DOROTHY PAUL, 87, of West Bloomfield,

died April 14, 2012.
She is survived by her beloved husband,
Alexander E. Paul of West Bloomfield;
daughters and sons-in-law, Alexandra and
Dr. Michael Treblin of West Bloomfield,
Deborah Orenstein of Thornhill, Ontario,
Miriam and John Abel of Smiths Station,
Ala.; sister, Clara Barenholtz of West
Bloomfield; grandchildren, Elizabeth
Treblin, Randall Orenstein, Stephen Kalish,
Rebecca Treblin, Jennifer Orenstein and
Andrew Kalish; great-grandchild, Leila.
Contributions may be made to a charity
of one's choice. Interment took place at the
Lone Pine Cemetery in West Bloomfield.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

MIMI ROBBINS,

passed away peacefully
in Canton, Mass., on
April 11, 2012, a few
months short of her
100th birthday.
Born in Verhoevka
(Ukraine) in 1912,
one of five children,
she survived, at age 3, the death of her
mother and oldest sister, witnessed brutal
pogroms on a regular basis, managed an

escape from the Cossacks and a harrow-
ing trip across Europe with her siblings,
finally joining their father in Kansas City
in 1921 after eight years of separation.
Mimi, her father and three of her sib-
lings lived in Kansas City a couple of years
before putting down roots in Detroit,
when the fiance of her older sister Gladys
came to Michigan after immigrating from
Canada.
Mimi was ambitious and valued edu-
cation from an early age. She graduated'
from Wayne University with a degree in
library science and did graduate work at
Columbia University Teachers College in
New York.
During the years that followed her
1934 marriage to Arthur Robbins, Mimi
taught in the Detroit Public Schools sys-
tem and went on to become a librarian in
a Southfield school. She was also known
as a political activist, book reviewer and
first-rate party giver.
Mimi's husband Arthur died in 1975,
and she had two subsequent marriages, to
Samuel Simmer and Morris Zelenko, both
of Detroit.
In 1997, Mimi moved to Orchard Cove,
a retirement community in Canton,
Mass., to be closer to her daughters,

Alice Isenberg of Boston and Martha
Friedricks-Glass of New York, and their
husbands, all of whom survive her.
Additionally, she is survived by two grand-
children and six great-grandchildren. Her
beloved third grandchild, Dr. Bess Emily
Jelin, died in 1995.
Mimi will be remembered by all who
have known her as a vivacious, warm and
irrepressible woman.
Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to American
Technion Society, 30230 Orchard Lake
Road, #155, Farmington Hills, MI 48334,
www.ats.org ; or a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

PHYLLIS LEE
ROBINSON, 83, of

Southfield, died April 11,
2012.
She is survived by her
husband, Bud Robinson;
son and daughter-in-
law, Donald and Ellyn
Robinson
Robinson of Chicago, Ill.;
daughters and sons-in-
law, Amy and Richard Hanney of Munith,
Mich., and Cynthia and Michael Wilson
of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Jessica and

Kyle Hanney and Thomas Asher Wilson;
great-granddaughter, Cameryn Hanney;
brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Berol
and Shirley Robinson, and Davida Gale.
Mrs. Robinson was the devoted daugh-
ter of the late Boris Ash and the late Edith
Baker.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic
Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, www.
cancer.org; or a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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