Left: Cannon gets bussed by his great-
granddaughter Renee Himelhoch and
grandson Steven Silverstein.
Center: Cannon surrounded by his
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bottom left: Cannon with a photograph of
himself as a young man.
Below: Stacy Trager provided the balloons.
ast year, Aron Cannon was in
Sinai Hospital for a week and
in rehab until he couldn't stand
being fussed over any more.
Cannon wanted to be home
where he could take care of him-
self.
"He is the most remarkable person. He
has such a strong faith in God. He said he
was going to overcome this," said Cannon's
daughter Anna Himelhoch, who hosted a
100th birthday party for her father at her
house two weeks ago. The 75 guests in-
cluded his three children, eight grandchil-
dren and four great-grandchildren.
Cannon came to the United States from
Ukraine in 1923. In 1929, he sent for his
wife Gloria, now deceased, and the two
opened a candy store on Theodore and
Farnsworth streets in Detroit. Cannon lat-
er opened a bar and two more candy stores.
In his later years, he worked as a carpen-
ter for the Jewish Community Center. He
lives on his own in the Prentis Federation
Apartments in Oak Park. El
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