38 | MAY 21 • 2020 

Soul
of blessed memory

BERNICE 
ROSENBAUM 
HERTZ, 97, of St. 
Louis Park, Minn., 
formerly of 
Farmington Hills, 
died May 9, 2020.
She is survived by her 
daughters and sons-in-
law, Joanne and Michael 
Margolin, and Ellen Hertz 
and Randy Zats; son and 
daughter-in-law, Marshall 
and Denise Hertz; grand-
children, Becky and Scott 
Ackerman, Lisa Margolin, 
Ben and Adri Margolin, 
Ben and Lauren Hertz, and 
Annie and Jason Guzman; 
great-grandchildren, John, 
Ayla and Alex Ackerman, 
Archie and Maddox Margolin, 
Matilda and Simon Hertz, and 
Penelope Guzman; numerous 
loving nieces and nephews. 
Mrs. Hertz was the beloved 
wife of the late Benjamin B. 
Hertz; the devoted daughter 
of the late Meyer “Max” and 
the late Anna Ruth (Goldner) 
Rosenbaum; the loving sister 
of the late Herbert and the 
late Doris Rosenbaum.
Interment was at Clover 
Hill Park Cemetery. 
Contributions may be made 
to Masonic Cancer Center, 
University of Minnesota, 
200 Oak St. SE, Suite 500, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455, 
makingagift.umn.edu/give/
fund.html?id=18704; or to 
a charity of one’
s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

DR. SHERMAN 
HIRSCHMAN, 
died May 10, 
2020, on the eve 
of his 85th birth-
day.
He is survived by his lov-

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A Patron of The Arts

L

ila Silverman, 86, of 
Bloomfield Hills, passed 
away peacefully (non-
COVID) at home on May 
7, 2020, after a courageous, 
12-year battle with cancer.
She was born on July 25, 
1933, in Detroit, the daugh-
ter of Mary and Morris 
Smith. She married Gilbert 
B. Silverman in 1962, and 
together they went on a grand 
and beautiful adventure of 
collecting art and repairing the 
world.
Passionate and visionary 
collectors of modern art, Lila 
and Gil left an indelible mark 
on many art institutions, 
including the Museum of 
Modern Art in New York, 
Detroit Institute of Arts and 
the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 
They donated their unpar-
alleled Fluxus Collection to 
MoMA in 2008; after Gil’
s 
passing, Lila also donated 
to MoMA the Gilbert and 
Lila Silverman Instruction 
Drawings Collection, which 
includes iconic works by John 
Cage, Yoko Ono and Robert 
Rauschenberg.
Equally generous with 
her time and wisdom, Lila 
served as a member of 
MoMA
’
s Trustee Committee 
on Archives, Library and 
Research; as an honorary 
trustee of MoMA; a found-
ing member of the Visiting 
Committee for European 
Sculpture and Decorative 
Arts of the Detroit Institute 
of Arts and as the chair of 
the DIA
’
s Friends of Modern 
and Contemporary Art 
Committee.
A steadfast mentor to count-
less artists and individuals 
she encountered in her travels 

across the world 
and during her life-
long involvement in 
the Detroit commu-
nity, Lila was a com-
mitted supporter of 
so many social jus-
tice and charitable 
causes. She was a 
founding trustee of 
the Jewish Women’
s 
Foundation of Metropolitan 
Detroit; she served on the 
board of directors of DMC 
Foundation, chaired both the 
Doreen and David Hermelin 
Breast Imaging Center at the 
Karmanos Cancer Institute 
and the Sommerset Imaging 
Center at the Karmanos 
Cancer Institute, and she 
served as the co-chair of the 
Alexander Walt Breast Center 
at the Karmanos Cancer 
Institute.
As a lifetime member of the 
League of Women Voters and 
a fierce supporter of Planned 
Parenthood, Lila was also a 
founding member of EMILY’
s 
list, Michigan and served on 
the Committee for Midtown 
Economic Development. She 
was also an honorary board 
member of Greening of 
Detroit.
Lila had impeccable taste 
in fashion, gave fabulously 
elegant parties and organized 
people and trips to far-flung 
locations like no one else 
could. 
She was a loving and proud 
mother and grandmother, 
who displayed her grandsons’
 
school assignments alongside 
priceless art in her homes, 
never missed a chance to make 
a silver dollar pancake break-
fast for her grandchildren at 
the family home in Vermont 

or to show off her 
granddaughter’
s violin 
playing. She remained 
strong, opinionated, 
beautiful and gra-
cious.
Beloved wife of 
54 years of the late 
Gilbert B. Silverman, 
Lila is survived by her 
sons, Eric (Svetlana) 
Silverman and Paul (Jennifer) 
Silverman; loving Nana to 
Katarina Silverman, Aleksia 
Silverman, Eliana Silverman, 
Nathan Silverman and Levi 
Silverman. She is also survived 
by Gilbert’
s children: Marsha 
(Tom) Brunelle, Wendy 
(Mitch Master) Silverman, 
Gilbert B. (“Buzz”) Silverman 
Jr.; and former daughter-in-
law, Jan Silverman; Gilbert’
s 
grandchildren, Jessica (Sarah 
Thornton) Silverman, Lesley 
Silverman, Michael Silverman 
and Cynthia (Chris) Brunelle 
Cifrino; Gilbert’
s great-grand-
daughter, Cora Cifrino; her 
loving extended family and 
caregivers, as well as her loving 
companion, Tiger V
.
She was the loving sister of 
the late Gloria Wagner; devot-
ed daughter of the late Morris 
and the late Mary Smith. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Detroit 
Institute of Arts, 5200 
Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 
48202, dia.org; Karmanos 
Cancer Institute, 4100 John R, 
Detroit, MI 48201, karmanos.
org/give; or Jewish Federation 
of Metropolitan Detroit, 6735 
Telegraph Road, Bloomfield 
Hills, MI 48301, 
jewishdetroit.org/donate-
online/. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel. 

Lila Silverman