Heilbronner and the late Jerry Roberts.
Interment at Beth El Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made to
Beaumont Hospice Fund, 3601 W. 13
Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, www.
beaumonthospitals.com or a charity
of one's choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufilian Chapel.
BETTY SCHILLER,
93, of Alameda, Calif.,
died May 2, 2011.
She is survived
by her sons and
daughters-in-law,
Sam and Suzanne
Schiller of Lemont,
Schiller
Ill.,
Lewis and Joyce
c. 1943
Schiller of Pittsfield,
Mass., and Steven
and Kristine Schiller of Piedmont,
Calif.; grandchildren, Sarah Schiller,
Katie Schiller, Anna Schiller, Amy and
Jason Schigelone, Scott Schiller and
Kurt and Anastasia Schiller; great-
grandchildren, Alix, Sophia, Karmen
and Mora; sister, Sylvia Karr.
Ms. Schiller was a very good friend
of the late Gary Wolf and his family.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Nate Schiller; cherished sister of the
late Edna Tobb and the late Jerome
Wasserman.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to Jewish Family Service, 6555
W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI
48322, www.jfsdetroit.org; Providence
Hospital, 22301 Foster Winter Drive,
Southfield, MI 48075; or a charity
of one's choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
MARILYN SIVAK, 80, of Bloomfield
Hills, died May 6, 2011.
She is survived by her daughters,
Marjorie Sivak of Royal Oak, Susan
Sivak of Huntington Woods, Ruth
Fenton of Wixom; son, Steven Sivak of
Ann Arbor; brother and sister-in-law,
Marvin and Elaine Pack of Plantation
Fla.; brother-in-law and sister-in-law,
Roberta and Aaron Levine; many
loving nieces, nephews, other family
members and friends.
Contributions may be made to
Jewish Hospice, Forgotten Harvest
or a charity of one's choice. A private
interment was held. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.
PHILIP TAFFEL, 77, of Livonia, died
May 4, 2011.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Gwen Taffel of Livonia; sons and
daughters-in-law, Steven and Hiroko
Taffel of Manhattan, Larry and Jackie
Taffel of Wixom; grandchildren, Adam,
Joshua, Julian and Sara.
Interment at the Adat Shalom
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to the
Angela Hospice or to a charity of one's
choice. Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.
DR. ARTHUR VAN
VICTOR, 104, died
May 8, 2011.
He was a prosth-
odontist.
Dr. Victor is sur-
vived by his sons and
daughters-in-law, Dr.
Victor
Randall Jay Victor
and Elaine Block of
West Bloomfield, John Eric and Lyn
Victor of Connecticut, Dr. Lyle Dorn
and Diane Victor of Bloomfield Hills,
Dr. Dean Anthony and Cheri Victor
of Bloomfield Hills; grandchildren,
Shana Victor and Tobias Walbridge,
Lauren Victor, Rachel Victor, Natalie
and Dr. Jamie Shirley, Nadine and David
Farbman, Jay Arthur Victor, Amelia
Lyn Victor; great-grandchildren, Chloe
and Connor Shirley, Hunter and River
Farbman, Alex and Jason Block and Issa
Kwong. He is also survived by Elaine's
children, Erika Block and Jasmin
Ashakih, Ben and Jody Block, Elizabeth
Block and Evri Kwong; caregivers, Eric
Daniels, Keith Wilkes, Darrick Blue, Ida
Norris; his companion, Mae Weisman.
Dr. Victor was the beloved husband
of the late Nancy Ann Victor; the lov-
ing brother of the late Mitchell "Mike"
Victor, the late Ada Brown and the late
Sophie Jacobson.
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to the
Jewish Community Center, the Nancy
R. Victor Audio Visual Fund, 6600
W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI
48322, www.jccdet.org; Yad Ezra, 2850
W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072,
www.yadezra.org; or to a charity of
one's choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
CHARLOTTE WAXER, 85, of West
Bloomfield, died May 4, 2011.
She is survived by her former hus-
band, Charles Bassin; daughter and
son-in-law, Bonnie and Shel Rader of
Farmington Hills; sister-in-law, Annett
Meisel; many loving nieces, nephews,
great-nieces and great-nephews.
Mrs. Waxer was the beloved wife of
the late George Waxer; dear sister of
the late Jerry Meisel.
Contributions may be made to
Jewish Senior Life, 6710 W. Maple Road,
West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Hospice of
Michigan, 400 Mack Avenue, Detroit,
MI 48201; Hebrew Benevolent Society,
26640 Greenfield, MI 48237. Services
and interment at Machpelah Cemetery
in Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.
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