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ROSE S. SURATH, of
San Francisco, Calif.,
formerly of Southfield,
s. died March 26, 2011.
She was the former
co-owner of Abbott
Supply Co.
Mrs. Surath is sur-
Surath
vived by her son and
daughter-in-law, Don
Surath and Susana Sanchez of Mill Valley,
Calif.; grandchildren, Marlo Surath, Leslie
Surath, Randall and Julie Genser, Adam
and Beth Genser; great-grandchildren,
Oscar, Matthew and Ali Rose.
Mrs. Surath was the beloved wife of the
late Morris Surath; cherished mother of
the late Alice Genser; loving grandmother
of the late Lee Genser.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Jewish
Home of San Francisco, 302 Silver
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112, www.
jhsf. org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
SIDNEY WARSCHAUSKY, Ph.D., 88, of
Ann Arbor, died April 9, 2011.
He was professor emeritus of English
literature at U of M
Dearborn and taught
at the college from
1959-1988.
Dr. Warschausky is
survived by his wife
of almost 58 years,
Lorraine Nadelman
Warschausky
Warschausky; sons and
daughters-in-law, Seth
Warschausky and Sandra Finkel of Ann
Arbor, Carl and Laurie Warschausky of
Illinois; daughter and son-in-law, Judith
and Gary Childrey of Illinois; grandchil-
dren, Micah and Gabriel Warschausky,
Noah and Jacob Childrey, Aaron, Kara,
Max and Ryan Warschausky; sister,
Thelma Solomon of New Jersey; sister-in-
law, Edith Gittleman.
He was the dear brother-in-law of the
late Toby Aronoff.
Interment in New York. Contributions
may be made to University Musical
Society, Burton Tower, 881 North
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104,
www.ums.org or Beth Israel Congregation
in Ann Arbor, 2000 Washtenaw, Ann
Arbor, MI 48104, www.bethisrael-aa.org .
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Obituaries
IDA WOLFE, 100, of Voorhees, N.J., died
March 31, 2011.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Meyer Wolfe; dear mother of Dr. Warren
(Diane) Wolfe, Dr. Gerald Wolfe, Samuel
(Marilyn) Wolfe of West Bloomfield,
Alan Wolfe and Daniel Wolfe, and the
late Norman Wolfe, as well as mother-in-
law of Joan Wolfe. She also is survived
by many grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.
Internment at Riverside Cemetery in
Saddle Brook, N.J. Contributions may be
made to the Jewish Community Center
of Southern New Jersey, 1301 Springdale
Road, Cherry Hill, N.J. 08003; the
Jewish Parents Institute, 6600 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; the
American Cancer Society or a charity of
one's choice.
Correction
The obituary for Eugene M. Curtis
(April 14) should have indicated that
contributions may be made to ORT
America, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite
375, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, www.
ortamerica.org .
Director Sidney Lumet, 86
Director Sidney Lumet, whose gritty dra-
mas and thrillers influenced generations
of filmmakers, died April 9 at age 86.
Lumet was known
for bringing out strong
performances; Paul
Newman, who received
a best actor Oscar
nomination for The
Verdict, once said that
Lumet "had an incred-
ible eye for the truth."
Sidney Lumet
Lumet's 40 films
included 12 Angry
Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico,
Network, Arthur Miller's A View from
the Bridge, Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's
Journey Into Night and The Fugitive Kind
with Marlon Brando.
Lumet, a child of the Yiddish theater,
also dealt sympathetically, but never
sentimentally, with Jewish New York in
The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger as
a Holocaust survivor living in a black
neighborhood, and Bye Bye Braverman,
about a group of Jewish intellectuals
getting lost while driving to a friend's
funeral on Long Island.