in-law, Debra and Scott Burdman of San
Jose, Calif., Linda and Kevin Anderson
of Portage, Mich.; brother-in-law,
Andrew Ballantine; nieces and nephews,
Emily, Ben, Steven, Brian, Suzanne and
Elizabeth; great-niece and great-nephew,
Nolan, Adelyn; many other devoted fam-
ily members and friends.
Mr. Rosen was the loving son of the
late Irving Rosen; dear brother of the
late Barbara Rosen Ballantine.
Contributions may be made to
Hadassah, 5030 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield, MI 48323. Interment
was held at Machpelah Cemetery in
Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.

IRINA SCHECHTER,
93, of Petach Tikva,
Israel, died Jan. 31,
2016.
She was the beloved
mother of Nicolai
(Judith), Joseph (Tina)
and Alex (Cathy).
She was the proud grandmother of Lili
(Itsig), Dov (Moran), Haim (Nadia),
Karen (Carlo), Julie (Eric) and Kevin;
and the loving great-grandmother

of Shaked, Nofar, Bar, Dylan, Siena,
Guiliano and Simon; sister, Eva Cigle;
Mrs. Schechter was the wife of the late
Vilmos Schechter.

JOEL SILBER, 80, of
White Lake, died Jan.
30, 2016.
He is survived by his
wife of more than 50
years, Shirley Silber;
sons and daughters-in-
law, Darrell and Eyse
Silber
Silber of White Lake,
Bradly and Michelle
Silber of Commerce
Township, Steven Silber of Virginia;
daughter and son-in-law, Lezlie and
Robert Mostyn of Wixom; sister, Esther
Brodsky; grandchildren, Lindsay and
Brandon Achtman, Jessica Silber, Jaimee
Silber, Alexis Silber, Brandon Mostyn,
Ethan Mostyn, Shayla Mostyn; brother-
in-law and sister-in-law, Jerry and
Beverly Viedrah; nieces and nephews,
Pam and Hugh Roberts, Beth Viedrah,
Andrew Viedrah, Monique and Ken
Berman, Melissa and Mark Garland.
Mr. Silber was the brother-in-law of
the late Leon Brodsky.

Contributions may be made to Angela
Hospice Home Care, 14100 Newburgh
Road, Livonia, MI 48154; American
Cancer Society, West Bloomfield Relay
for Life, Attn: Team Esther, 20450 Civic
Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076.
Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.

Shapiro.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to Downtown Detroit Partnership,
Rachel Jacobs Fund, 600 Renaissance
Center, Suite 1740, Detroit, MI 48243,
www.crowdrise.com/
racheljacobsdetroitnation. Arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

J. SCOTT THOMAS,
60, of Farmington Hills,
died Jan. 25, 2016.
He is survived by his
wife of 36 years, Judith
Shapiro Thomas; nieces
and nephews, Michael
Thomas, Jessica
Thomas
Thomas, Bonnie Fogel,
Aaron and Jasmine
Shapiro, Phyllis Shapiro
and Don McNichol, and Matthew
Shapiro; great-nieces and great-neph-
ews, Mara, Collin and Jamie Shapiro;
brother, Mark S. Thomas; brother-in-law
and sister-in-law, Simcha and Phyllis
Shapiro.
Mr. Thomas was the loving brother-
in-law of the late Patricia Thomas, the
late Joel Shapiro and the late Lorraine

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