Cancer Coalition, 500 NE Spanish River
Blvd., #8, Boca Raton, FL 33431, www.
give.ovarian.org; or to a charity of one’s
choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

JOSEPH ROSE, 84, of
West Bloomfield and
Highland Beach, Fla.,
died Dec. 31, 2016.
He is survived by his
loving companion of
15 years, Joan Rosen;
daughters, Andrea
Rose
Rose and Jody Rose
Friedman, and her fian-
cé, Michael Metzger;
son, Scott Rose; daughter-in-law, Sophie
Rose; stepchildren, Bill and Christine
Ruby, Howard Ruby and Mandy Cohen;
Joan’s children, Ellen Rosen Kaplan and
Lenny Kaplan, Michelle and Howard
Pinsky, and Lauren Rosen; grandchil-
dren, Jennifer Friedman, Pierre Rose,
Lily Rose, Emilly, Samantha and Sage
Ruby, Hannah Kaplan and Adam Cox,
Jordan Kaplan, Dayna Pinsky and
Samantha Pinsky; great-granddaughter,
Rosalyn Cox; sister, Sylvia Waldman.
Mr. Rose was the beloved husband
of the late Sandra Rose; the cherished

brother of the late Saul Rose and the
late Rita Nederlander; the devoted son
of the late Louis and the late Teibel
Rose; and the dear brother-in-law of the
late Saul Waldman and the late Miriam
Rose.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to B’nai Israel Synagogue, 5085
Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
MI 48323, bnaiisraelwb.org/donate.
html; Holocaust Memorial Center,
28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington
Hills, MI 48334, www.holocaustcenter.
org; or to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

KAREN ROSEN, 83, of
Bloomfield Hills, died
Jan. 5, 2017.
She is survived
by her daughters
and sons-in-law,
Janet Rosen and
Clay Thurman, and
Rosen
Kathy Jo Reid and
Gary Northrup; son
and daughter-in-law,
Michael and Robin Rosen; granddaugh-
ters, Lauren and Megan Rosen.
Interment was in Muskegon, Mich.

Contributions may be made to the
Alzheimer’s Association-Greater
Michigan Chapter, 25200 Telegraph
Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033,
www.alz.org; or the American Lung
Association of Michigan, 1475 E. 12
Mile Road, Madison Heights, MI 48701,
www.lungsusa.org. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.

DR. RALPH GORDON
SACHS, 76, died Jan. 3,
2017.
He was a gradu-
ate of Mumford High
School in Detroit. He
attended architec-
tural school at the
Sachs
University of Michigan
and pre-med at Wayne
State University. He
graduated from Kirksville College of
Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri and
the Detroit College of Law and worked
professionally as a doctor and, later, a
lawyer.
During the Vietnam War, he served
as an anesthesiologist in the Army at
Valley Forge, Pa., achieving the rank
of major. He was a proud and active
member of the Jewish War Veterans,

and every Christmas he would
travel with the group to the Veterans
Administration Hospital in Battle Creek
to give gifts and encouragement to the
disabled veterans there.
Dr. Sachs had a brilliant and creative
mind and was a very talented amateur
artist, creating more than 200 pictures
and portraits. He painted in traditional,
modern and Picasso-like styles.
He loved the sport of boxing, and he
worked many years in the ring as a fight
doctor for both amateur and profes-
sional matches in the Detroit area.
Dr. Sachs is survived by brother, David
Sachs; and many loving friends and fam-
ily members.
He was the son of the late Frank
Sachs, the late Evelyn Sachs and the late
Sylvia Sachs; brother of the late Alan
Abner Sachs; brother-in-law of the late
Patricia Milner Sachs.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to Congregation Beth Ahm, Pat Sachs
Food Fund, 5075 W. Maple Road, West
Bloomfield, MI 48322, www.cbahm.
org; or to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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