40 | JANUARY 7 • 2021 

SOUL

OF BLESSED MEMORY

RICHARD A. 
FARKAS, 70, of 
Bloomfield Hills, 
died Dec. 16, 2020. 
He is survived 
by his beloved wife, 
Shelley Farkas; son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Michael (Chudapa 
Julimasustra) Farkas; daughters 
and sons-in-law, Jessica and 
Lynn DaDeppo Jr., Allison 
(Andrew Farwell) Farkas; 
grandchildren, Benjamin, 
Graham and Lydia; brother 
and sister-in-law, Steven and 
Catherine Farkas; many loving 
nieces, nephews, other family 
members and friends. 
Contributions may be made 
to the American Diabetes 
Association or the American 
Cancer Society. Arrangements 
by Dorfman Chapel.

BERNIE 
FRIEDMAN, 78, 
of West Bloomfield, 
died Dec. 19, 2020. 
He is survived 
by his beloved wife 
of 55 years, Sharry Friedman; 
son and daughter-in-law, Dr. 
Michael and Sivan Friedman; 
daughters, Julie Rioux (fian-
ce, Sam Kase) and Dr. Jackie 
Friedman; grandchildren, 
Noah, Joshua and Samantha 
Rioux, Eli Gailey, Maayan and 
Meira Friedman; devoted sis-
ters-in-law, Marion Wolock and 
Maxine Berghoff; many loving 
nieces, nephews, other family 
members and friends. 
Interment was at Beth El 
Memorial Park in Livonia. 
Contributions may be made 
to the Lewy Body Dementia 
Association; to the Carl Rinne 
Lewy Body Dementia Initiative 
at U-M, Office of University 
Development; or to the Multiple 
System Atrophy Coalition. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

MARCIA WILK 
HARRIS, 100, of 
West Bloomfield, 
died Dec. 12, 2020. 
Marcia was a 
progressive, inde-
pendent, modern woman who 
appreciated that she was born 
the year that women won the 
right to vote. She considered 
man’s greatest achievement of 
her 100 years was putting a man 
on the moon.
Mrs. Harris cherished her 33 
years with her husband, Bill, 
with whom she ran the UAW 
elections for the Michigan auto 
industry. Her greatest sadness 
was, “Bill died too soon!” Her 
greatest joy: her two grand-
daughters, whom she called her 
“special dividends.
” A lifelong 
goal was to live to be 100 years 
old and she exceeded that. 
Marcia was a lifelong mem-
ber of Temple Beth El, active 
in its sisterhood, was on the 
scholarship committee and 
was a member of the Current 
Topic discussion group. She was 
also a very active member of 
the National Council of Jewish 
Women.
Mrs. Harris was a Phi 
Beta Kappa graduate of the 
University of Michigan and a 
member of the AE Phi sorority. 
She loved to travel with Ruth 
Felmus; they became world 
travelers, reaching 67 countries.
She is survived by her 
daughters, Ilene Harris, Nancy 
Harris (Roger Shepherd), Pat 
Harris-Linton, Elaine Pollack; 
her grandchildren, Megan and 
Jonathan HLZacks, Whitney 
Harris-Linton; her great-grand-
daughter, Gavriella HLZacks; 
as well as Dennis and Peggy 
Frank.
She was the daughter of the 
late Bess and the late Benjamin 
Wilk.
Interment was at Beth El 

Memorial Park. Contributions 
may be made to National 
Council of Jewish Women, Bess 
Fishman Wilk Scholarship 
Fund, 26400 Lahser Road, 
Suite 306, Southfield, 
MI 48033, ncjwmi.org. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

EILEEN HEMMI, 
77, of Farmington 
Hills, died Dec. 19, 
2020.
She is survived 
by her loving 
husband of 57 years, Eric 
Hemmi; daughters and son-in-
law, Sherri Wolf and Michael 
Freedland, and Denise Wedgle; 
son and daughter-in-law, Todd 
and Helene Hemmi; grandchil-
dren, Alex (Erica) and Garrett 
Wolf, Leah and Shayla Wedgle, 
and Ian Hemmi; brother and 
sister-in-law, Donald and 
Barbara Stein.
Interment took place at Beth 
El Memorial Park Cemetery 
in Livonia. Contributions 
may be made to Yad Ezra, the 
American Cancer Society or to 
the Michigan Humane Society. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

PHILIP KAPLAN, 
95, of West 
Bloomfield, died 
Dec. 21, 2020, after 
a long and fulfilling 
life.
He was born on July 5, 1925, 
the fifth and youngest child 
of Isaac and Fanny Kaplan. 
He grew up in Detroit, and 
his older brothers and sister 
took great pride in their baby 
brother. He worked hard in his 
father’s fish market. Education 
was very important to Philip; he 
attended Wayne State University 
in engineering. 
On Aug. 13, 1943, he and the 

love of his life, Diane Pritz, went 
out on their first date and an 
enduring love affair, partnership 
and friendship resulted in 73 
years of wonderful marriage. 
They had three children, Gary, 
Robert and Janet.
Phil was clearly a people per-
son and that was a great attri-
bute for a career in business. He 
and his brother Sidney acquired 
Northside Hardware in Wayne, 
Michigan, in 1955 and grew 
the business into one of the 
most successful independent 
hardware stores in the country. 
Phil became a leader of the 
local business community. He 
continued to work until almost 
his 90th birthday and developed 
numerous very special friend-
ships that endured over his 
entire life.
Phil and Diane had a rich 
and full life. They traveled to 
all the continents with trips 
that often included adventure, 
history and art; and they made 
many new friends along the 
way. Phil was always very curi-
ous and interested in everyone 
he knew and met. This led to 
long conversations and many 
opportunities to discuss the lat-
est in politics, world affairs and 
the challenges of daily life. He 
was well known for his sense of 
humor and many would often 
seek him out for the latest joke. 
He truly loved life.
 Mr. Kaplan is survived by his 
loving wife of 73 years, Diane; 
his son, Gary (Wendy); daugh-
ter, Janet (Howard); grandchil-
dren, Erin Zeitler (Daniel) and 
Zachary Kaplan; great-grand-
children, Riley and Mason. He 
also leaves loving nieces, neph-
ews, great-nieces, great-neph-
ews and many friends, especial-
ly in Seattle, North Carolina and 
the Detroit area.
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 

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