Obituaries
Obituaries from page C27
ALVIN SKELLY, 91, of Commerce
Township, died Dec. 23, 2007.
A retired deputy superintendent of
the Detroit Public Schools, Mr. Skelly
received a Ph.D. in education and also a
Ph.D. in law. He was a past president of the
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
and past president of Sill Towers Condo
Association.
He is survived by his wife, Milded
Skelly; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Selden
and Diane Skelly of West Bloomfield;
daughter and son-in-law, Susan and
Norman Levine of Commerce Township;
grandchildren, Lee and Josh Skelly,
Danielle and Dr. Paul Murphy, Debra
Coppens, Michelle and Michael Weber,
Erica and Jonathon Krause; great-grand-
children, Justin Krause, Riley and Peyton
Weber, Rachel and Helen Murphy, Aiden
and Jonah Krause, Joshua Schumacher;
nephews and nieces, Steven and Mery
Skolochenko, Dr. Michael and Susan
Skolochenko and other loving nieces and
nephews.
Mr. Skelly was the beloved brother of
the late William Skolochenko.
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to the Seasons
Hospice and Palliative Care, 27355 John
R, Suite 100, Madison Heights, MI 48077,
(248) 291-2698 www.cformigan@seasons.
org; Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 24359
Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, MI 48075,
(248) 355-1133 www.jdrfdetroit.org ; or
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Michigan,
21311 Civic Center Dr., Southfield, MI
48076, (248) 350-0020,
www.nationalmssociety.org/mig .
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
HAROLD STERN, 92, of Southfield, died
Dec. 23, 2007.
He is survived by his beloved wife Freda
Stern; sons, David Stern of Southfield,
Jeffrey Stern of Southfield and Martin J.
Stern of San Francisco, Calif.; daughter,
Elona Eisenshtadt of Southfield; step-
brother, William and Frances Katz of
Oceanside, Calif.; grandchildren, Jerod
(Susan Ganch) Eisenshtadt, Aria (Eric)
Remer, Jennifer Stern; great-grandchil-
dren, Ella Rose and Madelin Jane.
Contributions may be made to B'nai
Brith or to a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
EVELYN WALLACE, of Oak Park, died
Dec. 23, 2007. She was a longtime member
of Jewish National Fund.
Mrs. Wallace is survived by her hus-
band, David Wallace; sons and daughter-
in-law, Theodore Wallace of Oak Park,
Joel and Dana Wallace of Las Vegas, Nev.;
daughter, Rhoda Wallace of Oak Park;
grandchildren, Brooke, Brianna.
She was the loving sister and sister-
in-law of the late Sarah and the late Leo
Gutman.
Contributions may be made to Jewish
National Fund, (800) 542-8733, or to
a charity of one's choice. Interment at
Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Correction
• The obituary for Earl Shipper (Dec. 20)
should have indicated that he is survived
by his daughter and son-in-law, Paula and
Mark Birnholtz of West Bloomfield.
Vandalism In Russian Republic
A rabbi's house in the Russian Republic
of Dagestan was vandalized in the sec-
ond anti-Semitic incident in less than a
week.
Vandals threw a rock through the
bedroom window of the Derbent home
of Rabbi Ovadiya Isakov. on Dec. 27. The
rabbi, his wife and children, including a
9-month-old baby, were in the bedroom
at the time, the Chabad-led Federation of
Jewish Communities of Russia told the
Russian Interfax news agency.
Derbent is in the Caucasus region with a
Jewish community of more than 5,000.
Two days earlier, the windows in
all three stories of the synagogue in
Makhachkala, also in the Republic of
Dagestan, were broken by vandals.
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