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LLOYD H. STRAUSZ,
99, of West Bloomfield,
died Oct. 23, 2016.
He is survived by his
son and daughter-in-
law, Richard and Brenda
Strausz; daughter, Jo
Rosen; grandchildren,
Strausz
Michael Strausz and
Kate Marshall, Jennifer
Strausz, Lindsey and
Marty Maddin, and Zak Rosen and Dr.
Shira Heisler; great-grandchildren, Natalie
Beth Strausz, Jacob Samuel Strausz, Brody
Etai Maddin and Lainey Ryan Maddin. He
is also survived by Howard and Iris Rosen;
his companion, Renee Eisenberg; a world
of loving family and friends.
Mr. Strausz was the beloved husband of
the late Bert Strausz; the loving brother of
the late Jean Klein and the late Myra Vick.
Interment was at Beth El Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made to
Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W. 10 Mile, Oak
Park, MI 48237, www.emanuel-mich.
org; Relay For Life West Bloomfield
Chapter, Bubjo’s Team, 20450 Civic Center
Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, http://bit.
ly/2e6yewU; or to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JUDIT VERONICA
WOLF, 83, of Mt.
Clemens, died Oct. 27,
2016.
She is survived by
her son and daughter-
in-law, Dr. Rob and
Dawn Wolf of Uxbridge,
Wolf
Mass.; grandchildren,
Shannen Roy, Jennifer
Armstrong; great-grand-
children, Stella Roy, Alex Armstrong, Kyra
Armstrong; many other loving relatives all
over the world.
Mrs. Wolf was the beloved wife of the
late Dr. Ervin Wolf.
Interment was at Beth Tephilath Moses
Cemetery. Contributions may be made to
Women’s American ORT, 6735 Telegraph,
#150, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301; or
Congregation Beth Tephilath Moses,
146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, MI 48043.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

Swedish Government
Declares Wallenberg
Dead

according to the AP.
According to the diaries of Ivan
Serov, who ran the Soviet KGB from
1954 to 1958, Wallenberg was executed
in a Soviet prison in 1947. The dia-
ries, which were published in August,
contain references to several previ-
(JTA) — A Swedish government agency ously unknown documents referring to
has declared Raoul Wallenberg, the
Wallenberg, including one recording
Swedish diplomat who saved
the cremation of his body.
thousands of Hungarian Jews
Wallenberg was posted to
from the Nazi gas chambers,
Nazi-occupied Hungary dur-
as dead.
ing World War II, where he
The Swedish Tax Authority,
issued protective passports to
which registers births and
some 20,000 Hungarian Jews
deaths in Sweden, confirmed
in the final months of the
to the Associated Press that
Holocaust. He disappeared
a report in the Expressen
in 1945 after being seen sur-
Raoul
newspaper that Wallenberg
rounded by Soviet officers in
Wallenberg
had been declared dead was
Budapest. The Soviets later
accurate. The decision was
claimed Wallenberg had died
made last week following a request for
of heart failure in prison.
a ruling by the trustee of Wallenberg’s
The diplomat’s parents both report-
estate.
edly committed suicide in 1979 in
His date of death was set as July
despair over his disappearance.
31, 1952, chosen under a Swedish law
Last November, Wallenberg family
that says a missing person who is pre-
members asked Swedish authorities to
sumed to have died should be declared declare him dead.
dead five years after his disappearance,

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