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SIDNEY JAY 
KOVINSKY, 84, of 
Clearwater Beach, Fla., 
formerly of Detroit, 
died March 1, 2019. 
He was born to 
Benjamin and Jewell 
Kovinsky on Aug. 5, 1934. Sid grad-
uated from Wayne State University, 
where he received a business degree. 
He had a wonderful aptitude and 
passion for fashionable men’
s cloth-
ing, spent his career in the men’
s 
apparel industry and was executive 
vice president of merchandising for 
Hughes & Hatcher. 
The family relocated to Clearwater, 
Fla., in June 1981. Sid and Julia were 
married for nearly 45 years.
Mr. Kovinsky was the beloved 
husband of Julia; loving father of 
Cheryl, Leslie and the late Bruce; 
grandfather of Bradley and Spencer; 
uncle of Rose Fenster (Buddy) and 
Lisa Harris. He is also survived by 
many great-nieces, great-nephews 
and numerous friends. 
Interment was at Curlew Hills 
Cemetery in Palm Harbor, Fla. 
Contributions may be made to 
American Cancer Society, 20450 
Civic Center Drive, Southfield, MI 
48076, cancer.org; Congregation 
Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak 
Park, MI 48237, congbethshalom.
org; or SunCoast Hospice, 
suncoasthospice.org. Local arrange-
ments by Ira Kaufman Chapel. 

CHERYL FOXMAN 
LESCH, 65, of Harper 
Woods, died March 13, 
2019. 
She is survived by 
her beloved husband, 
Lynn Lesch; daughter, 
Elizabeth Kideckel; son, Matthew 
Kideckel; sisters and brothers-in-law, 
Debbie and Steve Hamer, Ilene and 
Jeff Keel; grandchildren, Michael 
Kideckel, Kevin Kideckel, Kaylee and 
Mya Wygonik; nieces and nephews, 
Becky (Quentin) Campbell, Missy 
Hamer and T.J. Keel; many other lov-
ing family members and friends. 
Interment took place at Beth El 
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia. 
Contributions may be made to a 
charity of one’
s choice. Arrangements 
by Dorfman Chapel.

JACK LEVITT, 90, of 
Bingham Farms, died 
March 12, 2019. He 
was a New York City 
native, the Bronx, but 
called Detroit home 
since 1940. 
A graduate of Central High 
School, Jack attended University 
of Michigan. Upon graduation in 
1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, 
during which time he married his 
wife of 55 years, Margaret. Jack 
was honorably discharged in 1954, 
moved to Livonia, where he and 
Margaret raised three sons, and he 
began coaching Little League base-
ball and basketball teams. 
He became a high school coun-
selor after earning his master’
s 
degree from U-M in 1956. He 
also owned a commercial driving 
school. The Bingham Farms res-
ident was known as “Legs” while 
an undergraduate at Michigan, 
where he played basketball during 
his sophomore, junior and senior 
years. He was inducted into the 
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of 
Fame in 2017.
Mr. Levitt is survived by his sons, 
David Levitt, Richard Levitt and 
Mark Levitt.
He was the beloved husband of 
the late Margaret Helen Levitt; the 
devoted son of the late Benjamin 
and the late Gussie Levitt; the dear 
brother of the late Alfred Levitt and 
the late Robert Israel Levitt. 
Interment was at Machpelah 
Cemetery. Contributions may be 
made to the Parkinson’
s Foundation 
of Michigan, 30400 Telegraph 
Road, Suite 150, Bingham Farms, 
MI 48025, parkinsonsmi.org; or 
the American Heart Association, 
27777 Franklin Road, Suite 1150, 
Southfield, MI 48034, heart.org/
HEARTORG. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

BETTY MEYERS (née Grossfeld), 
91, formerly of Oak Park, passed 
away in Lansing March 7, 2019.
She grew up in the East End of 
London, came to Detroit shortly 
after the Second World War and 
soon met her future husband, Tim 
Grossfeld of Highland Park. The 
couple resided in Oak Park, where 
they raised their three children.
In the late 1960s, Betty owned 
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