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Soul
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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