60 | AUGUST 5 • 2021
OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY
DONALD SIMON,
89, of West
Bloomfield, died
July 27, 2021.
He is survived
by his son and
daughter-in-law, Robert and
Debbie Simon; sons-in-law,
Lewis Wagner and Bruce
(Sue) Luria; grandchildren,
Brent and Dana Luria, Elyssa
and Eyal Dimant, Catie Luria,
Stuart and Maggie Wagner,
Hilary Wagner, Justin Wagner,
Andrew Simon, and Allison
Simon; great-grandchil-
dren, Joey and Owen Luria,
Boaz and Shai Dimant, Sora
Cynthia Simon Wagner, and
Julie Claire Simon Wagner;
nephews and nieces, Michael
Strub, Peggy and Archie
Nash, Henry and Rebecca
Strub, David and Lisa Simon,
Anne and Steven Riegel, and
John Simon.
Mr. Simon was the beloved
husband for 59 years of the
late Esther Simon; cherished
father of the late Barbara
Luria and the late Cynthia
Wagner; loving brother of
the late Lewis Simon and the
late Richard Simon; the dear
brother-in-law of the late
Helen and the late Irvin Strub.
Interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions
may be made to Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society, 3
International Drive, Suite 200,
Rye Brook, NY 10573, donate.
lls.org/lls/donate; or Ovarian
Cancer Research Alliance, P.
O. Box 32141, New York, NY
10087-2141, give.ocrahope.
org/give. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
BETTY
SORKOWITZ, 93,
of Novi, died July
25, 2021.
She is survived
by her daughters
and sons-in-law, Julie and Dr.
Douglas Shiffman, and Janet
and Dr. Allan Jacobs; grand-
children, Jodie and Joshua
Jacobs, Jeffrey and Corey
Shiffman, Carolyn and Jake
Chachkin, and Renee and
Alex Pellegrini; great-grand-
children, Marnie and Allie
Jacobs, Eloise and Theodore
Shiffman, and Meredith and
Rebecca Chachkin.
Mrs. Sorkowitz was the
beloved wife of the late
Martin Sorkowitz; the devot-
ed daughter of the late Morris
and the late Sarah Friedman;
the dear daughter-in-law of
the late Samuel and the late
Ida Sorkowitz.
Interment was at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made
to Friendship Circle, 6892 W.
Maple Road, West Bloomfield,
MI 48322, friendshipcircle.
org/donate; Yiddish Book
Center, 1021 West St.,
Amherst, MA 01002,
yiddishbookcenter.org; or
to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
Correction
The obituary for Rose Bohm
(July 22) should have indicat-
ed that she is also survived by
daughter, Michelle Bohm, and
many close and loving nieces
and nephews.
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