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ELEANOR (LEVINE) SELIK of Aventura,
Fla., died at her home March 5, 2014.
She was born in Detroit Nov. 26, 1924,
to Alex and Lena Levine and grew up with
her brother Maury Levine. She attended
and graduated from Central High School
in Detroit. She married Alex Kasmer, and
they had three children, raising them
in Southfield. She was later married to
Norman Selik, living in Michigan and
retiring to South Florida.
She was a longtime member of
Hadassah and the David-Horodok
Organization. She loved her family dearly.
Mrs. Selik is survived by her children,
Russell (Judy) Kasmer of West Palm
Beach, Fla., and Carol (Bruce) Irving
of Escanaba, Mich.; stepson, Richard
(Arlene) Selik of Huntington Woods;
daughter-in-law, Cathy Cooper of
Bozeman, Mont.; seven grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her par-
ents and brother; husbands, Alex Kasmer
and Norman Selik; and her son, Robert
Kasmer.
Services were held at and arranged
by Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapel in
Florida, 305-932-2700.

DR. MILTON S.
SOLOMON, 88, of
Southfield, died March
4, 2014.
A World War II Army
corporal, he received a
B.A. from Wayne State,
an M.A. from Michigan
Solomon
State and a Ph.D. from
the University of Michigan. He became the
chief psychologist at Northville Psychiatric
Hospital.
He was also a consultant to Livonia
Police Department, a lecturer at the
University of Michigan, an instructor at
Wayne State, among other responsibilities.
Dr. Solomon also became a therapist and
clinical psychologist for the Wayne County
Juvenile Court. He was a member of the
American Psychological Association and
an alumni of AEPi fraternity.
Dr. Solomon is survived by his wife of
64 years, Priscilla Solomon; children, Dr.
Mitchell and Jill Solomon of Farmington
Hills, Steven and Ivy Solomon of Oak
Park, Susan Solomon of Southfield, Ken
Solomon of Pacifica, Calif.; grandchildren,
Rachel Solomon, Jordan Solomon, Noah
and Kelly Solomon, Tamar Solomon,
Dylan and Stephanie Henry, Christopher

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and Jen Foin; great-grandchild, Gemma
Foin; niece, Sherry and Ron Tipton.
He was the dear brother and brother-in-
law of the late Mickey and the late Myra
Solomon.
Contributions may be made to American
Diabetes Association, 30300 Telegraph,
#105, Bingham Farms, MI 48025. Interment
was held at Machpelah Cemetery.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

Correction
• The obituary for Marcy Bletstein (Feb. 27)
should have indicated that she is survived
by devoted nieces and nephews, Russell,
Zachary, Rebecca, Allison, Ryan, Cayla.

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Shoah Survivor Dies; Was To
Testify Against Railroad Firm
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Leo Bretholz,
who had escaped from a train transporting
him to a Nazi death camp, died before he
was to testify on behalf of a Maryland bill
making railroad firms accountable for their
actions during the Holocaust. Bretholz, 93,
of Baltimore, died on March 8, 2014.
He was to testify March 10 before a
Maryland committee considering legisla-
tion to prevent companies from winning
tax-funded rail projects until they were
held accountable and paid reparations to
those who were forced onto the cattle cars.
Bretholz was a young boy on one of
the deportation trains run by SNCF, the
French-owned railroad company, when he
and another boy began filing at the bars
that covered the train's windows. Bretholz
wrote a book, Leap Into Darkness: Seven
Years on the Run in Wartime Europe.
"To know Leo was to love him and
respect him, and our work to ensure justice
for him and the thousands of other SNCF
victims will continue in his memory"
according to a statement issued from
the Ad Hoc Coalition for Holocaust Rail
Justice.

For a related editorial, see page 44.