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n Sept. 22, 1946, Phyllis
Levine and Julius Siegel met
at the wedding of her close
friend, Bertha Simon, and his
) cousin, Morrie Lubetsky.
They both thought the other. was
attractive, and danced together for
much of the evening.
"He hadn't called right away, and I
wasn't sure if he would by that point —
a month or two later," she said. "At that
time, women would never call a man
for a date."
Fortunately, he did call, and on Jan.
25, the pair celebrated 50 years together
as husband and wife.
The couple lived in Detroit following
their wedding, but in a few less-than-
ideal places.
"We sublet our best man's mother-in-
law's apartment for a few months while
she was out of town, and then we
moved in with my parents when she got
back," said Phyllis. Returning soldiers
%made housing a hot commodity even
three years after the end of the war. The
young couple finally got their own
apartment in Detroit, where their sons
Howard and Ronald were born. The
family moved to a home in Oak Park in
1952, staying for 25 years until they
moved to a condo in Southfield. They
now spend their winters in Florida.
Before they met, Julius, 81, played
/baseball for a season with the Detroit
Tigers' Class A farm teams in
Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles, La.
As a high school student at Detroit
Central, he was named to the All-City
hockey team.
While in the army, he played for an
All-Star army baseball team against the
All-Star Professionals who were in the
service. Among them was Joe
DiMaggio.
Julius and partner Leonard Straub
opened Wolverine Motor Rebuilders in
1952. The company is now located on
Tireman and Livernois in Detroit and is
owned by Straub's son.
When Straub retired at age 60, he
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Mr. and Mrs. •
Julius Siegel
DATE OF MARRIAGE
January 25, 1948
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
2 boys
MItS. JULIUS SIEGEL
Phyllis Naomi Levine, daugh-
or Mr. and Mrs. Samuel N.
vine of Cloirmount Ave., be-
me the bride of Julius Siegel,
n of Mrs. Annie Siegel of Cle-
CMS Ave. and the late Harry
:ggel, at a ceremony Sunday!
'ning, Jan. 25, a th e Wilshire
tel.
;,•''he bride wore a gown of white.;
ee and illusion with a satin 0.
IA She was attended by Ruth h
Litt., maid-of-honor and Elinor s}
vi
ne a nd Nadine Blatt, , brides - I S
aids.
it
9Xlvin Cohen waa best man and n
rry Nedelinan and Sidney I
piwak were ushers.
01.4t-OrtOWT1 guests from Chic-
gio attended the wedding,
t
newlyweds honeymooned
.1\rew York.
bought Julius a set of golf clubs. In his
first year of golfing, Julius accomplished
one of the sport's rare feats.
"He got a hole-in-one," said Phyllis.
"He came in the house from golfing at
Rackham in Huntington Woods and
said it very matter-of- factly. He was
very modest about it."
Julius still golfs two or three times a
week in Sunrise, Fla. "I don't keep
NUMBER OF
GRANDCHILDREN
1 boy
Above:
Julius and Phyllis Siegel after 50 years of marriage.
Left.
The Siegels' wedding announcement from The Jewish News.
score," he said. "I just do it for exercise."
Phyllis, 72, has been an active mem-
ber of Niamat for 46 years, both here
and in Florida.
In their months down south, the
Siegels play tennis with friends and
attend a Jewish book review and lecture
series. They also are winter members of
Temple Beth Israel, a Conservative syna-
gogue. At home, they belong to Beth
Shalom, where they have been members
for almost 40 years.
"It's been a wonderful 50 years,"
Phyllis said. "I can't believe they've gone
by already." El
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