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SYLVIA SWARIN,
97, of Farmington
Hills, died Aug. 8,
2014.
She is survived by
her son and daughter-
in-law, Dr. Michael
and Marlene Swarin
Swarin
of Farmington Hills;
daughter and son-in-law, Shelley and
Howard Jacobs of West Bloomfield;
grandchildren, Randi and Patrick Langan,
Deborah and Dr. William Boudouris,
Elise and Randy Otis, Matthew Swarin,
Dayna and Jason Gueresso, Traci and
Kevin Kellman; great-grandchildren,
Patrick Langan, Nicole Langan, Gabrielle
Langan, Samantha Boudouris, Harrison
Boudouris, Ean Otis, Ryan Otis, Jessica
Otis, Zoe Kellman, Mya Kellman, Nahan
Gueresso and Noylan Gueresso; loving
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Swarin was the beloved wife of
the late Philip Swarin.
Interment was at Hebrew Memorial
Park Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to Bear Hug Foundation, 139 W.
Maple Road, Birmingham, MI 48009;
or Variety Children's Charity, 600 S.
Adams, #230, Birmingham, MI 48009.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

Van Eaton

ADAM VAN EATON,
31, of Pompano
Beach, Fla., formerly
of West Bloomfield,
died Aug. 7, 2014, fol-
lowing a brave fight
with brain cancer.
He was a real estate
broker in the South

Florida area.
He is survived by his wife, Jenna
DeBrino; his father, Dr. James Van Eaton
and Barbara Van Eaton; his mother,
Debbie Elder and Leonard Elder; step-
brother, Ben Elder, and his fiancee,
Maria Lentz; grandfather, Clifford Van
Eaton and Mary Van Eaton; grandfather,
Dr. Samuel Millstone; uncles, Cliff Van
Eaton, Steven Helfman; aunts, Bonnie
Bill, Ilona Helfman; aunt and uncle,
Peggy and Mark Seymour; uncles and
aunts, Danny and Stephanie Millstone,
Glenn and Leslie Millstone, Steve and
Maurine Millstone; many cousins; loving
friends too numerous to mention.
He was the grandson of the late
Muriel Van Eaton and the late Agnes
Helfman.
Contributions may be made to the
American Brain Tumor Association or to
a charity of one's choice. Local arrange-
ments by Dorfman Chapel.

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Obituaries

Renowned Psychiatrist

E

manuel "Emek" Tanay, M.D.,
became a tireless defender for the rights of
86, who lent his expertise as an
Holocaust survivors.
expert witness in thousands of
A practicing psychiatrist and psychother-
court cases — including those of such
apist for several decades, Dr. Tanay joined
well-known defendants as Lee
the psychiatric practice of James
Harvey Oswald's killer, Jack Ruby;
Graves, M.D., in Grosse Pointe in
serial killer Theodore "Ted" Bundy;
1958, and later practiced out of an
office in Detroit's Fisher Building.
and accused wife-killer Dr. Sam
Sheppard — died peacefully on
He was a frequent guest of WJR
Aug. 5, 2014. The cause of death
radio personality J.P. McCarthy. Dr.
was metastatic prostate cancer.
Tanay was a founding member and
Dr. Tanay, a distinguished
past president of the Grosse Pointe
r
Fellow of the Academy of Forensic
Jewish Council.
Dr. Em anuel
Sciences and the American
Survivors include his wife
Tanay
Psychiatric Association, was also a
of 44 years, Sandra; their son,
champion of those suffering from
David; Dr. Tanay's daughters,
Elaine and Anita from an earlier marriage
psychic trauma and post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). He was among those
to Antoinette Hectkoph; grandchildren,
who successfully lobbied the American
Aaron, Sara and Jeremy Hersh, and Rachel,
Psychiatric Association to recognize PTSD
James and Catherine Tanay; niece, Danita
as a diagnosable and treatable medical con-
Needleman of Sydney, Australia. Dr. Tanay's
dition.
daughter-in-law and sons-in-law are Stacey
Tanay, Stephen Hersh and Brian Meleski.
Dr. Tanay's expertise in the area of psy-
chic trauma was a direct result of his own
Visitation will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept.
13, at Nie Family Funeral Home, Liberty
personal experiences. As a teenager, he sur-
vived the Holocaust in Poland and Hungary
Road Chapel, 3767 W. Liberty Road, Ann
by hiding and living on false papers to
Arbor. A memorial service will follow at
conceal that he was a Jew. After the war, he
noon.

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