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Marvin and the late Rena Littman, 
the late Alvin Schultz.
Contributions may be made 
to a charity of one’s choice. A 
graveside service was held at 
Adat Shalom Memorial Park in 
Livonia. Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.

FLORENCE SCHREIER, 94, of 
West Palm Beach, Fla., died Nov. 
14, 2024.
She was born Feb. 7, 1930, in 
Chicago, Illinois, to Ben and Anna 
Meyerhoff Aft, humble immigrants 
from Poland and Russia. Yiddish 
was the home language for her 
and her older brothers, Harry and 
Ralph.
She often recalled learning to 
count while making rolls of pennies 
at her parents’ corner newsstand. 

She attended Habonim’s Labor 
Zionist Youth Camp Hachshara 
in California, where she learned 
agricultural skills while considering 
emigrating to Israel and life on a 
kibbutz. This is where Florence 
met the love of her life, Bernard 
(Bernie) Schreier of Detroit whom 
she married on March 25, 1951.
Yiddishkeit brought her great 
joy, and throughout her life she 
remained active in Habonim and 
Habonim’s Midwest Camp Tavor, 
where she and Bernie sent their 
children. 
She was active in Detroit’s Bagley 
Elementary School PTA, worked 
as an allergy shot med-tech and 
volunteered for more than 30 years 
at the Detroit Institute of Art as a 
school docent and in the Museum 
Store. She was often found by the 

Diego Rivera Murals, pointing out 
details to visitors. 
Her greatest joy came from 
her six children and the families 
they each created. She enriched 
them with her passion for visual, 
musical and dramatic arts. She and 
Bernie spent many years traveling 
to visit them in New York, New 
Hampshire, California and Florida. 
Florence is survived by her 
husband of 73 years, Bernard 
Schreier; children, Josh and Eve, 
Esther and David, Daniel and 
Gail, Noah and Bob, Benjamin 
and Lisa, Deborah and Gordon; 
grandchildren, Max and Anita, 
Simon and Amy, Sarah and Jessica, 
Michael and Cara, Gemma, Milo, 
Jeremy, Arielle and Geoffrey, 
Eliana and Noah, and Hazel; great-
grandchildren, Casey, Ezra, Isaac, 

and Alexandria.
Contributions may be made 
to MorseLife Foundation, 
morselifefoundation.org. A 
graveside service was held at Beth 
Abraham Cemetery in Ferndale. 
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel. 

RUTHVEN “RUDY” 
SIMONS, 95, of 
Southfield, died 
peacefully in his home 
on Nov. 16, 2024.
He was the beloved 
husband for 36 years of Roseanne; 
loving father of Joshua (Daniela 
Cappelli) and Eli; adoring 
grandfather of Sidney and Ruben. 
He is survived by his sons of 
the heart, Morris Fabbri (Disha 
Subramaniam) and Tony Fabbri. He 

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Comforting Detroit 
One Family at a Time.
For 108 years.

