OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY
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Gunning; grandchildren,
Jacob, Jared, Margaux, Gabe
and Hal.
She was the cherished wife
for 62 years of the late Herb
Gussin; sister of the late Lou
Jacobs, Mary Rubin, Sophie
Segel and Gail Lopata.
Contributions to honor
Fay can be made to “Ride
out Lyme” or “Lyme Light
Foundation.”
ADDIE JANE
(ADINA)
BECKERMAN
ADLER JELEN, 95,
passed peacefully
Sept. 19, 2021, in
Springfield, Ore.
She was born Aug.
27, 1926, and raised in
Pittsburgh, Pa. She married
Joseph Beckerman in 1946
and moved to Detroit.
Addie raised a family and
became an active member of
the Detroit community. In
1980, AJ relocated to Laguna
Hills Leisure World with her
beloved second husband,
Harold Adler, and together
they shared an active and
vibrant life.
Upon Hal’s passing in 1990,
A.J. was blessed to embrace
another life chapter with
Eddie Jelen, and they moved
to Eugene, Ore., to savor
moments together along the
Willamette River with family
and friends. Steadfast and
caring, Eddie remained at her
side until his death.
AJ was ahead of her time
and gratefully practiced
and taught the technique of
Transcendental Meditation.
She is lovingly remembered
for countless reasons: as an
exceptional woman with
boundless love, a radiant
beauty with bottomless
generosity and an endearing
smile and an unyielding
concern for others’ emotional,
spiritual and mental well-
being.
She made friends, was an
active community member
and possessed a gift for
theatrical performance. Her
signature presentation of
Bertolt Brecht’s monologue
short story, “The Jewish
Wife,” demonstrated her
potent acting ability and was
most recently performed in
2019.
She is survived by her
children, Eric and Janet
Beckerman, David and Heftsi
Assaf Beckerman, Kathy and
Daniel Jadick, William and
Sandy Adler, Steve and Juana
Jelen, and Barbara and Roy
Saunders; grandchildren,
Forrest, Luke, Brent and Sara
Shane, Daniel and Anna;
great-grandchildren, Cora,
Juliette, Zain, Nico, Lilie and
Logan. Many loving cousins,
other family and friends.
IRENE LIGHT, 95,
of West
Bloomfield, died
Oct. 21, 2021.
She is survived
by her sons
and daughter-in-law, Alan
Cassels, David and Tina
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