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of blessed memory
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DR. DAVID LEVADI, 88, of
West Bloomfield, died May 7,
2020.
He was a longtime member
of Keter Torah Synagogue.
A dedicated and com-
passionate psychiatrist, Dr.
Levadi was loved by his
patients. He was also a nation-
ally ranked chess player, and
he loved gardening and dogs.
Dr. Levadi is survived by
his wife of more than 54 years,
Laurette Levadi; daughter and
son-in-law, Kadima and Isaac
Benezra of West Bloomfield;
brother and sister-in-law,
Victor and Barbara Levadi;
grandchildren, Solomon
Benezra, Rebecca Benezra,
Jonathan Benezra, Lauren and
Ron Tritt, Michael and Sophia
Benezra; great-grandchildren,
Milo, Eve, Yitzhak, Sarah,
Shoshana, Esther, Adina;
treasured in-laws, loving niec-
es, nephews, other relatives
and friends from Michigan,
Atlanta, Montreal, Paris and
Maryland.
He was the loving father of
the late Ari Levadi.
Contributions may be made
to Keter Torah Synagogue,
5480 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield, MI 48323.
Service and interment were
held at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
DEBORAH LEVENSON, 68,
of Delray Beach, Fla., died
April 28, 2020.
She is survived by her
daughters and son-in-law,
Sara Thomson, and Rebecca
and Noel Rollins; grand-
children, Lily Thomson and
Mikayala Thomson; sister
and brother-in-law, Stephanie
and Bruce Rudolph; nieces,
Nichole and Rochelle Kaplan-
Rudolph; great-nephew and
great-niece, Jaxson and Vivian
Kaplan-Rudolph.
Mrs. Levenson was the
devoted daughter of the late
Roslyn and the late Meyer
Kravitz.
A memorial service will
be held in Detroit at a later
date. Contributions may be
made to a charity of one’
s
choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
IRVING
LOPATIN, 94, of
West Bloomfield,
died May 3, 2020.
He was born
in Kremenets,
Ukraine (then a part of
Poland), the youngest of
three children; he emigrated
to Canada at the age of 3.
He grew up in Windsor,
Ontario, and served in
the Canadian army in
WWII. After his marriage in
1952 to his wife of 67 years,
Dorothy Simon, he moved
to Detroit. Irv was a respect-
ed architect and owned his
own firm for many years. His
gregarious nature and wit
served him well in both his
professional life and volun-
teer activities.
He was a past president of
both B’
nai B’
rith Oak Woods
Lodge and Congregation
B’
nai Moshe.
In addition to his loving
wife, Dorothy, Mr. Lopatin
will be sorely missed by his
children, Judy, Donna and
Jerry (MJ); his granddaugh-
ters, Rachel, Jennifer and
Anna; his brothers-in-law
and sisters-in-law, Beverly
and Tom Klimko, Bitsy and
Rabbi Milton Simon, and
Rene Lopatin; his nieces and
nephews; his dedicated care-
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