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George Fox.
Interment was held at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Contributions may be made to
Michigan Palliative & Hospice
Care, to Jewish Hospice and
Chaplaincy Network or to the
National Parkinson Foundation.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
IOSIF KELMAN, 85, of
Bloomfield Hills, died
Oct. 10, 2024.
He is survived by his
son, Zinoviy Kelman;
grandchildren, Anna
and Elisabeth Kelman, and Dima
Kelman; sister and brother-in-law,
Bronya and Sam Pechersky.
Mr. Kelman was the beloved
husband of the late Raisa Kelman;
the dear brother of the late Raisa and
the late Genya.
Interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to Friends of the Israeli
Defense Forces, P.O. Box 4224,
New York, NY 10163, fidf.org.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
LLOYD MERRILL
NEWMAN, 90, died at
home in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada, on Sept.
30, 2024, from complica-
tions of advanced
Alzheimer’s disease.
Born in Detroit, on Sept. 29, 1934,
Lloyd graduated from the University
of Michigan in 1956 before becoming
a first lieutenant, U.S. Air Force, from
1956 to 1959 (navigator, electronic
warfare officer). In 1960, he moved
to Halifax and started from the
ground up, working at a small local
family business, which he built into a
20-store Atlantic Canadian chain of
women’s fashion stores.
When the chain closed, Lloyd
took a one-year position in London,
Ontario, as executive director of the
London Jewish Federation, before
moving back to Halifax, marrying
Linda, and becoming the man-
aging director of the Northwood
Foundation, a position he held for 14
years.
Lloyd was a trusted volunteer for
the Jewish community in Halifax
and Atlantic Canada: past president
of the Atlantic Jewish Council; past
chair, Congregation Shaar Shalom
Capital and Endowment Fund; past
president (twice) of Shaar Shalom
Synagogue Board of Directors;
and past national secretary of the
Canada–United Israel Appeal.
Throughout his life he was a pas-
sionate lover of and volunteer for
the arts. He was past president and
life director of Neptune Theatre
in Halifax and longtime governor
of the National Theatre School of
Canada. He was also president of
Symphony Nova Scotia. In 1990, he
was appointed to set up and chair
the Nova Scotia Film Development
Corporation. From 1984 to 1989, he
was appointed to represent Atlantic
Canada on the board of the Canada
Council, the country’s federal arts
funder. He was a former member
of the Nova Scotia College of Art
and Design (NSCAD) Board of
Governors; vice-chair of Nova Scotia
Museums Board of Governors;
and member of the Prince Edward
Scholarship Committee for the
Province of Nova Scotia.
He was the loving husband of
Linda Law; the proud father of Mark
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