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beloved wife, Doris; his brothers, 
Cornelius (Bessie), Alex (Evelyn) 
and Emanuel (Amelia); his sisters, 
Hazel, Laverne (Wylie) and Roseanne 
(Elbert); daughter, Gail; grandson, 
Perry; sister-in-law, Wilma Wright; 
brothers-in-law, Elbert Branch, 
Maurice Wright, Roy Robinson and 
Alan Hopewell. 
Interment was at Woodlawn 
Cemetery. Contributions may be 
made to Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut 
Lake Road, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48323, temple-israel.org; 
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, MI 
48334, adatshalom.org; Alzheimer’
s 
Association-National Chapter, P.O. 
Box 96011, Washington, D.C., 20090-
6011, alz.org; or COPD Foundation, 
2937 SW 27th Ave., Miami, FL 
33133, copd.org. Arrangements by 
Ira Kaufman Chapel. 

SAM ZACKS, 101, of 
West Bloomfield, died 
March 4, 2019. 
He is survived by 
his sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Howard 
and Geraldine Zacks, 
Mark and Alice Zacks, Paul and 
Shelly Zacks; grandchildren, 
Michele (Carl Alexander) Zacks, 
Matthew (Lisa) Zacks, Stephen 
Zacks, Matthew Mercadante, Daniel 
(Valerie) Mercadante, Eric (Renee) 
Zacks, Evan (Dana) Zacks, Dustin 
Zacks, Justin (Sarah) Zacks, Eden 
(Matthew) Sensenbrenner, Seth 
Zacks; great-grandchildren, Dylan, 
Oliver, Aria, Asher, Micah, Leah, 
Benny, Jesse, Mira, Zoey, Eli, Stella; 
many other loving family members 
and friends. 
Mr. Zacks was the beloved hus-
band of the late Miriam Zacks; 
brother of the late Norman Zacks, 
the late Louis Zacks and the late Bess 
Lentzer. 

Interment was held at Beth El 
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. 
Contributions may be made to a 
charity of one’
s choice. Arrangements 
by Dorfman Chapel.

DONNA ZATKIN, 82, 
of West Bloomfield, 
died March 5, 2019. 
She is survived by her 
brother, David Zatkin; 
nieces and nephews, 
Michelle and Donald 
Drury, Allan and Sharon Zatkin, 
Steven and Andrea Zatkin, Lynn and 
Donald Apel, Cheri and Douglas 
Burley, James and Michelle Hoffman, 
Julie Schaefer, Beth and Paul 
Chuckran; many loving grandnieces 
and grandnephews. 
Ms. Zatkin was the loving sister of 
the late Richard and the late Judith 
Zatkin, and the late Lawrence Zatkin; 
the dear sister-in-law of the late 
Gloria Zatkin. 
Interment was at Beth El 
Memorial Park. Contributions may 

be made to Temple Israel, Judith 
and Richard Zatkin Youth Fund, 
5725 Walnut Lake Road, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48323, temple-israel.
org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel. 

soul

of blessed memory

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