the late Leslie “Les” Smith; dear sister of
the late Morrey Kaplan.
Contributions may be made to Magen
David Adom, www.mdais.org; or Jewish
War Veterans, P.O. Box 725066, Berkley,
MI 48072-9998. Interment was held at
Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

MAURICE TURETSKY,
82, of Santa Fe, N.M.,
passed away Feb. 20,
2018.
Maurice and his
wife, Susan Rosenblatt
Turetsky, moved to
Santa Fe from Michigan
Turetsky
in 1995. As an artist,
he was enthralled with
the clear light and blue
skies of New Mexico.
His passion for art and music was pro-
found. As a young man, he was groomed
to be a classical pianist. However,
he eventually gravitated toward the
visual arts. Once in New Mexico, images
of Billy the Kid and the lore of the
Southwest fascinated him. He became
well known as the Billy the Kid artist of
the Southwest. His work has been exhib-
ited in museums across New Mexico. He

was so fortunate to have a wonderful
studio attached to his beautiful home
where he would listen to classical music
while he painted and sculpted. Life was
good.
Mr. Turetsky is survived by his loving
wife of almost 52 years, Susan Turetsky.
He was the loving father of daughter,
Lauren Turetsky; his late son, Joshua
Turetsky; the very proud Papa of Shea
Turetsky-Cohen. He was also the son
of the late Isidor and the late Celia
Turetsky; the loving brother of Alvin
Turetsky of Philadelphia, Pa.; brother-in
law of Ethel Rosenblatt of Michigan and
the late Dr. Gary Rosenblatt; many won-
derful nephews, nieces and treasured
friends all over the world.
Services were held at Santa Fe
Memorial Gardens in Santa Fe.
Contributions may be sent to Museum
of New Mexico Foundation, c/o Karen
Kelly DuBroff, P.O. Box 2065, Santa Fe,
NM 87504-2065. Funds will be used to
erect a large steel cutout of Billy the Kid
for the town of Lincoln, N.M., as a fitting
tribute to his work. Local arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JULIAN WAGNER, 95,
of West Bloomfield,
died Feb. 20, 2018.
He belonged to Sharit
Haplaytah and was
active with the local
Holocaust Memorial
Center. He was a mem-
Wagner
ber of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek and he
also belonged to B’nai
B’rith.
Mr. Wagner is sur-
vived by his wife of 67
years, Rose Wagner;
son and daughter-
in-law, Lewis and
Cynthia Wagner of West
Bloomfield; daughters and sons-in-law,
Judith and Steven Rapp of Bloomfield
Hills, Renee and David Silbert of West
Bloomfield; grandchildren, Stuart Wagner
and Maggie Hsu, Hilary Wagner and Mike
Goldeen, Justin Wagner, Jared and Lindsey
Rapp, Lauren and Kenneth Eichenbaum,
Aaron Rapp, Daniel Rapp and fiancée,
Jordan Grauer, Jake Silbert, Ashley Silbert;
great-grandchildren, Noah Rapp, Annette
Eichenbaum, Gabriella Eichenbaum.
He was the last of five siblings; the oth-
ers were murdered along with his parents

by the Nazis.
Contributions may be made to the
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills,
MI 48334. Interment was held at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

EVA WEISS, 89, of
Farmington Hills, died
Feb. 24, 2018.
She was the fifth of
six children born to
Karolina and Herman
Lefkovits in Olasliska,
Hungary. She sur-
Weiss
vived the horrors of
Auschwitz, Plaszow
and a death march
from Grunberg to
Bergen-Belson concen-
tration camp. Only she
and two brothers sur-
vived from her family.
After liberation, Eva
immigrated to Detroit,
where she met and married her beloved,
Sidney Weiss. Together they raised three
children and owned and operated Five

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