He is survived by his loving children,
Susan (Michael) Weininger, Daniel (Kira
Wigoda) and Joel (Kathryn Woolard);
cherished grandchildren, Melissa
Weininger (Mark) Mendelsohn, Noah
(Jennifer) Weininger and Zoe, Eli, Max,
and Ben Sobel; treasured great-grand-
children, Noam and Shayna Mendelsohn-
Weininger and Emma Weininger. He was
a treasured uncle, cousin and friend of
many.
Dr. Sobel was the beloved husband of
the late Flora (Rosenbaum) Sobel; dear
brother of the late Leo (Roslyn), the late
Sylvia Sobel, the late Lilian (Robert) Reiss.
Services were held at Shalom Memorial
Funeral Home in Arlington Heights, Ill.
Contributions may be made to Anshe
Emet Synagogue, 3751 N. Broadway,
Chicago, IL 60613.

LYDIA AMELIA SZOBEL, 92, of
Bloomfield Hills, died Dec. 17, 2009.
She is survived by her daughter and
son-in-law, Deborah and Stuart Logan;
granddaughters, Chloe and Daphne Logan.
She was the beloved wife of the late
David.
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.

Contributions may be made to a char-
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Kaufman Chapel.

GUSSIE WACHS, 101,
died Dec. 13, 2009.
She is survived by her
daughter and son-in-
law, Sharon and Gerald
Corlin of Farmington
Hills; grandchildren,
Alan Wachs and Ilene
Wachs
Leibovitz, Laura and
Steven Rosh, Amy Turner, Arnold and
Debbie Corlin, Steven Corlin and Robert
Carlin; great-grandchildren, Melanie
Corlin and fiance, Steve Paul, Justin Corlin,
Michelle and Alison Rosh, Matthew, Kevin
and Billy Turner, Jason and Tanya Masters.
Mrs. Wachs was the beloved wife of
the late Harry H. Wachs; devoted mother
of the late Melvin Wachs and the late
Lawrence Wachs; the dear mother-in-law
of the late Eulene Wachs. She was also pre-
deceased by her loving brothers, Sydney,
Abe, George, Charlie; her sister, Fannie
Feinberg Weinstock.
Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made to ORT

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Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

RUTH WEINSTEIN, 97, of Brighton,
Mass., died Dec. 9, 2009.
She was born in Bialystok, Poland, on
April 27, 1912, the daughter of Meyer and
Shoskie Kraft. She spent her childhood
in Trestina (Trzcianne), Poland, before
emigrating to the United States with her
mother and younger brother and set-
tling in Chicago, Ill. She married Myer
Weinstein on March 12, 1939, and moved
to Flint. Myer Weinstein was the founder
of Weinstein Electric Co. in Flint; he died
in September 1983.
In December 2003, Mrs. Weinstein
moved to Brighton, Mass. She was a
woman of enormous wit, generosity and
resilience. She was a beloved wife, mother
and grandmother.
Mrs. Weinstein is survived by her son,
Jerome Weinstein of Newton Centre, Mass.;
daughter-in-law, Joan; grandsons, Seth and
Joshua Weinstein of New York City.
Interment was in the Workmen's Circle
Cemetery, Mt. Clemens. Contributions may

be made to Hadassah, 50 West 58th Street,
New York, NY 10019, www.hadassah.org;
or American Friends of Magen David
Adorn, 353 Seventh Ave, Suite 400, New
York, NY 10001, www.afmda.org .

P. DAVID WEISMAN, 75, of Oak Park,
died Dec. 17, 2009. He was a residential
insurance repair consultant.
Mr. Weisman is survived by his daugh-
ter, Wendy; aunt, Bess Zechman; nephew
and niece, Ralph and Carol Isberg; cous-
ins, Neil Zechman, Nathalie and David
Zeff, Shelly and Jordan Schreier, Sheri and
Philip Cwagenberg, Karen and Franklin
Rosen, Steven and Brenda Friedman;
many other cousins.
He was the beloved son of the late
Simon and the late Kate Weisman; the lov-
ing father of the late Mitchell Weisman.
Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra,
2850 West 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072,
wwwyadezra.org; or Jewish Senior Life
of Metropolitan Detroit, 6710 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield, MI 48322, www.jslmi.org .
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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