OUR COMMUNITY

By Mike 
Smith
Alene and 
Graham Landau 
Archivist Chair

20 | DECEMBER 28 • 2023 
J
N

The JN honors those we lost this year.
Memoriam

2023

IN

Ruth Adler Schnee, 
prominent building 
and fabric designer 
and Cranbrook 
Academy of Art 
graduate, died at 99. 

Sherry Kaye, vocal-
ist, actress and local 
media personality, 
died at 85. 

JANUARY

Dr. Nichola Zeev 
Kerin, Detroit-
area cardiologist 
and Wayne State 
University professor, 
died at 84. 

FEBRUARY

Dr. Seymour 
Wolfson, pioneer in 
physics and computer 
science, and chair of 
Computer Science 
at Wayne State 
University, died at 86. 

Sheila Sky Kasselman, 
leader of the Sky 
Foundation and well-
known cancer survivor 
who was featured in 
many media stories, 
died at 82. 

Burt 
Bacharach, 
left, famous 
American 
songwriter, 
died at 94. 

Sybil Offen, femi-
nist and well-known 
Democratic Party 
activist, died at 86.