2800, www.cancer.med.umich.edu/giving/
index.shtml; or Cancer Patient Support
Services, Lutheran General Hospital, 1775
W. Dempster St., 9 South, Park Ridge, IL
60068, www.advocatehealth.com/givingat-
LutheranGeneralHospital. Arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
DR. SIDNEY
PRYSTOWKSY, 93, of
West Bloomfield, died
Jan. 12, 2012.
He practiced internal
medicine with specialties
in allergy and immunol-
ogy. In 2004, St. John
Prystowsky
Providence bestowed a
lifetime achievement award on him as a
beloved staff member and teacher.
Dr. Prystowksy was a graduate of the
College of Charleston and was captain
of the basketball team. He graduated in
1943 from the Medical University of South
Carolina and completed his residency
in internal medicine in Kings County
Brooklyn, N.Y., before returning to the
Medical University in South Carolina.
Dr. Prystowksy was an Army veteran
and captain in the medical unit during the
Korean conflict. A Fellow of the American
College of Physicians, he was board certi-
fied in internal medicine, allergy and
immunology. A beloved doctor throughout
the St. John Providence system, he was
known as a "doctor's doctor:'
Dr. Prystowksy is survived by his sons,
Alan Pryor and David Pryor; daughter,
Susan Trigger; eight grandchildren.
He was the beloved husband of the late
Grace Prystowksy.
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to St. John
Providence Health System Foundations,
P.O. Box 67371, Detroit, MI 48267, www.
st.johnprovidence.org/foundation;
Alzheimer's Association, Detroit Area
Chapter, 20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite
100, Southfield, MI 48076, www.alzgmc.
org; or to a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
Resnick
MICHAEL RESNICK,
61, of Boynton Beach,
Fla., formerly of Costa
Mesa, Calif., and Detroit,
died Dec. 29, 2011.
He was an extremely
talented artist. He turned
his artistic talent to Web
design later in life.
Mr. Resnick is survived by his wife,
Ginger Concepcion; his children, Josh
and Krysten; his mother, Rose (Cohen)
Resnick; his brothers, Donald (Sheron)
Resnick and Jeffrey (Carol) Resnick.
He was the son of the late Edward
Resnick.
Contributions may be made to the
Detroit Institute of Arts (www.dia.org ),
where he won his first award at age 10.
ALBERT STEIN, 90, of
West Bloomfied, died
Jan. 12, 2012.
He is survived by his
beloved wife, Ida Stein of
West Bloomfield; son and
daughter-in-law, Bruce
and Lesli Stein of Agoura
Stein
Hills, Calif.; daughters
and sons-in-law, Debbi and Harvey Stybel
of West Bloomfield, Marla and Robert
Green of Agoura Hills, Lynda and Mark
Namba of Sandy, Utah; grandchildren,
Jeremy (Abby) Stybel, Alyssa Stybel, Ryan
(Kristina) Stybel, Zach Stein, Allison Stein,
Kyle Green, Dana Green, Adam Namba and
Max Namba; great-grandchildren, Ella,
Landon and Corey; many other loling fam-
ily members and friends.
Mr. Stein was the brother of the late
Sylvia Block and the late Benny Stein.
Contributions may be made to
Hospice of Michigan or to the Hechtman
Apartments of Jewish Senior Life.
Interment took place at the B'nai Israel
Cemetery in Novi. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.
JOAN TAPPER, 81, of West Bloomfield,
died Jan. 12, 2012.
She is survived by her daughter and
son-in-law, Beverly and Lane Taborsky
of Lansing; son, Steven Tapper; grand-
children, Jillian Elle Taborsky, Noah Ian
Taborsky and Maxwell Hale Taborsky; sis-
ter, Doris Dworkin; sister-in-law, Thelma
Hecht; loving nieces and nephews.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Julius Tapper.
Interment was held at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park. Contributions may be
made to Sparrow Hospital, Cerebral Palsy
Research, 1215 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing,
MI 48912, www.sparrow.org/donations;
American Diabetes Association, 30300
Telegraph Road, Suite 105, Bingham
Farms, MI 48025, www.diabetes.org ; or a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
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