HOSPIC E HEROES Obituaries THE OMISE David Techner, father, Harry, was not religious, but discussions with rabbis on Jewish views about death and afterlife comforted him greatly at the end of his life. "The rabbis said the shema with my Dad while he laid in his hospi- tal bed dying, and he never would have done that alone," said David Techner, co-founder and president of Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network. "I watched my father die in peace, and that became the vision for Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network." David TeChtter a HoNpice Hero who keep% the promise f,c, that No Jew Ls Ever Alone Y sh iv"a 2.1 They. J EWISH6SPICE &CHAPLAINCY NETWORK' 6555 W. Maple Rd. • West Bloomfield, MI 48322 248.592.2687 • www.jewishhospice.org 1496350 • Sch h ool for Boys • Beth Jacob School for Girls Sc • Early Childhood Development Center 15751 W. Lincoln Drive • Southfield, MI 48076 • (248) 557-6750 ovides the education for another's child is considered .eaven as a parfner in the raising of that young person" During the coining week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in ?Timmy of the follotving departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. 11 tom Apt 5, 2009 Philip Hillelson Simon Knoppow Rabbi Yehudah Levin Oscar Rottenberg Morris Shoob Moishe Taig Julius Unrot Irving Harold Weiss Rose Bowman Esther Cohen Ethel Fischer Malka Marysia Gross Reva Gruich Bertha Kroll Sarah Schneider Alfred Schoenberg Rose Yagoda 12 ifisan Apn7 6, 2009 Milton Fischer Irving Glasser Irving Goldstein Moses Gufstein Shimon Gufstein Rabbi Solomon Krevsky Nathan Lux David D Mills Benjamin Schuraytz David Shulman Frieda Baron Reva Buchman Rose Busch Annie Chamess Rebecca Cohen Ida Ferrer Rose Fine Marlene Friedman LotheRosenshine Anna Silverberg Lea R. Spevakow 13 !Than April 7, 2009 Charles Finer Max Horn Abraham Lusky Jacob Sklar Neva Lubetsky Esther Malamud Jay Allen Markowitz Arlene Shapiro Harry Laker Morris Markowitz Benjamin Nucian Ben Ross Benjamin Sachs Henry J.Smolinsky Jean Sarah Berg Helen Cieck Chaya Gepert Sophia Helfend Ida Katchan Louis Levin Ruth Doris Malach Anna Shere Silverstein Joseph Singer Thelma Ray Brodersohn Abraham Fleischer Rebecca Greenberg Frances Lynn Katt Marcella Maiseloff Sophie Mudrick Anna Schneider 16 Hisan Apn7 10, 2009 14 Nisan Apti 8, 2009 Irvin Abramson Jacob Goodman Yaakov Hoffman Sam Kogan 15 Nisan Apn7 9, 2009 Abe Kole Barney Kosofsiv Solomon Rubens Phillip S. Dr David Schane Edward E Schultz Harry Schwartz Lillian Altholz Roche! Leah Bas Yrtchok Jane Feintuch Beverly Hacker Jolan Isaac Jennie Shoenig 17 lam April 11, 2009 Dave Alexander Morris Canvasser Morris Greenberg Jacob Gutterman David IGng Jacob David Pont Zelik Rivkin Joseph Roth David Solomon 17 Hisan Apn7 11, 2009 Irving Sperka Rozalia Fischer Charlotte Gould Sarah Pollack Helen Wachtenheim Send a tribute in memory of a loved one -- www.DetroitYeshiva.org/JNtributes MONUMENT CENTER INC. "Same Location 80 Years" Monuments and Markers Bronze Markers Memorial Duplicating Cemetery Lettering & Cleaning CEMETERY INSTALLATION ANYWHERE IN MICHIGAN Call 248-542-8266 661 E. 8 MILE ROAD FERNDALE 1 1/2 blocks East of Woodward 1468730 Obituaries from page C37 ROSE DEMBS, 86, of West Bloomfield, died March 27, 2009. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Howard Dale and Dembs Barbara Dembs of Kalamazoo; daughter and son- in-law, Robin and Steve Szarvas of Chicago, Ill.; grandchildren, Christine, Jessica, Katherine and Joseph Dembs; sister and brother- in-law, Yetta and Joseph Wolf of Plano, Texas; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Nelson (Ann) Dembs, Faye (Jerry) Jacobs, Philip (Fran) Dembs; nieces, and nephews, Dennis (Sandra) Dembs, Marci Bell, Mark (Mona) Dembs, Jeffrey Dembs, Susan (Joseph) Brennan, Darlene (Rick) Rothman, Ronald (Susan) Jacobs, Lynn Davey, Reuvan (Sherri) Dembs, Howard Neil (Terri) Dembs, Gary (Jan) Dembs, Michael (Cary) Dembs, Jeffrey (Shanna) Wolf and Sherri (Richard) Willner; many other loving family members and dear friends. Mrs. Dembs was the beloved wife of the late Sol Dembs; sister of the late Harold Finkelstein; sister-in-law of the late Manny and the late Micki Dembs. Interment at Beth Abraham Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to JARC or to Jewish Apartments & Services. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. ELAINE RUTH (SAX) FINKELSTEIN, 82, of Rochester Hills, died March 25, 2009. She is survived by her husband, Finkelstein Charles Finkelstein; son and daughter-in-law, Leslie and Sandra Finkelstein; daughters and sons-in-law, Sandi and Dr. Jeffrey Miller of Farmington Hills, Debbie and Dr. Steven Stein of Sylvan In Loving Memory of NORMAN LEBOWITZ Who passed away April 3, 2008. Sadly missed and always remembered by Family and Friends. 1496460 C38 April 2 • 2009 Lake; sister-in-law, Sarah Pinter; grandchildren, Jason and Beth Miller, Marc Miller, Amy Miller, Madeline Stein, Jonah Stein, Dillon Finkelstein, Gabriel Finkelstein; great-grandchildren, Emily Miller, Norah Miller. Mrs. Finkelstein was the loving sister of the late Mildred Zerkel, the late Doris Kofman; dear sister-in- law of the late Hyman Zerkel, the late Sydney Kofman, the late Ida and the late Sam Lieberman, the late Stanley Pinter. Contributions may be made to Telshe Yeshiva Cleveland, 28400 Euclid Ave., Wickliffe, OH 44092; American Diabetes Association, 30300 Telegraph Road, Ste. 105, Bingham Farms, MI 48025; American Heart Association, Memorial & Tribute Lockbox, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL 60674. Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. MARVIN A. FREEDMAN, 72, of West Bloomfield, died March 25, 2009. He was an attorney and senior partner at Freedman, Lessing, Kutinsky and Freedman in Southfield. Mr. Freedman is survived by his wife, Shelly Freedman; daughters and sons-in-law, Laurie and Morrie Lefkowitz of West Bloomfield, Wendy Mann of West Bloomfield; Jodi Alpert and Lindsay Gross, of Franklin; son and daughter-in-law, Joshua and Stephanie Freedman of Bloomfield Hills; grandchildren, Stacy Bishop, Chad Bishop, Adam and Arielle Bishop, Jacob Bishop, Nikki Bishop, Brandon Lefkowitz, Matthew Lefkowitz, Alexander Ferber, Darin Gross, Brett Ferber, Jacob Gross, Bree Gross, Max Freedman, Danielle Jacobson, Jenna Jacobson; great-grandchildren, Molly Wilson, Brady Wilson; sister and brother-in-law, Sharon and Joe Katz; sister-in-law, Gere Freedman. He was the dear brother of the late Harvey Freedman. Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Misercordia, 6300 North Ridge, Chicago, IL 60660 www. misercordia.com/donation or Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, www.jewishhospice. org . Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.