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Shira Rutman, all of San 
Franscisco; Todd and Taal 
Hasak-Lowy of Evanston, Ill.; 
his “son from another mister,
” 
Keith Buchanan of Pleasant 
Ridge. He was the adoring 
proud Saba of Ariel Hasak-
Lowy, Noam Hasak-Lowy, 
Irit Rutman-Lowy and Micah 
Rutman-Lowy. He is also sur-
vived by his sister, Jacqueline 
Carter; niece, Stephanie 
Bachelor; and nephew, 
Gregory Carter; Suzanne’
s 
extended family and a world 
of study partners and friends. 
Contributions may be 
made to the Florence Melton 
School of Adult Jewish 
Learning, 85 Revere Drive, 
Suite J, Northbrook, IL 
60062, meltonschool.org; 
or Detroit Friends of Adult 
Jewish Learning, (JLearn and 
Melton), 6735 Telegraph 
Road, Suite 105, Bloomfield 
Hills, MI 48301. 
Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

SHIRLEY 
(KIRSH) 
OSTROVITZ, 
96, of Memphis, 
Tenn., died Nov. 
20, 2019.
She was born in Detroit on 
Nov. 18, 1923. Growing up, 
she was active in Habonim. 
She graduated from Central 
High in 1942. 
While briefly living in 
New York, she met Joseph 
Ostrovitz, and they married 
in 1948. They were married 
51 years until his passing in 
1999.
The couple raised their 
seven children in Oak Park, 
then lived in West Bloomfield 
for the next 30 or so years. 
They were members of 

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