A strong, silent, private survivor, Faylayn never wanted to let cancer be a defining element of her life. She dealt with each occurrence with great resolve. Diagnosed over 20 years ago, she was determined to see milestones in her life, and she saw many. She was born August 7, 1961, passed September 12, 2016. Born in Detroit, MI, her family moved to Toledo when she was very young. She attended Sylvania Northview High School and was proud to see all three of her boys graduate from there. While attending the University of Toledo, she was a sister of Alpha Chi Omega. She earned a medical assisting degree from Stautzenberger and worked as an Opthalmic Assistant at the Eye Institute of NW Ohio and then with Dr. Bennett Romanoff at Flower Hospital. She enjoyed her coworkers and clients, and they loved her. Her social life was filled with many dear friends, her book club and a few extra close girlfriends. She enjoyed many Summers at White Birch Lodge in Elk Rapids, MI.. The lake and friendships made up there gave her great peace and joy. She loved her dogs, first family poodles, then chihuahuas and finally Sophie, her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She trained Sophie as a therapy dog and would visit at the Hickman Oncology center. She married Kevin in 1983, and raised three wonderful young men together. She made it to graduations and then to see Zach married. What more could she want. Faylayn is survived by husband, Kevin; sons, Zach (Jen), Dan, Adam; mother, Adrienne Silverman; father-in-law, Myer (Yael) Liber; sisters, Lori (Greg) Kronbach, Linda Norton (Rich Savory); brother and sisters-in-law; along with many nephews and cousins. Preceded in death by her father, Sanford Silverman and mother-in-law, Shirley Liber. Funeral Services will be at Temple B’nai Israel, Thursday, September 15 at 10:30 a.m. Shiva visitation Thursday from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m. Minyan service at 6:30 at the Liber residence.
In the end, after each battle with breast cancer in which she took the most aggressive path, it Metastisized to stage 4. She did live to see her first Oncologist retire, her buddy, Dr. Bud Pipoly. She first was treated through HOA, which then became part of the Hickman Center. She participated in a peripheral stem cell transplant which gave her many years living with TNBC. Once Metastatic, she went to the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, and participated in a phase 1 clinical trial under the care of Dr. Patricia Lorusso, then Dr. Shirish Gadgeel. Her goal was to make the disease a chronic condition and she achieved that. She hoped that the knowledge gained from her fight will help others, as TNBC is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, and is hard to treat. We think our doctors achieved miracles and want to thank them. In lieu of flowers, donations in her blessed memory can be made to Hickman Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, Metavivor.org or Temple B’Nai Israel. 419-535-5840
