Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg Lobby will
welcome every person who comes to
Shaarey Zedek.”
In 2011, Beaumont Health System
announced a $1.5 million gift from the
Weisbergs to build today’s Henrietta
and Alvin Weisberg Center for the
Acute Care of the Elderly at Beaumont
Hospital in Royal Oak. Additionally, the
money established an endowed fund
for geriatric education and research.
Alvin Weisberg said at the time, “We
are so pleased to be able to support a
specialized center for seniors; we know
it touches so many lives every day of
the year.”

Mr. Weisberg had running battles
with cancer, diabetes, heart disease
and other serious ailments. When
Beaumont medical staff said his end
was near, he praised his doctors and
allowed that at age 90, “I’m grateful to
be alive.”
Hard work and determination were
central to Mr. Weisberg’s character, but
helping people was his passion.
Mr. Weisberg was the beloved hus-
band of Henrietta Weisberg; father of
Steven and Lori Weisberg, and Julie
and Steven Schlafer; “Grandpa Al” to
Jessica Weisberg, Madeline and Logan
Ostrand, and Matthew Weisberg; “Papa”

to Bradley Schlafer and fiancee, Carly
Freedman, and Scott Schlafer; and
“Great-grandpa Al” to Liam Bohlin.
He also is survived by brother and
sisters-in-law, Harold and Marion
Weisberg, Rachel Schwartz and Helen
Weisberg, and other family members.
Mr. Weisberg was the son of the late
Peter and the late Clara Weisberg;
brother and brother-in-law of the late
Bernard Weisberg, the late Selma and
the late George Feinberg, and the late
Harvey and the late Lucille Weisberg.
Also officiating were Rabbi Yonaton
Dahlen, Hazzan David Propis and
Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutmann, all of

Shaarey Zedek, and Mr. Weisberg’s neph-
ew, Cantor Roger Weisberg of Illinois.
Interment took place at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Contributions may be made to
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell
Road, Southfield, MI 48034, (248) 357-
5544, www.shaareyzedek.org; Holocaust
Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, (248)
553-2400, www.holocaustcenter.org; or
William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13
Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, (248)
551-5330, www.foundation.beaumont.
edu. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel. •

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Yeshiva Beth Yehudah

expresses its heartfelt
and deepest condolences to the family of

Alvin A. Weisberg

of blessed memory.

The Yeshiva has dedicated the learning for this month by our students and
Kollel Scholars in the merit of the neshama of Alvin Weisberg a”h.
May his virtuous efforts on behalf of the Jewish People
and the Detroit community be a blessing to his family and to us all.

Gary Torgow
President

Rabbi Yitzchok Grossbard
Dean

Rabbi Shragie Myers
Executive Director

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