NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 49

SOUL

OF BLESSED MEMORY

ANTJE “
ANNEKE” 
KOOISTRA BURKE, 82, of 
Mayville, Mich., died Nov. 4, 
2020.
More than 2,000 times she 
spoke publicly, telling the 
courageous story of her par-
ents, members of the Dutch 
Resistance, who hid Jews in 
their Utrecht home during the 
Holocaust, while keeping this 
a complete secret from their 
young children. 
Anneke thus encouraged 
others to bravely stand up 
to injustice and spread love 
among all people. She always 
kept in touch with these hid-
den Jews and their children. In 
the 1960s she moved to Israel, 
to Kibbutz Hepzibah, where 
she learned Hebrew and met 
her husband, a Detroit native. 
Eventually they returned to 
Detroit and then to Mayville, 
joining Temple Beth Israel of 
Bay City. 
Mrs. Burke is survived by 
her daughters, Naomi Burke 
and Sara-Bina Rautiola; son 
and daughter-in-law, Aaron 
and Ondree Burke; grandchil-
dren, Ari Rautiola, Gabrielle 
Rautiola and Chloe Burke. She 
is also survived by her dearest 
friend, Gary Sanford; her sis-
ter and brother-in-law, Reitje 
and Douwe Dehann; and her 
brother and sister-in-law, Jan 
and Ineke Kooistra. 
Contributions may be 
made to KADIMA- Jewish 
Residential Support Services 
for Adults With Mental Illness, 
15999 W
. 12 Mile Road, 
Southfield, MI 48076, kadima-
center.org. 

JOEL BUSSELL, 
83, of West 
Bloomfield, died 
Nov. 7, 2020.
He is survived 
by his wife of 61 
years, Joan Beckman Bussell; 
his children, Elana Bussell 
Shelef and Roy Shelef, Jeffrey 
Bussell and Debra Pevos, 
Evandro Siveira and Chris 

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