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cherished brother and brother-
in-law of the late Gerald and 
the late Rebecca Goldberg, the 
late Miriam and the late Bob 
Davenport. 
Contributions may be 
made to Frankel Jewish 
Academy, 6600 W
. Maple, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48322. A fam-
ily graveside service was held 
at Adat Shalom Memorial Park 
in Livonia. Arrangements by 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

MELVIN “MEL
” 
HARRIS, of San 
Clemente, Calif., 
and West 
Bloomfield died 
March 16, 2021. 
He is survived by his loving 
and devoted wife, Michele 
Rosen; sister and brother-in-

law, Hilda and Jeffrey Piell; 
brother and sister-in-law, Jeff 
and Joy Harris; brother-in-law, 
Michael Berke; many loving 
nieces and nephews. 
He was the beloved son of 
the late Sidney and the late 
Sara Harris; loving brother of 
the late Rosalyn Berke. 
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be 
made to Tunnels to Towers 
Foundation, 2361 Hylan 
Blvd., Staten Island, NY 
10306, tunnel2towers.
org; or St. Jude Children’s 
Research Hospital, 501 
St. Jude Place, Memphis, 
TN 38105, stjude.org. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

FLORENCE 
RUBINSTEIN 
HOFFMAN, 96, 
formerly of 
Huntington 
Woods, died 
March 15, 2021. 
She was born in Detroit 
to Benjamin and Sarah 
Rubinstein. Florence attended 
Central High and received B.A. 
and M.A. degrees from Wayne 
State University. 
She taught English at 
Northern High School for 
three years and then stopped 
to raise her family. She later 
returned to Wayne to obtain a 
master’s in social work, and she 
subsequently worked for many 
years at Jewish Family Service 
of Metropolitan Detroit. 
After Louis died, Florence 

moved to Providence, R.I., 
to be close to her daughter 
Anne. She loved poetry, polit-
ical discussions, cooking and 
Yiddishkeit.
Mrs. Hoffman is sur-
vived by her four children, 
son, Andrew, his wife, 
Wes Brown, and chil-
dren, Samantha, Jacob and 
Zachary; daughter, Karen, 
and her daughter, Natalie; 
daughter, Judy, and her hus-
band, Alan Baumgarten and 
children, Nathan (Ivana) 
and Alexandra (fiancée Sam 
Cates); daughter, Anne, and 
her husband, Evan Cohen, 
and their children, Sarah, 
Laura and Dana; and by her 
great-grandchildren, Oskar 
and Maks Baumgarten.
She was the loving wife 

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