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LILLIE ERMAN, 98, of Oak Park, died April 4, 2001. She was a teacher and principal in Detroit.
She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Joann and Susie Shecter of Detroit, Linda and Richard Lulkin of Farmington Hills, Mivi and Leonard Rachmiel, Gloria and Jack Hurwitz, Joanie and Sheldon Applefield, Sarajane Olesek, Samulyn Ball; great-nieces and great-nephews, Shelle and Bill Gordon, Kenneth and Sandra Shecter, Michael and Kitty Shecter, Sam and Jill Lulkin, Jennifer Lulkin; great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews, B.J. and Mikki Gordon, Jacob Mitchell, Shayni Shecter, Celia, Joseph and Adina Shecter and Emily Lulkin.
Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
ETHEL FISCHER, 92, of West Bloomfield, died April 4, 2001.
She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Albert and Marti Fischer of West Bloomfield; nieces and nephews, Ruby (Sheldon) Fridson, Rosalind Weiss, Sheryl Zeiger, Robert (Nancy) Fischer.
Graveside services were held at the Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan of Hollywood, Fla., died April 3, 2001. He was chairman of the board of Dale Industries Inc., a metal frame business, which he founded in 1952. He was also president of Steel Specialty Corp., which he founded in 1943, and president of New York, Calif. Dr. Einstein was 1977 graduate of the California. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Podiatric Society, Calif.
Dr. Einstein is survived by his wife, Susan Einstein; mother, Caroline Einstein of Palm Springs, Calif. and Allen and Nanci Einstein of Bloomfield Hills. He was the loving son of the late Emanuel Einstein.
Contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
MILTON SCHWARTZ, 80, of Huntington Woods, died June 12, 2001. He was a first lieutenant in the Combat Clad Navigation, flying a B-17 Bomber in the 305th Bomb Group of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Chelveston, England, 1944-1945. His decorations include the distinguished Flying Cross and five awards of the Air Medal. He flew 28 missions over Germany.
He is survived by his beloved wife Rose Schwartz; son, Jay Schwartz of Huntington Woods; sister, Esther Borden of St. Louis, Mo.; brother and sister-in-law, Robert A. and Rosalyn Schwartz of West Bloomfield.
Graveside services were held at the Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by the Dorfman Chapel.
IRENE E. PANUSH, The Courage To Help:
Irene Panush had a brilliant mind, an engaging spirit and the dream of becoming a psychiatrist. Her health, however, would not cooperate, and through only a high degree of personal courage was she able to ultimately accomplish her professional goal of lending emotional support to others.
Mrs. Panush, 80, of Bloomfield Township, died June 11, 2001, of respiratory failure.
Mrs. Panush was a pioneer in 1943, completing her second year of medical school under a scholarship to Wayne University while her husband, Irving, was in the Army. It was in her medical studies, however, that she contracted tuberculosis, most likely through a clinical contact.
Months of hospitalization and years of treatment ensued, and Mrs. Panush was persuaded to abandon medicine for pursuits less physically strenuous. She opted for a career in library science and for many years was in charge of the medical section of the Wayne University library. During the 1960s and 1970s she taught anatomy and physiology at Oakland Community College and Schoolcraft College.
But despite medical problems, she still harbored her dream of helping people with their emotional lives. She returned to college and, at age 59 in 1980, earned a master's degree in social work. She spent the next 11 years working as a psychotherapist for Catholic Social Services in Royal Oak, assisting hundreds of patients cope with their lives.
In 1991, she went into private practice, retiring four years later at age 74 only after experiencing kidney failure.
Mrs. Panush also was very active in the community. She was a member of the Sholem Aleichem Institute, Hadassah, Na'amat, the Institute for Retired Professionals and the Jewish National Fund. She was past vice president of the League of Women Voters and the Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
Over the course of their 58-year marriage, the well-read and articulate Mrs. Panush joined her husband, Dr. Irving Panush, himself an educator, in numerous small, chavurah study groups exploring Jewish culture and history. Some of the groups met over many decades.
All of her accomplishments in professional and communal life were made in spite of great physical obstacles.
As a result of her 1943 bout with TB, Mrs. Panush was plagued by narrowing of the trachea and underwent 95 bronchoscopies over her remaining years. She also underwent several surgeries for chronic ulcerative colitis. In addition, kidney failure, requiring dialysis, vexed the last six years of her life.
"My mother had tremendous personal courage," said daughter Aviva Panush of Ann Arbor. "She never let any of her aliments get her down or stand in her way. She fought to overcome each one and continued to live fully, regardless of her medical situation."
"Even in dialysis," said her husband, "she reached out, working with social workers at the University of Michigan Kidney Foundation, Sholem Aleichem Institute, League of Women Voters or a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
