OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

JANUARY 18 • 2024 | 49
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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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