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LORIS GRUNDFEST BIRNKRANT, 92,
of Birmingham, died July 30, 2011.
She is survived by her husband,
Theodore D. Birnkrant; daughters and
sons-in-law, Janet and Ellsworth Levine
of Huntington Woods, Sally and Richard
A. Meyers of Florida; son, Don Birnkrant
of Colorado; sister, Janet Mayersohn of
Arkansas; grandchildren, Sarah and
Jonathan Jacobs, Sam Levine and Laurie
Blitzer; great-grandchildren, Jane, Kate
and Thea Jacobs, Jordana, Josh and Aerin
Levine; many other loving relatives and
her beloved Southern family.
Contributions may be made to
Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of
Southern Jewish Life, P.O. Box 16528,
Jackson, MS 39236, www.
isjl.org/contribute/donate/index.html;
Interlochen Center for the Arts, 4000
Highway M-137, P.O. Box 199, Interlochen,
MI 49643, www.interlochen.org ; or
Birnkrant Great-Grandchildren's Fund
within the Stratford Festival's Michigan
Outreach Fund, Stratford Shakespearean
Festival, 55 Queen Street, Box 520,
Stratford, Ontario N5A 6V2, attn: Carhy
Kemp, Program Administrator — checks
should be made payable to the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival of America.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
MURRAY LEONARD
BLUM, 62, of Pontiac,
died July 31, 2011.
He was an attorney,
practicing in Oakland
County.
Mr. Blum is sur-
vived by his daughter,
Blum
Rachael Blum; sisters
and brothers-in-law,
Gaye and Martin Smith and Sandra and
Carl Botvinick; many nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Mr. Blum was the adored son of the late
Ruth and the late Simon Blum.
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to a char-
ity of one' s choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
MICHAEL P. COHEN, former Detroiter
of Atlanta, Ga., died July 30, 2011.
When he was growing up, his family
were active, founding members of Adat
Shalom Synagogue. Mr. Cohen graduated
from Wayne State University and earned a
master of social work from the University
of Michigan. He and his wife, Stephanie
(Shapiro), who predeceased him, resided
in the Chicago area for many years, where
he was a social worker and administrator
for Family Service and Mental Center of
South Cook County.
The Cohens lived in Syracuse, N.Y., and
San Antonio, Texas, between 1989 and
1998, where Mr. Cohen was the director of
Syracuse Jewish Family Service and Jewish
Family Service of San Antonio. In 1998,
the Cohens moved to Atlanta to live closer
to their children.
Mr. Cohen worked for the State of
Georgia's Division of Family & Children
Services from 1998 to 2006 and headed
the Friends of Kids in Foster Care pro-
gram.
He is survived by his daughter and
son-in-law, Miriam and Michael Salpeter;
son and daughter-in-law, David and Tracy
Cohen; grandchildren Daniel, Benjamin,
and Nathan Salpeter and Hannah and
Carson Cohen, all of Atlanta; brother and
sister-in-law, Sheldon Cohen and Mary
Miller of Pittsburgh, Pa.; niece, Choi
Palms-Cohen of Detroit.
Mr. Cohen was predeceased by his
parents, Ruth and Harry Cohen; brothers,
David Cohen, Bruce Cohen.
Contributions may be made to Jewish
Family & Career Services of Atlanta, 4549
Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA
30338. Arrangements by Dressler's Jewish
Funeral Care in Atlanta.
STUART FREEDMAN, 73, of West
Bloomfield, died July 27, 2011.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Paulette Freedman of West Bloomfield;
daughter, Amy Freedman of Farmington
Hills; son and daughter-in-law, Robert
and Jean Freedman of Beverly Hills;
brother and sister-in-law, Gerald and Carol
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Council of Jewish Women. Interment at
the Beth El Memorial Park Cemetery.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
HONEY FRIEDMAN,
76, of West Bloomfield,
died July 27, 2011.
She is survived by
her beloved husband,
Irving Friedman of West
Bloomfield; son, Marc
Friedman of Stamford,
Friedman
Conn.; daughter and
son-in-law, Donna and Stuart Wise of
West Bloomfield; sister and brother-in-
law, Bev and Danny Cannold of Rye, N.Y.;
sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Roz
and Morrie Rubin and Annette Friedman;
grandchildren, Haley and Madeline; many
loving nieces, nephews and other family
members and friends.
Mrs. Friedman was the loving sister-in-
law of the late Dr. Lee Friedman.
Contributions may be made to the
Honey Friedman School in care of buildOn
in Stamford, Conn., or to the Send a Kid
to Tamarack Fund at Camp Tamarack.
Interment was held at the Beth El
Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements
by Dorfman Chapel.
LEAH HALLER, 83, of Farmington Hills,
died July 28, 2011.
She is survived by her sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Richard and Nancy Haller of
Pensacola, Fla., Gary and Leslie Haller
of Whitmore Lake; grandchildren, Vicki
(David) Graff, Rachel, Noah, Ryan and
Lindsey Haller; great-grandson, Abraham
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FLORENCE MALACH, 87, of Scottsdale,
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2011.
She is survived by her beloved hus-
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sons, Leonard and Kenneth (Sharon);
daughter, Dena (Robert) Oppenheim;
grandchildren, Shane Malach, Michael
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OREN LEWIS, 42, of Southfield, died
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He is survived by his mother, Shiela
Lewis; brother, Michael Lewis; nieces,
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LOIS LEVINSON, 90, of Sarasota, Fla.,
died July 23, 2011.
She was a social worker with the
University of Michigan Health Services.
Mrs. Levinson is survived by her
daughters and sons-in-law, Janet
Levinson and Stephen Smith of
Massachusetts and Judith and Virgil
Rockwell of Saline; grandchildren,
Matthew Rockwell, Richard and Patricia
Rockwell, Daniel Smith and Anna Smith;
great-grandchild, Aiden Rockwell.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Professor Harold M. Levinson; the lov-
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Levinson; the dear sister of the late
Nathan Shapiro.
Interment at Arborcrest Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the Jewish
Housing Council Foundation, 1951 N.
Honore Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34235.
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