Obituaries
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"ns,THERE IS
LIFE AFTER
BREAST CANCER.
AND THAT'S THE
WHOLE POINT:'
—Ann Jillian
Dr. H. August,
Pioneer Psychiatrist
Dr. Harry E. August, 100, of Farm-
ington Hills, died Aug. 28. Harold
Atigust graduated from Detroit
Central High School and the Uni-
versity of Michigan, doing graduate
studies at the University of Penhsyl-
vania and the University of London.
He began his practice in Detroit
in 1926 in what is now the Detroit
Schools Center Building. One
year later he was named
attending psychiatrist at the
North End Clinic, now
Sinai Hospital. One of
the founders of the old
Wayne County Clinic for
Child Study, Dr. August
served as a Wayne Coun-
ty Juvenile Court consul-
tant and as attending psy-
chiatrist at Wayne County
General Hospital.
Ten years later Dr. August
was appointed chairman of the
state Mental Health Commission in
1949; he quit to protest what he
saw as an inadequate state mental
health budget.
"He was outspoken," recalled his
son James August. "He had a great
passion for his field."
In 1951, Dr. August gave a talk
blaming a rise in substance abuse on
feelings of powerlessness and fears
caused by the Cold War and the
threat of nuclear war.
A veteran of World War I, Dr.
August hitched a ride to Israel on a
.
BETTY BREIMAN, 86, of South-
A lot of women are so afraid of
breast cancer they don't want to hear
aboUt it.
And that's what frightens me.
Because those women won't prac-
tice breast self-examination regularly.
Those women, particularly those
over 35, won't ask their doctor about a
mammogram.
Yet that's what's required for breast
cancer to be detected early. When the
cure rate is 90%. And when there's a
good chance it won't involve the loss of
a breast.
But no matter what it involves, take
it from someone who's been through
it all.
Life is just too wonderful to give up
on. And, as I found out, you don't have'
to give up on any of it. Not work, not
play, not even romance.
Oh, there is one thing, though.
You do have to give up being afraid
to take care of yourself.
VAMERICAN CANCER SOC.IIE'TY°
Get a checkup. Life is worth it.
9/4
1998
142 Detroit Jewish News
field, died Aug. 29.
She is survived by her daughters and
son-in-law, Frances and Robert Golden
of Southfield, Connie (Howard Ellias)
Papo of Allen Park; son and daughter-
in-law, David and Patricia Sanford of
Palmdale, Calif.; sister and brother-in-
law, Helen and Iry Herman of West
Bloomfield; grandchildren, Shelley
(David) Wainer, Brian (Chriss) Golden,
Cherylinn (Greg) Wise, Michael
(Tanya) Sanford; great-grandchildren,
Ashley and Lindsay Wainer, Justin and
Mason Golden, Anthony, Lorraine and
Max Sanford. She was the beloved sister
of the late, Fannie Raphael, Morris
Stein, Lillian Traub, Bob Stein and
Sonne Stein.
Services were held at Machpelah
Cemetery Chapel in Ferndale followed
military aircraft in 1949 and located
members of his family who emigrat-
ed there before World War II. He
left the service with the rank of lieu-
tenant colonel.
Dr. August served as president of
the Detroit Zionist Organization,
was a life member of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek and a past president
and life member of the Michi-
gan Psychoanalytic Institute.
He established the psychi-
atric unit at Sinai Hospi-
tal and taught there until
he was 95.
Dr. August is sur-
vived by his wife of 63
years, Helen Shetzer
August; son and daugh-
ter-in-law, James and
Doris August of Bloom-
field Hills; grandchildren,
Larry and Julie August,
Andrew and Barbara August,
Amy and Dr. Randy Sternberg,
John and Laura Saidman and Tom
August; great-grandchildren,
Melanie and Allison August, Marla
and Leah Sternberg. He was the lov-
ing father of the late Mary August
Saidman.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion of Metro Detroit, 6735 Tele-
graph Road, Bloomfield Hills: MI
48302. Arrangements by the Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
by interment in the cemetery. Contri-
butions may be made to Alzheimer's
Disease & Related Disorders, 17220
W. 12 Mile, Southfield, MI 48076, or
to a Charity Of one's choice. Arrange-`
ments by Dorfman Funeral Direction.
DAVID CUSHNER, 81, of South-
field, died Aug. 29.
He is survived by his brother, Max
Cushner of Southfield; sisters and
brothers-in-law, Minnie Schaefer of
Southfield, Bettie and Lorrie
Schankman of Palm Beach, Fla., Mai
and Jospeh Feibusch of Oak Park;
nieces and nephews. Contributions
may be made to a charity of ones'
choice. Services and interment were
held at Hebrew Memorial Park.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.