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FRED SHERMAN, 81,
of Peachtree City, Ga.,
died Dec. 10, 2015.
He is survived by
his wife of 61 years,
Frieda Sherman; sons
and daughters-in-law,
Mark and Bonnie
Sherman
Sherman, Bernard
Sherman, Larry
Sherman, Howard and Ruth Sherman;
daughter and son-in-law, Marlene and
Scott Nyquist; grandchildren, Alan
Rudder, Joshua and Michelle Sherman,
Randi Sherman, Leonard and Amanda
Sherman, Jack Sherman, Glen Sherman,
Roslynn Sherman, Andy Sherman,
Aaron Sherman, Leah Sherman, Megan
and Sean Morrison; great-grandchil-
dren, Miriam and Ariella Sherman,
Fiona Rudder, David and Alyssa
Sherman, Matthew Kravetzker and
Easton Morrison; nieces and nephew,
Deborah and Jim Ferrar, and Frances
Gendler; great-nephews, William and
Tyler Ferrar.
Interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may be made

to the Alzheimer's Association-Greater
Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph
Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033,
www.alz.org/gmc; American Heart
Association, 40 Oak Hollow, Suite 20,
Southfield, MI 48033, www.heart.org/
HEARTORG; or a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ERIC H. STEINER, 93,
of Southfield, died Dec.
10, 2015.
He is survived by
wife Susan's children,
Judy Trepeck and
Ronald Hahn, and
Christine Mortensen.
Steiner
He is also survived by
Norman Trepeck. He
was the loving Opa
of Zach and Nikki
Hahn, Julie Trepeck
Harris and Billy Harris,
Jennifer Trepeck,
Rachel Haber and her
fiance, Chris Todd, and
Elizabeth Tess Haber;
he is also survived by a great-grandson,

Ethan Stone Harris; nephew and niece,
Fred and Bryna Steiner.
Mr. Steiner was the beloved husband
of the late Susan Hahn Steiner.
Interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to Hospice of Michigan, 400 Mack
Ave., Detroit, MI 48201, www.hom.org;
Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield, MI 48323, www.
temple-israel.org; or Tamarack Camps,
6735 Telegraph Road, #380, Bloomfield
Hills, MI 48301, www.tamarackcamps.
corn. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

MICHAEL WIGLER,

75, of West Bloomfield,
died Dec. 7, 2015.
He was born in
1940 in Detroit. He
received a bachelor's
degree from University
of Michigan and a
Wigler
master's degree from
Wayne State University.
An artist and entrepreneur, Mr. Wigler
owned and operated a jewelry store and

design business for 50 years in suburban
Detroit.
He was a devoted grandfather, lov-
ing father, dear husband and perhaps
the silliest human being on the planet.
His joy for life, laughter and friendship
were wildly contagious. He loved to eat,
cook, eat, drink, eat and play cards with
his friends, many of whom had known
Michael since elementary school. He
will be deeply missed and forever loved
by all who knew him.
Mr. Wigler is survived by his wife,
Barbara Fink; sons and daughter-in-law,
David and Lori Wigler, and Dale Fink;
daughter and son-in-law, Amy Wigler
and Rabbi Michael Mellen; grandchil-
dren, Sean and Amanda Wigler, Jonah
and Ariana Mellen; brother, Jim Wigler.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to Multiple Sclerosis Society of
Michigan, 21311 Civic Center Drive,
Southfield, MI 48076, www.
nationalmssociety.org/mig; or a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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