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Erlich, and Jacob and Noah Ziff; 
sister and brother-in-law, Linda 
and Murray Goldenberg; broth-
ers-in-law and sisters-in-law, 
Fred and Pat Erlich, and Stewart 
and Beverly Erlich; many loving 
nieces, nephews, cousins and 
friends. 
Mrs. Erlich was the devoted 
daughter of the late Sarah and 
the late Martin Switzer. 
Interment was at Machpelah 
Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Heart to 
Heart Hospice Foundation of 
Michigan, 30600 Telegraph 
Road, Suite 1131, Bingham 
Farms, MI 48025, htohhfoun-
dation.org/donation; Temple 
Israel, Brown Family Hebrew 
Education Fund, 5725 Walnut 
Lake Road, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48323, temple-israel.

org/tributes; or Alzheimer’s 
Association-Greater Michigan 
Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, 
Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033, 
alz.org/gmc. Arrangements by 
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

BURTON 
FARBMAN, 80, of 
Franklin, died July 
1, 2023.
He is survived by 
his wife of 56 years, 
Suzy Farbman; sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, David and Nadine 
Farbman, and Andrew and 
Amy Farbman; grandchildren, 
Hunter, River, Fischer, Beau, 
Alexis, Camryn and Lindsay 
Farbman; sister, Anita Marcus; 
brother, Martin Mendelson; sis-
ter-in-law, Anne Smith Towbes. 
He is also survived by his spe-

cial cousin, Judy Koploy; and 
many loving nieces, nephews, 
cousins and friends. 
Mr. Farbman was the lov-
ing brother of the late Lenore 
Shapiro; the devoted son of 
the late Dr. Simon and the late 
Edith Farbman; the dear broth-
er-in-law of the late Robert 
Nathaniel Smith and the late 
Eugene Michael Towbes. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Jewish 
Federation of Metropolitan 
Detroit, 6735 Telegraph Road, 
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, 
jewishdetroit.org/send-a-trib-
ute; Detroit Zoological Society, 
8450 W
. 10 Mile Road, Royal 
Oak, MI 48067, detroitzoo.org; 
Special Olympics, 2380 Wixom 
Trail, Suite H, Milford, MI 

48381, thvso.com; or Beyond 
Basics Literacy for Everyone, 
18000 W
. Nine Mile Road, Suite 
450, Southfield, MI 48075, 
beyondbasics.org/contact-2. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel. 
(A special remembrance will 
appear in next week’s JN.)

MARY GAINES, 
105, of Bayonet 
Point, Fla., died 
July 5, 2023. 
Mrs. Gaines is 
survived by her 
sons and daughters-in-law, Joel 
and Marla Gartner, and Richard 
and Janet Gartner; grandchil-
dren, Renay and Paul Bradfield, 
Kevin Gartner, and Jeffrey and 
Katy Gartner; great-grandchil-
dren, Olive Bradfield, Charlie 

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