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Rosenbaum; son, Andrew 
Rosenbaum; daughter and 
son-in-law, Jennifer and 
Mark Merian; grandchildren, 
TJ Kirschner, Matthew and 
Athena Kirschner, Michael 
Kirschner, Kyle Merian and 
Taylor Cordone; brother and 
sister-in-law, Jan Rosenbaum 
and Dora Galitzki.
 He was the dear brother-in-
law of the late Leslie Rose. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be to American Cancer 
Society, 20450 Civic Center 
Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, 
cancer.org; Jewish Federation 
of Metropolitan Detroit, 6735 
Telegraph Road, Suite 260, 
P.O. Box 2030, Bloomfield 
Hills, MI 48303, jewishde-
troit.org/send-a-tribute; 

or Wounded Warriors, P.O. 
Box 758516, Topeka, KS 
66675, woundedwarriorproj-
ect.org. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

MARTIN 
SUMMER, 83, of 
Independence 
Township, died 
Sept. 16, 2020.
A retired veter-
an, Martin Summer was a cap-
tain in the Air Force during 
the Vietnam Era. He was also 
an attorney, an avid stamp 
collector and an all-around 
nice guy.
Mr. Summer is survived by 
his wife of 52 years, Madelyn 
Summer; children, Meredith 
Summer of Oak Park, 
Stephanie and Jason Pollak of 
West Bloomfield, and Alison 
Feiler of Huntington Woods; 
grandchildren, Josh Pollak, 
Hudson Leo Pollak, Sophie 
Feiler and Sammy Feiler; sis-

ter, Jeannie Ross of San Diego, 
Calif.; brother and sister-in-
law, David and Betsy Summer 
of McClean, Va.; sister-in-law 
and brother-in-law, Hilary and 
Dr. Robert Weisman; many 
other loving family members 
and friends. 
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park 
Cemetery. Contributions may 
be made to the American 
Cancer Society. Arrangements 
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

GERALDINE 
ZACKS, 72, of 
Farmington Hills, 
died Sept. 16, 
2020. 
She is sur-
vived by her husband, 
Howard Zacks; children, 
Matthew Mercadante of 
West Bloomfield, Daniel 
and Valerie Mercadante of 
Rochester Hills, Matthew and 
Lisa Zacks, Stephen Zacks, 

Michele Zacks; brothers and 
sister-in-law, Lee and Dawn 
Gayer, Mitchell Gayer; sister 
and brother-in-law, Diane and 
David Scheingoltz of West 
Palm Beach, Fla.; grandchil-
dren, Oliver Mercadante, Aria 
Mercadante, Dylan Zacks; lov-
ing nieces and nephews. 
Contributions may be made 
to Partners Detroit, 15751 
W. Lincoln Road, Southfield, 
MI 48076; or Yeshivah Beth 
Yehudah, P.O. Box 2044, 
Southfield, MI 48037. A 
graveside service was held 
at Hebrew Memorial Park. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel;

CORRECTION
The obituary for Yetta 
Pomerantz (Sept. 17) should 
have indicated her date of death 
as Sept. 3, 2020.

Soul
of blessed memory

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