obituaries Obituaries from page 57 Arbor; his mother-in-law, Serene Flax of San Francisco; his brother, Dr. Thomas (Anne) Segall of Ann Arbor; brother-in-law, Robert (Susan) Flax of San Francisco; sister-in-law, Patrice (Craig) Thomas of Ypsilanti; nieces, Margaret Segall (Alex) D'Amico of New York, Alison Hainline of Washington, D.C., and Sarah Flax of Billings, Mont. A service was held at Temple Beth Emeth, 2309 Packard Ave., Ann Arbor. A private family burial was held after the service. Contributions may be made to cancer research or neurology education for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, both at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, P.O. Box 995, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-0995. Arrangements by Muehlig Funeral Chapel, Ann Arbor. LARRY WEINBERG, 88, died April 26, 2014. He is survived by his beloved wife of 68 years, Faye; his loving daughter, Janis Stein; son, Mark Weinberg; grandchildren, Dr. Adam (Shannon) Stein, Allison Etheridge, Brian, Keith, Jennifer and Jonathan Weinberg; great- grandchildren, Riley and Jayden Stein, Drew Gibbs and Heather Weinberg; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Reitman and Annette Leib. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 25200 Telegraph Road, #100, Southfield, MI, 48033. Longtime Editor Of Mad Magazine Dies (JTA) A 1 Feldstein, the editor of Mad magazine for nearly three decades died April 29, 2014, at his home in Montana. He was 88. He became editor of Mad in 1956 and remained at the satirical publica- tion's helm until his retirement in 1984. Building on a character used by Mad founding editor Harvey Kurtzman, Feldstein turned the freckle-faced Alfred E. Neuman into an underground hero — a dimwitted everyman with a gap-toothed smile and the recurring stock phrase, "What, Me Worry?" Neuman's character was used to skewer any and all, from Santa Claus to Darth Vader, and more recently in edi- torial cartoonists' parodies of President George W. Bush, acccording to his obituary in Haaretz. Under Gaines and Feldstein, Mad's sales flourished, topping $2 million in the early 1970s. In a 1997 interview with the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Feldstein credited Mad's challenges to authority with helping incite the cul- tural revolution of the 1960s. The magazine also attracted crit- ics in Congress who questioned the magazine's decency, and a $25 million lawsuit from songwriters who objected to their work being parodied. By Feldstein's retirement in 1984, Mad's heyday was past: Circulation had dropped to less than a third of its peak. Early Days Born in 1925, Feldstein grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. He got his first job in comics as a teenager, drawing background foliage for Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, which starred a female version of Tarzan. Feldstein served a stint in the mili- tary at the end of World War II, paint- ing murals and drawing cartoons for Army newspapers. After his discharge, he freelanced for various comics before MORE COMFORTABLE FOR YOU, IN ANY WEATHER Since we upgraded our heating and air conditioning systems and became the nation's first funeral home to use geothermal energy, we have received very positive feedback. The Chapel is warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The efficient energy system has not needed any service calls and creates a consistently comfortable environment for the families we serve and their guests. THE IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL Bringing Together Family, Faith & Community 18325 W. 9 Mile Rd Southfield, MI 48075 • 248.569.0020 • IraKaufman.com 58 May 15 • 2014 JN Obituaries