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of blessed memory

MARIA “MANYA”
BALAJ, 87, of Bingham
Farms, died Jan. 19,
2017.
She was born in
Khristinovka, Ukraine,
USSR (near the city of
Uman, where her fam-
Balaj
ily originated).
c. 1948
Mrs. Balaj is survived
by her sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Ted and Gloria Balaj, Dr.
Seymoure and Lois Balaj; daughter, Dr.
Barbara Balaj; grandchildren, Andrew
Balaj, Erica (Ross) Baer and Michelle
Balaj; cousins, Steven Gershman and
Arlene Millman Gershman, Boris, Iosad,
Michael and Gregory Krok; many other
loving family members and friends.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Boruch Balaj; sister of the late Sarah
Waskobujnik; daughter of the late Sema
and Zalman Waskobujnik; granddaugh-
ter of the late Aaron and Chana Rifka
Bogomolny, and the late Yaakov and
Shprenya Waskobujnik; cousin of the
late Sura Iosad Krok.
Interment was held at the Adat
Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in
Livonia. Contributions may be made to
the Holocaust Museum in Washington,
D.C., or to the American Friends of
Yahad in Unum. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.

LINDA BECKER-
BARTLETT, 68, of
Sylvan Lake, died Jan.
7, 2017.
She is survived by
her husband of 33
years, Don Bartlett;
son, Max Becker
Bartlett
of Las Vegas, Nev.;
brother and sister-
in-law, Mitchell and Karen Pollak
of Bloomfield Township; sister and

brother-in-law, Doreen and Sanford
Turbow of West Bloomfield; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends.
Contributions may be made to
Hebrew Benevolent Society, 26640
Greenfield, Oak Park, MI 48237; or
American Cancer Society, 20450
Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI
48076. Services were held at Hebrew
Memorial Park Chapel Cemetery.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

RONALD DEROVEN,
75, of St. Helen, Mich.,
died Jan. 15, 2017.
He is survived by his
beloved wife, Carole
DeRoven; son, Randall
DeRoven; daughter and
son-in-law, Robin and
DeRoven
David Greer; grandchil-
dren, Ryan and Rachael
Hauck, Allysa (Jon) Hopkins; great-
grandchild, Jace; sisters-in-law and
brother-in-law, Cindy Starman, Shelly
and Thomas Starman-Onsrud; loving
pet, Tuffy; many loving nieces, nephews,
other family members and friends.
Mr. DeRoven was the son of the late
Irving and the late Adelaide DeRoven;
son-in-law of the late Jack and the late
Evelyn Starman; brother-in-law of the
late Leslie “Chi Chi” Friedman.
Interment was held at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to the
Starman Family Memorial Fund at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, the Michigan
Humane Society or to a charity of one’s
choice. Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.

IDA B. GOLDBERG, 101, of West
Bloomfield, died Jan. 21, 2017.
She is survived by her sons and
daughters-in-law, Howard and Donna
Goldberg, Richard and Christina
Goldberg; grandchildren, Stephanie and
Samantha Goldberg; many other loving
family members and friends.
Mrs. Goldberg was the beloved wife of
the late Aaron H. Goldberg; the sister of
the late Irving (the late Lil) Buchalter.
Interment was held at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to a char-
ity of one’s choice. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.

SHEILAH ELLEN
GOLDBERG, 78, of
Oak Park, died Jan. 21,
2017.
She taught for many
years at Detroit Public
Schools, Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah, Yeshivas
Sheilah Goldberg
Darchai Torah and
Congregation Beth
Shalom. She was well liked by all the
teachers and students.
Ms. Goldberg is survived by her loving
cousins, Ava Goldberg, Susan and Stuart
Goldberg, Bernice Michlin, Brenda and
Ronald Bloomfield, Ellyn Weinstein, Jeri
and Mike Klempner, Lisa Spanierman,
Dana Spanierman; beloved friends,
Elizabeth Kirshner, and Dr. Jeffrey and
Debbie Devries; many other loving
friends.
She was the loving daughter of the
late Harry and the late Mitzi Goldberg;
dear sister of the late Joan Goldberg.
Contributions may be made to Young
Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W. 10 Mile
Road, Oak Park, MI 48237; Yad Ezra,
2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI
48072; Meals on Wheels, c/o National
Council of Jewish Women, 26400 Lahser

Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48034;
or Jewish National Fund (Trees), 24100
Chagrin Blvd., Suite 100, Cleveland,
OH 44122. Interment was held at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery in
Livonia. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.

SHMUEL
GOLDENBERG of
Ramat Gan, Israel, died
on Jan. 9, 2017.
He came to Israel
from Egypt in 1934 at
age 12. He died peace-
fully surrounded by
Goldenberg
his family in the same
home his father built
when they arrived in Israel. A warm,
caring man, with special relationships
with children and animals, he was loved
by all who were blessed to know him.
Mr. Goldenberg was the beloved
father of Michael (Beverly Kent)
Goldenberg of Huntington Woods
and Haya (Dr. Amir) Alhalel of Hod
Hasharon, Israel; grandfather of Etai
(Caroline) Goldenberg of St Louis,
Mo.; Oren Goldenberg of Detroit, Ravit
(Dovev) Alhalel Peleg, Shanee (Hagay)
Alhalel Lederman, and Hadar Alhalel of
Israel; great-grandfather of Leo and Ami
Goldenberg, Noga, Tamar and Na’ama
Peleg. Locally, he was adored by his
nephews and nieces, their children, and
the extended family of Dr. Natan (the
late Norma) HarPaz, Raya Goldenberg
(Avram Gontovnik) and Moshe Koren
(Shellie Kurtis).
He was the devoted husband for 64
years of the late Esther.
He will be dearly missed by many
nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends
in Israel and throughout the world.

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