ter-in-law of the late Dora (the late
Norman) Silets, the late Rose (the
late Harold) Sanders and the late Joe
(the late Annette) Dovitz.
Interment was held at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Contributions may be made to
Hospice of Greensboro, 2500
Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC
27405 or to the Hebrew Free
Loan, 6735 Telegraph Road, Ste.
300, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

SYLVIA ELKIN,

95, of West
Bloomfield, died
Aug. 30, 2009.
She is survived
by her nieces and
nephews, Lisa and
Kenny Fox, George
Elkin
and Ellen Elkin;
c. 1940s
great-nephews,
Keith (Laura)
Elkin and Todd (Lisa) Elkin; cous-
ins, Sylvia and Mary Beth Greenberg
of New York.
Sylvia was the dear aunt of the late
Michael Elkin and sister of the late
Irving (the late Selma) Elkin, the late
Harry (the late Gertie) Elkin.
Interment was held at the
Adat Shalom Memorial Park in
Livonia. Contributions may be
made to a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

JACQUELINE GIBBS, 81, of

Southfield, died Aug. 28, 2009.
She was a secretary and book-
keeper at B&G Plumbing and
Heating.
Mrs. Gibbs is survived by her
sons, Steven and wife Susan,
Howard and partner Billy, Charles
and wife DeeAnn; grandchildren,
Jerilyn, Milaine and Gabi, Syrra
and Michael, Jerry and Samantha;
sisters and brothers-in-law, Frances
and Herman, Hilda and Albert,
Beverly and Gerald.
She was the beloved wife of the
late Jerome and the loving mother
of the late Bonnie.
Interment at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park. Contributions may
be made to Jewish National Fund,
Trees in Israel, 27600 Farmington
Road, Suite 204, Farmington Hills,
MI 48334 www.jnf.org/Midwestern,
or Beaumont Hospice Fund, 3601
W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI
48073-9952, www.beaumonthos-
pitals.com . Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.

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