I Obituaries Obituaries from page B45 HELEN TATARKA, 76, of Tucson, Ariz., died Nov. 4, 2008. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Renay and Dr. Leslie Taub of Commerce Twp., Marsha Tatarka of Houston, Texas; sister and brother-in-law, Irene and Seymour Burg of Southfield; grandchildren, Brent, Randi and Lindsey; many nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Tatarka was the beloved wife of the late Saul Tatarka. Interment at the Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery in Mt. Clemens. Contributions may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. SARAH ZACKMAN, 85, of Southfield, died Nov. 6, 2008. She is survived by her beloved husband, Alexander Zackman; daughter and son- in-law, Inessa and Norman Edelstein of Kentwood, Mich.; grandchildren, Jeremy Abramson, Craig and Scott Edelstein; great-granddaughter, Brianna. Mrs. Zackman was the dear sister of the late Basha Gercekova. Interment at the Adat Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia. Contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. Hero Diplomat's Wife Yukiko Sugihara, who encouraged her dip- lomat husband to issue the visas that saved thousands of Jews, has died. Sugihara died Oct. 8, 2008, in Fujisawa, Japan. She was 94. In 1940, Sugihara encouraged her hus- band, Chiune, Japan's consul in Kovno, Lithuania, to issue visas to thousands of Polish Jews trapped in Lithuania, despite the risk to his career and family. Chiune Sugihara was named Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. Yukiko Sugihara was the author of the book Visas for Life, which tells the story of her husband's heroic actions. She and her book inspired "Visas for Life: The Righteous and Honorable Diplomats Project:' a traveling exhibit and program started in 1993 that features the story of life-saving diplomats. "Human life is very important:' Sugihara said in her book. "Being virtu- ous in life is also very important. My hus- band and I talked about the visas before he issued them. We understood that both the Japanese and German governments disagreed with our ideas, but we went ahead anyhow. "The Jews who passed through Kaunas still treasure the visas which my husband issued. They didn't forget what they shouted when we were leaving Kaunas station: 'We will never forget you. We will see you again."' In future years, the Sugiharas met several of the Jews that had been saved by the visas. Yeshiva U. Benefactor E. Billi Ivry, a personal secretary turned stock broker and a major philanthropist, died at 102. Ivry, who died last month, was the first woman to serve on the board of trustees of Yeshiva University. She went on to serve on the boards of five of its schools. Born in 1906 in Grajevo, Lithuania, now Poland, Ivry was the youngest of nine chil- dren. Her father was in the lumber busi- ness in Europe and was a paper box manu- facturer in New York City, while her mother was very active in philanthropic work with women's organizations in Manhattan. After high school she worked as personal secretary to the top executive of McCrory department stores. The executive taught Ivry how to manage his portfolio of stocks and investments, and lent her a small amount of money to invest for herself, fuel- ing Ivry's interest in the stock market. In her 50s, Ivry took courses to become a stockbroker. She enjoyed success at sev- eral major firms. A Yeshiva University benefactor, Ivry established and endowed the Rebecca Ivry Department of Jewish Studies at Stern College. She also endowed schol- arship funds, research fellowships, a professorial chair, a free loan fund, a beit midrash and a student center at various schools under the university's banner. In 1987, Ivry was awarded an honorary doctorate. Ivry served since 1992 on the board of the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she endowed the Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School and the E. Billi Ivry Professorship of Talmud and Rabbinics. She also was a board member of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity; a mem- ber of the President's Club of State of Israel Bonds and director of both the Friends of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Israel and the Brookdale Centeron Aging at Hunter College. She also supported the Jerusalem College of Technology (Machon Lev) in Jerusalem, the David Yellin College of Education and Boys Town, Jerusalem. Making a Lasting Memory. T •13(- fiaufinan Chapel, we help your family with the final tribute of those you love Detroit biatitute of Arts Pounder. kiwi& Council and Jetvialt Federation of Metropolitan Detroft Young Aduh present "ArtSeen. 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