JOANNE RUTH
LIEBOW, 74, of
Southfield, died
Feb. 16, 2017.
She is survived
by her daughter
and son-in-law,
Franci Lopatin Feld
Liebow
and Jason Feld of
Southfield; step-
children, Karen and
Steve Furstenberg, Bonnie and Harlan
Simmons; grandchildren, Chana
Feld, Ben Feld, Shlomo Feld, Gary
Furstenberg, Adina Furstenberg; broth-
er and sister-in-law, Dr. Arthur and
Rochelle Lieberman of Birmingham.
Mrs. Liebow was the beloved wife
of the late Sheldon Lopatin and the
late Marvin Liebow; loving daughter
of the late Yitzhak and the late Tova
Lieberman; dear stepmother of the late
Steven Liebow.
Contributions may be made to
the Sara and Morris Tugman Bais
Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322;
Juvenile Diabetes Association, 24359

Northwestern Hwy., Southfield, MI
48075; Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, P.O.
Box 2044, Southfield, MI 48037; Bais
Chabad of North Oak Park, 15401
W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI
48237. Interment was held at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

NEAL POOK, 78, of West Bloomfield,
died Feb. 15, 2017.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Abby Pook; daughters, Lesley Pook,
Zooey Sophia Pook; many other loving
family members and friends.
Interment was held at the Beth El
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to Temple
Kol Ami, the Children’s Leukemia
Foundation of Michigan or to a char-
ity of one’s choice. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.

DR. DAVID LEON SHAPIRO, 92,
passed away Feb. 15, 2017.
He was an economics professor,
teaching until he was 80 years old.

Dr. Shapiro is survived by his daugh-
ters, Andrea Shapiro Low and Ilene
Shapiro Riffle; sister, Harriett Walker;
grandchildren, Aaron Paul Low, Allison
Low Marchand, Hillary Cathryn
Low, Evan John Durst, Morgan Lee
Riffle; great-grandchildren, Frederick
Cameron Marchand and Emerson
Elizabeth Durst
Interment was at the National
Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.
Contributions may be made
to Hadassah, www.hadassah.org.
Arrangements by Sinai Mortuary in
Phoenix, Ariz.

SELMA SILVERMAN,
83, of Detroit, died
Feb. 8, 2017.
She is survived
by her daughters
and son-in-law, Gail
Cohen, and Glorianne
and Irv Pearlman;
Silverman
son, David Silverman;
grandchildren,
Howard Cohen, Mark
Cohen and Jessica Goldberg, Stacey

Cohen and Zack McNulty, Leslie
Pearlman, and Adam and Markie
Silverman; great-grandchildren, Mark,
Abigail and Ava Silverman; sisters,
Bernice Allen and Marilyn Hodgson;
brother, Sam Lahr; brothers-in-law and
sister-in-law, Jerome Zuckerman, and
Laura and Burton Roth; aunt, Rosalyn
Winer; former son-in-law, Allan Cohen;
many nieces, nephews, cousins and a
world of friends and admirers.
Mrs. Silverman was the beloved
wife of the late Merle Silverman; the
dear sister-in-law of the late Maida
Zuckerman.
Interment was at Beth Ahm
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to the Michigan Opera Theater, 1526
Broadway St., Detroit, MI 48226, www.
motopera.org; Interlochen Center for
the Arts, 4000 Hwy. M-137, P.O. Box
199, Interlochen, MI 49643, www.
interlochen.org; Detroit Institute of
Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit,
MI 48202. www.dia.org; or to a charity
of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.

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