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HEATHER EILEEN
FISHER WELSH, 41, of
Sylvania, Ohio, formerly
of Oak Park, died May
27, 2012, after a coura-
geous 12-year battle
with breast cancer.
In her short 41 years,
Welsh
she was able to accom-
plish many things: She attended Eastern
Michigan University and was very active
in Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority. She was the
"CEO of the Welsh household;' an avid gar-
dener with an artistic flair, feisty spirit, a
lover of animals and a zest for life; she was
a warrior, fighter and leader who is fitting
of always being remembered on Memorial
Day weekend. She has been an inspiration
to all who knew her for her positive out-
look and loving heart.
Mrs. Welsh was the beloved wife of Greg;
devoted mother of Meagan, Shayna and
Carys; loving daughter of D.D. and Stephen
R. Fisher; cherished sister of Jeremy and
Isis Fisher; daughter-in-law of Joan G.
Welsh and William A. Welsh; dear niece of
Barbara and Norman Benjamin, Michael
and Lori Desmon; also remembered by
many loving cousins and friends.
A memorial service was held at
Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township.

Internment was at Toledo Memorial
Cemetery in Sylvania, Ohio. Contributions
may be made to the Heather Fisher Welsh
Memorial Fund, Jordan Smith, 30800
Telegraph Road, Suite 1726, Bingham
Farms, MI 48025.

EVELYN "EVIE" ROGOFF
WERTHMANN died in Mammoth
Springs, Calif., on March 11, 2012.
She moved from Detroit to Mammoth
Springs in 1998 with her husband, Paul
Werthmann. An outstanding cook and
baker, she operated a catering service.
Born in Detroit on Dec. 15, 1935, she
attended Hampton Elementary School and
Central and Mumford high schools, gradu-
ating in Mumford's first graduating class
in 1953.
She was a longtime member of Temple
Beth El. She attended U of M for three years.
Mrs. Werthmann is survived by her
husband; a daughter, Lisa Ruby of San
Diego, Calif.; a daughter, Diane Titche of
Grand Rapids; a son, Ronald Madison of
Westland; eight grandchildren; a brother,
Jerry of Waban, Mass.
She lost a daughter, Laura, in 2000.
Contributions may be made to Chamber
Music Unbound, P.O. Box 1219, Mammoth
Lakes, CA 93546.

Israeli Nazi Hunter
Found Eichmann

Alan D. Abbey
JTA

vi Aharoni, a member of the
Israeli spy team that captured
Nazi Adolph Eichmann in
Argentina in 1960 and then brought
him to Jerusalem for trial, died at 91
on May 19, 2012.
"I saw him about two o'clock in the
afternoon:' Aharoni wrote in his mem-
oir of the event, Operation Eichmann:
Pursuit and Capture. "I saw a man of
medium size and build, about 50 years
old, with a high forehead and partially
bald, collecting the washing." Aharoni
felt certain it was Eichmann.
Aharoni and other members of the
team feuded in the years afterward
over which of them was the most
responsible for the Nazi's capture, and
which of them received too much (or
not enough) credit. Virtually all agreed
that he was the first to spot Eichmann.
In a 2010 interview on the occasion
of the 50th anniversary of Eichmann's

capture, team
member
Rafael Eitan,
the opera-
tion's corn-
mander and Zvi Aharoni
later a promi-
nent Israeli politician said: "The greatest
contribution was by Zvi Aharoni. He
found Eichmann and infused us all with
the passion of the historic importance
of bringing him to trial ... He was the
one who was smart enough to find the
place where Eichmann was hiding."
Aharoni's son, Dr. Amram Aharoni,
said his father was also involved in
the identification of Nazi Dr. Josef
Mengele in the Brazilian jungles
and in the failed attempts to capture
him. Aharoni said his father "always
expressed remorse" about that.
Aharoni was born in Frankfurt,
Germany, in 1921, and immigrated
to Palestine as a child. He served in
the British Army and then joined the
Mossad, Israel's secret service. El

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