Aging Services, 6720 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
or to the Arthritis Foundation,
Michigan Chapter, 1050 Wilshire,
Suite 302, Troy, MI 48084.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
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LYNDA BETH HENCKEN
MEEUWS, 57, of Farmington Hills,
661 E. 8 MILE ROAD FERNDALE
died Jan. 18, 2005. A hair dresser,
11/2 blocks East of Woodward
925610
she was also a professional dog
breeder, breeding Greyhounds and
Afghans. She
had many cham-
pions and
national special-
ty winners.
Mrs. Meeuws
is survived by
her husband,
Dennis of
Farmington
Hills; sister,
Meeuws
Judee Hencken
of Farmington Hills; sisters-in-law,
Judy Hencken and Joanne Meeuws;
nieces and nephews, Shari and Tim
Kause, Stacey Hencken, Stephanie
Peel, Lori and Michael Demeter,
Gretchen Meeuws, Stephanie Hooks;
great-nieces and great-nephews,
Jacob and Ryan Demeter, James,
Darice, Darla and Virginia. She was
the beloved daughter of the late Jack
and the late Estelle Pollock; the
devoted sister of the late Richard
Hencken.
Private interment. Contributions
may be made to the Michigan
Humane Society, 3600 Auburn
Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 or
the Holocaust Memorial Center,
28123 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills, MI 48334.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
NIKOLAY V. PLOTNIKOV, 78, of
Royal Oak, died Jan. 21, 2005. A
Ukranian champion runner, he won
many awards and set several records,
including the record in 1954 for the
1,500-meter race. He then became a
trainer and director of a sports club
in the Ukraine. During World War
II, he was a Russian air force pilot
and flew the American plane
Catalina, a hydroplane, in the Japan
theatre.
Mr. Plotnikov is survived by his
wife, Ita Dolinskaya of Royal Oak;
daughter, Tatyana Plotnikova; grand-
son, Igor; sister, Galina.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial
Park Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to the charity of one's
choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
NAT RAPHAN, 83, of Delray
Beach, Fla., died Jan. 19, 2005. He
was a general contractor in the com-
mercial building business.
Mr. Raphan is survived by his
daughters and sons-in-law, Abby
Raphan Mittelmann of New Jersey,
Michele Raphan of New York,