OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 49
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c. 1955

HERBERT
EDELSON, 95,
of E. Hartford,
Conn., died Jan.
10, 2024.
He is
survived by his
children, Dr.
Gary Edelson and Laura
Friedman, Beth and Albert
Kranc, and Lisa Edelson;
daughter-in-law, Leora
Bar-Levav; grandchildren,
Daniel and Kelley Edelson,
Dr. Rina Edelson and
her fiance, Dr. Andrew
Nathanson, Jacob Edelson,
Elana Kranc and Morissa
Kranc.
Mr. Edelson was the
beloved husband of the late
Irma Edelson.
Interment was at
Beth Alom Cemetery
in New Britain, Conn.
Contributions may be
made to Jewish Hospice &
Chaplaincy Network, 6555
W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
MI 48322, jhcn.org/donate/
tribute; or Jewish War
Veterans, P.O. Box 725066,
Berkley, MI 48072-9998,
jwv-mi.org. Arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

EDITH
GERTSMARK,
75, of West
Bloomfield,
died Jan. 9,
2024.
She is survived by her
daughters and sons-in-law,
Diana and David Brown,
and Rebecca and Ben
Oren; grandchildren, Ian,
Isabella and Dean Brown,
Nina, Wyat and Reese
Oren; brother-in-law, Yuriy
Chikhalenko; a niece,
nephew and many loving
friends.

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