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STEVEN

AUGUST, 22, of West Bloomfield, died April 23, 2022. He is survived by his loving and devoted parents, Scott and Anne August; his loving brother, Jared August; his adoring grandparents, Mitch and Helene August; his dear uncles and aunt, Ryan August, Todd August, Elizabeth Shapiro and Alan Shapiro; his great-uncle, Tom Klein.

Steven was the cherished grandson of the late Dr. Donald and the late Susan Shapiro.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Friendship Circle, 6892 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, friendshipcircle.org/donate. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

WALLACE

BRATT, 91, of West Bloomfield, died April 1, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Marlene Bratt; daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Frank Ginis of Troy; son and daughter-inlaw, Harry and Elizabeth Bratt of Mt. View, Calif.; grandchildren, Rachel Bratt, Owen Bratt, Charlotte Ginis.

Mr. Bratt was the loving son of the late Ida and the late Harry Bratt; dear brother of the late Samuel Bratt, the late Bella Dinah Bratt.

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STEWART, Robert A.

The officers, board, and staff of the American Technion Society (ATS) mourn the loss of Robert A. Stewart of Birmingham, Mich. Together with his beloved wife, Yan, Bob was a Technion Guardian, a designation reserved for those who have reached the highest level of support. Among the key projects they supported are the Center for Excellence in Stem Cell and Tissue Regeneration Research, the Robert A. Stewart Scholarship Millennium Fund, the Robert A. Stewart Endowed Scholarship Fund, and the Robert A. Stewart Graduate Fellowship Fund. We extend our condolences to Yan, children Samantha, Sasha, and Philip, and the entire Stewart family.

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Road, Berkley, MI 48072. A graveside service was held at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

DR. CLIFFORD

BUCHMAN, 76, of Farmington Hills, died April 21, 2022. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Janice Buchman; son, Jacob Buchman; daughters and sons-in-law, Jamie Buchman and Steve Maguire, and Allison Buchman and Ira Miller; grandchildren, Emily and Lucy Miller, and Hugo and Meabh Maguire; brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Michelle Buchman; cousins, Ellen and Mel Rosen, and Elliot and Sheila Barden.

Dr. Buchman was preceded in death by his parents, Emily and Isadore Buchman; his brother, Neil Buchman; aunt and uncle, Mamie and Lou Parr; and his nephew, Dylan Buchman.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Frankel Jewish Academy, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, frankelja.org; Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, jfsdetroit.org; or Adat Shalom Synagogue, Adat Shalom-Beth Achim Learning Community, 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, adatshalom. org/tributes-make-a-donation-in-honor-or-in-memory. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

NATALIE REVA

CANVASSER, 100, of Bloomfield Hills, died April 21, 2022.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sandi and Dr. Thomas Millman; son and daughter-in-law, Charles M. and Marci Canvasser; grandchildren, Jodi Robin Millman, Shelley Jaye Millman, Alana Canvasser Wolf and Evan Wolf, and Kayla Nicole Canvasser; great-grandchildren, London Drew Wolf and Pierce Aspen Wolf; sisters-in-law and brotherin-law, Harriett Freedman, and Byron and Maxine Canvasser; many loving relatives and friends.

Mrs. Canvasser was the beloved wife of the late Donald Canvasser; the loving sister of the late Lewis and the late Marion Freedman, and the late Morton Freedman; the dear sister-in-law of the late Marvin and the late Elaine Canvasser, and the late Robert and the late Beverly Canvasser.

Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072, yadezra.org/donate; Hospice of Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.org/ donations; or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

JOAN COHEN, 78, of Farmington Hills, died April 23, 2022. Joanie enjoyed nothing more than spending time with her family. She loved to cook, bake and take care of people.

She is survived by her husband, George Cohen; daughters and son-in-law, Michelle and Jeff Gilbert, and Tracey Cohen; brother and sisterin-law, Buddy and Ursula Budson; grandchildren, Ashley Gilbert and Gabby Gilbert; many other loving family members and friends, who admired her quiet strength and cherished her kind, generous and gentle soul.

Joan was the sister of the late Dr. David Budson.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to the Michigan Humane Society, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital or the Autism Alliance of Michigan. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

STANLEY N.

FREEDMAN, 83, of Bloomfield Hills, died April 26, 2022. He was a CPA for more than 50 years in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. In the early 1980s, he was the managing partner of the Southfield (Detroit) office of the national accounting firm, Fox & Company. In 1984, he partnered with Dennis Frank to form Frank & Freedman P.C., which is now Frank, Hirsch, Subelsky & Freedman P.C., until Stanley “retired” from public accounting on Dec. 31, 2009.

Ever the tireless worker, on Jan. 1, 2010, he became the CFO of Mobile Care Group based in Sylvania, Ohio, affectionately known to the family as “MCG”. Stanley loved working for MCG and considered it an honor and privilege to work with its owner, Joe Wallace, and grow MCG until it was sold last year.

Stanley spent many years volunteering his time on the board of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Detroit and acted as its president from 1984-1986. He was also the treasurer of Congregation Beth Shalom for 10 years as well as the treasurer of Yad Ezra for more than 10 years.

Mr. Freedman is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Marcia Freedman; sons and daughters-in-law, David and Ellen Freedman, Mark and Mary Feedman, and Jeffrey Freedman; grandchildren, Sydney, Seth, Rachael and Lindsey Freedman; sisters and brother-in-law, Barbara and Terry Fields, and Janie Slayden; brother-in-law, Larry (Gladys) Rockind; sister-inlaw, Shelly (Michael) Gordon. He is also survived by his former daughter-in-law, Lisa Barak-Freedman; and many other loving family members and friends.

Stanley was the son of the late Simeon and the late Charlotte Freedman; son-inlaw of the late Geraldine and the late Leo Rochkind.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to Ronald McDonald House, Yad Ezra or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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TERRY

GLADSTONE, 74, of West Bloomfield, died April 26, 2022. He is survived by his daughter and son-inlaw, Sari Baskin-Blackman and Jeff Blackman; grandchildren, Andrew Baskin, Brandon Gladstone, Matthew Blackman and Mitchell Blackman; sister and brother-in-law, Lissa and Don White; a world of devoted relatives and friends.

Mr. Gladstone was the cherished father of the late Bradley Gladstone.

Contributions may be made to Parkinson’s Foundation of Michigan, 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025, parkinsonsmi.org; or to a charity of one’s

choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

LEONA GROSSINGER, 63, died April 25, 2022.

She is survived by her loving family, including Mendi and Miriam Goldstein, Moshe and Miriam Shapira, Dr. Yosef and Dr. Michael Ferenz, Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Miriam and Yehuda Wolberg, Rifka and Motti Messing, Milka and Rabbi Yaakov Buskila, Dalia Benzion Vataro, David and Regina Grozinger, Rachelle Abrahamovich, Nathan Shleifer.

Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. A funeral service was held at Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Interment took place at Machpelah Cemetery in

Ferndale. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

DEAN MICHAEL

PERACH, 36, of Farmington Hills, died April 26, 2022. He is survived by his loving parents, Anita and Asi Perach; brother and sister-in-law, Donny and Amanda Perach; sisters and brothers-in-law, Nicole and Scott Mitnick, Natalie (Joel Kerwin) Perach; nieces and nephew, Zev and Zara Perach, Isabelle and Eva Mitnick, and Chloe Kerwin; many aunts, uncle, other family members and friends.

Interment took place at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

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Golda Indig, 91, of Wilmette, Ill., died April 28, 2022.

A life spanning nine decades, five countries, six languages, and countless latkes recently came to a peaceful end. Golda Indig died with family at her side.

Born in 1930 in what was then Czechoslovakia, Golda grew up as part of a large Jewish family, one of seven siblings. She moved to Sighet, Romania, when she was young and spent most of her childhood there, days full of baking with her grandma Malka and playing with her sisters and brothers. When she was 7, she lost her dad to cancer, the first of many painful losses. When she was 13, the Nazis came to town.

Golda was forcibly removed from her home and sent to Auschwitz with her family. Her grandma, mom and two younger siblings were murdered there. Her two older brothers died later in the war. Alongside her older sister Blimchu, Golda survived. At Auschwitz, she was sent to the gas chambers twice and escaped both times, always finding her way back to her sister. She spent a year hiding from the Nazis inside their own concentration camps, sneaking into the camp kitchen to secure food for her, her sister and the rest of their barrack. At 14, she was liberated as an orphan, refugee and survivor of three Nazi concentration camps: Auschwitz, Christianstadt and Bergen Belsen.

Two years after liberation, at 16, she married Benti Indig. The two applied for resettlement and were accepted into Canada in 1950. They had three children together and lived in Canada for 13 years before coming to the United States. In the States, Golda found a job at General Motors, sewing the leather seats in Cadillacs and cleaning offices. She turned what was supposed to be a short-term job into a 31-year career with the company and used her benefits to support her family, including her grandkids. The trauma of her past became the jet fuel of her life.

Golda was known for her ingenuity, lively spirit and relentless generosity, giving whenever and wherever she could. She loved to feed people and was a phenomenal baker and cook. She worked, cooked, sewed, crocheted, earned her American citizenship and fed anyone and everyone she possibly could. She spent her last years swimming, playing Rummikub and collaborating with her granddaughter Brooke Randel on a Holocaust memoir, still in the works.

She will be remembered for the fierce way she loved, the quality of her hugs, and how easily she filled others with food, kindness and good company.

From the wake of genocide, Golda created a full, loving life. She is survived by three children, Hedi Bednarz, Harry Indig (spouse Karin Indig) and Gail Randel (spouse Derek Randel); seven grandchildren, Rebecca Feldman (spouse Larry Feldman), Justin Morgan (fiancé Holly Leverton), Michael Morgan (spouse Emily Stern Morgan), David Indig, Stacey Indig, Scott Randel (spouse Dana Randel), and Brooke Randel; six great-grandchildren, Alexa Feldman, Mara Feldman, Lily Morgan, Ben Morgan, Abe Randel and Theo Randel.

Services will be held at Hebrew Memorial Chapel followed by interment at Shaar Hashomayim in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Contributions may be made to 3GNY-Descendants of Holocaust Survivors (3gny.org); Nova Ukraine (novaukraine.org) or Hadassah (hadassah.org). Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

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