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the late Rebecca Goldberg. 
Contributions may be made 
to Hillel Day School, 32200 
Middlebelt Road, Farmington 
Hills, MI 4833; or Frankel 
Jewish Academy of Metro 
Detroit, 6600 W
. Maple Road, 
West Bloomfield, MI 48322. 
A funeral service was held at 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. 
Interment took place at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park in 
Livonia. Arrangements by 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

BARBARA J. 
GORDON-
KLAVONS, 65, of 
Farmington Hills, 
died June 25, 2023. 
She is survived 
by her beloved husband, Russell 
Klavons; daughters and son-in-

law, Danielle and Jake Bass, and 
Erica Klavons; parents, William 
and Ruth Gordon; grandchild, 
Layla Bass; brother and sis-
ter-in-law, Robert and Lori 
Gordon; sister and brother-in-
law, Beth and David Henry. 
Interment was held at 
Clover Hill Park Cemetery in 
Birmingham. Contributions 
may be made to the American 
Cancer Society. Arrangements 
by Dorfman Chapel.

ROBERTA 
HIRSCH, 101, of 
West Bloomfield, 
died June 24, 2023. 
She is survived 
by her sons and 
daughters-in-law, 
Barry Berk and Vicki Hurley, 
and Dennis and Deanna Berk. 

She was the loving “Grandma 
Bobbie” of Scott Berk (Kathy 
Cannon), Brett Berk (Tal 
McThenia), Stacie Berk, Derek 
Berk (Sandhya), and Halle 
Hirsch; great-grandmother 
“GG” of Hannah Swales, Lev 
Eggers, George Eggers and 
Sonett Berk; great-great-grand-
mother of Adrianna James; 
aunt of Bonnie Sugarman, Cari 
Bennett and Charles Bennett. 
Mrs. Hirsch was the beloved 
wife of the late Eugene Jay 
Hirsch; sister of the late Rose 
Sugarman; sister-in-law of the 
late Leslie Sugarman; devoted 
daughter of the late Charles and 
Belle Spector. 
Interment was held at 
Clover Hill Park Cemetery in 
Birmingham. Contributions 
may be made to a charity of 

one’s choice. Arrangements by 
Dorfman Chapel.

ROBERT 
MATTHEW 
HOWARD, 57, of 
West Bloomfield, 
died June 23, 2023. 
Robert lived a 
very full and wonderful life. 
Many of his years were spent 
living in a JARC-organization 
home under the loving care of 
wonderful staff and support. 
The family is eternally grate-
ful for the happiness afforded 
to Robert for this great gift. 
Robert was an active par-
ticipant in many wonderful 
activities and had a rewarding 
vocational service.
He is survived by his 
brothers and sisters-in-law, 

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