THELMA
INGBER, 91, of
Oak Park, died
April 13, 2018.
She was
born April 17,
1926, in Shaker
Heights, Ohio,
Ingber
the only child
of Malvena
(Buksbaum)
and Frank
Hilsenrath. Thelma was 6 when
she lost her father. Later, she
and her mother moved to join
family in Brooklyn.
Thelma had to leave New
Utrecht High School in
Brooklyn in her senior year to
go to work, but she went back
at night to graduate.
Thelma met Jack Ingber
after the war in 1946, and they
were married on Dec. 8 of that
year. Her employment included
working as a bookkeeper on
Wall Street in New York and
at the Scottex textile firm in
Brooklyn throughout the 1970s.
After Jack died in October
1980, Thelma moved to a
high-rise condo complex in
Margate, Fla. In April 2014, she
moved to Metro Detroit to be
near her son, Michael, and his
wife, Esther; she also has a son
and daughter-in-law, Phil and
Debbie, in Kentucky. Thelma
made many friends at her new
home, Prentis Jewish Senior Life
Apartments in Oak Park.
Mrs. Ingber is survived by
her sons and daughters-in-law,
Philip and Deborah Ingber, and
Michael and Esther Ingber;
grandchildren, Jacquelin and
Jonathan Berman, David and
Kristine Ingber, and Stephen
Ingber; great-grandchildren,
Ethan and Alex Berman.
She was the beloved wife of
the late Jack Ingber.
Interment was at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to
Beaumont Hospital-Hospice
Fund, #710022, 3601 W. 13 Mile
Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073,
beaumonthospitals.com; or
to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

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