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Georgian Bay and trips to Las
Vegas.
Dr. Rosenthal and his wife,
Ruth, married in August 1939.
"Our mother's maiden name
r. Samuel A. Rosenthal
considered being a doctor was Feigenson and her father and
to be the utmost privi- -
her uncle were the founders of
Faygo Beverages," said Ben
lege.
Rosenthal. But his father didn't
Like television's idealized
know the connection when he
Marcus Welby, he was a general
planned their first
practitioner who was
date: a tour of the
also an advocate for
Vernor's Ginger Ale
those entrusted to his
plant — Faygo's com-
care. He gladly made
petitor. Always the
house calls, without
lady, "My mother
concern for payment,
never said anything
right up until a debil-
about it."
itating stroke forced
One of the
his retirement at age
Rosenthals' accom-
72.
plishments was their
"He really cared
close-knit family. "All
about his patients,"
four sons in the fami-
said son Benjamin
ly live here and we
Rosenthal.
enjoy being with each
With his passing
Dr. Samuel Rosenthal
other," Ben Rosenthal
on Dec. 17, Dr.
said. "My parents
Rosenthal, 93, of
West Bloomfield leaves a legacy of
made that happen. They stayed
hard work, good deeds and devo-
home and made sure we were
taken care of."
tion to his loved ones. "The two
Matthew Rosenthal appreciated
things in his life were his family
his dad's sense of humor. "He was
and medicine," said son Matthew
a remarkably tolerant person
Rosenthal.
because he didn't kill any of us!"
The Cincinnati-born doctor was
Matthew joked. "It was an active
the oldest child of Joseph
household."
Rosenthal, a founder of Detroit's
Jill Rosenthal said her grandfa-
Hungarian shul, Congregation
ther was "a very kind, sweet man."
B'nai Moshe, and Eva, a home-
Last year he was hospitalized with
maker. An athletic young man,
an ulcer and, unable to eat, was
Samuel Rosenthal graduated from
doing so poorly that family mem-
Eastern High School in Detroit.
bers thought he . would die. But on
The future doctor began work- ,
the August day that Jill and her
ing at age 8. He put himself
cousin Beth came to say goodbye,
through Wayne University. Medical
their grandfather surprised them.
School as a master butcher, gradu-
"He hadn't spoken in months, but
ating in 1935.
he whispered to us, 'I love you."'
During-World War II, Dr.
From that point, he recovered
Rosenthal was a captain in the
enough to go home.
U.S. Army Medical Corps and
Two of Dr. Rosenthal's sons,
established the first mobile med-
Leonard and Jerome, became doc-
ical hospital in France after the D-
tors. Matthew Rosenthal said his
Day invasion.
brother Leonard "was with my
In Detroit, he was a 50-year
father one day and saw him assist-
member of Adat Shalom
ing at a car accident and said, 'I
Synagogue and belonged to the
want to be that guy.'"
Maimonides Medical Society and
With their father's reputation as
American Medical Society. He
an expert diagnostician and con-
enjoyed fishing in Canada's
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