OBITUARIES

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Mich., Nancy and Izhak Shapiro-
Pikelny of Skokie, Ill.; grandchil-
dren, Motti and Rachel Pikelny, 
Noam and Kaitlin Pikelny, Erin 
and Ed Podgorski, Zachary and 
Debora Shapiro, Emily and 
Jason Vandervoort; great-grand-
children, Nathan Pikelny, Lyla 
Pikelny, Arthur Pikelny, Noah 
Podgorski, Leonel Shapiro; many 
other loving relatives and friends. 
Mrs. Shapiro was the beloved 
wife for 50 years of the late Nate 
Shapiro; loving daughter of the 
late Frieda and the late Samuel 
Sobel; dear sister of the late 
Irving Sobel, the late Alice Sobel. 
Contributions may be 
made to Temple Israel, Rabbi’s 
Discretionary Fund, 5725 
Walnut Lake Road, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48323; or Anti-
Defamation League, adl.org. A 
family graveside service was held 

at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.

IDA CLAIRE 
SCHWARTZ, 89, of 
West Bloomfield 
and Aventura, Fla., 
died March 9, 2021. 
She is survived 
by her daughters and sons-in-
law, Sheri and Robert Rotenberg, 
and Marla and Dr. David 
Rosman; grandchildren, Erin 
and Casey Koppelman, Jeffrey 
and Shanna Rotenberg, Lainie 
(Erick) Goihman, Jaime and Eric 
Hirsch, and Erica and Charles 
Forbes; great-grandchildren, 
Ava and Brody Koppelman, 
Ryen and Shae Rotenberg, Talia 
Goihman, Evan Hirsch, Sydney 
Hirsch, Chloe Hirsh and James 
Forbes; brother and sister-in-law, 

Samuel and Marcia Bell.
Mrs. Schwartz was the beloved 
wife of the late Dr. Arthur 
Schwartz; the proud grand-
mother of the late Ryan Rosman. 
Interment was at Beth El 
Memorial Park. Contributions 
may be made to MSU Hillel, the 
Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel 
Jewish Student Center, Ryan 
Scott Rosman Leadership 
Fund, 360 Charles St., East 
Lansing, MI 48823, msuhillel.
org/donate; or Jewish Hospice 
& Chaplaincy Network, 6555 
W
. Maple, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48322, jewishhospice.org. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
chapel.

WILLIAM “BILL
” H. SRIRO, 83, 
of Scottsdale, Ariz., passed away 
on Feb. 24, 2021.
He was born in Detroit on 

May 7, 1937. He will be missed 
by so many but never forgotten. 
His grandchildren were his 
pride, and he brought much joy 
into their lives.
Mr. Sriro is survived by 
his wife, Ann; daughter, Julie 
Skeie; son, Andrew Sriro; son, 
Jonathan Sriro, and his wife, 
Karen; six grandchildren, 
Cooper (23), Wyatt (21), Cody 
(18) and Lillybelle (17) Skeie 
of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 
and Shayna (14) and Noah 
(11) Sriro of Jakarta, Indonesia; 
many friends and other family.
A memorial will be held at a 
near date as yet undetermined 
at the Veterans’ Memorial 
Cemetery in Phoenix, Ariz. 
Contributions will be grate-
fully received at Hospice of 
the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., 
Phoenix, AZ 85014.

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