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adie Cohn well earned the
title "matriarch," nurtur-
ing four generations of
loved ones.
"She was a good mother, a good
grandmother and a good great-
grandmother," said her son, U.S.
District Judge Avern Cohn. "She had
a strong sense of family."
Mrs. Cohn, who died April 8 at age
100, was born in Chicago July 4, 1899.
Rabbi Irwin Groner of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, who
spoke at the funeral April 10 at Ira
Kaufman Chapel, said, "It was in the
midst of her family that one could see
the fullest expression of Sadie's heart
and spirit, because home and family
were at the center of her life. They
were her enduring commitments."
In his eulogy, Rabbi Groner
recalled Mrs. Cohn's husband, Irwin,
who died in 1984, describing him as
"totally committed to philantrophy,
to reaching out and enhancing the
quality of life for the Jewish commu-
nity and for metropolitan Detroit.
"Sadie understood and affirmed
this sense of mission that Irwin so
brilliantly expressed," said the rabbi.
Daughter Rita Haddow said, "To
my mother and father, their Jewish life

JESSIE E. ALTMAN, 101, of

Southfield, died April 5. She was a
member of Temple Beth El.
Mrs. Altman is survived by her sons
and daughter-in-law, William and Sarah
Altman of San Antonio, Jerome Altman
of New York; daughters, Susanne
Zimmerman of California, Nancy
Daniels of Tennessee; 15 grandchildren;
many great-grandchildren. She was the
beloved wife of the late Peter Altman.
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

NAOMI BALKANY, 82, of Livonia,
died April 6. She was a retired Detroit
public school teacher.
Mrs. Balkany is survived by her sons
and daughter-in-law, Alan Balkany of

Loan Association. The
Cohn-Haddow Center
for Jewish Studies at
Wayne State University
was another project.
and the life of their family
She was a life member
were the most important
of Congregation
things in the world."
Shaarey Zedek, a
Mrs. Cohn met her hus-
member of Temple
band at Ottawa Beach,
Beth El and a founding
Mich., a resort on Lake
member of Knollwood
Michigan. As Rabbi Groner
Country Club.
related, "Sadie went into
Her husband and son
Sadie Cohn
the water and she couldn't
were recipients of the
swim. As she began to
Fred M. Butzel
drown, Irwin jumped into the water
Memorial Award of the Jewish
and he couldn't swim, and he began to
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, in
drown. And then, wonder of wonders,
1961 and 1988, respectively. They were
an unknown hero plunged into the
the first such relatives to be so honored.
water and saved them both.
Sadie Cohn is survived by her son
"That unknown hero helped
and daughter-in-law, Judge Avern
determine the course of the Jewish
and Lois Cohn of Bloomfield Hills;
community," said the rabbi. The
daughter and son-in-law Rita and
Cohns were married in 1923.
John Haddow of West Bloomfield;
Rita Haddow described her moth- grandchildren Lauren and Marvin
er as a "very modern, contemporary
Daitch, Amy and Steven Coyer, Dr.
woman her whole life. She was dri-
Seth and Vicki Kogan, Sheldon and
ving a car in the 1920s."
Barbara Cohn, Leslie and Paul Magy,
Rabbi Groner said, "Sadie was
Mark and Betsy Kogan, Thomas
compassionate and kind, but she was
Cohn; great-grandchildren Rebecca
also strong, for she possessed
and Joshua Liss, Harrison, Ilise,
strength of will, strength of commit-
Daniel and Bennett Magy, Jonathan
ment and strength of purpose."
and Jeremy Cohn, Emily, Michael,
Mrs. Cohn was a life member of
Alexander, Benjamin and Eli Kogan.
Hadassah. She was a B'nai B'rith
Mrs. Cohn was the beloved wife
Women "Woman of the Year" and
of the late Irwin I. Cohn. Interment
was honored by Hillel Day School of was at Clover -Hill Park Cemetery.
Metropolitan Detroit. She established Contributions may be made to the
with her children the Irwin Cohn
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or the
Family Fund at the Hebrew Free
charity of one's choice. ❑

Ann Arbor, Basil and Jody Balkany of
Ferndale; daughter and son-in-law,
Adrienne and Daryl Kokoszka of Texas;
grandchildren, Troy and Jasmine
Kokoszka, Melanie, Whitney Madison
and Tyler Balkany. Mrs. Balkany was the
beloved wife of the late Harry Balkany.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

Lindsey, Isabel, Harley, Eliza,
Margaret. Mrs. Binder was the
beloved wife of the late Morris Binder;
loving mother of the late Roslyn Stein.
Contributions may be made to a
charity of one's choice. Services and
interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

SYLVIA BINDER, 88, of Southfield,

ELSIE G. BREMEN, 87, of Southfield,
died April 7. She attended the
University of Michigan and was assistant
women's editor of the Michigan Daily.
After graduation, she worked in the
family's credit department store, running
the switchboard and tracing skips.
While her husband was in the service,
she took his place for a short while as

died April 6.
She is survived by her daughter and
son-in-law, Elaine and Sheldon Girsh
of Farmington Hills; grandchildren,
Andrea and Steven Marx, Randy and
Teresa Stein, Lorie Girsh, Julie and
Peter Borish, Carol and Bill Pidto;
great-grandchildren, Evan, Tara,