38 | APRIL 9 • 2020

Activist and Feminist

Soul
of blessed memory

JACK ANSTANDIG,
90, of West
Bloomfield, died April
1, 2020.
He is survived by
his children, Steve
(Kristin) Anstandig, Liora Linda
Anstandig (Keith Russell) and
Marcy Boskee; grandchildren,
Amy Olson, Jeffrey Wachsberg,
Ilana Carlton and Danielle
Anstandig; great-grandchildren,
Alexandra Olson, Leo Wachsberg,
Nikklaus Carlton, Abel Moore and
Charlotte Moore; sister, Minnie
Anstandig; many loving nieces,
nephews, other family members
and friends.
Mr. Anstandig was the beloved
husband of the late Lois Anstandig;
brother of the late Natalie Weiss.
Interment was held at
Clover Hill Park Cemetery in
Birmingham. Contributions may
be made to Forgotten Harvest
or to the Hospices of Henry
Ford. Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.

JOANN GRAY BELL,
74, of West
Bloomfield, died
March 30, 2020.
She is survived by
her husband of 52
years, Marshall Bell; daughter,
Jacquelyn Bell; son, Gregory Bell;
grandchildren, Jonah Bell and
Riley Bell.
Mrs. Bell was the devoted
daughter of the late Dr. Manuel
and the late Lucille Gray; the
loving sister of the late Linda
Plavnick.
Interment was at Pine Lake
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to Yoga Moves MS, P
.O. Box
250144, Franklin, MI 48025,
yogamovesms.org; or to a charity
of one’
s choice. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JOSEPH ARNOLD
BLOCH, 87, died
March 26, 2020.
He was known
throughout the real
estate industry as the

land man.
Mr. Bloch is survived by his
wife, Barbra Bloch; nephews and
nieces, Bruce and Patti Stein,
Denise and Donald Chaimovitz;
cousins, Sharry and Steve
Solomon, Marshall and Janey
Cossman, Jeffrey and Wendy
Cossman, Holly and Irwin Rozner,
Harriett and Sheldon Fuller, Stuart
and Julia Bloch.
He was preceded in death by
his father, Sol N. Bloch; mother,
Jeanette Marie Cossman, sister,
Barbara Seedman.
A time for a memorial service
will be announced for this sum-
mer. Contributions may be made
to Alzheimer’
s research or a charity
of one’
s choice.

EVELYN EISNER, of West
Bloomfield, died March 28, 2020.
She is survived by her nieces
and nephews, Steven Shafer, Harry
Shafer, Beverly Shafer (life part-
ner, Linda Walker), Gary (Sandy)
Miller, Ronald (Sandra) Miller
and Margo (Larry) Jacobson;
many loving great-nieces and
great-nephews, other family mem-
bers and friends.
Mrs. Eisner was the devoted
sister of the late Sidney Eisner,
the late Ruthe Shafer and the late
Florence Miller.
Interment was held at Hebrew
Memorial Park Cemetery in Mt.
Clemens. Contributions may be
made to a charity of one’
s choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.

ROSA ERNSTEIN,
86, of West
Bloomfield, died
March 25, 2020.
She graduated from
Central High School
and attended the University of
Michigan.
Mrs. Ernstein loved history,
archaeology, anthropology and
animals. She was a docent at the
Detroit Institute of Arts, where she
shared her love of ancient worlds
and cultures.
She also worked as a travel

M

ARLAINA
KREININ (nee
Marlene Louise
Miller), beloved wife,
mother and grandmother,
died March 27, 2020, in
Tarrytown, N.Y.
She was born April 26,
1933, in Crystal Falls,
Michigan, the daughter of
Jean and Herman Miller.
The eldest of two daugh-
ters and part of one of the
few Jewish families
in Crystal Falls,
she and her sister,
Laela, were sent
to a neighboring
town for Hebrew
school. Her grand-
father, Eli, came
from Poland and
started Miller’
s
General Store.
A proud “yoop-
er,” she wrote a collection
of stories about growing
up in the Upper Peninsula.
She graduated from the
University of Michigan with
a degree in English litera-
ture and later earned a mas-
ter’
s degree from Michigan
State University.
Marlaina met Mordechai
“Max” Kreinin playing
ping-pong at the University
of Michigan Hillel. They
married and settled in East
Lansing, where they raised
three daughters. She was a
devoted Jew and a lifelong
supporter of Israel.
In 1970, she was part of
a small group who started
a new synagogue, Kehillat
Israel, in Lansing and, even-
tually, was also a member
of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek. Marlaina made a

home for her family in over
20 different cities around
the globe due to Max’
s job
as an economics professor
at MSU.
Marlaina was a poet,
writer and storyteller. She
was an activist, marching
for civil rights, against the
Vietnam War and nuclear
proliferation. She was also
an early health-food advo-
cate, environmentalist and
feminist, including
advocating for a
women’
s interna-
tional court.
Survivors
include three
daughters, Tamar
Kreinin (Rosalind
Hinton), Elana
Markovitz
(Dr. Dennis
Markovitz),
Miriam Souccar (David
Souccar); four grandchil-
dren, Raviv Markovitz
(Michal Latzer), Netana
Markovitz, Noa Souccar,
Lyla Souccar; niece,
Melinda Saulson; neph-
ews, Eli Saulson (Michele
Saulson) and Saul and
Marjorie Saulson of
Franklin; sister-in-law,
Oshria Pik; and her
sons, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren in
Israel.
Mrs. Kreinin was preced-
ed in death by her sister,
Laela Miller Saulson; and
her husband, Max.
Those who wish may
make memorial contribu-
tions to the Greater Lansing
Food Bank, University of
Michigan Hillel or Rain
Forest Action Network.

Marlaina Kreinin

c. 2012