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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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