Y OU ’ VE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED
EACH OTHER ’ S NEEDS .

stocks and business with the men
during dinner at the Great Lakes
Club. Copies of the Wall Street
Journal and Barron’s were fixtures
on her kitchen table.
She enjoyed playing bridge and
mah jong and had an incompa-
rable sweet tooth, never refusing
a treat, especially if it contained
chocolate. She was fiercely inde-
pendent, living alone until age 99
after Robert died in 1998.

DEVOTION TO FAMILY
When her grandson Andrew, who
lives in Chicago, visited Metro
Detroit, seeing his “Nana” was the
highlight of the trip.
“She would listen to every word
and every story I had with a big
smile on her face, hanging on
every detail,” said Andrew, speak-
ing at the funeral service. “She
never once seemed disinterested
or wanted to talk about herself. It
was like I was the only person in
the world to her. She made every-
one feel that they were so special.”
Steven and Sally remember
their mother’s devotion to the
family, which was her highest pri-
ority. On rainy days, Eleanor could
be found waiting outside her chil-
dren’s school, umbrella in hand, to
make sure their three-block walk
home was safe and dry.
“She was the most wonderful
loving mother anyone could have,”
said Sally. “We always came first,
before her own needs. She would
drop anything to help us.”
Eleanor Sloman is survived by
her cherished children, Steven
(Margaret) Sloman and Sally
(the late Frederick) Marx; loving
grandchildren, Celeste Sloman,
Spyder-Ryder Sloman, Schuyler
Sloman, Julie Sloman Marx,
Andrew Sloman (Abbye) Marx,
Carolyn Sloman Marx (fiance Alex
Carravallah) and Scott Edward
Marx; great-grandson, Franklin
Ryan Marx.
She was the beloved wife of
the late Robert A. Sloman; dear
sister of the late Adele (the late
Dr. Nathan) Schlafer and the
late Corinne (the late Anthony)
Marlowe.
Interment was at Beth El
Memorial Park. Contributions
may be made to Temple Beth
El, Frederick H. Marx Memorial
Fund, 7400 Telegraph Road,
Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48301, (248)
851-1100, www.tbeonline.org/
donate-sp-741. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

By now, you know each other so well you feel you’re
part of each other (and you are). You know exactly
what each other is thinking before it’s said.

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