Obituaries

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Dear Sylvia,

We all miss you
and love you.

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Love,
Yetta & Danny,
Ardell & Nate,
Sandy & Larry and
Sandy & Simon

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the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan.

19 Av
August 9, 2009
Ira Boykansky
Julius Bronstein
Tzvi Cohen
Abe Eisenberg
Nathan Rosen
Leonard Stein
Max Slillerman
Leon Slracher
Kari Susman
Skippy Tilchin
Anne Falkoff
Minnie Hart
Celia Kerrett
Shifra Ella Kraft
Sonia Singer
Esther Bessie Tatken

20 Av
August 10, 2009
Zal Aaron
Julius Adams
Aron Broder
Harry Cohen
Joseph B. Gendeloff

Louis Goldstein
Eli Hauptman
Albert Millman
Jacob Schwartz
Ber Wolf Zalesin
Bessie Feinstein
Esther Friedman
Blanche Levin
Bessie Lifshitz
Lillian Marton
Beatrice Moss
Yetta Schacht
Lilly Topor

21 Av
August 11, 2009
Fred Berk
David Cetron
Simon Deck
Joseph Fine
Jacob Kolatch
Benjamin Kosins
Ruben Mervis
Max Mindlin
Dora Brown
Jadwiga Lis Butejekis

Shaindel Cotter
Rochel Fordonski
Mary Greenblatt
Betty Katz
Rebecca Olshansky
Minnie Raskin
Virginia Schwartz

23 Av
August 14 2009
Alter Pinchas Berman
Avraham Bordelow
Max Rosen
Abraham Solai
Lena Brant
Zelda Fredman
Phyllis Gruber (Levin)
Tracey Lupo
Minnie Rosenthal
Adell Rothstein
Esther Thav
Rebecca Zabludovsky
Edith Zimmerman

22 Av
August 12 2009
Morris Golaner
Melvin Haber
Samuel Levin
Jacob Rosenbaum
Jack Scherr
Herman S. Shear
Michael Shnaider
Harry Topor
Eva Davidson
Denise Doktor
Lettie Goldstein
Mollie Plotnisig
Sally Schey
Eva Stein
Dora Sukenic

24 Av
August 14 2009
Morris Cohen
Allen M. Cwagenberg
Morris Naftolin
Irving Palman
Men Walker
Alexander Zeitin
Sarah Burrisline
Rose Conan

Ethel Diamond
Sylvia Upson
Bertha Nelson
Ida Stolinsky
Frances Vemick

25 Av
August 15, 2009
Harry Diamond
Abraham Dubnove
Samuel Feldman
Nathan Goldstone
William Kunin
Herman Lusky
Leo Schloss
Fannie Berger
Gertrude Fishman
Rose Kantor
Sophia Kraizman
Hermina Politzer
Eva Schiff
Edna Solomon

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sraeli pioneer Ester Lis, mother of
Hannan Lis of Farmington Hills, died
Aug. 3 in Haifa, Israel, after a short
illness. She was 76.
"Ester was a wonderful mother who,
besides taking care of her kids and family,
helped her own mother when she finally
arrived in Israel from Romania with the
youngest kids in 1950," said Hannan.
"Family was her No. 1 priority:' he
added. `As a child of war herself, she
devoted her life to creating a loving and
supportive home for her family:'
Born Ester Segal in Transylvania,
Romania, in 1932, she grew up in a
small village in Transylvania that was
home to few Jewish families. The family
owned a general store. The family was of
Hungarian origin so Hungarian was the
spoken family language.
Ester was the middle daughter of six
children. Her parents encouraged her to
enroll in the Zionist youth movement
BEITAR.
At the beginning of World War II, the
family fled their rural home to the safety
of the large Jewish community in the
capital city of Transylvania: Arad. They
were fortunate to survive the war without
being deported to a German concentra-
tion camp. However, Ester's ailing father
died right after liberation from the Nazi
occupation.
Her mother, seeing no future for a
Jewish family in post-war Romania, sent
the four oldest children to settle in Israel.
In 1947, they sailed to Israel on a ship
organized by the Irgun, the underground
fighting the British for the liberation of
Israel.
Right before the ship reached Israel,
the British navy intercepted it and the
passengers were sent to a detention

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Obituaries

Bloomfield, died July
29, 2009.
She was a Holocaust
survivor, the only one
from her family to sur-
vive. She was a member
of Radomer Mutual
Society.
Mrs. Burton is
survived by her hus-
band, Edward; sons
and daughters-in-law,
Stuart and Karin
Silbert of Birmingham,
David and Renee

camp on the island of Cyprus. It was on
Cyprus where Ester met a young Irgun
fighter, originally from Poland, who was
detained there by the British a year ear-
lier. He eventually became her husband.
In early 1948, the couple finally made
it to Israel: Ester moved into a dormitory
for young single women. Her boyfriend,
Yoseff, joined the Israel Defense Forces
and fought for Israel's liberation.
Yoseff completed his army service
in 1950. The two married and settled
in the Haifa area. They had two boys:
Yehoshua and Hannan.
Ester remained close to her sib-
lings and extended family. She spoke
Hungarian, Romanian, English, German,
Yiddish and Hebrew. She enjoyed play-
ing bridge, baking, reading and discuss-
ing current affairs.
Ester is survived by her husband of
59 years, Yosef Lis; sons and daughters-
in-law Yehoshua and Anat Lis of Ramat
Hasharon, Israel, and Hannan and Lisa
Lis of Farmington Hills; and six grand-
children, Orly and Michal Lis of Ramat
Hasharon, and Ariella, Liat, Mataan and
Aviv Lis, all of Farmington Hills.
She also is survived by sister and
brother-in-law Deena and Poli Leibowitz
of New York City; brothers and sisters-
in-law Yitzchak and Yaffa of Haifa,
Yoseff and Marda of Haifa and Meir and
Martha of Netanya; and sister Frieda of
Haifa.
Survivors also include nephews and
nieces and many loving and caring
friends.
A memorial service is set for 7 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 10. For information, call
(248) 479-1361 or send an e-mail mes-
sage, mstefanski@wwgroup.com .

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Silbert of West Bloomfield; daughters
and son-in-law, Hanna Dowell, Ann and
Marc Fishman, Lori Burton; grandchil-
dren, Marlo and Charles Stoops, Jered
Silbert, Jordan Silbert, Chad Silbert, Jake
Silbert, Ashley Silbert, Zach Fishman,
Ryan Fishman, Amanda Acica, Alex
Acica; great-grandchildren, Jack Stoops,
Charlotte Stoops.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Jerry Silbert.
Contributions may be made to
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI
48334. Services and interment at Hebrew
Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.