Moments

 JULY 2 • 2020 | 29

Martinez-Friedlaender
N

icole Friedlaender and 
Joseph Martinez are pleased 
to announce their engage-
ment. Nicole is the daughter of 
Susan and Howard Friedlaender 
of Birmingham. Joseph is the son 
of Gail Henderson of Brownstown 
Township, Mich., and Joe Martinez 
of McEwan, Tenn. 
Nicole and Joseph live in 
Birmingham. They received their 
bachelor’
s degrees in English from 
Wayne State University in Detroit, 
where they met. Nicole then completed her master’
s degree in 
counseling psychology at Wayne State. She is employed as a 
psychotherapist at Great Lakes Psychology Group in Roseville. 
Joseph is completing his master’
s degree in clinical mental 
health counseling at Wayne State. He also works on the admin-
istrative staff at Neurobehavorial Medicine Group in Bloomfield 
Hills. 
Their wedding will take place this August at Temple Israel in 
West Bloomfield.

Hirsch 100th
B

ernard Hirsch of Southfield 
recently celebrated his 100th 
birthday; he was born May 28, 
1920.
He is a Holocaust survivor from 
Petrovce, Slovakia. The Russians 
liberated him in 1945. In Detroit, he 
helped form Sam’
s Carpet Cleaning 
Company and retired at 85. His 
children are Henry (Caryn), Danny 
(Cindy), Steven; grandchildren are 
Stacey (Brian Jeffries), Ryan (Lori), 
Andrea (Michael Kruszynski), Julie 
(Aaron Friedman), Jessica (Zak Shenitsky) and Michelle Wayne; 
great-grandchildren are Ruthie, Zev, Sylvia, Isaac, Sam, Lyla and 
Alex.

Shepherd 50th 
S

usan and David Shepherd of 
Farmington Hills marked their 
50th wedding anniversary 
on June 28, 2020. They are the 
proud parents of Aaron (Melissa) 
Shepherd, Matt (Jessica) Shepherd 
and Alison (Brett) Gers. They have 
also been blessed with six won-
derful grandchildren, Alexa, Sasha, 
Ari, Zoe, Emma and Aiden. Due to 
the pandemic, this announcement 
will be the first part of an otherwise 
delayed celebration.

JUNE 8, 2020
Traci and Michael Baum of Birmingham are thrilled 
to announce the birth of their daughter, Madison 
Paige. Parker, 2, is her proud big brother. Madison 
is the granddaughter of Dianne Zullow and Scott 
Gordon of Kissimmee, Fla., Howard Baum of West 
Bloomfield and the late Patti Nemer. She is the great-granddaugh-
ter of Marlene Zullow of Boynton Beach, Fla., and the late Herman 
Zullow, Sydelle and Bernard Gordon of Clermont, Fla., the late 
Pearl Baum, the late Sidney Baum, the late Mickey Nemer, the late 
Barbara Nemer and the late Ilene Nemer. Madison was named in 
memory of her maternal great-great-grandmother Minnie Katz and 
paternal great-grandmother Pearl Baum. 

MAY 2, 2020
Debra Kayes Halpern and Miles Halpern of Batavia, 
Ill., are very happy to announce the birth of their 
beautiful daughter, Golda Neko Kayes Halpern. 
Joyfully welcoming Golda are her adorable sister, 
Edie, and her grandparents, Linda and Dennis Kayes 
of Huntington Woods, and Leslie and Barton Halpern of Lititz, Pa. 
Golda is named in memory of Debra’
s maternal great-grandmother 
Golda Shafer, who was loved by her family. 

OCT. 12, 2019
Kristin and Eric Sweet of Holly Springs, N.C., happily 
announce the birth of their daughter, Penny Diana 
Sweet. Thrilled grandparents are Adrienne and Neal 
Sweet of West Bloomfield, and Diana and Bob 
Dombrowski of Fowlerville. Penny’
s Hebrew name is 
Leah Bayla, in loving memory of her great-grandmother Jane 
Sweet and her great-great-aunt Betty Merna.

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for special birthdays starting at the 90th.
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