DECEMBER 19 • 2024 | 61
BENJAMIN SANDERS,
81, of Farmington Hills,
died Dec. 6, 2024.
He is survived by his
wife, Judy Goodfriend;
daughters, Alicia
Sanders (Reshod), Rashawnda
Sanders; stepdaughters, Debbie
Kennedy (Scott), Marla Goodfriend
(Terrill Spaight); grandchildren,
Warren Turner, Blake and Ayden
Sanders, Garrett and Jake Kennedy;
many other loving relatives and
friends.
Interment took place at
Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak.
Contributions may be made to
the American Cancer Society,
the American Heart Association
or a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
ROSE WOLOK, 100, of
West Bloomfield, died
Dec. 8, 2024.
Rose was born in
Poland and came to the
United States at the age
of five.
At Wayne State University, she
earned a bachelor’s degree with a
major in English and Semitics, and
a master’s degree in educational psy-
chology, specializing in reading and
learning disabilities. For almost a
quarter of a century, she was a read-
ing specialist, at first in the public
schools. Then she had an office in
Southfield for many years.
She was also a religious teacher in
the school of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and Congregation B’nai
Moshe. At Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, she served on the education-
al committee, chairing several vital
sub-committees. At Adat Shalom
Synagogue, she was a chairperson of
the Adult Study Committee and was
a life member of the sisterhood.
She was also a life member
of Hadassah, which she joined
in 1945. She was a president of
P.N.A.I., a facilitator of the Opera
Group for the Institute of Retired
Professionals. She was one of the
rare women of her generation who
had it all: marriage, a career and
volunteer work. Her beloved family
was always her priority.
Rose is survived by her children,
Phil and Fran Wolok, Deborah Levi,
Dr. Davin and Carol Wolok; grand-
children, Haggai Levi, Leah and Guy
Avital, Sarah and Alon Tirosh, Rina
Wolok and Samantha Steinberg,
Eric and Amy Wolok, Lauren and
Corey Light; great-grandchildren,
Eyal, Ariel, Yuval, Daniel, Jonah,
Shiloh, Naomi, Louis, Brayden,
Sophie. A special thanks is made
to all that cared for Rose in her
last years: caregivers, Nedra
Stephen, Maickhale Mya McMurty;
Fleischman staff, Kay, Aisha, Reesie,
Jenene, Regine; and the dining room
staff.
Rose was the beloved wife of the
late Emil Wolok; loving daughter of
the late Morris and the late Fannie
Stol; dear sister of the late Arthur
Stol and the late Anne Leibman.
Contributions may be made
to Hadassah, hadassah.org; IRP
Detroit, 14094 Ludlow, Oak Park,
MI 48237; or to a charity of one’s
choice. A funeral service was
held at Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Interment took place at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.
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D
r. Edward Malinowski,
85, of West Bloomfield,
died Dec. 12, 2024.
Dr. Malinowski was born in
Warsaw, Poland, on May 14,
1939, as Edward Mersyk, to
Marek and Stefania Mersyk. Ed
and his family were forced into
the Warsaw Ghetto
in 1940. Ed’s father
returned to their
tiny apartment in
the ghetto to find
it empty, so he ran
to the train station
where Jews were
being moved to
extermination at
Treblinka and tried to
rescue both his father
and son, using loose
diamonds secretly
sewn in some clothes. His father
managed to save Ed, but his
grandfather was never seen again.
After the liquidation of the
ghetto in May 1943, through luck
and cunning, Edward, his mother,
aunt and cousin survived in the
outskirts and forests of Warsaw.
After the war ended in 1945,
Ed and other children helped
rebuild Warsaw by hand, brick
by brick. Since all documents
were destroyed, the family name
was changed to Malinowski, so
that he and his mother could
assimilate into Polish society and
not be targeted as Jews.
Ed studied violin at the Music
Conservatory and aspired to
become a concert violinist
but knew he would never be
a world-class musician, so he
“disappointed” his family and
decided to become a doctor. At
the Warsaw School of Medicine,
he met his future wife, Jolanta
Okuniewicz, who would stay by
his side for 62 years.
While they survived the
Holocaust, they could not survive
the Communist antisemitism.
With young daughter, Susan, in
tow, they were stripped of their
citizenship, their few possessions
and moved around Europe until
the Jewish Allied Campaign
sponsored them to come to
Detroit.
Ed and Jolanta studied English
to take and pass the medical
boards, complete their residencies
and Ed became a respected
cardiologist and Jolanta a brilliant
dermatologist. Ed spent many
years working at Sinai-Grace
Hospital in Detroit, saving many
lives and training scores of
physicians to do the same. Even
after he retired, he was constantly
on the phone, offering advice
on everything from medical
treatments to 401(k)s. A lifelong
learner, he had knowledge that
transcended medicine and music
to history, geopolitics, cars,
aerospace and technology. He
also returned to playing the violin
again with the Detroit Medical
Orchestra.
Ed was resolute that the
Holocaust be remembered, and
he served on the board of the
Zekelman Holocaust Center in
Detroit. His countless lectures
on his experiences delivered
a powerful message of hope,
resilience and perseverance to
thousands of students in the
Detroit area.
He is survived by his beloved
wife, Dr. Jolanta Malinowski;
daughter and son-in-law,
Dr. Susan (Gary Shapiro)
Malinowski; grandchildren, Mark
Jerome Malinowski Shapiro
and Max Mersyk Malinowski
Shapiro; many other loving family
members and friends.
Contributions may be made to
the Zekelman Holocaust Center.
Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.
Dr. Edward
Malinowski
Sinai Cardiologist
was Shoah Survivor