Artist Itzchak Tarkay

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orld-renowned Israeli artist
Itzchak Tarkay unexpectedly
died on Sunday, June 3, 2012,
while visiting Metropolitan Detroit.
The 77-year-old
Holocaust survivor was
the featured guest at a col- (73.
lector's event at The Henry ''
hotel in Dearborn hosted
by Park West Gallery of
Southfield, his exclusive
art dealer. The artist felt
ill Saturday evening and
was taken to Oakwood
Hospital in Dearborn
where he underwent
Itzchak Tarka
heart surgery. He died on
Sunday morning.
Mr. Tarkay, whose works are strik-
ingly colorful with fluid figures,
was recognized as a "leading rep-
resentative of a new generation of
figurative artists" and was inspired
by French Impressionism and Post-
Impressionism, according to his biogra-
phy on the Park West Gallery's website.
He was born in 1935 in Subotica on
the Yugoslav-Hungarian border. Mr.
Tarkay and his family were forced into
the Mathausen concentration camp in
Austria in 1944, until the Allied forces
freed the camp in 1945. He and his fam-
ily immigrated to Israel, and, in 1951,

LILLIAN FIXLER, 85,
of West Bloomfield,
died May 29, 2012.
She is survived by
her husband, Morris
Fixler; sons and
daughters-in-law,
Tom and Jan Fixler of
Commerce Township,
Jerry and Debbie
Fixler of White Lake;
daughter and son-in-
law, Diane and Ushie
HR U ST Selevan of Teaneck,
N.J.; grandchildren,
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Alissa Selevan, Ari
Selevan, Eitan Selevan,
Rafi Selevan, Jeff and Dita Fixler, Lisa
Fixler and fiance, Erik Sorenson, Alexis
Zimberg, Ashley Fixler; great-grandchil-
dren, Sela Fixler, Benjamin Fixler.
Contributions may be made to Jewish
Senior Life, Dorothy and Peter Brown
Center, Jewish Community Campus,
6720 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield,
MI 48322. Interment was at Hebrew
Memorial Park. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

he received a scholarship to attend the
Avni Art Academy, where he studied
under the artist Schwartzman and was
mentored by other prominent Israeli
artists of the time.
Working primarily
with paint, watercolors,
drawing and graphic art,
Mr. Tarkay made studies
of women and land-
scapes that exhibited the
influences of Lautrec and
Matisse in addition to his
Israeli roots.
Park West Gallery's
founder and CEO, Albert
Scaglione, said, "Tarkay
was a kind and sensitive
man, a loving father and a gifted and
talented artist who loved to paint and
constantly worked at his art.
"He left a very special mark in the
world of art by sharing his gifts with so
many. His imagery has become a part of
our public consciousness!"
Itzchak is survived by his sons Adi
and Itai and their families. Hebrew
Memorial Chapel in Oak Park arranged
for transfer of his body to Israel for
burial. 0

JN intern Marielle Temkin contributed to
this report.

DOROTHY BURSTEIN FRIEDMAN, of
West Bloomfield, died June 2, 2012.
She is survived by her beloved hus-
band, Leo Friedman; daughters and
sons-in-law, Susan and Murray Kahn,
Audrey Burstein and Mark Newvine, Sue
and David Hearshen; sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Gary and Jill Burstein, Danny
and Karen Friedman; brother and sister-
in-law, Martin and Sherry Altman; sister
and brother-in-law, Geraldine and Harold
Alden; grandchildren, Louis Burstein,
Adam Burstein, Bailey (Brian) Lambert,
Sharla Davis, David Kahn, Stephen Kahn
(fiancée, Katie Hollowell), Alexa Kahn,
Illana Hearshen, Laura Hearshen, Brian
Friedman, Brendan Friedman; great-
grandchildren, Destiny, Hailey, Summer,
Madison, Briley, Brynn, Blake; sisters-
in-law, Trudy Altman, Jennie Fried, Belle
Dubrinsky, Lorraine Lerner; many loving
nieces, nephews, other family members
and friends.
Mrs. Friedman was the beloved wife of
the late Albert Burstein; the sister of the
late Albert Altman.
Contributions may be made to ALS of
Michigan. Interment took place at the
Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

MARILYN
GOLDSMITH, 68, of
Bloomfield Hills, died
May 29, 2012.
She is survived by
her daughters and
sons-in-law, Halley and
Dr. Mark Uzansky of
Goldsmith
Bloomfield Hills, and
Julie and Bryan Smolinski of Bloomfield
Hills; grandchildren, Emily and Jessie
Uzansky, Ashtyn, Max, Joren and Rylan
Smolinski; brother and sister-in-law, Dr.
Jeffrey and Karen Kraft of Farmington
Hills; nieces and nephews, Dr. Aimee and
Dr. Matt Spatzner, Elissa and Chet Evans,
and Dr. Rachel Kraft and companion,
Pete Schram.
Mrs. Goldsmith was the former wife of
the late Jerald L. Goldsmith.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made to
LUNGevity Foundation, 435 N. LaSalle
Street, Suite 310, Chicago, IL 60610,
www.events.lungevity.org/goto/
marionrossman; Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, MI
48034, www.shaareyzedek.org ; or to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

FRANKA IGLEWICZ,
91, of Ann Arbor, died
May 22, 2012.
She is survived by her
daughter and son-in-
law, Natalie and Reed
Ho
UST
OR
Newland of Ann Arbor;
brother and sister-
in-law, Leon and Ava Maria Weintraub
of Stockholm, Sweden; sister and
brother-in-law, Lola and Mel Schwartz
of Scranton, Pa.; grandchildren, Edward
Leon Newland, Rosa Evelyn Newland;
loving nephews and nieces, Boris and
Raja Iglewicz, Abe and Esther Schwartz,
Ephraim Schwartz and family, Rivky
Schwartz, Gedalia Schwartz and family,
Gitty Golding and family, David and fam-
ily, Alana Lerner and family; and Gizmo.
Mrs. Iglewicz was the beloved wife of
the late Henry Iglewicz.
Contributions may be made to Yad
Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI
48072; Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills,
MI 48334; or to a charity of one's choice.
Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

Kunin

ESTHER M. (COHEN)
KUNIN, 94, died May
28, 2012, in Scottsdale,
Ariz., after a long strug-
gle with Alzheimer's.
She was born and
raised in Worcester,
Mass., the ninth of 10
children, and was the

Obituaries

last to survive. She spent her married
life in Detroit, where she worked with
her husband in his small manufactur-
ing business, which she continued to
run after his death. She then moved to
Scottsdale to be near her family. She con-
tinued to work in various retail jobs and
volunteered for many years for the Mesa
Public Schools, Scottsdale Healthcare
Osborn and Har Zion Congregation.
She was pre-deceased by her husband,
Lawrence (Larry) in 1970; they had met
at a USO dance before he was deployed to
the Pacific during World War II.
Mrs. Kunin is survived by her daugh-
ters, Shirley (Kunin) Stegman and Julia
(Kunin) Kelly; sons-in-law, Cary Jay
Stegman and Larry Patrick (Pat) Kelly;
grandchildren, Lauren Daniel Stegman
(Nicole) and Rachel Beth Stegman Ware
(John); great-grandchildren, Noah,
Jenna, Seth and Zev; nine nieces and
nephews and several "adopted" children
and grandchildren, who remember her
wonderful sense of fun and humor and
spot-on "imitations!'
Contributions may be made to the
Alzheimer's Association, 20300 Civic
Center Drive, #100, Southfield, MI 48076;
the USO, P.O. Box 96322, Washington,
DC 20090; or Har Zion Congregation of
Scottsdale, 6140 E. Thunderbird Road,
Scottsdale, AZ 85254. Interment was at
Hebrew Memorial Park, Pinsker Section.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

MANFRED LEHMAN,
91, of Oak Park, died
May 22, 2012.
He is survived by his
wife, Ruth Lehman;
daughters and sons-
in-law, Linda and
Ronald Cohen of West
Bloomfield, Karen and
Dennis Boren of West
Bloomfield; grand-
children, Nathan and
Samara Cohen, Adam
Cohen, Joshua Boren,
Michael Boren; great-
grandchildren, Blaine
Cohen, Aliyah Cohen;
stepchildren, stepgrandchildren and a
great-granddaughter, Dr. Bernard and
Vicki Levi, Betty and James Baker, Sara
and Tom Kelly, Noah Levi, Emily and Paul
Burkett, Molly Baker, Isabelle Kelly.
Mr. Lehman was the beloved husband
of the late Rose Lehman.
Contributions may be made to
Multiple Sclerosis Society, 21311 Civic
Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076;
Congregation Beth Shalom, 4601 Lincoln,
Oak Park, MI 48237; or to a charity of
one's choice. Interment was at Beth Tefilo
Cemetery in Ferndale. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

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