RITA WESTON, 88, of Southfield, died
Oct. 1, 2010.
She is survived by her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Howard Weston and Mary
Cauley of Southfield; daughter and son-
in-law, Cynthia and Murray Franklin of
Farmington Hills; sister and brother-in-
law, Marilyn and Herbert Haffner of Boca
Raton, Fla.; grandchildren, Eden Weston,
Robbie and Scott Sherman, Liz and Jason
Rosen, Jeffrey and Dalien Franklin; six
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Weston was the beloved wife of
the late Martin Weston.
Contributions may be made to the
Turtle Hospital, c/o Samantha Sherman,
30974 Westwood, Farmington Hills, MI
48331; Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network, 6555 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield, MI 48322; Temple Israel,
5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
MI 48323. Services and interment at
Beth El Memorial Park in Livonia.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

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federation's board chairman from 2002
to 2004, immediately after serving as
hicago Jewish community lead- the general chairman in 2001, when it
er Lester Rosenberg, who con-
raised a record $67.2 million.
tinued to be involved
In being awarded the Julius
Rosenwald Award, the federa-
in Jewish communal life even
after a car accident last year
tion's highest honor, in 2005,
left him paralyzed, has died.
federation President Steven
Nasatir described Rosenberg as
Rosenberg, who was active in
"a man who not only gives of
the Chicago Jewish community
his resources, but gives of his
for decades, died Sept. 30, 2010,
at Evanston Hospital in Illinois
heart and soul for the Jewish
people."
of complications from pneumo- Lester
nia.
Rosenberg was president of
Rosenb erg
the Jewish Council for Youth
He was 83.
Rosenberg attended
Services and the Spertus
Museum.
the annual meeting of the Jewish
United Fund-Jewish Federation of
He served on the board of the Jewish
Community Centers of Chicago, Mount
Metropolitan Chicago just two weeks
Sinai Hospital Medical Center and
before his death. He had served as the

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Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital; and
he was a founder of the Dawn Schuman
Institute.
As president of the Israel Children's
Center, he helped build 14 tennis
centers throughout Israel. Rosenberg,
whose son Lee is the president of
the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, also served in several
national and international Jewish com-
munal positions.
An investment banker and CPA,
Rosenberg graduated from the
University of Illinois. He served in the
U.S. Navy in 1944-45.
He was paralyzed in a car accident in
May 2009 on the north side of Chicago.
Along with his son Lee, Rosenberg
is survived by his wife, Norma; a son,
Steven; and three grandchildren. ❑

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