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loving mother of the late David 
Schneider; dear sister of the late 
Morris Alterman, the late Ben 
Alterman, the late Elmer Alterman, 
the late Ida Schwartz and the late Ethel 
Petcher. 
Contributions may be made to a 
charity of one’
s choice. Interment was 
held at Beth Tefilo Emanuel Cemetery 
in Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.

LILA WAGMANN, 89, of Southfield, 
died Jan. 20, 2019.
She is survived by her brother and 
sisters-in-law, Dr. Melvin and Ellen 
Rosen, and Hadassah Rosen; many 
loving cousins, nieces, nephews, other 
family members and friends.
The family is very grateful for the 
kind and professional services provid-
ed by her many devoted caregivers.
Mrs. Wagmann was the beloved wife 
of the late Henri Wagmann; the sister 
of the late Irving Rosen. 
Interment was held at Machpelah 
Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions 
may be made to Yad Ezra, JARC or to 

a charity of one’
s choice. Arrangements 
by Dorfman Chapel.

ABRAHAM WEBERMAN, 95, of 
West Bloomfield, died Jan. 25, 2019. 
He is survived by his wife, Sima 
Weberman; sons and daughters-in-
law, Mark and Bella Weberman of 
Morton Grove, Ill., Steven and Elaine 
Weberman of West Bloomfield; broth-
er-in-law and sisters-in-law, Jerry and 
Irene Flam, and Betty Flam; step-
children, Mark and Agnes Yarsike, 
Sheldon (late Shari) Yarsike, Debbie 
and Charles Ball, Sandra Yarsike; 
grandchildren, Michelle and Michael, 
Mindy and Frank, Joey, Susie and 
Amedaio, Debby and Bob, Zachary, 
Matthew, Tyler, Alex, Ryan, Mollie, 
Sam, Brandon, Michael, Daniel; 
great-grandchildren, Brandon, Jordan, 
Deena Leah, Ashley, Page, Joshua, 
Mateo, Nicholas; sister-in-law, Frieda 
Weberman.
Mr. Weberman was the beloved hus-
band of the late Dina Leah Weberman; 
loving father and father-in-law 
of the late Anna and the late Jack 

Thibert; dear brother of the late Leo 
Weberman. 
Contributions may be made to 
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, 
MI 48334. Services and interment 
were held at Hebrew Memorial Park. 
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel.

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(JTA) — Meshulam Riklis, an Israeli-
American businessman who was 
called “perhaps the first corporate 
takeover artist” in the United States, 
has died.
Riklis had more than $1 billion in 
assets prior to several of his businesses 
going bankrupt in the early 1990s. One 
of the best-known was McCrory Corp., 
a chain of five-and-dime stores that 
was founded in 1882 and went bust in 
1992 under Riklis. His critics accused 
him of gutting the firm and others, 
and of shifting around its wealth 
before terminating it.
It was the Baltimore Sun 
that described Riklis as the corporate 
takeover artist in the aftermath of the 
McCrory’s failure.
Riklis died Jan. 25, 2019, at 95 in a 
Tel Aviv hospital, Maariv reported.

Meshulam Riklis,
Israeli-American 
Corporate ‘
Takeover 
Artist,’
 dies at 95