SOUL
OF BLESSED MEMORY
E
laine Stein Richman passed
away on Nov. 7, 2020, just
shy of her 84th birthday.
She was the youngest of three
daughters.
Born on Nov. 27, 1936, to
Miriam and Morris Stein in
Detroit, she was a descendant
of the Ukrainian Horodok com-
munity. In 1954, she attended
Wayne State University
in Detroit and earned her
certificate as a registered
dental hygienist from the
University of Detroit.
Elaine married the love
of her life, Paul Richman,
on July 14, 1957. After
Paul completed his oral/
maxillofacial surgery res-
idency in Chicago in 1961,
they moved to Miami to
live their South Florida dream.
Elaine became active in her
beloved Miami community: as
a board member of Beth Moshe
Synagogue and the Greater Miami
Jewish Federation, a Lion of Judah
and a past president of the Alpha
Omega International Fraternity
Auxiliary. She chaired numerous
functions and was a committee
member for more institutions than
can be named. She participated in
everything South Florida offered:
She was a patron of the arts, sup-
porting the Florida Philharmonic,
the New World Symphony and the
Greater Miami Opera, the Jewish
Museum, MOCA, and the Perez
Museum.
Elaine practiced dental hygiene
for over 40 years. She also was an
exceptional athlete, excelling in
bowling, tennis, skiing, scuba diving
and sailing. In addition, she was a
master bridge player.
Elaine was Paul’
s lifelong com-
panion and traveled the world with
him: river rafting in Colorado,
elephant riding in India, safaris in
Africa, visiting pyramids in Egypt,
Club Meds around the world and
riding on the back of Paul’
s Harley
through the Blue Ridge Mountains
and more.
For more than 50 years, she was
Paul’
s “first mate” and spent every
Sunday on their boat, as well as
three weeks in the Bahamas each
summer. On the boat, she cherished
her quality and uninterrupted time
with Paul, her girls and their grand-
children. Wednesday lunch-
es with Paul and Ganny
(as she was affectionately
known) were always a top
priority and a longstanding
family tradition. The family
agreed that “our Elaine lit up
every room she entered with
her unmatched elegance,
stunning blue eyes and
radiant smile and made our
world a more beautiful place
in which to live.
”
Elaine cherished her lifelong
Detroit and Miami friends and
those she met through Alpha
Omega Fraternity, University of
Miami football, Greater Miami
Jewish Federation, tennis, bridge
and the Keystone Point community.
Her greatest legacy is her three
daughters, Jamie, Cathy and Elise;
and her eight fabulous grandchil-
dren, Ryan, Brent, Sydney, Alexa,
Ari, Ilan, Milena and Nathalie.
Mrs. Richman is also survived by
the love of her life, Paul; and her
puppy, Mako; her darling sons-in-
law, Lowell Rush, Max Alcalay and
Danny van der Reis; her adoring
sisters, Judy Michnoff and Beverly
Blas; her sisters-in-law and broth-
ers-in-law, Irma Starr Taylor (Ed),
Marsha Millman (Neil) and Dr.
Hal Richman (Pam); as well as her
numerous nieces and nephews and
their families.
A special thanks goes to her care-
takers, Josephine and Vivian.
Contributions may be made to
the Women’
s Philanthropy of the
Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
A Loving,
Caring Woman
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BARBARA
“BOBBIE”
BROD, 83, of
West Bloomfield,
died Nov. 13,
2020.
She is survived by her
daughter and son-in-law,
Leslie and Mark Weisberg;
son and daughter-in-
law, Lawrence and Karyn
Brod; grandchildren,
Sarah and Ilya Yeverovich,
Daniel Miller, Jacob and
Jennifer Miller, Rachel
and Sam Imiak, Sidney
Brod, Benjamin Brod,
Peter Weisberg and David
Weisberg; great-grandchil-
dren, Benny Yeverovich,
Joshua Yeverovich, Talia
Yeverovich, Asher Miller
and Gilad Miller; sister
and brother-in-law, Lori
Rosenthal and Charles
Auerbach; many loving niec-
es and nephews.
Mrs. Brod was the
beloved wife of the late
Herbert Brod; the cher-
ished mother of the late Dr.
Craig D. Brod; the devoted
daughter of the late Martin
and the late Rose Zatlen;
the loving sister of the late
Fran Rieger; the dear sis-
ter-in-law of the late Albert
Rosenthal, the late Morty
Rieger, the late Dolores
Dunn, the late Abby Dunn,
the late Gloria Barach and
the late Barney Barach.
Interment was at
Beth El Memorial Park.
Contributions may be
made to a charity of one’
s
choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
BARBARA
FINK, 69, of
Phoenix, Ariz.,
died Nov. 12,
2020.
She is survived by her sib-
lings, Steven (Laurel) Fink,
Jerrold Alan Fink, Debra
Ann (Frank) Gosztyla Jr.,
Eileen (Charles P. Stration
Sr.); many loving nieces,
nephews and friends.
Barbara was the daughter
of the late Louis Fink and
the late Ruth Fink.
Interment was at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery in Phoenix;
arrangements by Sinai
Mortuary. Contributions
may be made to Sara
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah
Center, Yad Ezra or to a
charity of one’
s choice.
BRADFORD
JACOBS, 92, of
West Bloomfield,
died Nov. 6,
2020.
He is survived
by his beloved wife, Jayne
Jacobs; sons and daughters-
in-law, Kenneth and Diane
Jacobs, Michael Jacobs,
Daniel and Jane Jacobs;
brother and sister-in-law,
Sheldon and Lana Jacobs;
grandchildren, Loren Jacobs,
Rebecca (Brandon Tschida)
Jacobs, Adam Jacobs, Ryan
Sarni, Arielle (Jon) Grim
and Haley (Joe) Rosenbaum;
great-grandchildren,
Adrienne Sarni, Elliot Jacobs
and Jack Jacobs; many other
loving family members and
friends.
Interment took place at
Machpelah Cemetery in
Ferndale. Contributions
may be made to the
Friendship Circle, the
Holocaust Memorial Center
or a charity of one’
s choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.
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