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Dr. Gela Pala, the medical director
for Beaumont Hospice, credits Jewish
Hospice & Chaplaincy Network for
enriching the quality of life for the
many Jewish patients enrolled in
Beaumont Hospice, and for teaching
her hospice staff about the spiritual
component to end-of-life care.
"It is a top model for ethnic, patient-
centered care that should be replicated
by all communities," Dr. Pala says.
"The whole Southeast Michigan
community, Jewish and non-Jewish, is
benefiting from their work."
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Dr. Gela Pala
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of the Hospice Heroes
who ensures
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BARNETT ROBERT "BOB"
ABROMOVICH, 83, of West
Bloomfield, died April 16, 2008.
He is survived by his wife, Beryl
Perlman; daughters and sons-in-law,
Carol and Richard Miller of Denver,
Colo., Mona Mertz of Oak Park,
Heidi and David Wheeler of Scotch
Plaines, N.J., Nita and Allan Cohen of
Birmingham; daughter-in-law, Sari
Abromovich; sister and brother-in-law,
Adell and Herman Ozrovitz of West
Bloomfield; grandchildren, Allison
Mertz, Brett Mertz, Scott Abromovich,
Anna Abromovich, Dana Miller,
Brandon Wheeler, Ryan Wheeler,
Andrew Wheeler, Jordyn Wheeler,
Annie Cohen, Ari Cohen; many loving
nieces and nephews.
Mr. Abromovich was the beloved
husband of the late Florence (Lorrie)
Cohen; dear son of the late Anna and
the late Louis Abromovich; loving
father of the late Harold Abromovich;
dear brother and brother-in-law of the
late Florence and the late Richard Liss.
Contributions may be made to
Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 W.
Lincoln, Oak Park, MI 48237 or to a
charity of one's choice. Interment at
Machpelah Cemetery. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
DR. LOUIS R.
BERENT, 94, of
Southfield, died
April 19, 2008.
A dentist, he
retired in 1994 at the
age of 81 after being
in the practice for
Berent
58 years and becom-
ing a member of
the Detroit Dental
Society and the Michigan Dental
Association. The past president of his
high school class of 1931, he graduat-
ed University of Detroit Dental School
in 1937 and was a lieutenant colonel in
the Air Force from 1955-1957.
A member of Adat Shalom
Synagogue and Louis Marshall Lodge
of B'nai B'rith as well as the Zionist
Organization of Detroit, Dr. Berent
was also a life member of Alpha
Omega Dental Fraternity and Zionist
Organization of America.
He is survived by his son and
daughter-in-law, Melvyn Gerald
Berent and Barbara Spreitzer-Berent
of Huntington Woods; grandchildren,
Daniel Mark Berent, Amy Michelle
Berent, Kenneth David and Amy Lynn
Berent; great-granddaughter, Sophie
Anne Berent; brother-in-law and sis-
ter-in-law, Leon and Nancy Firestone;
many loving nieces and nephews.
Dr. Berent was the beloved husband
of the late Anne E. Berent; devoted
father of the late Paul Alan Berent.
Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made
to the Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network, 6555 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield, MI 48322,
www.jewishhospice.org ; the Beaumont
Hospice Fund, 3601 W. 13 Mile Road,
Royal Oak, MI 48073-9952,
beaumonthospitals.com; or the
Hospice of Michigan, 400 Mack Ave,
Detroit, MI 48201, www.hom.org.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
SAUL H. BLOOM,
89, of Oak Park,
died April 16, 2008.
He was a brick
mason.
Mr. Bloom is sur-
vived by his sons
and daughters-in-
Bloom
law, Dr. Richard
and Marsha
Bloom of West
Bloomfield, Alan and Kathleen
Bloom of Ann Arbor; daughter and
son-in-law, Marilyn and Lawrence
Washelewski of Oak Park; grand-
children, Steven Bloom, Michael
Bloom, Adam and Amy Krupkin,
Bradley Krupkin, Sierra Bloom and
fiance, Christopher Imwalle, Alisa
Bloom and fiance, Kevin Cox, Joshua
Bloom; great-granddaughter, Ava
Pauline Krupkin; sister-in-law, Sara
Garelik; nieces, nephews, other rela-
tives and friends.
He was the beloved husband of the
late Pauline Bloom.
Interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to the American Brain Tumor
Association, Saul H. Bloom Memorial
Fund, 2720 South River Road, Suite
146, Des Plaines, IL 60018, www.
info@abta.org; or the American
Cancer Society, 18505 W. 12 Mile
Road, Southfield, MI 48076, www.
cancer.org.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.