80 | AUGUST 25 • 2022 

OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

HARLENE 
APPELMAN, 75, 
of Ann Arbor, 
died Aug. 18, 
2022.
She was the 
beloved wife for 38 years of 
Henry Appelman; cherished 
mother of Gabriel “Gabi” 
Adiv, Avishai “
Avi” Adiv 
(Vera Zolotaryova), Naomi 
Adiv (Elliot Leffler), Avery 
Appelman (Cindi Tarshis) and 
Brett Appelman; loving bubbie 
of Eli Adiv, Nava Leffler, Razia 
Adiv, Lillianna Appelman, 
Branson Appelman, Harper 
Appelman and Oxford 
Appelman. She will also be 
lovingly remembered by 
friends and colleagues.
Interment was at 
Washtenong Memorial Park. 

Contributions may be made 
to Beth Israel Congregation 
of Ann Arbor, the Sanford 
and Ruth Winnick Fund, 
2000 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, 
MI 48104, bethisrael-aa.org/
payment.php; Hebrew Free 
Loan, 6735 Telegraph Road, 
Suite 300, Bloomfield Hills, 
MI 48301, hfldetroit.org; or 
Jewish Federation of Greater 
Ann Arbor, 2939 Birch 
Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 
48108, jewishannarbor.org/
ways-to-give. Arrangements 
by Ira Kaufman Chapel. 
(Look for a remembrance in 
next week’s Jewish News)

PHYLLIS 
BREUER, 93, 
passed away 
peacefully on Aug. 

16, 2022. Formerly from Oak 
Park, West Bloomfield and 
Commerce Township, Phyllis 
last resided at Fox Run in 
Novi. 
She was born in Brooklyn, 
N.Y., on Feb. 17, 1929, and 
moved with her family to 
Detroit in 1943.
She graduated from Detroit 
Central High School and 
then Wayne State University 
with a degree in social work. 
When she married Richard 
Herman Breuer in 1950, she 
became a dedicated wife and 
mother. They had a loving 
70-year marriage; and, in 
later years, Phyllis worked as 
a teacher’s aide and also sold 
menswear. After retirement 
she volunteered at Henry Ford 
Hospital West Bloomfield, 

the West Bloomfield Library 
and at Channel 56 Public 
Television for more than 25 
years.
Mrs. Breuer is survived by 
her two children: devoted 
son, Gerald Breuer (Diane 
Cupps); loving daughter, 
Nancy (Charles) Orenstein; 
two grandchildren, Elizabeth 
(Corey) Cohen and Stephanie 
Orenstein; two great-
grandchildren, Abigail and 
Miles Cohen. She is also 
survived by special friend 
“almost-a daughter,” Marcia 
Garland. The family would 
also like to thank Phyllis’s 
BrightStar caregivers.
She was pre-deceased by her 
parents; her brother, Walter 
Herbach; and her husband of 
70 years, Richard Breuer.

Thank you Milt, for your years of 

dedication to Gesher Human Services, 

the Lois Zussman Golf Classic, and the 

Lois & Milton Y. Zussman Activity Center.

 

May your memory forever be a blessing.

In Loving Memory

Milton Zussman

of

*Formally Kadima/JVS.

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