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Aug. 2
Jason Ceresnie and
Maggie Bercel of Oak
Park happily announce
the birth of their
daughter, Lilyana
Marie. -Thrilled grand-
Ceresnie
parents are Laraine and
Sheldon Ceresnie of
Oak Park and Margaret and Mike Bercel
of Algonac. Proud and happy great-
grandmothers are Rachel Raimi of Oak
Park and Mary Bercel of Yale. Lilyana
Marie is also the great granddaughter of
the late Meyer Raimi, the late John
Bercel and the late Tony and Barbara
Maranowski.
July 28
Jennifer (K1172) and Robert Krut of
Royal Oak are thrilled to announce the
birth of their beautiful daughter, Lily
Rose (Maya Shoshana). Sharing in their
excitement are Azhar and Romel Kuza
of West Bloomfield and Faye and
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Michael Krut of Farmington Hills. Lily
is named in loving memory of her pater-
nal great-grandfather Morris Krut, her
maternal great-grandfather Shammo
Kuza and her paternal great-grandfather
Simon Schwarzberg.
July 25
Jodie (Shiffman) and
Joshua Jacobs of West
Bloomfield welcome
with joy and love their
beautiful daughter,
Mamie Rebekah
(Michal Rivka). Sharing
in their excitement are
first-time grandparents
Jacobs
Julie and Douglas
Shiffman and Ellyn and Jeffrey Jacobs,
all of Farmington Hills. Ecstatic great-
grandmothers are Betty Sorkowitz of
Bloomfield Hills, Esther Jacobs of West
Bloomfield, and former Detroiter
Beverly Betz, of Kansas City. Marnie is
also the great-granddaughter of the late
eo Barris knows how to celebrate a special birthday. For
his 80th, he jumped out of an airplane flying at 14,000
feet and dropped 5,000 feet before opening his parachute.
All this took place while strapped to an instructor while flying
over an airport in Tecumseh.
Leo, a Walled Lake resident, first tried parachuting during
World War II Army training as an 18-year-old. But, after one
practice jump, he decided to follow a different path in the
infantry. After arriving in Europe, he was transferred to a 'tank
unit.
His jump Saturday, Sept. 3, was just a week before his birthday,
Sept. 11.
On the ground, watching, was Mitzie Zucker, 70, of West
Bloomfield, Leo's girlfriend of five years, and Leo's daughters and
other relatives and friends.
Leo holds a birthday celebration every five years. Previous cele-
brations were far less exciting, he said.
"I give the birthday jump a lot of thought," said Leo. "My kids
came in from California, and on the day of the jump there were a
lot of relatives and friends there. They watched me suit up."
Fourteen to 16 jumpers jammed into the plane. One, a 20-year-
old man, decided at the last minute not to take the plunge.
After Leo landed, he said, "I wasn't nervous," and that "I
enjoyed it."
The jump cost $190, not including another $90 for a videogra-
pher to capture the event.
Leo's birthday activity was just one example of his physical fit-
ness. He works out three times a week and frequently goes danc-
ing with Mitzie.
Actually, Mitzie and Leo knew each other long before their rela-
tionship developed. "Leo has been a close friend of my late hus-
band's brother (William Zucker) since they were 10 years old,"
Mitzie said.
Both were widowed after long marriages: 45 years for Mitzie
and 42 for Leo.
A little over five years ago, they crossed paths at Langan's
Norwest bowling lanes in Farmington Hills. They chatted briefly,
catching up with each other's lives, before he asked her for a date.
And as Mitzie likes to tell it, "The rest is history" ❑
"SIWUMN&M
Jennie Shiffman, the late Victor
Shiffman, the late Harry Jacobs and the
late Alexander Betz. Marnie is named in
loving memory of her maternal great-
grandfather Martin Sorkowitz, paternal
great-great-grandmother Rose Goldman
and maternal great-great- grandfather
Morris Friedman.
July 29
Jamie and Brenna
(Stutz) Karbel welcome
with love the birth of
their son, Lucas Isaac.
Sharing their excite-
ment are grandparents
Sidney and Barbara
Stutz of Franklin,
Karbel
Doris Karbel of
Milford and Paul Karbel of Brighton.
Delighted great-grandparents are Carl
and Evelyn Karbel of Southfield,
Albert and Kerry Stutz of Farmington
Hills and Ozzilda Sabaroff of Milford.
Lucas is named in loving memory of
his great-grandfather Irving Reiff and
his great-great-uncle Leonard Meyers.
Nov. 23
Julie (Yashinsky) and Brad Feldman of
Farmington Hills are delighted to
announce the birth of
their daughter, Allison
Jane (Liat Rachael).
Welcoming Alli home
was her excited big sis-
ter Emily Sara, 3.
Proud grandparents
include Millie and
Mort Feldman of
Bloomfield Hills, Ellen
and Paul Chute of Farmington Hills and
Cheryl and Dennis Yashinsky of Oak
Park. Elated great-grandparents are
Lillian Yashinsky of Oak Park and
Gerald Richter of Bloomfield Hills. Alli
was named in honor of her maternal
great-grandfather Louis Richter.
B'NAI MITZVAH
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