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Cemetery. Contributions may 
be made to a Jewish charity; 
the Salvation Army, 16310 
Northland Drive, Southfield, 
MI 48075, salvationarmyusa.
org; or Gleaners Community 
Food Bank, Oakland 
Distribution Center, P.O. Box 
33321, Detroit, Michigan, 
MI 48232-5321, gcfb.org. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

ALVIN S. 
NODLER, 81, of 
Oak Park, died 
May 23, 2022. 
He is survived 
by his wife of 58 
years, Adele Nodler; sons and 
daughters-in-law, Harold and 
Leslie Nodler of Huntington 
Woods, Michael and Dana 
Nodler of Oak Park; grand-
children, Joshua, Rebecca, 
Rachel, Danielle; brothers-
in-law and sisters-in-law, 
Marvin Gurecki, Larry and 
Shoshanna Levin, Nancy and 
Harry Topper, Jacki and Steve 
Silvergleit; many loving nieces 
and nephews. 
Mr. Nodler was the trea-
sured son of the late Esther 
and the late Harry Nodler; 
cherished son-in-law of the 
late Molly and the late Morris 
Levin; dear brother-in-law of 
the late Arlene Gurecki. 
Contributions may be 
made to Jewish Hospice 
and Chaplaincy Network, 
6555 W. Maple Road, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48322; or 
Lakewood Cheder School, 725 
Vassar Ave., Lakewood, N.J. 
08701. A funeral service took 
place at Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel. Interment was held at 
Workmen’s Circle Cemetery. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel. 
 
 
 
 

ALVIRA ROGERS 
SCHECTER, 85, of 
West Bloomfield, 
died May 20, 
2022. 
She is survived 
by her sons and daughters-in-
law, Mark and Stacey Rogers, 
Keith and Linda Rogers; 
daughters and sons-in-law, 
Cheryl and Patrick Flynn, 
Laura and Joe Touchton; 
grandchildren, John (Nina), 
Jeff, Amanda, Brendan (Brytt), 
Austin (Morgan), Courtney, 
Conor, Meghan; three 
great-grandchildren and many 
other loving family members 
and friends. 
Mrs. Schechter was the 
beloved wife of the late Allan 
Schechter. 
Interment took place 
at Clover Hill Park 
Cemetery in Birmingham. 
Contributions may be made 
to the Friendship Circle. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel.

HAROLD 
STROM, 100, of 
Southfield, died 
May 21, 2022. 
He was devoted 
to his family and 
his faith throughout his life. 
He never missed a family 
function. Family, friends 
and others knew they could 
count on Harold for aid in 
time of need. 
He was a Stoliner and sup-
ported them in the United 
States, Israel and Russia. 
He was also a Zionist who 
supported Israel. He was an 
ardent supporter of many 
other causes. 
Harold joined the Navy as 
soon as World War II began. 
He graduated from the 
University of Illinois while 
in the Navy and went on 
to become an officer in the 
Naval Reserve. It was during 
this time he married the 

foundation of his future life, 
Shirley Marks. 
He founded and estab-
lished Crystal Auto Parts in 
Dearborn in the early 1950s. 
He believed in the value of 
hard work and worked at 
Crystal Auto Parts until he 
was 95.
Harold loved to tell jokes, 
laugh and share his laughter 
with others. Music and singing 
were central to his family life. 
He will be sorely missed by 
those who knew him. 
Mr. Strom is survived by 
his wife of 75 years, Shirley 
Strom; son, Isidor Strom of 
Southfield; daughter and son-
in-law, Elana Strom and David 
Sklar of Virginia; grand-
children, Jeffrey and Amber 
Strom, Stephanie Strom, Elissa 
Kaufman; great-grandchil-
dren, Eliot Elizabeth Strom, 
Sylvie Grace Strom, Jonah 
Seager Strom.
He was the loving father 
of the late Elliott Strom; dear 
brother and brother-in-law 
of the late Gertrude and the 
late Sidney Kosowsky, the 
late Mickey and the late Mary 
Strom, the late Margaret and 
the late Manny Berman, the 
late Esther Pollack, the late 
David Strom. 
Contributions may be 
made to Elliott Dov Strom 
Memorial Scholarship Fund 
at Wayne State University, 
Account 060457, giving.
wayne.edu; or to a charity of 
one’s choice. A funeral service 
was held at Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel. Interment was held 
at Hebrew Memorial Gardens 
in Roseville. Arrangements by 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

CORRECTION
The obituary for Allen 
Kaminsky (April 21) should 
have indicated that he is also 
survived by his granddaughter, 
Ruby Freed.

Co-Inventor of 
a Revolutionary 
Defibrillator 
Dies At 89

The implantable defibrillator, a 
small device that can be installed 
under a patient’s skin and imme-
diately send a shock to correct 
any irregular heart rhythms, is 
implanted in more than 300,000 
people every year.
Dr. Morton Mower, a Jewish 
cardiologist and renowned 
inventor who died April 25 in 
Denver of cancer at the age 
of 89, was one of the device’s 
two inventors. His contribu-
tions to medical science were 
rivaled only by his devotion to 
the Jewish National Fund, to 
which he and his wife, Dr. Tobia 
Mower, were significant donors.
Along with his Jewish co-in-
ventor, Dr. Michel Mirowski, 
Mower began development in 
1969 on a pint-sized defibrillator 
that could be surgically implant-
ed underneath the abdomen to 
allow for quicker, more precise 
electric jolts. He taught himself 
electrical engineering in his 
basement to create prototypes for 
the instrument, which the pair 
believed could be a significant 
improvement on the over-the-
skin defibrillator.
The Baltimore-born Mower 
would later joke that the two 
had essentially invented “a 
time bomb in people’s chests.” 
But after it was first implant-
ed into humans in 1980 and 
approved by the Food and Drug 
Administration in 1985, the 
device — now commonly placed 
in the upper chest — became a 
revolutionary tool for cardiolo-
gists. The duo followed up that 
hit by inventing cardiac resyn-
chronization therapy, an electric 
device that sends jolts to the left 
and right ventricles of the heart 
simultaneously in order to get 
them to beat in a more organized 
pattern. (Source: JTA)

