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