soul

of blessed memory

‘A Happy Heart’ Who Brought
Joy To Others

port. The past 18 years
of Edith’s life were
spent growing, sharing
her colorful imagina-
tion on canvas and
using her garden as a
palate.
In a journal entry to
Nate, she wrote: “Must
build a world with
flowers and painting.
My promise to you is
Butrimovitz
that I’ll take the time
HaShem has given me
and use it well.”
Edith expressed her inner soul
through her paintings. Her paint
brush was her strongest expression
of her connection to God.
She loved all things chocolate,
especially ice cream and shakes. But,
most of all, she loved making others
happy.
When asked her secret to a long
life, she said, “I have a happy heart.”
Her life’s lessons: Be thankful. Live
simply. Be kind. Do your best. Use
please and thank you. Cherish family
and friends. Never give up. Believe in
yourself. Listen with your heart.
“I feel that God has given me a
long life to put joy into other people,
to give happiness to people around
me,” she said. “Life is hard enough. I
try to put a smile on everyone’s face
— that’s my purpose in life.”
Edith spent her last two years
on a new adventure at the incred-
ible Coville Apartments in Oak
Park. She made many new friends
who became her extended family.

SUZI B TEREBELO
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

T

he year was 1910. My par-
ents were in Paris with two
children,” Edith Butrimovitz
wrote in her “life story” of her par-
ents’ perilous times in war-torn
Europe. “Grenades were falling from
the sky, and they had to escape
Europe to America.” Edith’s father
went first, settling in Baltimore, and
then on to bustling Detroit. “Their
family grew — I was number six of
eight siblings, a tenacious one …
My mother encouraged my artistic
nature and abilities.”
Edith Kaner Butrimovitz, never
one to miss a teachable moment,
poignantly died on June 22, 2018, at
age 96 on my wedding anniversary
and my husband Bennett’s birthday.
Now I will always think of this day
as the one she was reunited with
her beloved Nathan, husband of 57
years.
They were an inseparable couple.
In 1977, in memory of her mother,
Sarah Kaner, Edith and Nate (who
retired early from Detroit Public
Schools) began to cook for the out-
of-towners at the fledgling Yeshiva
Gedolah. Her stuffed cabbage was
legendary.
When Nate died suddenly in 1999,
we were unsure she would survive
the loss. Her children, grandchildren
and soon-to be great-grandchildren
got her back on her path. Dr. Jeffrey
Meer, her devoted internist, and aide
Anita Flory were of enormous sup-

Edith would console a
frustrated friend while
they painted: “Don’t feel
stressed — just paint
from your heart.” Sundays
were her singing “con-
cert days” shared weekly
on Facebook (www.bit.
ly/2u50Hhc).
As the result of an auto
accident, she was admit-
ted to Sinai Grace DMC.
The entire surgical ICU
team, led by Dr. Mandip
Atwal, began as strang-
ers and soon found special grace in
Edith. They became family to us all.
Upon her death, the medical staff
witnessed the powerful sounds of
a loving family reciting the Shema.
I think they will forever remember
the purity and dignity as we sent her
soul up to her final resting place.
When dear friend Charlie Silow
suggested Edith write her “life story,”
she ended it this way: “I’d like people
to know that I was kind and that I
liked to bring out the best in all.”
Edith Butrimovitz’s legacy: three
loving and devoted children, Rabbi
Menachem (Judy) Butrimovitz; Dr.
Jerry (Miriam) Butrimovitz; and Suzi
(Bennett) Terebelo; 14 grandchil-
dren, 74 great-grandchildren and 15
great-great-grandchildren.
Charitable contributions may
be made to Yeshiva Gedolah,
24600 Greenfield Road, Oak Park,
48327, or by calling (248) 968-3360.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel. •

JANET ADELSON, 86, of West
Bloomfield, died July 7, 2018.
She is survived by her
sons and daughters-in-law,
Steven and Faye Adelson,
Lee and Debbie Adelson;
grandchildren, Sari and Ivan
(Talia Pinto Handler); sister-
Adelson
in-law, Beverly Waterstone;
many loving nieces, especially
Rachel McCarthy and Marcy Adelson; nephews;
lifelong friends, including her oldest child-
hood friend Dee Max and her dear friends at
Hechtman Apartments.
Mrs. Adelson was the beloved wife of the late
Bernard Adelson; mother of the late Robert
Adelson; sister of the late Charlotte (the late
Ben) Rothstein and the late Alvin Waterstone.
Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery
in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to
Hechtman Apartments Residents’ Council,
the Arthritis Foundation of Michigan or
Congregation Shaarey Zedek’s Morning Minyan
Fund. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

EDWARD COHEN, 74, of
West Bloomfield, died July 8,
2018.
He loved to fish, play golf,
travel and especially spend
time with his grandchildren.
Mr. Cohen is survived by
his beloved wife, Jacqueline
Edward Cohen
Cohen; daughters and sons-
in-law, Amy and Randy
Sozoff, Wendy and Michael Dorfman; grand-
children, Walker, Hayden, Lindsey, Kendall;
nieces, Carrie (Daniel) Rudman, Kimberly
Cohen Metzger; sister-in-law, Marilyn Cohen;
many other loving family members and
friends.
He was the brother of the late Gilbert
Cohen and the late Joe Cohen.
Interment took place at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to the
Hadassah. Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.

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