teaching gifted and talented students. He
spent many summers abroad supervising
graduate students in such diverse places
as London, Düsseldorf and Sydney. In
retirement, he and his loving and devoted
wife, Barbara, enjoyed traveling, playing
bridge and volunteering in the commu-
nity. Don firmly believed that his greatest
legacy was his family.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara;
children, Phillip (Hilda), Michael (Nancy),
Joel (Amy) and Laura; grandchildren,
Sarah (Andy Bank), Melissa, Allison,
Joshua (Brooke), Jeremy ( fiancée Jennifer
Johnson), Jacob, Eliana, Rebecca and
Isabel; his sister, Helene (the late Melvyn)
Diamond; brother-in-law, Richard (Bonni
Gutov) Heavenrich; sister-in-law, Jill
(Michael) Thomson; nieces, nephews,
cousins and numerous friends from near
and far.
Interment was at Beth El Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made to
American Red Cross-S.E. Michigan
Region, 100 Mack Ave., Detroit, MI 48201,
www.redcross.org/donate/donation;
St. Mary’s Food Bank, 2831 N. 31st Ave.,
Phoenix, AZ 85009, www.firstfoodbank.
org; or to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

HELENE D. ROBBINS,
78, of Novi, died Nov. 2,
2017. Selfless, she was
loved by many and
always thought of oth-
ers first.
A lifetime member of
Jewish Women
Robbins
International, a mem-
ber of National Council
of Jewish Women, Mrs.
Robbins recently belonged to Adat
Shalom Synagogue and previously was a
42-year member of Congregation Beth
Shalom and its sisterhood, from which
she recently received an award.
She served as a board member of
Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood,
was a membership vice president, edu-
cation vice president and corresponding
secretary. She also started the Yiddish
Club there and was active with the Beth
Shalom Cultural Commission.
Mrs. Robbins was an avid bowler and
was president of her bowling league.
She was also a member of the auxiliary
for Jewish Home for Aged. Besides being
lucky in love, she was extremely lucky in
any contest she decided to enter.
She is survived by her husband of 58

years, Merton Robbins; daughters and
sons-in-law, Amy (George Dickstein)
Robbins-Dickstein of Farmington Hills,
Linda (Brad) Hammer of Newton, Mass.;
son and daughter-in-law, Greg and
Michelle Robbins of Farmington Hills;
grandchildren, Brian Dickstein, Margo
Dickstein, Laura Hammer, Jon Hammer,
Cara Robbins.
Contributions may be made to
Jewish Women International, 2868
Woodbine Drive, Waterford, MI 48328;
Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood,
14601 Lincoln, Oak Park, MI 48237; Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt
Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334.
Interment was held at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery in Birmingham. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

Rosenthal

BERNARD
ROSENTHAL, 77, of
Waterford, died Nov. 3,
2017.
He is survived by
his wife, Rose Ann
Rosenthal; children,
Jeffery and Barbara
Rosenthal of Casa
Grande, Ariz., Brenda

Rosenthal-Zack of Waterford, Neal and
Cindee Rosenthal of Keego Harbor,
Michelle Rosenthal and Jeff Klein of
Manchester, N.H.; brother and sister-in-
law, Norman and Ava Rosenthal; sister
and brother-in-law, Ann Lee and Farrell
Moore of Delray Beach, Fla.; grand-
children, Nicole Rosenthal and Matt
Bischoff, Daniel Rosenthal, Elayna Zack,
Marly and Drew Wolff, Alexander Zack,
Michael Rosenthal, Rachael Rosenthal,
Nicole Rosenthal Klein; many beloved
nieces, nephews; pet dog, Blackjack.
Mr. Rosenthal was the loving son
of the late Philip and the late Mollie
Rosenthal; dear brother and brother-in-
law of the late Zelda May and the late
Harold Markzon.
Contributions may be made to
Congregation B’nai Moshe, 6800 Drake
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; JARC,
30301 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington
Hills, MI 48334; or Almost Home Animal
Rescue, 25503 Clara Lane, Southfield,
MI 48034. Interment was held at
Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

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