to further honor the memory
of Donald Robert Epstein
may do so by making a
contribution to one of the
following organizations: Yad
Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road,
Berkley, MI 48072, (248) 548-
3663, yadezra.org/donate;
Hebrew Free Loan, 6735
Telegraph Road, Suite 300,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301,
(248) 723-8184, hfldetroit.
org; Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills,
MI 48301, (248) 851-1100,
tbeonline.org/donation-page;
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network, 6555 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield, MI 48322,
(248) 592-2687, jewishhos-
pice.org.
DR. SHERWIN
FISHMAN, 89, of
Tamarac, Fla.,
died on Sept. 12,
2020, after a long
battle with
dementia.
Dr. Fishman is sur-
vived by his loving wife
of 27 years, Laurice (nee
Sorkin); Laurice’s children,
Rabbi Jordan (Cynthia)
Parr, Aric (Delta Besemer)
Parr, Faith (Steve) Shapiro;
grandchildren, Rebecca
Parr, Sarah (Sam) Starobin,
Asher (Vishakha Mathur)
Parr-Besemer, Roqhalle
Parr-Besemer, Aaron Parr-
Besemer and Luca Shapiro;
sister, Phyllis Fishman of Las
Vegas, Nev.
Interment took place
at Beth David Memorial
Gardens Cemetery.
Contributions may be made
to Daniel D. Cantor Senior
Center, 5000 Nob Hill Road,
Sunrise, FL 33351.
ANNETTE
FREEDMAN, 99,
of Middletown,
R.I., formerly of
West Bloomfield,
died Feb. 17, 2021.
She was very proud of
her career as a school social
worker in the Detroit and
Birmingham school systems.
Mrs. Freedman is survived
by her daughters and sons-
in-law, Donna Winkelman
and Tom Easthope, and Laura
Freedman and David Pedrick;
son and daughter-in-law, Roy
and Elizabeth Freedman;
grandchildren, Larry and
Julie Winkelman, Jeffrey and
Keren Winkelman, Michael
Winkelman, Rissa Freedman,
Ara Freedman, Benjamin
Pedrick and Geoffrey Pedrick;
great-grandchildren, Alex,
Max, Abby, Zev and Janna
Winkelman; many stepgrand-
children and stepgreat-grand-
children.
She was the beloved wife of
the late Gerald Freedman; the
cherished mother of the late
William Freedman.
Interment was at Beth El
Memorial Park. Contributions
may be made to Wayne State
University School of Social
Work, Annette Sniderman
Freedman Scholarship Fund,
5447 Woodward-Thompson
Home, Detroit, MI 48202,
cardinal.wayne.edu/wsugiving/
give.cfm. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
NORMAN
KATANICK, 91,
of Pembroke
Pines, Fla., origi-
nally from
Detroit, died Feb.
19, 2021.
Norman was the kindest,
most generous man in the
world. He liked everyone
except the recycling truck
driver, who Norman thought
knocked down his mailbox
but wouldn’t admit it.
Every grandchild, niece
or nephew will remember
him giving them silver dol-
lars when he saw them. His
grandchildren thought he
manufactured them in the
basement.
Mr. Katanick was the
loving husband of Glorine
(nee Kert) for just shy of 68
years; cherished father of
Robin (Rick) Dissen, Karen
Katanick (Mark Pasman)
and Dr. Cindy Katanick;
adored “Papa” of Sara (Matt)
Warshauer, Gayle Dissen
and Mitchell Kirschbaum;
very special Papa Norman to
Rachel and Tessa Warshauer;
favorite uncle to many nieces
and nephews. In addition,
he is also survived by his
beloved sister, Edith Farkas.
Siblings who predeceased
him were Gertie Hoberman,
Irv Katanick, Bessie Kelman,
Bill Katanick and Martin
Katanick.
GERALD “JERRY”
KOWALL, 82, of
Oak Park, died
Feb. 23, 2021.
Jerry was one of
the 26 first cous-
ins on his father’s side who
grew up together in Detroit,
offspring of the seven Kowall
siblings — two men, five
women — who immigrated as
adults to the U.S. and Canada
from Poland/Russia between
1913-1928.
His grandparents, Moshe
and Bella Kowall, came in
1930. Jerry’s father, Reuben
Kowall, was the youngest,
arriving in 1928. Isadore
Kowal was the oldest, immi-
grating in 1913 and gradually
arranging for his five sisters,
brother and parents to settle
here, too.
The grandparents’ home,
2754 Glendale in Detroit, was
the gathering place for all the
family for all holidays, daily
and weekly visits, establishing
a closeness between the cous-
ins that continues. They were
raised to look out for each
other and to pass on those val-
ues to their own children.
Jerry’s five aunts were Mary
(Fill), Sarah (Goldbaum),
Ethel (Kurian) Teible
(Margolis) and Chaya
(Mendelson). Many of the
first cousins are gone now;
sadly, just a few months
ago, Cousin Herbie, Dr.
Herbert Mendelson, died.
Other surviving first cousins
are Crownie Kurian Billik,
Lucille Kurian, Esther Mollie
Hartman, Marion Kurian
Ratner, Esther Molly Margolis
Fisher and Dr. Harold
Margolis.
Mr. Kowall is survived by
his niece and nephews, Lisa
and Steven Grossman, and
Scott Faeder; great-nieces,
Hilary and Lauren Grossman;
sister-in-law, Madeline
Kowall; many loving cousins.
He was the loving brother
of the late Harold Kowall, the
late Alvin Kowall and the late
Leatrice Faeder; the devoted
son of the late Reuben and the
late Frieda Kowall.
Interment was at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery. Contributions
may be made to Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, 6735 Telegraph Road,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
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