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JAMES “JIM” POLK, 53,
of Commerce Township,
died Sept. 27, 2018.
He is survived by his
wife, Jodie Polk; son and
daughter-in-law, Justin
and Amanda Polk; daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Jessica
and Neil Barris; mother, Joy Polk; sisters
and brothers-in-law, Jennifer and Gary
Grano, and Juli and Dennis Paskay;
brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Meg
Polk. He was the brother-in-law of
Cindy and Jay Meyer. He is also survived
by many loving nieces and nephews.
Mr. Polk was the devoted son of the
late John Polk; caring son-in-law of the
late Jerry and the late Rosalind Weisberg.
Contributions may be made to Hillel
Day School, Rosalind & Jerry Weisberg
Memorial Scholarship Fund, 32200
Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills,
MI 48334, 248-851-3220, www.
hillelday.org; the Emily Stillman
Foundation, 30057 Orchard Lake Road,
Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334,
www.foreveremily.org/donate; or to a
charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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LAWRENCE HERMAN
PORVIN, 83, of Naples,
Fla., died Oct. 17, 2018.
He was the beloved
husband of Judith
Porvin and the late Ellen
Porvin; cherished father
of Stephen Porvin, Daniel Porvin and
Joanna Porvin; loving brother of the
late Shirley Rosenberg; and the devoted
son of the late Albert and the late Sarah
Porvin.
Funeral services will be held on
Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at 11 a.m. at
the Ira Kaufman Chapel. Interment
will be at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to
Alzheimer’s Support Network, 660
Tamiami Trail North, Suite 21,
Naples, FL 34102, support.network;
or Alzheimer’s Disease Assn.-Chicago
Chapter, 225 N. Michigan Ave., 17th
Floor, Chicago, IL 60601, www.alz.org.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

CHARLOTTE
TEICHER, 90, formerly
of St. Louis, Mo., and
recently of Rockville, Md.,
died Oct. 8, 2018.
She was the beloved
wife of the late Harry

Teicher.
Mrs. Teicher is survived by sons, Mark
(Julie), Howard (Gayle) and Joel; grand-
children, Perry, Zara, Seth, Sam, Amelia
and Zachary; great-grandchild, Remy.
Contributions may be made to Adat
Shalom Synagogue or Jewish Family
Service.

SHIRLEY A. WHITE, 85,
of Oak Park, died Oct. 12,
2018.
A science teacher in the
Detroit Public Schools,
she also taught at Temple
Kol Ami, Darchei Torah,
Bais Yaakov and Beth Yehudah.
Mrs. White was the devoted mother
of Rabbi Asher (Henna) White, Ronna
(Maurice) Perlman; dear mother-in-
law of Sharon (Joseph) Prawer; loving
grandmother of Dena (Adam) Ballew,
Dr. David (Dr. Natalie) White, Alana

White, Naomi White, Yossi (Sima)
White, Chaya (Naftali) Shaul, Mendy
(Peshie) White, Avremi (Dina) White,
Shoshana (Dan Tullos) Perlman and
Yocheved Perlman; proud great-grand-
mother of Shlomo Gavriel Ballew,
Ariella Shira Ballew, Daniella Elise
Ballew, Shlomo Haim White, Sarah
Meira White, Tova Lieba White, Levi
Yitzchok White, Yaakov Zalmon Meir
White, Levi Yitzchok Shaul, Rivka Hinda
Shaul, Avigdor Nosson Shaul, Yisroel
Chaim Shaul, Chaya Rochel Toby White,
Leah Feiga White, Shmuel White and
Yehoshua Meir White; nieces, nephews,
great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-
nieces, great-great-nephews, other rela-
tives and friends.
She was the beloved wife for 49 years
of the late Lawrence White; loving moth-
er of the late Dr. Sheldon White; cher-
ished sister of the late Rose (late Ben)
Magy, late Dr. Saul (Naomi) Arbit, the
late S. Meyer (Charlotte) Arbit.
Interment was at Hebrew Memorial
Park Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.