OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

52 | OCTOBER 28 • 2021 

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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