52 May 30 • 2019 jn continued from page 51 soul of blessed memory JUDITH SOMMERS, 96, of Bloomfield Hills, died May 19, 2019. She was born at the Hadassah Hospital in Haifa in December 1922. Her father, Nathan, came to America when Judy was 6 months old. Although Nathan expected to bring his wife and baby daughter to America shortly after he arrived, the U.S. immigration laws had become more restrictive and it took nearly seven years before his wife and child could emigrate. Judy was nearly 7 when the family was reunited in Detroit. Judy was always interested in learn- ing, public speaking and debate; she graduated from Wayne State University with a teaching degree and taught at Hampton Elementary School in Detroit until her first child was born. In the 1960s, Judy went back to work part- time as a substitute teacher and, later, a math specialist in the Detroit school system until her retirement in 1980. In retirement, Judy was a volunteer at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where she participated in the Arts to the Schools program and various other projects that enabled her to combine her excellent skills as a teacher and speaker with her love of art and culture. In later years, when Judy and Norman wintered in Florida, Judy volunteered at the Sarasota Public Library and the Ringling Museum of Art. Mrs. Sommers is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Madelene and Ron Kepes, Lisa and Steve Gretchko, and Lori and Bruce Abel; grandchildren, Jenny (Nick) Spadafora, Beth (Brett) Wanamaker, Amy Abel, Brian Abel, David Gretchko and Benjamin Gretchko; great-grand- children, Kaiden Spadafora and Luna Spadafora; her sister, Malverne Reinhart; her niece, Janet Reinhart Hall; her nephew and niece, Robert and Susan Reinhart; their respective children, Elliott Hall, Melissa Hall, Adlai Reinhart and Julian Reinhart; her loving caregiver of several years, Karen McFarland. She was the beloved wife for 69 years of the late Norman Sommers; the daughter of the late Nathan and the late Hinda Gleiber; the sister-in-law of the late Melvin Reinhart. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Henry Ford Hospital, Temple Israel, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Yad Ezra or a charity of one’ s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. LARRY TRACHT, 79, of Oak Park, died May 22, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Tracht; brother, Robert Tracht of West Bloomfield; mother-in-law, Betty Mitchell; many loving cousins and fam- ily members; his best boy, Franklin. Mr. Tracht was the loving son of the late Herman and the late Lillian Tracht; dear son-in-law of the late Marty Mitchell. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’ s choice. Interment was held at Hebrew Memorial Park. Services were held at the chapel at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. German Holocaust Archive Puts Millions of Documents Online The International Tracing Service in Germany has uploaded more than 13 million documents from Nazi concentration camps, including pris- oner cards and death notices, to help Holocaust researchers and others investigate the fate of victims. Established by the Western Allies in the final days of World War II and initially run by the Red Cross, the ITS also announced it was chang- ing its name to “ Arolsen Archives — International Center on Nazi Persecution.” The archivist in Bad Arolsen, Germany, says, with help from Israel’ s Yad Vashem, documents with information on more than 2.2 mil- lion people are now available online. Search for documents at arolsen-archives.org.