Obituaries H SPICE HEROES Obituaries are updated and archived on JNonline.us. MAKE LIFE BETTER 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." The JEWISHOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK Dr. Gela Pala is one of the Hospice Heroes who ensures No Jew L; Ever Almie 6555 W. Maple Rd. • West Bloomfield, MI 48322 248.592.2687 • www.jewishhospice.org 1379240 In Beautiful Memory of our Loving Father WILLIAM KAUFMAN Who left us April 25, 1984 You are forever in our hearts and thoughts we love and miss you very much. Love, Patty And Terry 1385570 Bloom's Shiva Dinners, Fish & Salad Shiva Trays DELIVERED 248-855-9463 All Ingredients Certified Kosher •Chocolate-Dipped Dried Fruit •Fresh Bakery Trays •Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries •Fresh Fruit Trays SAME DAY MAUDE 248-737-8088 DELIVERY 32418 Northwestern Hwy. (Between Middlebelt & 14 Mile Rd.) www.NibblesAndNuts.com B50 April 24 • 2008 askets & Trar 1384270 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.