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and mother-in-law and father-
in-law, Jane and Sam Freed.
A private family memorial 
took place at Temple Beth El in 
Windsor. Contributions may be 
made to Hospice of Windsor, 
6038 Empress St., Windsor, 
Ontario N8T1B5 519-974-7100; 
or to a charity of your choice.

ELLIOTT C. 
SCHUBINER, 93, 
of Bloomfield Hills, 
died Nov. 16, 2020. 
He is survived 
by his daughters, 
Julie Bennett, Jodi Schubiner 
and Jamie Warth; grandchil-
dren, Brandon and Faryn 
Bennett, Lisa Bennett and her 
fiance, Clay Priskorn, Emily, 
Benjamin and Samuel Walfish, 
and Sophie Warth; brother 
and sister-in-law, David and 
Diane Schubiner; brother-in-
law, Marty Miller; sister-in-law, 
Sondra Schubiner.

Mr. Schubiner was the 
beloved husband of the late Lila 
Schubiner; the loving brother of 
the late Beverly Miller and the 
late Jared “Bud” Schubiner. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Weizmann 
Institute, 6735 Telegraph 
Road, Suite 365, Bloomfield 
Hills, MI 48301, weizmann-
usa.org; Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit, 6735 
Telegraph Road, Suite 260, P
.O. 
Box 2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI 
48303, jewishdetroit.org/send-
a-tribute; or to a charity of one’
s 
choice. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

DAVID B. 
SHAFER, 97, of 
Commerce 
Township, died 
Nov. 12, 2020, 
peacefully at home 
surrounded by his family. 

For nearly a century, David 
lived a life embodied by hard 
work, kindness and decency. 
A proud WWII veteran, David 
lived by the ideals of our coun-
try every single day. 
While exempt from military 
service during World War II 
for working in essential war 
industry, David, nevertheless, 
volunteered and served in the 
U.S.A.A.C./F. 464th Bomb 
Group (Heavy), 779th Bomb 
Squadron, in both North Africa 
and Italy. 
He was a 45-year salaried 
employee of the Ford Motor 
Company (and more as a con-
sultant after retirement). David 
played softball well into his 80s, 
recounting recently his time on 
the field as “some of the best 
times of his life.
” His greatest life 
accomplishment was his family. 
Mr. Shafer is survived by 
his daughter and son-in-law, 
Hilary and Barry Spolan; son 

and daughter-in-law, Brad and 
Susan Shafer; grandchildren, 
Lindsay (Daniel) Pinchuk, 
Zack Spolan, Andrea Shafer 
and David Shafer; great-grand-
daughters, Jordyn and Lila 
Pinchuk; nieces and nephews, 
Linda (Dennis) Kayes, Beverly 
(Linda Walker) Shafer, Harry 
Shafer and Steven Shafer. He is 
also survived by special friends 
Art and Julie Rott. 
David was the beloved 
husband for 75 years of the 
recently deceased Ruth (Wispe); 
the son of the late Harry and 
Goldie Shafer (Waxman); the 
brother of the late Eva (Hy) 
Lepler, Jack (Ruth) Shafer, and 
Frances (Sol) Gus. Interment 
took place at Hebrew 
Memorial Park Cemetery in 
Clinton Twp. Contributions 
may be made to Yad Ezra. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

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