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Hebrew Memorial
Memorial Chapel
Chapel presents
Hebrew
presents the
the 6th
5th Annual
Annual

Driving
Driving to Distraction
Distraction

A Don’t-Text-and-Drive awareness event
A Don’t-Text-and-Drive awareness event
for
teens,
Michigan Region.
Region.
for teens, coordinated
coordinated by
by BBYO
BBYO Michigan

Sunday, Oct.
Oct. 11th
9th from
Sunday,
from 4-6
4-6 pm
pm
Paradise
Park
Paradise Park
45799
Grand River,
45799 Grand
River, Novi
Novi

2122520

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Active Volunteer

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essie Rose Freeman, 103, formerly
of Detroit and Huntington Woods,
died Sept. 4, in Encinitas, Calif.
She was born July 9, 1913, and was
raised in Detroit. She graduated from
Detroit’s Northern High School in 1930.
In March 1931, not yet 18 years of age, she
married Jack Freeman, 10 years her senior,
to whom she remained married until his
death in 1987. Following brief stints in Los
Angeles and Houston in the mid-1930s,
Tessie and her family returned to Detroit
prior to the Second World War.
Tessie was active in the community
with significant volunteer service to the
Infant Service Group, the American
Red Cross, what was then known as the
Detroit Society for Crippled Children and
Adults, the Congregation Ahavas Achim
Sisterhood (and later, following the merger
with Beth Aaron, Congregation Beth
Achim) and other organizations.
Her younger son, Irv, remembers that
when he was growing up, their basement
served as the warehouse for the Infant
Service Group’s supply of formula and baby
food for delivery to the children of needy
families.
Following Jack’s retirement in the early
1970s, they moved to Bradenton, Fla. Tessie
became active in a number of organiza-
tions, including the then-new Temple Beth

ZELIG “ZEL” LANDY,
92, of Bloomfield
Township, died Sept. 19,
2016.
As a youth, he was a
dedicated member of
Hashomer Hatzair and
studied Hebrew for 13
Landy
years. A World War II vet-
eran, Zel was a lieutenant
in the Army Air Corps in communications
and served in England, France, Italy and
Germany.
When he came home, he went to Wayne
State University with his wife and studied

El, where Tessie was in charge of the kitch-
en. Jack and Tessie dedicated the Eternal
Light at the temple in honor of their daugh-
ter Naomi Joy, who died in 1954 at age 18.
In the year 2000, Tessie moved to
Encinitas, Calif., near the then-home of
her grandson Bob. She lived in Seacrest
Village, the Jewish retirement center in
the San Diego region. An active volunteer
into her late 90s, Tessie spent one day
a week at the Rancho Coastal Humane
Society Thrift shop and had several roles
at Seacrest, including helping in the library
and the exercise room, and welcoming
new residents. Tessie’s Judaism was always
an important part of her life and, in April
2007, at the age of 93, she celebrated her
bat mitzvah wearing the same tallis her
granddaughter Katie had worn at her own
bat mitzvah five months earlier.
In addition to her husband and daugh-
ter, Tessie was predeceased by her parents,
Abraham and Sarah Steinberg; sister, Belle;
brothers, Maurice, Charles and Lewis.
She is survived by a sister, Ethel Roberts;
her sons, Irv (Julie) Freeman and Jerry
(Ruth) Freeman; grandchildren, Sue, Bob
and Katie; and great-grandchildren, Matt
and Chris.
Tessie was buried next to Jack at Temple
Beth Shalom cemetery in Sarasota, Fla.

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physics and math. For more than 30 years,
he was in the automotive parts business and
then, in the early ’80s, he became a computer
consultant and founded LCS Inc.
Mr. Landy had a lot of hobbies. He stud-
ied flute and then played in the Oak Park
Symphony. He was an avid photographer,
enjoyed fixing radios and was known by his
wife as “Mr. Fixit.”
Mr. Landy is survived by his wife of 71
years, Zelda Landy; children, Aaron and
Kathy Landy, Joel Landy; sister-in-law, Vered
Harris; many nieces, nephews, other relatives
and friends, including Donna Leroy.
Mr. Landy was the dear son of the late

Yetta and the late Paul Landy; the devoted
father of the late Sara Lee Landy; cherished
brother and brother-in-law of the late Irving
and late Etta Landy, the late Zalman and the
late Brigetta Landy, the late Matti Harris and
the late Shoshana Harris.
Interment was at Oakview Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to a charity
of one’s choice. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.

JACK PLUDWINSKI, 91,
of Southfield, died Sept,
18, 2016.
He was a member of
CHAIM.
Mr. Pludwinski is sur-
vived by his wife of 61
years, Rachel Pludwinski;
Pludwinski
daughter, Susie Simons;
son-in-law, Ronnie
Tarockoff.; grandchildren,
Abbi (Pete Emerson)
Tarockoff, Halli Tarokoff,
Benji Tarokoff and fian-
cee, Meri Muminovic,
Mallory and John Carter
Tarockoff; sisters-in-law
and brothers-in-law, Judy
and Dr. Sam Jasenoff, Carl and Barbara
Diem; many loving nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends; devoted caregivers,
including Shawna, TT, Matt Z. and Evetta.
Mr. Pludwinski had siblings who died in
the Holocaust. He was the dear father-in-law
of the late Steven; brother-in-law of the late
Arnold and late Ilene Diem, the late Fay and
late Irving Berenbom.
Interment was at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park. Contributions may be
made to Holocaust Memorial Center, Jack
Pludwinski Fund, 28123 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills, MI 48334, www.
holocaustcenter.org; or World Jewish
Congress, 501 Madison Ave., New York,
NY 10022, www.worldjewishcongress.org.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

LOWELL PRAG, 75, of Farmington Hills,
died Sept. 22, 2016.
He is survived by his sisters, Sabra
Shekter of Novi, Rita (Jerry) Neff; nieces

and nephews, Clifford (Jean) Shekter, Eric
(Deborah) Shekter, Liane (Richard) Smith,
Linda (Allan) Hilson; many other nieces,
nephews, other family members and
friends.
Lowell was the dear son of the late Jerome
“Johnny” and the late Dorothy Prag Kazdan;
brother of the late Fern Prag.
Contributions may be made to Heart to
Heart Hospice or to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

MORRIS E. SEROUR, 90, of Oak Park, died
Sept. 19, 2016.
He is survived by his wife, Rachel Serour;
children, Esther and Robert Guttentag, Eli
Serour, Toby Serour and Robert Serour;
grandchildren, Sarah Guttentag, Lisa and
Adam Benzing, Joshua Guttentag and Jacob
Serour; great-grandchildren, Oliver Benzing
and Issac Benzing.
Interment was at Hebrew Memorial Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made to
a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

JUNE SNIDER, 92, of
Southfield, died Sept. 20,
2016.
She is survived by her
children, Gloria Kogan,
James Snider, Lawrence
Snider and Debbie
Levin; other loving fam-
Snider
ily members and friends.
Mrs. Snider was the
devoted wife for more than 61 years of the
late Arthur Snider; the cherished sister
and sister-in-law of the late Albert and late
Ruth Kaufman.
Interment was at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Jewish
Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W.
Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322,
www.jewishhospice.com; Partners in
Torah, 15751 Lincoln Drive, Southfield, MI
48076, www.partnersdetroit.org; Hospice
of Michigan, 989 Spaulding SE, Ada, MI
49301, www.hom.org; or Yad Ezra, 2850
W. 11 Mile, Berkley, MI 48072, www.
yadezra.org. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.

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