Abner Wolf, Food Industry Pioneer, 82

Abner Wolf, one of the
most distinguished pioneers
in the food industry in the
Detroit area, famous na-
tionally as an innovator of
modern techniques - in super-
market policies, died in Mi-
ami, Sunday, at the age of 82.
A participant in Allied Jew-
ish Campaigns from their
inception, one of the top
contributors to Jewish phil-
anthropic causes and to Is-
rael thrqugh the United Jew-
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ACF-Wrigley S to r e s, Inc.
Later the name was changed
to Allied Supermarkets, Inc.,
a Detroit-based g r o c e r y
chain of 300 supermarkets in
25 states which operates un-
der various names, including
K-mart Foods and Wrigley.
That same year, his com-
pany, Abner A. Wolf, Inc.,
had become a $100,000,000
wholesale food operation and
the largest dry grocery busi-
ness in the world. He was
honored by 600 members of
the Detroit Association of

'.Grocery Manufacturer's Rep-
resentatives assembled
in Cobo Hall, and was given
the organiations highest hon-
or, the Food Achievement
Award.
In 1960 he was chosen as
chairman of the board of Al-
lied, a position he relin-
quished in 1967 when he sold
all of his major holdings of
stock and moved to Florida.
In 1971, he was elected to
the board of directors of
G r e at Scott supermarkets,
Inc.

Noted Artist Moses Soyer, 74

LATE ABNER WOLF

ish Appeal, Mr. Wolf had
played important roles in
Allied Jewish Campaign food
divisions.
He was a member of Shill-
er Lodge of the Masons and
the 100 Club. -
Surviving are his , wife,
Josephine; a son, Hanley; of
Hollywood, Fla.; a daughter,
Mrs. Lois McCord; of Mill
Valley, Calif.; four grand-
children and five g r e a t -
grandchildren.
- Mr. Wolf was a cousin of
Irwin I. Cohn. He was the
un_le of Mrs. Samuel (Jean)
Frankel, Mrs. Joseph
(-Norma) Grant and Mervyn
- Grosberg, all of Detroit.
Mr. Wolf began his super-
market career 70 years ago
when he manned a broom in
his father's store on Michi-
gan Ave. in Detroit. He later
bought a horse and wagon
and merchandise and started
:- his own business in Ham-
tramck.
By age 22 he had built up a
13-store chain called Rock
Bottom Stores which pio-
neered the idea of s elf -
service supermarkets. Later,
he urged small dealers to
purchase stock in unbroken
case lots and persuaded them
to join his Checkers Stores
so they could pool merchan-
dising. buying and advertis-
ing ideas.
He sold the business in
1932 to a firm for which he
became vice president. But
- was unhappy, and two
ars later leased a ware-
house and started Abner A.
Wolf, Inc.
In 1955 Abner A. Wolf, Inc.,
merged with ACF Brill, Wrig-
ley's and Big Bear to form

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In Loving Memory of
Our Dear Husband,
Father and Grandfather

LOUIS RASKIN

Who passed away Sept.
5, 1919, 10 days in
Elul. Sadly missed by
his wife, Minnie; sons
Marvin a n d Danny;
daughter Mrs. Lillian
Rosen and Mrs. Belle
Weingarden; grandchil-
dren and great-grand-
children.

NEW YORK—Moses Soyer,
the native 'Russian who be-
came a prominent American
traditional painter, died Mon-
day at age 74.
Mr. Soyer won recognition
from many museums around
the country. His work is dis-
played at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the Museum
of Modern Art and the Whit-
ney Museum of American
Art.
According to New York
Times writer Israel Shenker,
one of the artist's finest por-
traits, in the Brooklyn Mu-
seum, shows h i m and his
brothers, Raphael and Isaac.
Raphael, his twin, is also an
artist.
The Soyers came from a
Jewish community in Bor-
isoglebsk. Their native tongue
was Russian,and their father,
who wrote in Russian and
Hebrew, was the intellectual
leader of the- community.
To earn a living, the father
taught Hebrew and took his
sons along to the homes of
the richer Jews taking les-
sons. At home, the Soyer
boys always competed in art.
In 1912 the family moved to
the U.S.
Mr. Soyer felt humiliated
in public school because he
was a math wizard: Once,
after a gang attacked him,
he said, "He who fear s
wolves should not venture in-
to the forest."

OBITUARIES

WILLIAM BERMAN, 2945
Woodward, Bloomfield Hills,
died Aug. 30. He leaves his
wife, Grace; and three sis-
ters, Mrs. Richard (Tillie)
Cott, Esther and Mrs. Harry
(Jennie) Fine.
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VICTORIA FREEDMAN,
13367 S. Norfolk, died Aug.
29. She leaves three sons,
Bernard Weiler of New York,
Morrie Weiler of Wilmington,
Del., and Harry Weiler; two
sisters and eight grandchil-
dren.

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LOUIS JACOBS, 25505
Greenfield,' Southfield, died
Sept. 4. Survived by wife Sa-
rah; three sons, Dr. Martin,
Sidney and Dr. Bertrand; a
daughter, Mrs. Seymour
(Gertrude) Lipsitt; two sis-
ters, '11 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
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WILLIAM MELLON, for-
mer Detroiter of Las Vegas,
died Sept. 1. Survived by two
sons, Charles and Sam; and
a brother, Sidney Lorfel of
Livonia.

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MOSES SOYER

Mr. S o y e r attended the
Cooper Union Art School, the
National Academy of Design,
the Beaux Arts Institute of
Design and the Educational
Alliance Art School.
Like his brother Raphael,
Moses taught art, at the New
School and at the Educa-
tional Alliance. In 1966 he
was elected to the National
Institute of Arts and Letters.

Daniel Koblin, 82

Daniel Koblin, retired auc-
tioneer of Koblin Brothers
Auctioneers, died Sunday at
age 82.

Born in Lithuania, Mr.
Koblin resided at 12800 W.
Nine Mile,- Oak Park and
Group Memorializes was an area resident for 60
years. Koblin Brothers was
Holocaust Victims
founded in 1908 and for more
The United Jewish Social than 50 years was located at
Club will unveil a memorial 973 Gratiot in Detroit. Mr.
stone in memory of the Six Koblin retired in 1959.
Million who lost their lives
He leaves his wife, Fran-
during the Holocaust 1 p.m.
Sunday at Hebrew Memorial ces; two sons, Edward and
Murry; a daughter, Mrs. Ar-
.Park.
nold (Sue) Brohner of Mor-
The organization consists of ton Grove, III.; two brothers,
survivors of the Nazi Holo- Sam of Inglewood, Calif.;
caust from Hungary, Czecho- and Selig of Mexico; a sister,
slovakia and Romania. Offici- Mrs. Joseph (Fannie) Mintz
ating at the ceremony will of Hallandale, Fla.; and nine
be Rabbis Herman Deutsch' grandchildren.
and Leo Goldman, and Can-
tors A. A. Rosenfeld, Mendel
Klein and Joseph Bernholtz. Isidor Bieber, 87,
The entire Jewish community
Race Horse- Owner
is invited.
NEW YORK — Isidor Bie-
ber, owner and breeder of
CARD OF THANKS
The wife and children of race horses, died Aug. 29 in
the late Bernard Jerusalem Hollywood, Fla. at age 87.
acknowledges with grateful
Mr. Bieber was a partner
appreciation the many kind with the late Hirsch Jacobs,
expressions of sympathy ex- the trainer said to have
tended by relatives and saddled- more winners than
friends during the family's anyone else in thoroughbred
recent bereavement.
racing.

ter, Mrs. William (Rochelle) of Detroit; a sister, Julia
Bruce; and four grandchil- Ring of Detroit; a grand-
dren. Interment Detroit.
daughter, Mrs. Martin Siegel
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of Flint; a grandson, Robert
SAMUEL SAKS, 2 3 4 7 1 Weiss of Grand Blanc; and
Elaine, Oak Park, died Sept. five great-grandchildren. In-
2. Survived by his wife, Rose; terment Detroit.
two sons, Herschel and Mor-
ris of Boston; one brother, THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Sept. 6, 1974-51
two sisters and one grand-
child.
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AARON SHULMAN, 3050
Church, Windsor, Ont., died
Aug. 30. Survived by his
wife, Esther; two sons, Jef-
frey D. and Warren J.; a
During the
daughter, Mrs. Carl L. (Iris)
coming w e el(
Ru-bin; one brother, one sis-
Yeshivoth Beth
ter, and two grandchildren.
Yehudah will
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observe the
Yahrzeits of the
MORRIS DAVID STOL
following d e-
(STOLSKY), 23460 Elaine,
parted friends,
Oak Park, died Aug. 31. Sur-
with the tradi-
vived by his wife, Fannie B.;
tional Memor-
a son, Arthur I. Stolsky; a
ial Prayers, re-
daughter, Mrs. Emil (Rose
citation of
Shoshana) Wolok; one
Kaddish and
brother, one s i s t e r , four
Studying of
grandchildren and one great-
Mishnayos.
grandchild,

WE REMEMBER
ninam rmilx

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ELUL SEPT.

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JENNIE WEISS, former
JEANETTE H. MILLER, Detroiter of Flint died Aug.
former Detroiter of Largo, 20. Survived by two brothers,
Fla., died Aug. 31. She leaves Dr. Isadore Singerman of
her son, Ronald'R.; a daugh- Los Angeles and Alex Singer

Benefactor Max Raimi, 70

Tributes were paid this
week by Young Israel lead-
ers and sponsors of activities
on behalf of needy children
to Max Lionel Raimi, whose
funeral services were held at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel
Monday morning.
Mr. Raimi, who died Sun-
day, is survived by his wife,
Maria n; daughter, Mrs.
Larry _ (Linda) Lebowitz;
brother, Ralph; a sister, Mrs.
Nate (Helen) Diamond; and
three grandchildren. He was
70 years old. His residence
was at 17500 Providence.
Mr. Raimi was honored. as
a founder and building chair-
man of Young Israel of

Old Timers Group
Plans Memorial

Hannah Schloss Old Timers
A n nu a 1 Memorial Services
will be held 8 p.m. Sept. 19
at the main Jewish Center,
announces Alfred A. Klun-
over, president and Harry T.
Madison, chairman for the
memorial services.
Rabbi Harold Loss of Tem-
ple Israel will deliver the
address, and Cantor Harold
Orbach will chant the El
Mole Rahamim.
Guests are invited to attend
the service honoring departed
members of the Ha nn a h
Schloss Old Timers, and to
visit the Old Timers me-
morial room at the Center,
which holds a plaque con-
taining names of all departed
members, and trophies and
mementos dating back over
50 years.
Refreshments will be
served.

Oak-Woods.
For 28 years he labored in
the ranks of providers of
providers of special services
for crippled children and
sponsored activities for them
through the DeMolay. He was
an activist also in behalf of
children's activities at the
12th Street Jewish Center.
He was the organizer of a
minyan for young boys at the
Humphrey Synagogue:
He was a member of Per-
fection L o d g e, Crescent
Shrine Club and the Moslem
Consistory.
Mr. Raimi headed Detroit
Laundry Supply Co. at 22121
Coolidge, Oak Park, for 40
years.

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