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great-grandson, Nathaniel 
Henry Mondello, all of Seattle; 
her son-in-law, Michael Barden; 
her oldest granddaughter, 
Dorah Barden, of Vancouver 
B.C. 
Mrs. Faigin was the loving 
wife of the late Henry Faigin for 
50 years; the loving mother of 
the late Sybil Faigin; the young-
er sister of the late Miriam 
Feldman; the dear friend of the 
late Tom Tannis. 
Throughout her lifetime, 
Frieda continued to be close 
to her surviving first cous-
ins, Florence (Flossie) Citeral 
of Detroit, Delores “Lollie” 
Bennish of Chicago and Larry 
Gussin of Seattle; her nieces, 
Eileen Baum, Carol Seligson 
and Susan Katz; her nephew, 
Jerome Katz, all of the Detroit 
area. 
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be made 
to Na’
amat or to Hadassah. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

JERALD FARKAS, 81, of 
Walled Lake, died Dec. 12, 
2019. 
He is survived by his daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Beth and 
Howie Borin; grandchildren, 

Jessica and Mitchell Borin; 
brother and sister-in-law, Neal 
and Michelle Farkas; sister, 
Nanci Coller; many other loving 
family members and friends. 
Mr. Farkas was the dear 
father of the late Jeffrey Farkas.
Interment was held at El 
Rod Cemetery in Versailles, 
Pa. Contributions may be 
made to Jewish Family Service. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

MERVIN 
HAROLD 
GOLDSTEIN, 
M.D., 76, died Dec. 
14, 2019, in 
Newport Coast, 
Calif.
He was born April 10, 1943, 
in London, Ontario, Canada, 
the son of William and Zelda 
Goldstein. Mervin was an 
accomplished facial plastic sur-
geon and artist. 
He was most proud of his 
three loving grandchildren, 
Benjamin (17), Seth (15) and 
Manya (9) of Farmington Hills. 
Mervin is also survived by his 
dedicated and devoted wife 
of 50 years, Carol (Edelberg) 
Goldstein of Newport Coast; 
his son and daughter-in-law, 
Dr. Ethan Goldstein and 

Marcie (Eskin) Goldstein of 
Farmington Hills.
Contributions may be 
made to the National Stroke 
Association, through a 
GoFundMe campaign titled 
Peloton Ride for 365.

GERALD EVAN 
GRODSKY, 50, of 
Farmington, died 
Dec. 16, 2019.
He is survived by 
his wife, Jennifer 
Grodsky; daughters, Rachel 
Grodsky and Rebecca Grodsky; 
parents, Elliott and Anita 
Grodsky; brother and sister-in-
law, Larry and Lisa Grodsky; 
mother and father-in-law, Tom 
and Marsha Bryant; sister-in-
law, Kim (Dale) Richmond; 
nieces and nephew, Luca and 
Gabriella Grodsky, Elizabeth 
and Emily Richmond; aunts, 
Marilyn Schechter, Terry (Lori) 
Katz; many other loving family 
members and a world of devot-
ed friends. 
Mr. Grodsky was the nephew 
of the late David Schechter. 
Interment was held at Beth 
El Memorial Park Cemetery 
in Livonia. Contributions may 
be made to the Birmingham 
Temple, the Society for 
Humanistic Judaism or to the 

American Heart Association. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

STEWART 
LEVIN, 84, of 
Pleasant Ridge, 
died Dec. 16, 2019, 
peacefully at home 
in the arms of his 
bashert, following numerous 
health issues culminating with 
an untreatable infection. 
He was born in Jackson to 
Murray and Sarah Levin.
Mr. Levin loved his home in 
Pleasant Ridge and its village 
of friends and neighbors. A 
people-person, he was the con-
summate salesman, initially of 
women’
s clothing then in the 
residential building industry. He 
loved Jewish learning.
His wife, Suzanne, was 
extraordinarily aided in caring 
for Stewart during his final days 
by Hospice of Michigan and the 
Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy 
Network. 
He is survived by his “pre-
cious” wife of 20 years, Suzanne 
Levin; his children, Dawn 
Levin of Denver, Bradley 
(Jocelyn Baldwin) Levin of West 
Bloomfield and Craig Levin of 
Clawson; Suzanne’
s children, 
Jordan Lowy, Adam Lowy and 

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