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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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