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and Sanford (Budd) Schaefer. 
Contributions may 
be made to Temple Shir 
Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake 
Road, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48323, shirshalom.org; 
JARC, 6735 Telegraph, Suite 
100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 
48301, jarc.org; or Forgotten 
Harvest, 15000 Eight Mile 
Road, Oak Park, MI 48237. 
Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

ADELLE C. 
SEARS, 94, of 
West Bloomfield, 
died on Dec. 29, 
2022.
She was born 
in 1928. She was married 
to the love of her life, Leon 
Sears, from 1946-2012. Adelle 

was a homemaker who ran a 
wonderful household and had 
many close family members 
and friends.
Adelle loved spending 
summers at the Great Lakes 
Yacht Club and enjoying 
quality time with her 
family and friends. She was 
president of the B’nai Moshe 
Sisterhood and an avid 
knitter.
Mrs. Sears is survived 
by her children, Natie and 
Alan Reinstein, and Richard 
Sears, who lovingly took 
great care of both Adelle 
and Leon in their later 
years; grandchildren, Frank 
and Jamie Reinstein, Mara 
Reinstein, and Shelley 
and Eliot Silver; great-
grandchildren, Ryan and Leah 

Reinstein, and two-week-old 
Isabel Silver; brother and 
sister-in-law, Jerrold and 
Madeleine Cowitz; many 
cousins, nephews, nieces and 
other family members. 
She was pre-deceased 
by her son, Merrill; and 
grandson, Jon. 
Contributions may be 
made to Congregation B’nai 
Moshe, 6800 Drake Road, 
West Bloomfield, MI 48322; 
or to a charity of one’s choice. 
A funeral service was held at 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. 
Interment took place at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park in 
Livonia. Arrangements by 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

HAROLD 
SHWEDEL, 104, 
of Southfield, died 
Jan. 1, 2023. 
He was the 
beloved husband 
of the late Blanche Shwedel 
and the late Rose Shwedel; 
dear father of Rocky “
Allan” 
(Jeanne Wilson) Shwedel, 
Alan Kristall (Linda), Wayne 
Kristall (Helen), the late 
Kenneth Shwedel (Esther 
“Tete” Mondlak Shwedel); 
father-in-law of the late 
Esther Weitzner Shwedel; 
loving grandfather of Anna 
Shwedel (Matt Butler), Yosi 
Shwedel (Rosi), Danny 
Shwedel (Miriam), Jennifer 
Cohon (Rob), Brian Kristall 
(Rebecca), Elena (Max) 
Simpser, Alberto (Sara) 

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