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stepbrothers-in-law, Neil and 
Laurie Kleid, Esther and Rabbi 
Jose Gomez, Dovid Kleid; 
step-father, Jay Barry; loving 
nieces, nephews and friends. 
Mrs. Kleid was the loving 
daughter and daughter-in-law 
of the late Sidney Barack, the 
late Adell Kleid.
Contributions may be made 
to Young Israel of Oak Park, 
15140 W
. 10 Mile Road, Oak 
Park, MI 48237; Farber Hebrew 
Day School, 21100 W
. 12 Mile 
Road, Southfield, MI 48076; 
or Kollel Institute, 15230 W
. 
Lincoln Road, Oak Park, MI 
48237. A funeral service was 
held at Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel. Interment took place 
at Hebrew Memorial Park. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.

DR. GENE SCHRAMM, 93, of 
Southfield, died June 28, 2023. 
He is survived by his wife, 
Dr. Mintzi Schramm; daugh-
ters and sons-in-law, Deena 
Sara and Larry Rabinovich, 
Debbie Y. and Yanky Werther, 
Rivka Ariella and Yoni Krestt; 
grandchildren, Avi and 
Aliza Rabinovich, Aliza and 
Chesky Gerwitz, Naomi and 
Dani Weinberger, Elisheva 
Rabinovich, Elana Rabinovich, 
Miriam Rabinovich, Mordechai 
and Miriam Werther, Baila and 
Chesky Rosenberg, Meir and 
Chana Werther, Ettie Werther, 
Nechama and Ian Cummings, 
Nava Krestt, Zvi Krestt, Hana 
Krestt; 15 great-grandchildren; 
many loving nieces and neph-
ews. 
Dr. Schramm was the loving 
son of the late Marcus and the 
late Rella Schramm; dear broth-
er and brother-in-law of the late 
Theodore and the late Shirley 
Schramm. 
Contributions may be 
made to Farber Hebrew Day 
School, 21100 W
. 12 Mile 

Road, Southfield, MI 48076; 
Young Israel of Oak Park, 
15140 W
. 10 Mile Road, Oak 
Park, MI 48237; or Yeshiva 
Beth Yehudah, P
.O. Box 
2044, Southfield, MI 48037. 
A funeral service was held at 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. 
Interment took place at Old 
Montefiore Cemetery in New 
York. Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.

TRUDY 
SHAPIRO, 85, of 
West Bloomfield, 
died June 22, 2023. 
She lived an 
exemplary life, 
dedicated to family and friends 
and always thinking of others 
first. She was a very skilled legal 
secretary from the time she was 
18 years old and volunteered 
for many organizations. Trudy 
deeply touched the lives of 
everyone she knew and will be 
greatly missed.
Mrs. Shapiro is survived by 
her beloved husband, Harold 
Shapiro; daughters and son-in-
law, Lori Shapiro, Linda and 
Brian Schlager; loving bub-
bie of Eric Lipshaw, Stephen 
Lipshaw, Ian Schlager and Levi 
Schlager; sister and brother-in-
law, Marsha and Leon Botkin; 
sister-in-law, Marilyn Shapiro; 
nephews and nieces, Lawrence 
(Lisa) Shapiro, Elizabeth (Ted) 
Pena, and Jessica (Lawrence) 
Miller, Rob (Jan) Goldfarb, 
Emily (Scott) Balloff and David 
(Catherine) Botkin; many other 
loving family members and 
friends. 
Interment was held at 
Adat Shalom Memorial 
Park Cemetery in Livonia. 
Contributions may be made 
to Adat Shalom Synagogue. 
Arrangements by Dorfman 
Chapel. 

EUNICE SILVERMAN, 82, 
of Troy, died June 28, 2023. 
She is survived by her daugh-
ters and son-in-law, Laurie and 
Sean Dare of Oak Park, Terri 
Silverman of Ferndale, Brenda 
Silverman of Troy; brother and 
sister-in-law, Marten and Elaine 
Brodsky of Canada; sister-in-
law, Barbara Whitfield; many 
loving nieces, nephews and 
an adored granddaughter ‘fur 
baby. 
Mrs. Silverman was the 
beloved wife of the late 
Marshall Silverman; sister-
in-law of the late Charles 
Whitfield. 
Contributions may be made 
to a charity of one’s choice. 
A funeral service was held at 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. 
Interment took place at 
Clover Hill Park Cemetery in 
Birmingham. Arrangements by 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

c. 1995

RITA STEELE, 93, 
of Rochester Hills, 
died June 27, 2023. 
Rita dedicat-
ed 40 years to 
volunteer work, 
including serv-
ing on the Civil 
Defense Council from 1967 to 
1985, the Emergency Services 
Council from 1985-2007, and 
the Cable Television Advisory 
Commission from 1996 to 
2010. 
She is survived by her sons 
and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey 
and Harriet Steele, and Kevin 
Steele. 
She was the dear daughter 
of the late Samuel and the late 
Sarah Zeldes. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Michigan 
Humane Society, Development 
Dept., 30300 Telegraph Road, 
Suite 220, Bingham Farms, MI 
48025-4507, michiganhumane.

org/tributes; or to a charity of 
one’s choice. Arrangements by 
Ira Kaufman Chapel. 

ETTA ZIVIAN, 
91, of Southfield, 
died June 19, 2023. 
She was a 
respected teach-
er at Hillel Day 
School, an accomplished attor-
ney and an avid bridge player. 
Mrs. Zivian is survived by 
her daughter and son-in-law, 
Sara Zivian Zwickl and Tim 
Zwickl; sons and daughters-
in-law, Bruce A. Zivian and 
Dawn Peccatiello, and Robert 
J. and Debra Zivian; grand-
children, Joshua Zwickl and 
Sheri Rakusin, Becky Zwickl 
and Bill Storm, David Zwickl 
and Alyson Kirkpatrick, Daniel 
Zivian and Matthew Zivian; 
great-grandchildren, Julia and 
Ivy Zwickl, Kylie, Tony and 
Brayden Storm, and Ellie and 
Pnina Zwickl; sister, Anna 
Brasch; sister-in-law, Farla 
Binder; many loving nieces, 
nephews, friends and caregiv-
ers. 
She was the loving sister of 
the late Clara and the Irving 
Kurtzman, and the late Hershey 
Binder; the devoted daughter 
of the late David and the Polly 
Binder; and the dear sister-in-
law of the late Miles Brasch. 
Interment was at Beth 
Abraham Cemetery. 
Contributions may be made 
to McGill University, Polly 
and David Binder Scholarship 
Fund, 1430 Peel St., Montreal, 
QC H3A 3T3, giving.mcgill.
ca; Hillel Day School, Zivian 
and Zwickl Family G’Milut 
Chasidim Fund, 32200 
Middlebelt Road, Farmington 
Hills, MI 48334, hillelday.org; 
or Beth Ahm, 5075 W
. Maple, 
West Bloomfield, MI 48322, 
cbahm.org. Arrangements by 
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

