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ROSLYN KAHN STEMPEL,
90, formerly of Detroit, passed
away peacefully, in the compa-
ny of her loving children Feb.
12, 2013, in Evanston, Ill.
She was the loving mother
of Laura, Bill (the late Ann
Lindbeck) and Jan Stempel
(Ross Patronsky); grandmoth-
er of Adam Lindbeck Stempel,
Daniel Stempel Patronsky and
Ariana Buckingham Patronsky
Stempel; sister of Elizabeth
Freund.
She was the devoted wife of
the late Edward M. Stempel.
Services were private.
Contributions may be made to
the League of Women Voters,
www.lwv.org, (847) 866-7844;
or National Council of Jewish
Women, www.ncjw.org , (202)
296- 2588. Arrangements by
Cremation Society of Illinois,
(773) 281-5058, or www.
cremation-society.com .
ELIAHOU
ZWI WEISS,
83, of
Huntington
Woods, died
Feb. 12, 2013.
He is
survived by
Weiss
his son, Dr.
Dean Hillel Weiss of Topanga,
Calif.; daughter and son-in-law,
Marla and Michael Jacobs of
Huntington Woods; sister-in-law,
Annette Whitehead; grandchil-
dren, Hannah, Noah, Raynah;
many loving nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Mr. Weiss was the dear brother
and brother-in-law of the late
Jacob Whitehead; the late Edna
and the late Motke Shafer, the
late Gitza Berman.
Contributions may be made to
a charity of one's choice. Services
and interment were held at
Beth Tefilo Emanuel Cemetery
in Ferndale. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Iconic Israeli Singer
Ynet and JPost
Kraus became a member of the High Windows
rock group and the Lul group of singers and musi-
usician Shmulik Kraus died on Feb. 17,
cians. He released several solo albums and received
2013, in Tel Aviv. Kraus, 77, was admit-
the Minister of Education and Culture Award for
ted to the hospital 10 days earlier, having
Life Achievement in 2006.
been diagnosed with swine
Alongside his musical career and
flu. He is survived by his part-
contribution to the Israeli rock scene,
ner and three children.
Kraus had a history of violence and
Kraus was hospitalized in
was even hospitalized several times at
serious but stable condition
the Abarbanel mental hospital.
Yankele Rotblit, a friend for four
and was treated at the hos-
pital's intensive care unit. In
decades, was the only person to eulo-
recent years, he had suffered
gize Kraus at his gravesite on Feb. 18.
from poor health and was
When asked what impact his friend
confined to a wheelchair.
had on Israeli culture, Rotblit men-
Kraus was born in
tioned that astronaut Ilan Ramon had
Jerusalem in July 1935. He
decided to play Kraus' song "Hatishma
Kraus with former wife and
began his musical career
Koli" as he orbited Earth on the ill-
musical partner, Jo sie Katz
in the 1950s alongside Avi
fated Columbia space shuttle in 2003.
Actor Shlomo Vishinsky, Kraus'
Ofarim; and in the 1960s, he
commander during the Six-Day War,
met his future wife and musi-
cal partner, Josie Katz. Kraus and Katz moved to
said "every young person who plays music has
New York for a few years and later divorced while
Shmulik's tunes in his head. He brought us all
Kraus continued with his musical career and made
types of things that weren't in Israel before, that
a foray into feature films.
weren't part of our music."
"Thank you so much for your
care and attention. You struck
just the right tone in helping us
and we now consider you a
friend."
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