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Detroit, 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite
260, P.O. Box 2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI
48303, jewishdetroit.org/donate-online;
Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley,
MI 48072, www.yadezra.org; Michigan
Humane Society, Development Dept.,
30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 220, Bingham
Farms, MI 48025-4507,
michiganhumane.org; or to a charity
of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
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RUTH SCHECTER, 88,
of West Bloomfield, died
March 29, 2017.
She is survived by her
daughter and son-in-
law, Linda and Lenny
Brett; sons, Jeffrey
Schecter and Steven
Schecter
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ters, Rachel and Sara
Brett; the father of her children, Benjamin
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Contributions may be made to the
American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic
Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, www.
cancer.org or; to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
DR. WILLIAM ELSON SHELL, 74, passed
away March 28, 2017, following a massive
stroke.
Dr. Shell, born in Detroit in 1942, was
a graduate of the University of Michigan
Medical School.
From 1982 to 1995, Dr. Shell was a
member of the cardiology staff at Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
While there, he led the team that discov-
ered the cardio specific enzyme CK-MB.
Dr. Shell was happiest when gardening
in his backyard, tending to his roses, being
a photographer, gourmet cooking, spend-
ing time with his dogs and engaging in
intellectual conversations with those he
loved.
He is survived by his wife, Lisa; his chil-
dren, Jeff, Stephanie, Dana and Daniel; his
eight grandchildren; his brother, Richard.
Contributions may be made to the
Cardiovascular Research Foundation of
Southern California, www.cvrf.net.
CECEILA TENENBAUM, 96, of
Southfield, died March 25, 2017.
She is survived by her children, Brenda
Apt, Jeffrey and Marsha Tenenbaum, and
David and Madeline Tenenbaum; grand-
children, Esti Apt, Tali and Lauren Apt,
Dini Apt, Elissa Tenenbaum, Nechami Ita
Tenenbaum, Yehudah Leib Tenenbaum,
Nosson Tenenbaum and Yisroel Zev
Tenenbaum.
Mrs. Tenenbaum was the beloved wife
of the late Nathan Tenenbaum; dear
mother-in-law of the late Eli Apt.
Interment was at Hebrew Memorial
Park Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to Matan b’Seder Detroit, 15699
Jeanette, Southfield, MI 48075; or Yeshivas
Darchei Torah, P.O. Box 2044, Southfield,
MI 48076. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.
CORRECTION
The obituary for Lawrence Cohen (March
30) should have indicated that he was
the brother and brother-in-law of the late
June and late Arthur Zuckerman, the late
Millie and the late Charles Michaels.