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Please join us as we celebrate the 28th anniversary
of Yad Ezra, the kosher food distribution center
feeding vulnerable families in our community.

Ellen and David F. Sherman
2018 Honorees

Karen and Jeff Schoenberg Larry Tisdale
Dinner co-chairs

Jeff rey Supowit, President

Monday, October 8, 2018 at Adat Shalom Synagogue

Strolling Supper 6:00pm followed by a brief program 7:10pm - 8:00pm
Couvert $180 per adult; $95 per young adult (19-40 years);
$65 per youth (8-18 years)

For more information, please go to Yad Ezra’s
website www.yadezra.org
or call (248) 548-3663

soul

of blessed memory

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Dedicated to Family,
the Deaf Community
and his Diners

W

ith either a giant hug
for friends and family
or a tableside chat with
diners at his three restaurants —
sometimes with the help of an
old-fashioned chalk tablet
— Arlyn Meyerson was a
man who dedicated his life
to his family, his restaurant
career and breaking down
barriers for the deaf com-
munity in Detroit as well as
nationwide.
Arlyn Meyerson, 93, of
Commerce Township died
on Sept. 21, 2018.
Arlyn, with his wife, Hester,
followed the family tradition as
restaurateurs. Arlyn’s father, Meyer
S. “Buddy” Meyerson, a Russian
immigrant, settled in Detroit where
he’d live for 48 years. Meyer became
a restaurant legend in the area, with
Buddy’s Delicatessen in 1927 and
then Buddy’s Log Cabin Barbecue,
which was located at 12th Street and
Clairmont from 1932 until 1961. An
icon in the Detroit restaurant scene
known for “the best ribs in town,”
even Chuck Berry gave Buddy’s
restaurant a nod in the lyrics of his
song “House of Blue Lights.”
At age 12, Arlyn joined his
father at work in the restaurant
business, where he served as boy-
hood apprentice along with his two
brothers, delivering orders, sweep-
ing floors, washing dishes, waiting
tables and ringing cash registers.
Arlyn met Hester at a conven-
tion for the deaf in Chicago and,
during their marriage, continued
the family tradition by operating
Buddy’s Barebecue with its secret
family recipes, Scotch ‘n’ Sirloin on
8 Mile in Detroit and the short-lived
Trio on Northwestern Highway in
Southfield, which he owned and
operated with his brothers.
At his funeral service, Arlyn
was described by his sons Rob
and Kevin as a dedicated father
who gave “bone-crushing hugs”

and a hard worker whose hospi-
table nature made all patrons who
entered his restaurants feel at home.
To this day, Detroiters and ex-De-
troiters living as far away as Seattle
still tell stories of dining at Scotch
‘n’ Sirloin, where Arlyn
would serve his famous
barbecue ribs and Hester’s
pineapple cheesecake for
dessert.
Arlyn also had a great
impact on the deaf com-
munity here and nation-
wide, serving as president
and in other leadership
roles with the Motor City
Association for the Deaf in the
1960s and 1970s. He opened doors
to the deaf by selling teletypewriters
and videophones and helped with
the creation of the closed captioning
system for the television industry.
Son Kevin said when approached
with the possibility of getting
cochlear implants to help to restore
his hearing, Arlyn turned down the
procedure because he said he was
fine the way he was.
He is survived by Hester, his
beloved wife of 57 years; children,
Mark (Sue Songer) Meyerson,
Howard (Susan Ledy) Meyerson,
Kevin (Ikue) Meyerson, Robert
(Debra) Meyerson and Lisa
Meyerson. He was the loving grand-
father of Kristen Meyerson, Elena
Meyerson, Ben Meyerson and Lily
Meyerson; proud great-grandfather
of Zoey and Joshua Meyerson.
He was the brother of the late
Gerald (the late Berta) Meyerson
and the late Aubrey Meyerson;
brother-in-law of the late Marcia
Meyerson.
To further honor Arlyn
Meyerson, donations may be made
to a charity of one’s choice or to
Deaf-Can, 2111 Orchard Lake
Road, Suite 101, Sylvan Lake, MI
48320, (248) 332-3331, deafcan.
org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel. ■

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