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Soul
of blessed memory

lieu of flowers, the family suggests 
a charitable contribution to Jewish 
Family Service. 

MICHAEL D. 
FAYNE, 77, of Long 
Boat Key, Florida, died 
June 11, 2020. 
 Mr. Fayne is sur-
vived by his wife, 
Susan Fayne; children, Tony and 
Shawn Fayne, Nikki and Jeffrey 
Jacobs, Adam and Susie Rosenberg, 
Darren and Emily Rosenberg, and 
Amy Rosenberg; grandchildren, 
Sasha Fayne, Reese, Sydney, Eden, 
Ryan, Samantha and Charlie 
Rosenberg, and Josh and Jake 
Radom; brother and sister-in-law, 
Ronnie and Linda Fayne; sister, 
Wendy Glaser. 
 He was the dear brother-in-law 
of the late David Glaser. Interment 
at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. 
 Contributions may be directed 
to Transplant House of Cleveland, 
11514 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, 
OH 44106, transplanthouseof-
cleveland.org. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

EVELYN 
FEIGENSON,
98, of Farmington 
Hills, died June 18, 
2020. 
She is survived by 
her daughters and sons-in-law, 
Susan Feigenson and Stuart Levine, 
Cheryl Feigenson and Jeffrey 
Tindell; son and daughter-in-law, 
Ben and Dana Feigenson; grand-
children, Tal, Yaron, Jonathan, 
Daniel and Arielle Feigenson; 
great-grandchildren, Alaya and 
Alon; many other loving family 
members and friends.
Mrs. Feigenson was the beloved 
wife of the late Philip Feigenson. 
Interment took place at 
Machpelah Cemetery. Contrib-
utions may be made to Yad Ezra. 
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. 

D

r. Manuel Sklar died 
June 12, 2020, shortly 
after his 95th birthday. 
He lived a life of unparalleled 
vigor and vitality.

Born on May 3, 1925, to 
Fannie and Sol Sklar, Dr. Sklar 
grew up in Detroit, graduated 
from Central High School and 
was drafted in 1943 when he 
was 18. Serving as a medic 
in a combat engineer unit 
— he had already completed 
one semester of college and 
dreamed of becoming a doc-
tor — he marched through 
the south of France, up into 
the Ardennes Forest and into 
combat in Germany in 1944.
He served out the last phase 
of his military service with his 
unit in Nuremberg, where he 
witnessed the prosecution of 
Nazis for war crimes in the 
Nuremberg Trials.
Coming home in 1946, Dr. 
Sklar earned B.S and M.D. 
degrees from Wayne State 
University, lived in a flat with 
his parents, brother, sister 
and grandparents and studied 
in the attic to the strains of 
opera and classical music. He 
was especially devoted to his 
maternal grandfather Leibl 
Nosanchuk. 
In 1949, he married Harriet 
Latt and they began their fam-
ily in 1951, just before he grad-
uated from medical school. 
The pair loved the DSO and 
traveling. They had five chil-
dren together. At the time of 
Harriet’
s death, they had been 
married for 65 years.
Dr. Sklar completed his res-
idency in internal medicine at 
Receiving Hospital in Detroit 
and went to the University 
of Chicago for his fellowship 
in gastroenterology, a field in 
which he actively practiced 
until age 90.
He always said he was 
fortunate to be able to be at 
U-Chicago at the time that 
the new field of endoscopy
was being pioneered there. Dr. 

Sklar was asked to 
join his mentor, Dr. 
Joseph Kirsner, in his 
department; but with 
two young children 
and a third on the 
way, he decided to 
return to Detroit to 
be close to his family.
In 1956, he opened 
a medical practice. 
He returned to Chicago peri-
odically to continue working 
on the development of flexible 
endoscopes with the Olympus 
Corporation, the Japanese 
company that was manufac-
turing them. Dr. Sklar and Dr. 
Kirsner maintained a close 
relationship as colleagues and 
friends until Dr. Kirsner’
s 
death in 2012.
Dr. Sklar was board-certified 
in internal medicine, gastro-
enterology and geriatrics, and 
served as chief of gastroen-
terology at Sinai Hospital. He 
was an author and co-author 
of numerous scholarly papers 
throughout his long career. 
Beloved by his many 
patients and highly respect-
ed by colleagues of all ages, 
Dr. Sklar was also known for 
being available to his patients 
24/7 and making house calls 
long after house calls were 
considered too time consum-
ing. Medicine was his passion, 
his joy and his identity, as 
evidenced by his maintenance 
of recertification in his three 
specialties. In order to improve 
his skills, he would devote 
a part of each year studying 
areas of medicine that were 
not in his specialty areas. He 
taught residents throughout 
his 80s and did not formally 
retire as a practitioner until the 
age of 90.
Dr. Sklar was a lifelong 
learner, reading the New York 
Times and the Wall Street Journal
from cover to cover every 
day and for 30 years, learn-
ing Torah in a study group 
with Rabbi Eli Gordon of 
Southfield. He was devoted to 

the Detroit Tigers and 
didn’
t miss a Detroit 
Lions home football 
game from 1956 
until just a few years 
ago. A Lions playoff 
appearance would 
likely have given him 
a reason to live for a 
few more years. 

Dr. Sklar was also a 
dedicated and longtime mem-
ber of Congregation Shaarey 
Zedek and attended Shabbat 
services every Saturday. He 
accumulated many honors in 
his lifetime, including being 
named one of the Eight Over 
Eighty by Jewish Senior Life 
in 2018.
Survivors include children, 
Susan Hurwitz (Martin), 
David Sklar (Julie Edgar), 
Melissa Sklar and Joel Sklar 
(Connie Cessante); grand-
children, Ariel Hurwitz-
Greene (Joseph Greene), 
Noah Hurwitz (Lizzy), 
Judith Hurwitz, Jonah Sklar, 
Daniel Sklar and Lev Sklar; 
great-grandchildren, Nathaniel 
Greene, Gabriel Greene, 
Asher Hurwitz and Hamilton 
Hurwitz. He is also survived 
by his sister, Diane Blau 
(Larry); sister-in-law, Valerie 
Indenbaum; devoted compan-
ion, Elayne Galin; and many 
nieces and nephews.
Dr. Sklar was preceded 
in death by his daughter, 
Elizabeth Sklar; wife, Harriet; 
and brother Donald Sklar. 
A graveside funeral was 
held at Clover Hill Park.
Contributions may be made 
to Kadima, 15999 W
. 12 Mile, 
Southfield, MI 48176; Crohn’
s 
and Colitis Foundation of 
America, 25882 Orchard 
Lake Road, Farmington Hills, 
MI 48336; Yeshivas Darchei 
Torah, 21550 W
. 12 Mile Road, 
Southfield, MI 48076, in honor 
of Rabbi Eli Gordon; or Aish 
HaTorah, 25725 Coolidge 
Hwy., Oak Park, MI 48237. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel. 

A Distinguished Man Of Medicine
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