Obituaries

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HERBERT TRINKER, 85, of West Orange,
N.J. died April 6, 2008.
Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Trinker lived in
West Orange for 58 years. He was a sales
and systems engineer in the hydraulics
industry, working many years for Jarrett
Industries of Cedar Knolls, N.J.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley;
children, Bruce of Bridgewater, N.J., and
Fred of Farmington Hills; grandchildren,
Michele and Andrew.
Services at Bernheim Apter Kreitzman
Suburban Funeral Chapel in Livingston,
N.J. Interment at Beth Israel Cemetery in
Woodbridge, N.J.

ALLEN JAY TYNER, 80,
of West Bloomfield, died
April 9, 2008.
He was the founder
and owner of Stadium
Floor Coverings of Ann
Arbor, established in
1960. He was an Army
Tyner
veteran of World War II
and belonged to B'nai B'rith, the Furniture

Club and Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
Mr. Tyner is survived by his wife,
Sandra Tyner of West Bloomfield; sons
and daughters-in-law, Rick and Sheila
Tyner of West Bloomfield, Dr. Michael and
Sharon Tyner of Brookville, N.Y.; grand-
children, Mallory, Gillian Evan and Meg
Tyner; Sandra's children and their family,
Scott Cherrin, Daniel and Marni Cherrin,
Emma, Brianna and Spencer; many other
loving family members and friends.
Mr. Tyner was the beloved son of the
late Sarry and the late Nathan Tyner; the
cherished nephew of the late Estelle Tyner.
Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Jewish
Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, www.jewish-
hospice.org; the Hospice of Michigan, 400
Mack, Detroit, 48201, www.hom.org; the
American Lung Association of MI, 25900
Greenfield, Suite 401, Oak Park, 48237,
www.alam.org; Multiple Sclerosis Society of
Michigan, 21311 Civic Center Dr., Southfield,
48076, www.nationalmssociety.org/mig .
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

WILLIAM ZUPNER, 85 originally from
Detroit, died April 3, 2008. In 1967, he
moved to Beverly Hills, Calif.
He is survived by his daughter and son-
in-law, Nancy (Zupner) and Bill Moore
of Egg Harbor Township, N.J.; sons, Tom
Zupner of La Jolla, Calif., and Scott Zupner,
of Maui, Hawaii; granddaughter, Mika
Zupner of Maui; longtime companion,
Anne Marie Cruz of Desert Springs, Calif.;
nephews, Terry and Rick Berlin.
He was the loving son of the late Rose
and the late Ben Zupnitske; loving brother
and brother-in-law of the late Estelle and
the late Leo Berlin.
Interment in San Diego.

N.Y. Rabbi, Wife Perish In Fire
New YorkJJTA — An overflow crowd stood
outside a suburban New York synagogue for
the funeral of its prominent rabbi and reb-
betzin killed in a fast-moving house fire.
Rabbi Jacob Rubenstein, the religious
leader of the Young Israel of Scarsdale,
and his wife, Deborah, were killed in the

middle of the night Saturday.
Rabbi Rubenstein was a past president
of the Rabbinical Council of America and
the Westchester Board of Rabbis. He was
active in the UJA-Federation of New York.
In a statement Sunday, the synagogue
said the Rubensteins had "practiced a joy-
ous, inclusive and embracing traditional
Judaism that will now serve as their last-
ing legacy;' the Associated Press reported.
According to a report in the Journal
News, city officials said firefighters were
called to the couple's home at about 3:30
a.m. to find flames had already destroyed
the roof and the second floor threatening
to collapse. Officials believe the cause of
the fire may have been lightning.
Rabbi Rubenstein, 58, was born in
Germany and immigrated to the U.S.
as a young child, moving to Memphis.
He studied at yeshivot in Chicago and
Israel and earned his bachelor's degree in
Talmud and Jewish philosophy at Hebrew
University in Jerusalem. He later earned
a master's degree at Harvard in Near
Eastern languages and civilizations.

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