obituaries
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H. ROBERT FARRAH, 81, of Beverly
Hills, died Jan. 14, 2015.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Deanna Farrah; daughters and sons-
in-law, Rebecca and Steve Cole of West
Bloomfield, Wendy and David Ramirez
of Dexter; son and daughter-in-law,
Jeffrey and Kelly Farrah of Ferndale;
brother and sister-in-law, Morton and
Lois Farrah of Highland Park, N.J.;
grandchildren, Kevin, Adam, Jaclyn and
Daniel Cole, Sean and Chloe Farrah.
Interment was held at the Beth El
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to the Lewy
Body Dementia Association, to the
Society for Humanistic Judaism or to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.
EDWARD GLUKLICK,
93, of Southfield, died
Jan. 2, 2015.
He was born in
Toronto, Ontario, Oct.
23, 1921, and came to
Detroit as a young boy
with his parents and
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nine siblings.
Mr. Gluklick attended
Cass Technical High
School as a music major and became the
first member of his family to graduate
from high school.
During World War II, he was a B-24
pilot flying from the North African
and Italian theaters. After the war,
he returned to Detroit, where he met
Shirley, his wife to be, and entered the
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Maier Chaim Soloveichik
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Esther Wetstein
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building business, which led to a long
career as a commercial contractor and
later a surety consultant for the industry.
He spent many hours composing
music for the piano, some of which was
produced and recorded in the 1990s. Mr.
Gluklick was a prolific writer of trade
publications and construction semi-
nars. A true renaissance man, he acted
in the movie Grand Torino, starring
Clint Eastwood, who directed the movie
filmed in Detroit. Mr. Gluklick, along
with his wife, traveled the four corners
of the world and had many friends and
raised three children.
He is survived by his wife of 69 years,
Shirley Gluklick; son and daughter-in-
law, Peter Gluklick and Helen Ross of
Huntington Woods; daughter and son-
in-law, Karen Gluklick Braun Moore and
Patrick Moore of Franklin; grandchil-
dren, Helios Tenaglia, Lauren, Leah and
Alex Braun, Corinne, Chloe and Cole
Gluklick; sister, Freda Doroff, who is the
last surviving of the 10 siblings.
Mr. Gluklick was the devoted father
of the late Daniel Gluklick; the loving
father-in-law of the late Jeanine Gluklick
and the late Robert Braun; the beloved
son of the late Samuel and the late Annie
Gluklick.
On Saturday, Jan. 24, the family will
have an open house at Karen's residence,
32475 Scottsdale Road, Franklin, begin-
ning at 5 p.m.; a memorial service will
be at 6:30 p.m. with a concert of his
music afterward. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
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David Ordin
Abraham Schloss
Morris Schwartz
Yisroel Yampolsky
8 Shevat Jan. 28, 2015
Louis Blotnick
Samuel Cobitz
Abraham Cohn
Bernard Cohn
Duba Denemark
Elizabeth Eizelman
Sam Leider
Sadie Mills
Samuel M. Reichstein
Alyce Rood
Robert Rosenberg
Milford Tachna
10 Shevat Jan. 30, 2015
Sarah Berent
Celia Borlack
Norman Cottler
Arthur Gamburd
Jack Geller
Eleanor Ralph
Louis Sherman
Charles Tukel
Rebecca Zussman
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Helen Rebecca Brainin
Edsel Meretsky
Mollie Morin
Carl Schram
Aaron Yagoda
Jacob Zucker
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Celia Fine
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Obituaries
A Warm, Caring Soul
S
ylvia Baum, who delighted in
caring for her family and help-
ing customers at Winkleman's
stores, died at home in Southfield on Jan.
14, 2015. She was 99, and the cause of her
death was Alzheimer's disease.
Sylvia, the youngest of seven siblings,
was the last member of a
generation that came from
Bialystock, Poland's once-
thriving Jewish community.
Her family spoke Yiddish
at home before immigrat-
ing to America in the early
20th century. Sylvia's father,
Avraham Epstein, arrived
in 1916 and was joined by
Sylvia Baum
his wife, Gela, the following
year.
Sylvia, who emigrated
through New York's Ellis Island in 1923 at
age 8, was the first of her siblings to gradu-
ate from an American high school. The
family settled in Sheepshead Bay, a work-
ing class Brooklyn neighborhood near
Brighton Beach, where her father worked
as a shammes (caretaker) in a nearby
synagogue and as a bookbinder of prayer
books.
At age 19, Sylvia's oldest sister, Freidel,
organized a shidduch (proposed marriage
arrangement) with a suitable prospect in
Bialystok. Sylvia returned to Europe after
high school in 1937 and married Leon
Baum, a skilled jeweler who learned the
diamond trade through an apprenticeship.
The wedding took place in Bialystok. Leon
joked that Sylvia's sister sent him a photo
of the actress Betty Grable with a note
that read "This is my sister!" The couple
soon returned to New York and settled in
Michigan within a year. Their marriage
lasted until his death in 1993.
Sylvia and Leon started their family in
the depths of the Great Depression in a
small flat on Tyler Street in Detroit. The
war in Europe was under way, and Poland
was overrun in 1939. Leon's siblings and
parents were lost, and Bialystok's Jewish
population never recovered. The experi-
ence left an indelible mark that affected
the couple's relationship with each other
and their lives in Metropolitan Detroit.
Leon steadily became more religious
as he built a diamond tool business that
tapped his skills as a trained jeweler.
He eventually opened a small factory in
Highland Park that sold diamond drills
and grinding wheels to Ford, General
Motors and Chrysler.
Sylvia's connection to Bialystok was per-
manently severed, and her focus became
a new existence in America that incorpo-
rated traditions and values from Jewish life
in Eastern Europe. She initially focused on
raising their three sons, Martin, Ronald
and Jack, and then pursued other interests
that used her instincts for helping others,
particularly in social settings.
Her seders and other holiday meals
were constant streams of dishes prepared
in accordance with traditional recipes. She
rarely sat down until dessert
and coffee were served.
Sylvia began to build
her own social network
at Na'amat USA (formerly
Pioneer Women), a philan-
thropic group that worked to
improve the lives of women,
children and families in
Israel.
When her children were
older, she found work at
Winkleman's, a women's retail
clothing chain started on Fort Street in
Detroit. She thrived for more than 20 years
in the fast-paced environment of holiday
sales and soon developed a loyal follow-
ing of middle-class clients. Other women
were drawn to her natural sales approach,
which was reassuring and highly ethical.
Shoppers were never asked to spend more
than they could afford.
In private, Sylvia described herself as
heimish, a common term for a warm,
down-to-earth person. In Sylvia's upbring-
ing, it was a proud distinction that denoted
dignity and stability. She knew exactly
who she was in life and what made her
happy. She also had a gift for making those
around her happy.
Sylvia Baum is survived by her three
sons and daughters-in-law, Martin and
Marcia of Detroit, Ronald and Gail of
Highland Park, Ill., Jack and Claire of
Birmingham; five grandchildren, Monica,
who is married to Craig Campbell,
Benjamin, Susan, Elizabeth and Eric; and
three great-grandchildren, Andrew, Hollis
and Henry; nieces and nephews; caregiv-
ers, Patience McGill, Elaine and Paris
Craighead.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Leon Baum; dear sister and sister-in-law
of the late Ralph and the late Margaret
Epstein, the late Zalman Epstein, the late
Esther and the late Benjamin Halpern, late
Freda and the late Max Levine, and the late
Golda Epstein.
Interment was at Nusach H'ari Cemetery
in Ferndale. Contributions may be made
to Na'amat USA, 21515 Vanowen St., Suite
102, Canoga Park, CA 91303, (844) 777-
5222, www.naamatorg; Congregation
T'chiyah, 15000 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, MI
48237, (248) 542-0900, www.tchiyah.org;
or a charity of one's choice. Arrangements
were by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
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