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Demant’s home in
Huntington Woods

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JFS to benefi t from the sale
of bequeathed Demant home.

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connections, they were able to obtain
hen Jewish Family Service visas to the United States; they set-
learned of philanthropist
tled in Detroit to be near relatives.
Margaret Demant’s pass-
She began working with her
father in his textiles and
ing in May, the agency
interiors business after
also learned it was the
graduating high school.
recipient of her final act
In 1947, she married
of generosity; the long-
Henry, who also joined
time supporter of JFS
her father’s business and,
had left her home to the
together, they built Walter
local nonprofit.
Herz Interiors into a
Seasoned Realtors
prominent interior design
Dana Cooper and Laurie
firm.
Glass of Cooper Glass
“Margaret was a force
Homes were chosen to
and she did wonderful
handle the sale of the
things,” said Ellen Kahn,
Huntington Woods
Margaret’s sister. “She
home.
Margaret Demant
just loved the work that
“We are so honored
Jewish Family Service was
that JFS chose us to help
doing,
and
she especially found the
make this amazing woman’s last
agency’s
work
with women, children
wishes a reality,” Cooper and Glass
and
immigration
to be very import-
said. “What an amazing privilege to
ant.”
be selling her family home to honor
Perry Ohren, JFS CEO, said,
an organization she so dearly loved.”
“Margaret’s
gift to JFS is just one of
Margaret served on the board of
the
many
ways
in which she made a
directors of Resettlement Service
positive
impact
on our community,
and then JFS in the early 1990s
and
it
will
undoubtedly
go a long
through the early 2000s, bringing
way
in
helping
many
people
in need.
a passion for issues such as mental
We
are
so
proud
to
be
part
of
her
health and substance abuse. An
legacy.
avid art collector and supporter of
“Some of these dollars will most
the Detroit Institute of the Arts for
likely
be used to cover a probable
more than 50 years, she received the
shortfall
in financial assistance that
museum’s Lifetime Service Award in
we
foresee
for next year,” he said.
2004.
“Further,
we
will try to figure out
Born Margaret Herz, she grew up
how
to
keep
Margaret’s
legacy alive
in Berlin. After Kristallnacht, she
and
use
this
resource
for
topics she
and her sister, Ellen, left for England
was passionate about, for example,
on the Kindertransport. Her parents
mental health.” ■
joined them, and thanks to family

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