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EDWIN S. BEAN, 79, of
Commerce Twp., died
May 15, 2011. He proudly
served as a first lieuten-
ant in the U.S. Army dur-
ing the Korean War.
He is survived by his
beloved wife, Phyllis
Bean, c. 1988
Bean; sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, A. Jeffrey and Jacqueline Bean of
Huntington Woods, David and Missy Bean,
also of Huntington Woods, Andrew and Jody
Bean of West Bloomfield; daughter and son-
in-law, Debra and James Gordon of West
Bloomfield; grandchildren, Justin, Jesse,
Jaime, Alexandra, Max, Jake, Sam, Maya,
Adam, Annabel, Jillian and Adam; many
other loving family members and friends.
A memorial service will be held on
May 26, 2011, at 7 p.m. at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. Contributions may
be made to the Harvard Brain Tissue
Resource Center at McLean Hospital or
to the Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
IRVING BIEL, 79, of
West Bloomfield, died
May 9, 2011. He was a
Holocaust survivor.
Mr. Biel is survived by
usir his son and daughter-
OR
in-law, David and Angie
Biel of Walled Lake;
daughter and son-in-law, Darlene and
Richard Wolf of Richland; sister and
brother-in-law, Agnes and Tom Lugosi
of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Kyle
Biel, Evan Biel, Hannah Biel, Rachel Wolf,
Josh Wolf.
He was the beloved husband of the late
Helen Biel.
Contributions may be made to
American Diabetes Association, 30200
Telegraph Road, Suite 105, Bingham
Farms, MI 48025; American Heart
Association, Memorial & Tribute Lockbox,
3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL 60674;
or to a charity of one's choice. Interment at
Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
DAVID S. CANTOR, 20,
of White Lake, died May
12, 2011.
He is survived by his
4 mother, Cathy Cantor,
and her boyfriend,
John Pffeifer; broth-
ers and sisters, Jared
Cantor
Cantor and his fiancee
Jillian Redding, Mallory
Cantor, Amanda Cantor and Aidan
Cantor; grandparents, Rhoda Cantor
Goldman and Sheldon Goldman; aunts
and uncles, Jeffrey and Karen Cantor,
Sam and Pat Manderachia, Julie and Jim
Rainey, Mary and Mike Gross, Ricky and
Phuong Vingerelli and Tom Vingerelli
and David Hoey; cousins, Rachel Cantor,
Max Cantor, Steven Cantor, Zachary
Cantor, Michael Manderachia, Matthew
Manderachia, Jeffrey Malloy, Kelly Chase,
Jessica Vingerelli, Jennifer Vingerelli,
Jocelyn Vingerelli and Julius Vingerelli.
Mr. Cantor is also survived by girlfriend
Emily Frank; niece, Harlee Suzanne
Woehlke; and Doreen Cantor, Jerry and
Liz Walters, Kenny and Gina Walters, Lisa
and Danny Applefield, John Pffeifer III
and David Pffeifer.
He was the beloved son of the late Dr.
Scott Cantor; the cherished grandson
of the late Harvey Cantor, the late Julius
and the late Margaret Vingerelli; loving
nephew of the late Hal Cantor.
Contributions may be made to Michigan
Humane Society, 30300 Telegraph Road,
Suite 220, Bingham Farms, MI 48025,
www.michiganhumane.org, or to an
animal rescue league. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
GERTRUDE E. DRIKER, 80, of West
Bloomfield, died May 12, 2011.
She is survived by her beloved hus-
band, Jacob Driker of West Bloomfield;
son, David Driker of Hazel Park; daugh-
ters and sons-in-law, Miriam and Yaakov
Karp of Cincinnati, Vivian and Charles
Gealer of Phoenix; 12 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to a
charity of one's choice. Interment at
the Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
EDWARD MAURICE
EATON, 65, of Walled
Lake, died May 7, 2011.
Prior to retirement,
he was the owner of
Eaton Landscape.
Mr. Eaton is sur-
vived by his daughter
Eaton
and son-in-law, Sanya
and Dan Tragesser of
South Carolina; son, Wayne Eaton of
Kalamazoo; sisters and brothers-in-law,
Rose Anne and Robb Jones of Hawaii and
Donna and Jim Olson of South Carolina.
He was the beloved husband of the late
Carol Lynn Eaton.
Interment at B'nai Israel Memorial
Gardens in Novi. Contributions may
be made to Multiple Sclerosis Society
of Michigan, 21311 Civic Center Drive,
Southfield, MI 48076,
www.nationalmssociety.org .
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
DR. BURTON EISENBERG, 72, of West
Bloomfield, died May 13, 2011.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Sheila Eisenberg of West Bloomfield;
daughters and sons-in-law, Tracy and
Gary Naftaly of West Bloomfield, Lorey
and Steven Zlotnick of Los Angeles,
Marcy and Alan Newman of West
Bloomfield; brother and sister-in-law,
Mel and Betty Eisenberg of Southfield;
sister and brother-in-law, Ilene and Jerry
Blaz of West Bloomfield; grandchildren,
Jessica Naftaly, Ashley Naftaly, Brendan
Newman, Courtney Newman, Asher
Zlotnick and Jonah Zlotnick; many lov-
ing nieces, nephews and other family
members.
Contributions may be made to the
American Cancer Society Dream Team-
Relay for Life, the Children's Leukemia
and Lymphoma Foundation or a charity
of one's choice. Interment at the Temple
Israel Gardens of Beth El Memorial Park
Cemetery in Livonia. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.
BEATRICE "JAFFIN"
FAITLER, 88, of
Farmington Hills, died
May 14, 2011.
She was a longtime
member of B'nai B'rith
and ORT.
Mrs. Faitler is sur-
Faitler
vived by her sister
and brothers-in-law, Millie and Morton
Feldman, Sidney Weingarden; grand-
son, Matthew and Brooke Weingarden;
great-granddaughter, Maya Weingarden;
sisters-in-law, Frances Rott, Fern Rott;
stepdaughter, Janet Simic; stepgrandchil-
dren, Adrienne Simic, Liz Simic; many
loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces,
great-nephews, cousins and friends.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Arthur Jaffin and the late Sam Faitler;
loving mother of the late Dr. Alvin Jaffin
and the late Meryl Weingarden; dear
sister of the late Martin Rott and the late
David Rott.
Contributions may be made to a char-
ity of one's choice. Interment at Beth
Yehudah Cemetery in Clinton Township.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.
GAIL SUSAN (BLAUER) FORD, 61, for-
merly of Oak Park of Canyon Lake, Texas,
died Feb. 10, 2011.
She is survived by her husband, Britt
Ford; son, Jeremy Alan Mills; parents,
Klara Blauer and Marvin Spinner of Boca
Raton, Fla.; brothers, Howard Blauer of
Port Richey, Fla., Steven Blauer of Canyon
Lake; aunts and uncle, Pauline and
Bernard Silberman of Chicago, Bertha
Sonshine of West Bloomfield; the Ford
family in Texas; many cousins from the
Blauer, Silberman, Sklare and Sonshine
families.
THELMA (MEYER) ROM GILBERT,
21/2 months shy of her 100th birthday, of
Tempe, Ariz., formerly of Laguna Hills
and Detroit, died May 15, 2011.
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She was the beloved mother of
Reverend Shiko (Judy) Rom, the late M.
Martin Rom (Barbara) and Roz Wattel
(Bob); cherished grandmother and great-
grandmother; beloved aunt and great-
aunt.
She was the beloved wife of the late Dr.
Jack Rom and the late Jack Gilbert; dear
sister of the late Ada (Todd) Waterman.
Plant a tree in Israel to honor her memo-
ry or make a contribution to a charity of
your choice.
LOUISE "LIBBY" GOLDMAN, 87, of
West Bloomfield, formerly of Waban and
Brookline, Mass., died May 13, 2011.
She is survived by her sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Paul and Cindy Goldman
of West Bloomfield, Richard and Lynn
Goldman of Honokaa, Hawaii; brother
and sister-in-law, Lester and Irene Hahn
of Delray; sister, Marilyn Skolnick of
Florida; grandchildren, Joshua Ben
Goldman, Jeremy Zack Goldman; great-
grandchild, Zachary Ryan; many other
loving family members and friends.
Mrs. Goldman was the beloved wife
for more than 55 years of the late Albert
A. Goldman; daughter of the late Morris
and the late Sarah Hahn.
Contributions may be made to the
Multiple Sclerosis Society or a char-
ity of one's choice. Interment at Sharon
Memorial Park in Massachusetts.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
MARIE LOUISE
GOLDSTEIN, 65, of
Beverly Hills, died May
13, 2011.
She was a legal sec-
retary.
Mrs. Goldstein is sur-
vived by her husband,
Goldstein
Melvyn S. Goldstein;
daughters, Jodi Burke
of Berkley, Mindy Goldstein of Chicago
and Amy Goldstein of Houston; son, Ari
Goldstein of Bloomfield Hills; grand-
daughter, Molly Goldstein; brother and
sister-in-law, Jim and Kristy Harlan of
California; brother-in-law and sister-in-
law, Mark and Cynthia Goldstein.
She was the beloved daughter of the
late Sadie Boldes; stepdaughter of the
late Max Boldes; loving daughter-in-law
of the late Ben and the late Rebecca Irma
Goldstein.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Lung
Cancer Alliance, P.O. Box 630972,
Baltimore, MD 21263-0972, www.
lungcanceralliance.org ; Birmingham-
Bloomfield Chai Center, P.O. Box 1894,
Birmingham, MI 48012; or Hospice of
Michigan, 400 Mack Avenue, Detroit, MI
48201, www.hom.org . Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
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