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A

nn Sharon Robinson (“Anna 
Banana”), 83, native of 
Detroit, passed away 
on Dec. 25, 2018.
She attended Cass Tech 
High School, graduat-
ing in 1954 with honors 
from the Commercial Art 
Department. She then 
attended classes on a 
scholarship at the Center 
for Creative Studies and later, in 
her 30s, attended Wayne State 
University, obtaining a bachelor’
s 
degree in education with a major 
in special education. In 1983, she 
obtained a master’
s degree in edu-
cation with a focus on reading. 
Mrs. Robinson was first 
employed as an art teacher for 
Detroit Public Schools at the Day 
School for the Deaf, and then she 
became a teacher/consultant for 
the Special Education Department. 
Her artistic abilities were noted at 
a very young age. Several letters 
were written by her teachers who 
saw her talent and encouraged her 
to pursue it. She won a prize for 
drawing a horse when she was 12, 

the first prize of many throughout 
her life. 
She was honored to have had a 
piece exhibited at the Scarab 
Club. Not only did she use 
paint, but also pastels, pen and 
ink, stenciled logos for bowl-
ing shirts. She created flyers 
for businesses, quilted, created 
a rock city, made jewelry, pot-
tery and lovingly made a nurs-
ery rhyme mural for her grand-
children’
s nursery. Ann won first 
place in a contest that took place 
when an addition was built to the 
Northland Mall in Southfield. 
Ann was an avid reader. Her 
other hobbies included being part 
of group of longtime friends who 
played mah jongg, listened to 
jazz, took photographs and, more 
recently, played Bingo. She was a 
collector of art in the form of frogs 
and quilted dolls. 
The family will all miss her sense 
of humor, non-judgmental person-
ality, willingness to try anything 
once, political advocacy, support 
of the arts and her love of choco-
late. The three words they would 

use to describe Ann: open-minded, 
artist, optimist.
Mrs. Robinson is survived by 
her children, Jeff (Erin) Stilman 
and Steven (Ron Leuterio) Stilman; 
grandchildren, Joshua (Jessica) 
Stilman, Leah (Christopher) Jansen; 
great-grandchild, Cambria Stilman; 
sister-in-law, Margie Holten; niec-
es and nephews, Terry (Stanley) 
Schwartz, Elayne (Dr. Barry) Moss, 
Larry Stein, Sharon Golob, Mark 
(Cheryl) Holten, Rachel (Tim) 
Parker; many great-nieces and 
great-nephews, other relatives and 
friends.
She was predeceased by her 
spouse, Phil Robinson; longtime 
companion, Peter Benz; sister, 
Beverly (Frank) Vojcek; broth-
er, Robert Holten; sisters-in-law, 
Henrietta (Mike) Weingarden, 
Gladys (Teddy) Allen, and Beatrice 
Stein. 
Interment was at Hebrew 
Memorial Park Cemetery. 
Contributions may be made to 
Art Road, www.artroadnonprofit.
org. Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel. ■

A Creative Life

Robinson

HOWARD 
WEINGARTEN, 65, of 
West Bloomfield, died 
Dec. 22, 2018. 
He is survived by his 
children, Jordan and 
Molly Weingarten, Zach 
Weingarten, and Hillary and Shenaye 
Protasiewicz; grandchildren, Lillian 
Weingarten and Lydia Beach; brother 
and sister-in-law, Bruce and Elaine 
Weingarten; sister, Resa Weingarten. 
He is also survived by Deby Lebow; as 
well as his former wife and mother of 
his children, Linda Weingarten.
Interment was at Beth Abraham 
Cemetery. Contributions may be 
made to American Heart Association, 
27777 Franklin Road, Suite 1150, 
Southfield, MI 48034, www.heart.
org/HEARTORG; American Cancer 
Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, 
Southfield, MI 48076, www.cancer.
org; or American Diabetes Association 
National Office, P.O. Box 15829, 
Arlington, VA 22215, www.diabetes.
org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.