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94 Friday, November 16, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
OBITUARIES
Communal leader Irwin Cohn shared
building of Detroit Jewish community
actively involved in the Jewish
Welfare Federation.
He was a longtime secretary of
Sinai Hospital, a founder and past
president of the Hillel Foundation
at the University of Michigan, a
former vice president of the
United Hebrew Schools and past
president of the Hannah Schloss
Old Timers.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Cohn was the president of the
Lubavitch Foundation of Michi-
gan. He was an honorary life
member and founder of
Knollwood Country Club.
Mr. Cohn and his wife Sadie
were honored at the Jewish Na-
tional Fund annual testimonial
dinner in 1969 and the Irwin and
Sadie Cohn Forest was planted in
Israel in their honor.
Besides his wife, Mr. Cohn
leaves a son, Judge Avern; a
daughter, Mrs. John (Rita) Had-
dow; nine grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Investment banker Ira Guilden dies
Irwin I. Cohn
Irwin I. Cohn, the eminent
leader who had a share in scores of
civic and Jewish movements, died
Nov. 10 at age 88.
A native Detroiter, he had a
share in the making of many
movements, civic-wise and
Jewishly, and he gained national
recognition in traditional ranks
and as a strong supporter of Israel
and related causes. There is
hardly such a movement that does
not have a record of his participa-
tion.
(See Commentary, Page 2)
Mr. Cohn was graduated from
Cass Tech in 1913 and from the
University of Michigan Law
School in 1917. He gained recog-
nition for his expertise as a bank-
ruptcy lawyer in the 1920s.
He had his own practice prior to
joining the law firm of Honigman,
Miller, Schwartz and Cohn.
On the civic front, Mr. Cohn
was the past commissioner of the
Detroit House of Corrections, and
a past president of the Urban
League of Detroit. In the 1960s, he
was on the Detroit City Planning
Commission.
In the Jewish communal
sphere, he held many roles. He
was the chairman of the 1960 Al-
lied Jewish Campaign, recipient
of the Fred M. Butzel Award and
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New York — Investment
banker Ira Guilden, a founder and
past president of the Israel Bond
Organization and since 1973 the
chairman of its board of directors,
died Nov. 11 at age 88.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Guilden was the CEO and chair-
man of the board of the Baldwin
Securities Corp. and chairman of
the John B. Stetson Co.
He was the founder and past
president of Boys Town
Jerusalem and the chairman of
Keren Or, a charitable organiza-
tion for blind childen in the
United States and Israel.
He had been active in the
American Jewish Congress, the
Development Corp. for Israel, Na-
tional Council for the Foundation
for the Jewish National Fund, the
Albert Einstein College of
Medicine and the Belfer Graduate
School of Science at Yeshiva Uni-
versity, among others.
He was a director of the Hilton
International Co., Atlas General
Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Celia Broder, for decades a leader
in Federation, women's causes
Celia Meyers Broder, whose
several years of services in behalf
of the Jewish Welfare Federation
and communal women's move-
ments earned her selection in
1973 for the Fred M. Butzel
Award, died Nov 9 at age 86.
Mrs. Broder was an inspiration
to fellow leaders and workers in
Allied Jewish Campaigns and a
score or more of causes affiliated
with Federation and Allied
Jewish Campaign.
Mrs. Broder included among
her affiliations United Commu-
nity Services, the United Jewish
Appeal and the Sinai Hospital
Guild.
She leaves three sons, Harry of
Cleveland, Ohio, N. Brewster and
William of California; a sister,
Mrs. Sidney (Golda) Barnett; 16
Celia Broder
grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
Ex-Detroiter Julius Hersh dies
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Julius Hersh, a partner in Lip-
son Supermarkets and president
of Hershey Meats while a Detroit
resident and president of Say-On
Meats in California, died Nov. 5 in
North Hollywood, Calif. He was
77.
Born in Hungary, Mr. Hersh
lived in Detroit for more than 35
years. He was the past treasurer
and an active member of Cong.
B'nai Moshe and a lifetime
member of Perfection Lodge of the
Masons.
He is survived by his wife, Be-
tty; two sons, Marshall of West
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tain Valley, Calif.; and five
grandchildren. Interment Los
Angeles, Calif.
Nathan Schlafer
Nathan Schlafer, owner and
president of Schlafer Iron and
Steel, died Nov. 14 at age 80.
Born in Russia, Mr. Schlafer
lived 78 years in the U.S. He was a
member of Temple Beth El.
He leaves his wife, Shirley; two
daughters, Mrs. Barry (Edith)
Briskin and Mrs. Sanford (Lisa)
Sherman; three sisters, Mrs.
Harry (Cele) Colman, Mrs. Re-
uben (Sally) Landsman and Mrs.
William (Rose) Wachs of Cleve-
land, Ohio; and three
grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held
at 11 a.m. today at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery.