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Dr. Irving C. Lem

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Dr. Irving C. Lem Munster, IN Dr. Irving C. Lem, 98, of Munster, IN. passed away Friday, February 17, 2006. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Hanna; son, Darryl (Iris) Lem; daughter, Marlene (Louis) Kaplan; grandchildren: Lisa (Larry) Lindenman, Ellyn (Trevor Huskey) Lem, Holly Lem, Nancy (Bryan) Liss and Karen (Ira) Feldman; great grandchildren: Courtney and Brent Lindenman, Ethan and Cole Huskey, Nicola and Molly Liss, Julia and Jack Feldman; sisters: Mae Jacobson and Frances Gurevitz. Funeral service will be Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 2:30 PM from the Burns-Kish Funeral Home, 8415 Calumet Ave., Munster, IN. with Rabbi Raphael Ostrovsky officiating. Interment, Kneseth Israel Cemetery, Hammond, IN. Visitation will be Sunday, from 1:30-2:30 PM. Dr. Lem was a graduate of the Loyola School of Dentistry, Class of 1933; Past President of the Calumet City Lion's Club; member of the Board of Directors at Congregation Beth Israel; practiced dentistry in Calumet City for 53 years; volunteered at Faith Bailey Health Center in Calumet City for 20 years and was an associate life member of Hadassah. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Congregation Beth Israel or The Jewish Federation building funds would be appreciated.

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Published by The Times from Feb. 18 to Feb. 19, 2006.

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FRANKLIN & MARY ANN BLACK

February 19, 2006

Our dentist for many, many years. A fine man, gentleman and will be missed.

Walter Gindl

February 18, 2006

Dear Faamily of Dr. Lem:

I think that I must have been one of Dr. Lem's earliest patients many years ago. While in grade school, (I am now 78 years old) I would stop in annually to his office on the second floor of the building on Wentworth and Pulaski for dental work. In fact when I got out of the army and for a number of years after Dr. Lem was my only dentist until he closed up his office on Wentworth and Pulaski.

One other fact Dr. Lem and I shared in common was that both of us were born on April 4th. Am I correct?

TOM ZUKLEY

February 18, 2006

Doctor Lem was my first dentist way back in 1947. Went through high school with Darryl. Our condolences to the family.

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