FANNIE FRIEDMAN, 96, of Southfield, died Jan. 19. She was a founding member of the Primrose Benevolent Society.
Mrs. Friedman is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Jack and Joan Friedman of Southfield, Mort and Deborah Friedman of West Bloomfield; brother, Harry Bernstein of Montreal; sisters, Phyllis Blidner, Margie Kahlenberg; grandchildren, Stacy and Jeffrey Brodsky, Dr. Steven and Suzy Friedman, Scott Friedman, Shelby Friedman, Matthew Friedman, Kelly Fink-Friedman; great-grandchildren, Brian Brodsky, Tamara Brodsky, Danielle Brodsky, Liza Friedman, Abby Friedman, Katie Friedman, Ariel Fink. Mrs. Friedman was the beloved wife of the late Louis Friedman; loving daughter of the late Pearl Bernstein, the late Morris Bernstein; dear sister of the late Goldie Weiser, the late Shirley Simrod, the late Rae Bloom, the late Hy Bernstein; sister-in-law of the late Beckie Weinman, the late Sam Weinman, the late Sadie Sandler, the late Nate Sandler, the late Julius Weiser, the late Louis Simrod, the late Sam Bloom, the late Estelle Bernstein, the late Rita Bernstein, the late Louis Blidner, the late Ben Kahlenberg.
Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Interment at Workmen’s Circle Cemetery, Beth Yehudah Section. Services and arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
BETTE HOOBERMAN, 85, of Southfield, died Jan. 19. She was a member of B’nai B’rith Marshall Lodge and the City of Hope.
Mrs. Hooberman is survived by her husband, Sam Hooberman; sons and daughters-in-law, Paul and Carol Hooberman of Franklin, Neal and Linda Hooberman of Washington; grandchildren, Jimmy and Sally Hooberman, Debbie and Cliff Weinstein, Steven and Christina Zausner, John Hooberman, Julie Evans; great-grandchildren, Lily Hooberman, Perri and Julian Weinstein, Anastasia Zausner. Mrs. Hooberman was the loving grandmother of the late Jill Hooberman.
Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association Fund for Research or the Jill Hooberman Spa Day Fund, c/o Gilda’s Club. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
JULES PIERCE, 88, of Farmington Hills, died Jan. 19. He was a contractor and builder, lectured at Cranbrook in paleontology, was a weather watcher and a World War II veteran.
Mr. Pierce is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Gertrude and Nathan Seldes; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Isadore and Marci Schrodeck.
Contributions may be made to Hillel Day School. This announcement was placed at the request of the family by the Ira Kaufman Chapel.
RUDOLPH SCHEROCK, 96, former Detroiter of Pompano Beach, Fla., died Jan. 19.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; son and daughter-in-law, Frederick and Dinah Scherock of Wetumpka, Ala.; daughter and son-in-law, Ganice and James Clement of Rochester.
SALLY BARON, 96, of Lansing, died Jan. 18. She and her husband Herman established Baron’s Draperies in 1944. She was a member of Lansing’s Congregation Shaarey Zedek, past board member of the Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood, fourth-generation life member of Hadassah and a life member of B’nai B’rith.
Mrs. Baron is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Anita Baron; son-in-law, Joseph Simon; grandchildren, David and Betty Simon, Roger and Randi Simon, Sharon and Joe Wenzl, Neil and Eley Baron, Hannah and Jeffrey Hall; 10 great-grandchildren. She was the loving wife of the late Herman Baron; devoted mother of the late Paula Baron Simon.
Services were at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing. Contributions may be made to Congregation Shaarey Zedek Sunday School, 1924 Coolidge Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman Co. Lansing Chapel.
PHILIP L. LEVINE, 52, of Berkley. He was a truck driver.
Mr. Levine is survived by his wife, Laurie Levine; daughter, Michelle Levine; son, Joel Levine; brothers and sisters-in-law, Stan and Gail Levine of Redford, Nancy and Larry Rife of Bloomfield Hills; mother-in-law, Ruth Mirizian. He was the loving son of the late Joseph and the late Marion Levine.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
GARY J. MILLMAN, 54, of Farmington Hills, died Jan. 18.
He is survived by his wife, Sandra Millman; sons, Jason Millman of Farmington Hills, Michael Millman of Farmington Hills; daughter, Barbara Gant of Farmington; brother and sister-in-law, Harry and Sharon Millman of Southfield; grandson, Jacob Ryan Millman.
Contributions may be made to Kidney Foundation, 2350 S. Huron Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Interment at Nusach H’Ari Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Detroiter Rudy Newman was a gun-runner and air force pioneer in 1948.
He was larger than life. His courage and strength were an inspiration for all of us," remembered his son Bill.
Rudolph Newman began showing that courage and strength at age 16 when, as a student at Detroit Central High School during World War II, he told recruiters he was 17. He trained as a radio navigator and then became a fighter pilot in the Pacific. He served on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington through the end of the war and received a Distinguished Flying Cross.
He returned to Detroit in 1946, graduated from Michigan State College (now MSU) in 1948, and began studying law at Wayne University.
Approached by Rabbi Irwin Gordon of Hillel House at Wayne to fly supplies to pre-state Palestine, Mr. Newman found his sense of adventure and love of flying was greater than his commitment to law. He flew circuitous routes at odd hours to pick up arms from Czechoslovakia and deliver them to Jewish communities throughout Israel, avoiding the British blockade.
Mr. Newman was one of 200 men in 1948 who served the Air Services of the Haganah Central Command under David Ben-Gurion; that later became Israel’s first air force. He also flew as a pilot on one of El Al’s first flights. Mr. Newman, of Bloomfield Hills, died Jan. 18 at age 74.
Mr. Newman met his wife, Ann, in Israel. They were married in a 1949 ceremony, attended by many of the Israeli air force pilots.
After the birth of their first son, the Newmans returned to Detroit in 1952. He worked in mortgage banking and eventually owned his own company.
Mr. Newman maintained close ties with Israel. He made frequent trips; his final visit was with his family for Passover in the spring of 2000, shortly after he was diagnosed with cancer.
In addition to their support of Israel and Zionist causes, he and his wife, Ann, supported many religious and educational institutions.
"He was so quiet and unassuming, but he was a hero of the Jewish people — a movie should be made of his life and maybe it will," said Irwin Cohen of Oak Park, a local Jewish historian.
In 2000, the Southfield-based Yeshiva Beth Yehudah honored Mr. Newman with its Golden Torah Award. "His life has been dedicated to the causes of the Jewish people; bringing our homeland into existence and supporting the education of the next generation of Jews," U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn, general chairman for award dinner, said at the time.
Rudolph Newman is survived by his wife, Ann Newman; sons and daughters-in-law, Eugene Charles and Robin Newman of Bloomfield Hills, Robert Sherman and Judy Newman of West Bloomfield, William Gary and Natalie Newman of West Bloomfield; brother and sister-in-law, Stanford Donald and Victoria Newman of Warren; grandchildren, Michael, Sarah, Samuel, Jesse, Elizabeth, Daniel, Benjamin, Jeremiah, Abigail, Rachel, Jacob, Aaron, Shoshannah, Caitlin, Eli, Josh, Jonah; great-grandchildren, Rebekah, Eden. Mr. Newman was the loving brother of the late Norma Shoemaker.
Contributions may be made to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, P.O. Box 2044, Southfield, MI 48037 or the Leukemia Foundation of Michigan, 29777 Telegraph, Southfield, MI 48034. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Services and arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
ROZALYA GUSOVSKAYA, 91, of Southfield, died Jan. 17.
She is survived by her daughter, Yelena Rodin of Southfield; grandchildren, Natasha and Ian Willson; great-grandchildren, Ilya Willson, Sarah Willson. Mrs. Gusovskaya was the beloved wife of the late Morduhai Lepsky.
Contributions may be made to Menorah House, 26715 Greenfield, Southfield, MI 48076. Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Milton Marwil endowed his love of learning for all Detroiters
For generations of Wayne State University students, "Marwil" was the name on the Cass Avenue bookstore where they bought their textbooks. "Marwil" is also the name of the popular Jewish film series presented by the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit.
The erudite man behind both ventures, Milton Marwil, 91, of West Bloomfield, died Jan. 17 from heart disease.
Born in Detroit, Mr. Marwil was a World War II veteran who never stopped learning. He was a 1931 graduate of the University of Michigan, where he also earned a master’s in history. At 91, he was University of Michigan-Dearborn’s oldest student, taking courses in politics and literature.
Sarah Lamstein of Newton, Mass., said, "Shabbos was a key part" of the life of her father, a former president of Congregation B’nai Moshe. "He celebrated it religiously, in all senses of the word."
Typically saying, "‘Am I glad it’s Friday night!’, he would bless his wife and children. "It was his day to be king — not in a lordly way, but to be at rest," said Lamstein. "It was a happy time for him, a time of good food, family, prayer and rest."
Grandpa was "an amazing storyteller," recalled Emily Rynd of Brooklyn, N.Y. "He would make up stories for us about Tom Sawyer and his brother Sid."
Mr. Marwil wrote for the Jerusalem Post and belonged to Cranbrook Writers Guild, Friends of the Detroit Public Library, Jewish Historical Society of Michigan and the JCC’s Institute for Retired Professionals. He was a past president of Hebrew Free Loan Association and the Zionist Organization of America-Detroit District, and received ZOA’s lifetime achievement award and the Detroit Jewish community’s Eight Over Eighty Award.
Mr. Marwil was a founder of the Jewish Book Fair and its children’s book fair.
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The Marwil Book Store was family-owned from 1948-1983. Mr. Marwil started the endowment for the JCC’s Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival in memory of his late wife. Before Mrs. Marwil’s death in 1997, Ann Kainan said her Zionist parents would visit her and her family in Israel each year.
Mr. Marwil is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Sarah and Joel Lamstein of Newton, Mass., and Ann and Yossi Kainan of Raanana, Israel; sons and daughters-in-law, Joel of Farmington, Dr. David and Judy Marwil of Lexington, Ky., and Dr. Daniel Ivy Marwil of Providence, R.I.; grandchildren Joshua Lamstein, Emily (Robert) Rynd, Abigail Lamstein, Joseph, Isaac, Robert, Zachary and Noah Marwil, Judy and Noa Kainan; great-granddaughter Lila Rose Rynd. He was the beloved husband of the late Lenore Marwil.
Contributions may be made to Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival 6600 W. Maple Road, West Blomfield, MI 48322; Hebrew Free Loan Association , 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301; or Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, 32200 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334.
Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
GLADYS RUTH BLITZ, 74, of Oak Park, died Jan. 16.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Harvey and Grace Mary Blitz of Sterling Heights; daughter and son-in-law, Winifred and Robert Fabors of Detroit; grandchildren, Sarah Lynn, Marc Alan. Mrs. Blitz was the beloved wife of the late Robert Blitz.
Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Services and intermenty at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
WILLIAM M. ELLMANN, 80, of Farmington Hills, died Jan. 16. He was president of his Highland Park High School class for three years. After high school, Mr. Ellmann attended Occidental College and then the University of Michigan. From 1942-1946, he served in the Army Air Corps. Returning to Michigan, he received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Michigan and his bachelor of law and letters from Wayne State University.
Mr. Ellmann was a partner and then of counsel to the firm of Ellmann & Ellmann, originally in Detroit and now in Ann Arbor.
Mr. Ellmann served as president of the State Bar of Michigan in 1967; he was the youngest to be elected to the position and the first Jewish president. He was voted by his peers to the National Academy of Arbitrators and served as a labor arbitrator for over 40 years.
Mr. Ellmann served as a co-chair of the Michigan Bar’s Judicial Qualifications Committee. Governor William Milliken appointed Mr. Ellmann to serve as commissioner of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission from 1979-1982 and he served as chair of the commission from 1983-1986. Milliken also appointed Mr. Ellmann to the Michigan Employment Relations Committee, where he served as commissioner from 1973-1983 and chaired the board from 1983-1986. There he played a significant role in developing public labor law in the state of Michigan.
Mr. Ellmann received the Sate Bar of Michigan’s Roberts R. Hudson Award for his outstanding leadership and service. One of his many accomplishments was to chair the election campaigns for candidates to the Michigan Supreme Court on six occasions.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Sheila Ellmann; sons and daughter-in-law, Douglas and Claudia Ellmann of Ann Arbor, Robert Ellmann of Prague; daughter, Carol Ellmann of Wyoming; grandchildren, Ben Bosworth Ellmann, Liam Roberts Ellmann; brother and sister-in-law, Erwin and Stephanie Ellmann of Birmingham. He was the dear brother of the late Richard Ellmann.
Contributions may be made to the Beaumont Hospital Cancer Research Fund, 100 E. Big Beaver Road, Suite 800, Troy, MI 48083 or the U-M Taubman Medical Center, Cancer Research Fund, 301 E. Liberty, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 481044. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
