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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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