Longtime Volunteer

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ARILYN WEISS, 81, of
Bloomfield Hills, died
April 14, 2011.
She grew up in Monroe. She
entered the University of Michigan at
age 17. As a senior in 1951, she start-
ed dating Al, a dental school student.
They married two years later.
She got involved with transcribing
books into Braille for the
blind and later was a vol-
unteer with the Women's
Guild of Sinai Hospital.
She also served as a gal-
lery aide at the Detroit
institute of Arts and was
awarded a pin after 25
years of service. While
at the DIA, she served
on the Dreamers and
Schemers Committee,
planning bus tours for
interested Detroiters,
showing plans, upcoming changes
and new artists happenings in the
city.
As an active member of the
National Council of Jewish Women,
Marilyn also found time for canasta,
bridge and maj. For many years,
she volunteered for the Jewish Book
Fair and chaired the Local Authors
Committee.
Her grandchildren played an
important part in her life. She made
scrapbooks of the special events and
happenings in each child's life and
presented the book as each gradu-
ated from high school.
She was a part of a wonderful cir-
cle of friends, the Michigan Dinner
Club, made up of dental school
friends — six couples who gathered
monthly for over 50 years. There

Services were held at Sinai
Mortuary in Phoenix with burial
at Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Phoenix.
Contributions may be made to
Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan
Detroit, Maurice Aronsson Memorial
Fund, 6710 W. Maple Road, West
Bloomfield, MI 48322, www.jslmi.org .
This announcement was placed at the
request of the family by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

IDA SILVERS, 93, of West
Bloomfield, died April 8, 2011.
She is survived by her grandchil-
dren, Scott and Mary Greenblatt,
Randy Greenblatt, Stacy and Sonny
Watanabe; great-grandson, Justin
Dobrusin; brother, William Geer
of West Bloomfield; niece and

was also a dinner club made up of
high school friends, which lasted for
many years.
Marilyn and her husband loved
cruising and enjoyed 48 such trips
together. One highlight was on their
50th anniversary, when they took
their children and grandchildren to
Alaska.
Mrs. Weiss is sur-
vived by her husband
of 59 1/2 years, Dr.
Allen Weiss; daugh-
ter, Cathy Sparling
of Bloomfield Hills;
sons and daughters-
in-law, Steve Weiss
and Karen Ring of
West Bloomfield, Scott
Weiss and Marci Bakst
of Georgia; grandchil-
dren, Ben and Adam
Spading, Mitch, Brad,
Danny and Eric Weiss, Alexandra,
Monica and Jake Weiss; sister, Dee
Schaeffer of New York; sister-in-law,
Belle Weiss; nieces, nephews, grand-
nieces and grandnephews and a
wonderful circle of friends.
Mrs. Weiss was the devoted daugh-
ter of the late Henry and the late
Helen Miller; the loving sister-in-law
of the late Norman Schaeffer, the late
Shirley and the late Joe Finkel, the
late Seymour Weiss, the late Jack and
the late Rose Weiss, the late Herbert
Weiss; the dear daughter-in-law of
the late Sam and the late Lilly Weiss.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to Barbara Ann Karmanos Partners,
4100 John R. Detroit, MI 48201 or to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel. 17

nephew, Deborah Endres and David
Dermidoff.
Mrs. Silvers was the cherished wife
of the late Nathan Silvers; the devoted
mother of the late Marlene Greenblatt
and the late Cheryl Silvers; the lov-
ing grandmother of the late Jason
Dobrusin; the dear sister of the late
Louis Geer and the late Sarah Saltz;
the dear sister-in-law of the late Ruth
Geer and the late Alan Saltz.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to
Beaumont Hospice Fund, 3601 W.
13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073-
9952, www.beaumonthospitals.
corn. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

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