40 | AUGUST 6 • 2020 

Soul
of blessed memory

ELLA BAKER, 
95, of West 
Bloomfield, died 
July 29, 2020.
Ella was 
a very keen 
gardener for most of her 
life and particularly loved 
flowers (never fake, always 
real and seasonal). She was 
instrumental in creating 
the garden at Hechtman 
Apartments.
Ella had a very inquisitive 
mind and was well-informed 
as to what was happening 
in the world. She never 
shied away from expressing 
with conviction her points 
of view. She was always 
thinking of ways to improve 
the lives of those she knew 
and she made a positive 
impact on everyone she met. 
She will be dearly missed.
Mrs. Baker is survived 
by her daughter and son-
in-law, Esther Salamon and 
David Stephenson. She will 
be lovingly remembered by 
many friends.
She was the beloved wife 
of the late Willard G. Baker.
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be made 
to Heart to Heart Hospice, 
30800 Telegraph Road, Suite 
1850, Bingham Farms, MI 
48025, hearttohearthospice.
com; or Jewish Senior Life 
of Metropolitan Detroit, 
6710 W. Maple Road, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48322, jslmi.
org. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

SHARON JOY 
BROWN, 71, of 
Los Angeles, 
Calif., formerly of 
Chicago, Ill., and 
Bloomfield Hills, 

died July 25, 2020.
Sheri brightened the 
lives of all those who 
knew her and will forever 
be remembered in their 
hearts. Her zest for life was 
eclipsed only by her love of 
her family. She embodied 
unconditional love and set 
an example of what it means 
to be a mother and caring 
soul. She was an avid skier, 
lover of the arts, teacher, 
chef, entertainer, traveler 
and devoted friend who 
loved sharing her joy and 
memories of a life well lived. 
She was the beloved 
mother of Justin (Robin) 
Brown, Michael (Courtney) 
Brown, Eric (Alexandra) 
Brown, Allison (Zach) 
Weisman; stepmother of 
Aaron (Maud) Brown; loving 
sister of Susan (Stuart) 
Kaufman and David (Craig 
Trompeter) Rice; cherished 
grandmother of Benjamin, 
Jonathan and Peter Brown, 
Harper, Parker and Samantha 
Brown, Emi Brown, Liv and 
Noah Weisman; loving aunt 
of Scott Kaufman, Robin 
(Lee) Trepeck, Adria (Andy 
Kryshak) Rice, Jordan (Greg 
Schweizer) Rice, Jamie and 
Andy Trepeck; cousin of Dr. 
Sandy and Joan Weitzbuch; 
other caring relatives and 
many wonderful friends. 
Mrs. Brown was the 
daughter of the late Faye and 
the late Howard Rice; sister-
in-law of the late Nancy 
Weisman Rice.
To keep everyone safe 
and healthy, the graveside 
service was for the family 
only. Funeral services and 
interment were held at 
Shalom Memorial Park, 
Arlington Heights, Ill. 
To honor the memory of 

Sheri Rice Brown and to 
support her passion for 
Jewish camping, scholarship 
and the arts, consider a 
contribution to: Tamarack 
Camps, tamarackcamps.com/
tributes.Arrangements by 
Chicago Jewish Funerals-
Buffalo Grove Chapel, 847-
229-0822, cjfinfo.com. Local 
arrangements by Kaufman 
Chapel.

DOROTHY 
DISKIN, 88, of 
Farmington Hills, 
died July 28, 
2020. 
She was a warm 
and loving wife, mother and 
grandmother whose greatest 
joy was taking care of her 
family and others.
Mrs. Diskin is survived 
by her beloved husband 
of 69 years, Marty; sons, 
Jeffrey (Sharon), Stuart 
(Carol) and Robert (Hillary); 
grandchildren, Daniel, 
Rachel, Jodi, Joshua, 
Ryan and Tyler; great-
grandchildren, Isaiah and 
Coreyon; many loving 
nieces, nephews, other family 
members and friends.
Interment took place at 
Adat Shalom Memorial Park 
Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Jewish 
National Fund or to a 
charity of one’
s choice. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

c. 1982

ALLEN M. 
GREENSTEIN 
passed away 
peacefully in 
Miami, Fla., on 
July 9, 2020. 
He had 
resided at nursing homes 
in Broward and Miami 

Dade counties for the last 
eight years after suffering a 
stroke; throughout his life, 
he had taken up residences 
in the Metro Detroit area, 
Miami and Longwood, Fla., 
Houston area and Boca 
Raton, Fla. 
He was born in Ann Arbor 
on April 30, 1945, to Sidney 
Greenstein (born in Kherson, 
Ukraine, on April 22, 1910, 
and passed in Houston, 
Texas, on Jan. 6, 2000) and 
Ethel (Green) (born in Bay 
City, Mich., on Dec. 11, 
1911, and passed on Oct. 4, 
2005, in Houston). He grew 
up on Cherrylawn in Detroit 
and attended Mumford High 
School class of 1963.
Allen married his first 
wife, Donna Rader, daughter 
of Herman and Rose Rader, 
in 1965; they divorced in 
1988.
Mr. Greenstein is survived 
by seven children: Robert 
Rader of Santa Monica, 
Calif., State Sen. Kevin 
(Rabbi Amy) Rader of Delray 
Beach, Fla., Dr. Kerry (Rabbi 
David) Bar-Cohn (better 
known as Rebbetzin Tap) 
of Ramat Beit Shemesh, 
Israel, and from his second 
marriage, Drew, Jordan, 
Paige and Drake Greenstein; 
10 grandchildren, Dashiel 
and Zora Rader, Caleb, Ruby, 
Yael and Ezra Rader, and 
Daniel, Ilan, Ben Tzion and 
Yeshaya Bar-Cohn; an older 
sister, Barbara (Dr. Martin) 
Schwartz of Nashua, N.H.
Funeral arrangements 
were handled by Beth Israel 
Chapel of Delray Beach; he 
was laid to rest at Eternal 
Light Memorial Gardens in 
Boynton Beach, Fla.