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Zekelman Holocaust Center, 
28123 Orchard Lake Road, 
Farmington Hills, MI 48334. 
A funeral service took 
place at Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel. Interment was held at 
Workmen’s Circle Cemetery, 
Yiddish Folks Farein Section. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.

ELIZABETH 
LIWAZER, 59, of 
Chicago, Ill., died 
July 16, 2024. 
She is survived 
by her sisters and 
brothers-in-law, Marci and Dr. 
David Beneson, and Anita and 
Dr. Dennis Blender; nephews 
and nieces, Avi and Steffie 
Beneson, Jeana and Gadi 
Rivkin, Vicki and Shmuel 
Bass, Katie and Michael Stern, 
and Abbey Blender; many lov-
ing great-nieces, great-neph-
ews, cousins and friends. 

Ms. Liwazer was the devot-
ed daughter of the late Esther 
and the late Jakob “Kuba” 
Liwazer.
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be made 
to Variety-The Children’s 
Charity, 600 S. Adams, Suite 
230, Birmingham, MI 
48009, variety-de-
troit.com; Crohn’s & 
Colitis Foundation 
of Michigan, 25882 
Orchard Lake Road, Suite 
102, Farmington Hills, MI 
48336, crohnscolitisfounda-
tion.org/; or to a charity of 
one’s choice. Arrangements by 
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SEYMOUR 
MANDELL, 93, of 
Bloomfield 
Township, died 
July 15, 2024. 
Mr. Mandell 

is survived by his wife of 
71 years, Marlene Mandell; 
daughters and sons-in-law, 
Felice Melworm, Dr. Sharon 
and John Cini, Karen Mandell 
and Jim Lowenburg, and 
Melissa and David Rohtbart; 
sons and daughters-in-
law, Stewart and Barbara 
Mandell, and Richard and 
Rachel Mandell; grandchil-
dren, Jennifer and Adam 
Hoffman, David and Taylor 
Mandell, Sarah and Edward 
Hambleton, Lori Goldman, 
Angela and Scott Braund, 
Maria and David Dismondy, 
Richard Loweburg, Sam 
Lowenburg, Max Rohtbart, 
Molly Rohtbart, Sebastian 
Mandell, and Pierson Mandell; 
great-grandchildren, Matthew 
and Stephanie Hoffman, Elian 
and Reid Mandell, Grayson 
Hambleton, Opal Braund, 
and Ruby, Leah, and Dexter 
Dismondy; brother and sis-

ter-in-law, Dr. William and 
Teri Mandell; sister-in-law, 
Beatrice Mandell; brother-in-
law, Martin Jaeger; many lov-
ing nieces, nephews, cousins, 
friends and caregivers.
Mr. Mandell was the loving 
brother of the late Dr. Gerald 
Mandell and the late Rosalee 
Jaeger; the cherished father-
in-law of the late Arthur 
Melworm; the dear brother-in-
law of the late Dr. Herbert and 
the late Lila Rothenberg; the 
devoted son of the late Harry 
and the late Faye Mandell. 
Contributions may be 
made to Hillel Foundation of 
University of Michigan, 1429 
Hill St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 
michiganhillel.org; or Making 
Spirits Bright, P.O. Box 
930237, Wixom, MI 48393, 
makingspiritsbright.org. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

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