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of the late Virginia and the late Raymond 
Sharkey; the devoted daughter of the late 
Samuel and the late Gladys Wider; the 
dear cousin of the late Betty and the late 
Martin Hersch. 
Interment was at Machpelah 
Cemetery. Contributions may be 
made to Jewish Family Service, 6555 
W
. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 
48322, jfsdetroit.org; Jewish Hospice & 
Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W
. Maple, 
West Bloomfield, MI 48322, 
jewishhospice.org; or Jewish Senior Life 
of Metropolitan Detroit, 6710 W
. Maple 
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi.
org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel. 

ROBERT SIPHER, 62, of West 
Bloomfield, died April 19, 2019. 
He was a resident of Charach House, a 
group home in the JARC community. He 
will be fondly remembered for his loving 
presence, sweet smile, love of Chinese 
food and bowling.
Mr. Sipher is survived by his mother, 
Ann Sipher; sister and brother-in-law, 
Lynn Sipher and Scott Mann; brother 

and sister-in-law, Joe and Mary Sipher; 
many nieces and nephews. 
He was the son of the late Allen 
Sipher. 
Contributions may be made to 
JARC or Vivace at the Birmingham 
Temple. Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.
 

GLADYS “PEPI” 
SWEET, 90, of 
Farmington Hills, died 
April 19, 2019. 
She is survived by 
her son and daughter-
in-law, Paul and Laurie 
Sweet; daughters and sons-in-law, Carol 
and Ken Holtzman, Linda and Martin 
Schonberg; grandchildren, Julie (Paul) 
Merryman, Marissa (Nate) Heeren, 
Lori (Munk) Andres, Michael (Ammie) 
Sweet, Jamie (Conor) McCarthy, 
Emily Schonberg (fiancé, Chris Giles); 
great-grandchildren, Noah, Olivia, 
Emory, Nolan, Emilia, Milo, Delilah and 
Theodore; sister, Violet Greenberg; her 
devoted caregivers, Theresa Peterson, 
April Reynolds; many other loving fami-

ly members and friends. 
Mrs. Sweet was the beloved wife of the 
late Arthur M. Sweet; the sister of the 
late Alice (the late Sam) Bernstein; sister-
in-law of the late Ralph Greenberg. 
Interment was held at the Machpelah 
Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions 
may be made to the Alzheimer’
s 
Association. Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

c. 1998

HARRIET M. 
WALLACE, 88 of West 
Bloomfield, died April 21, 
2019.
She is survived by 
her grandchild, Hillary 
Wallace; sisters-in-law, 
Dorie Wallace and Renee 
Wallace; many other loving family mem-
bers and friends. 
Mrs. Wallace was the beloved wife 
of the late Arnold Wallace; mother 
of the late Michael Wallace, the late 
Martin Wallace; grandmother of the late 
Zachary Wallace. 
Interment took place at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery in Birmingham. 

Contributions may be made to Marfan 
Foundation. Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel. 

SHAY CELIA ZIFF, 15 of 
Bloomfield Hills, died 
April 20, 2019.
She was born in Pontiac 
on Jan. 23, 2004. On May 
18, 2004, at four months 
old, Shay received a heart 
transplant, her “
gift of life.
” She was 
a freshman at Bloomfield Hills High 
School. To know Shay was to love her.
Shay leaves behind her amazing sister, 
Brooke; her mom and stepdad, Lisa Ziff 
and Karl Krueger, dad and stepmom, 
Adam and Nancy Ziff; loving grand-
parents, Lenore and Dr. Stan Dorfman, 
Marjie and Steve Ziff, and Barb and Bud 
Keller; and a huge following of family 
and friends.
Interment was held at Clover Hill Park 
Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions 
may be made to the Shay Sends a Kid 
to Camp Fund at the Friendship Circle. 
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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