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harlotte R. DeRoven,
96, of West
Bloomfield, died July
13, 2018.
She had a strong com-
mitment to the community
and civic engagement. She
became aware of the vital
need to expand emergency
medical services through-
out Oakland County. Mrs.
DeRoven was the consumer DeRoven
information chairwoman
as a member of the Oakland County
Emergency Medical Services Council.
In the early 1980s, she was instrumen-
tal in helping bring advanced life sup-
port services and the 911 emergency
telephone system to Oakland County.
She also had a love of learning and a
strong intellectual curiosity about the
history, religion, art and architecture
of other cultures. She avidly followed
current events throughout her life and
was a strong advocate for women’s
rights, civil rights and LGBTQ equal-
ity. She brought that sensibility to
bear as member of the Center for New
Thinking Board (a study group once
led by Rabbi Sherwin Wine) and as a
board member of the West Bloomfield
League of Women Voters.
Her appreciation for art and design
led her to serve as one of the first
docents at the Detroit Institute of
Arts.
Mrs. DeRoven was the beloved wife
of the late Dr. Marvin DeRoven; cher-
ished mother of Gail and the late Jack
P. Warren, Nancy and Bernardo Licata,
and Amy and Scott Friedman; proud
grandmother of Terri and Howard

Krugel, Zachary Fink and
Alyssa Fedele, Ellory Fink
and Tammie Visintainer,
Chase and Annie Fisher,
Amanda Fisher and
Benjamin Hubert, and
Madison Friedman; ador-
ing great-grandmother
of Sloane and Orley
Krugel, Weston Fisher,
and Charlie and Jayden
Visintainer Fink; loving
sister of Irene and the
late David Anbender, Elaine and the
late Edward Klein, the late Stanford
Ruback and Jackie George; dear aunt
of Arlene Rubach and Scott Jones,
Claire Ruback and Wendy Baxter,
Diane Klein and Matthew Moore, Julie
Anbender and Brian Hurley, and the
late Jimmy Klein. She is also survived
by her former son-in-law, David Fink;
close family friends, including Janet
and Kamran Sheikh, and Annie Chi.
She was the devoted daughter of
the late Jennie and the late Arnor
Rubach; the loving daughter-in-law
of the late Gussie and the late Nathan
DeRoven.
Interment was at Beth El Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made to
Beaumont Hospice, 1410 E. 14 Mile
Road, Madison Heights, MI 48071,
www.beaumont.org/services/home-
health-services/hospice; Triumphant
Warrior, P.O. Box 90546, Austin, TX
78709-0546, triumphantwarrior.org;
Art Road, 33827 Cindy St., Livonia,
MI 48150, www.artroadnonprofit.
org; or to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel. •

BEVERLY TEE
BOXMAN, 68, of West
Bloomfield, died July
15, 2018.
She is survived
by her brother and
sister-in-law, Bruce
and Susan Boxman;
Boxman
nieces and nephews,
c. 1968
Julie ( Jeffrey) Backus,
Jeffrey (Lisa) Boxman;
great-nieces and great-nephews,
Roman, Desmond, Lillian, Lyra and
Oscar; by many other loving family
members and friends.
Interment was held at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to the
Children’s Tumor Foundation or to
Camp Tamarack. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.

DAVID SHELDON
BROWN, 86, died June
12, 2018, after a long
illness.
He was born in
Detroit and attended
Detroit Central High
School. He went on
Brown
to the University
of Michigan, where
he graduated in 1953. He attended
University of Vienna, where he was a
Fulbright scholar; he then graduated
from Harvard Law School in 1957.
Following law school, Mr. Bown
practiced law in New York City. He
worked for the firms of Austrian,
Lance and Stewart; Cooper, Brown
and Behrie; and Galland, Kharach,
Calkins and Brown. He also served as
a longtime trustee of the Lower East
Side Service Center for 25 years and
was chair emeritus of Shen Wei Dance
Arts. He was a National Advisory
Board member at Cranbrook Academy
of Art in Bloomfield Hills.

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Mr. Brown is survived by his two
children, Jonathan Jed and Jennifer;
two grandchildren, Benjamin and
Samuel.
He was the devoted son of the late
John Brown and the late Elizabeth
Hochman Brown; and the loving
brother of the late Stanley Brown.
A memorial service was held at the
Conservative Synagogue in New York.
Contributions may be made to YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research, 15 W.
16th St., New York, NY 10011-6301,
www.yivo.org. Local arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SUSAN CAHN, 61, of
Southfield, died July
13, 2018.
She is survived
by her husband
of 40 years, Fred
Cahn; mother, Anna
Lindemann; son and
Cahn
daughter-in-law,
Michael and Erica
Cahn of Farmington Hills; daughter
and son-in-law, Sarah and Mike Hack
of Berkley; sister and brother-in-law,
Debby Cost-Stewart and Gene Stewart
of Madison Heights; grandchildren,
Leo Cahn, Lily Cahn, Ezra Hack,
Emerson Hack; other relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Cahn was the loving daugh-
ter of the late Guenter Lindemann;
proud granddaughter of the late Erna
Zydower.
Contributions may be made to
Shades of Pink, shadesofpink
foundation.org; or to a charity of
one’s choice. Services were held at
Hermelin/Davidson Chapel at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.

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