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Friedman; also survived by 
many other loving relatives 
and friends. 
Mr. Friedman was the trea-
sured son of the late Edith 
and the late Jack Friedman; 
dear brother-in-law of the late 
Ronald Sherr.
Contributions may be made 
to Sara Tugman Bais Chabad 
Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple 
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 
48322; Yeshiva Beth Yehuda, 
PO Box, 2044, Southfield, MI 
48037; or David-Horodok 
Organization, c/o Gail 
Nosanchuk, ghnosan@gmail.
com. Funeral service took 
place at Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel. Interment was held at 
Adat Shalom Memorial Park 
in Livonia. Arrangements by 

Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

circa 1969

FRANCES 
HERMAN, 70, of 
White Lake, died 
Nov. 18, 2021. 
Born Frances 
Hanna Salzberg 
in Jonkoping, 
Sweden, she 
became an American citizen 
at age 5. Fran grew up in 
Detroit where she attended 
Bagley Elementary School. 
She went to Hampton and 
Lederle junior high schools. 
She then went to Southfield 
High School, graduating in 
1969. Fran then attended 
Wayne State University where 
she graduated with a bachelor’s 
degree in medical technolo-

gy in 1974. Fran interned at 
Harper Hospital during 1975, 
then worked full time. In 1982, 
Fran passed her specialist in 
hematology boards. On Sept. 
22, 1974, Frances married 
Gilbert Herman. They cele-
brated their 46th anniversary 
in 2020. Thus, Frances Hanna 
Salzberg Herman, SH., MT, 
(ASCP) worked for several 
more years at the Detroit 
Medical Center. After leaving 
DMC, Frances became an 
instructor at Carnegie Institute 
of Detroit/Troy where she 
taught students for more than 
a decade. In her later years, 
Frances worked as the manag-
er of Kitchen Glamor, a divi-
sion at Hawthorne Appliance.
As the wife of Gilbert 

Herman, Ph.D., M.D., Frances 
was active in guiding his 
career. Fran enjoyed many 
activities ranging from swim-
ming (obtaining her WSI 
certificate), archery, cooking, 
bowling, exercise/ yoga, fly 
fishing and boating. Frances 
taught Sunday school at 
Temple Israel in the early 
1970s, later marrying at the 
Palmer Park Synagogue. Fran 
was a natural artist, working 
with painting on silk, Japanese 
woodcut and other art forms. 
Fran was a devoted wife and 
the pillar of her family. 
Frances is survived by her 
husband, Gilbert Herman; 
many friends and cousins in 
Sweden, Canada and the USA, 
(Abraham, Rachel, Anne, 

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