52 July 25 • 2019
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52 July 25 • 2019
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SIMON BINKE, 87, of
Bloomfield Hills, died July
13, 2019.
One of the young-
est survivors of the
Holocaust, he came to the
United States in 1950. He
was an active participant
with the West Bloomfield
Jewish Community
Center.
Mr. Binke is survived by
his wife of 62 years, Celia
Binke; children, Brian and
Ellen Binke of Orchard Lake, Sherrie
and Craig Glicken of Chicago, Ill., Dale
and Laurette Binke of Evergreen, Colo.;
grandchildren, Jacob Binke, Aaron
and Maddie Binke, Evan and Chynna
Candlin Binke.
He was the loving son of the late Bella
and the late Aron Binke; dear brother of
the late Blanca Binke and the late Lena
Binke.
Contributions may be made to the
Jewish Community Center, 6600 W
.
Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI
48322; or Holocaust Memorial Center,
28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington
Hills, MI 48334. Interment was held at
Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
MADELINE
BOCKNEK, 90, of West
Bloomfield, died July 13,
2019.
She is survived
by her beloved hus-
band, Bernard Bocknek;
son and daughter-in-law, Craig and
Gail Bocknek; daughters and son-
in-law, Debbie Hirsch, Sheryl and
Randy Stone; grandchildren, Rachel
and Hillary Bocknek, Julie (Aaron)
Friedman, Andrea Hirsch, Brian
(Dayna) Stone and Brad (Rachel)
Stone; great-granddaughter, Brooklyn
Stone; sister, Laura Cole; brother-in-
law, Frank Stein; many other loving
family members and friends.
Mrs. Bocknek was the sister-in-law
of the late Arthur Cole; the sister of the
late Arlene Stein.
Interment took place at Machpelah
Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions
may be made to Hospice of Michigan.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
DR. LEON COGAN, 85,
of West Bloomfield, died
July 11, 2019.
He was a graduate of
Wayne State University
and Des Moines School of
Osteopathic Medicine; he
had a private practice in Detroit. He was
a talented tenor and a member of the
Zamir Chorale. He also volunteered at
the Brown Center.
Dr. Cogan is survived by his beloved
wife, Marlene; brother and sister-in-law,
Harry and Sally Cogan; sons, Sol and
Kevin Cogan; brother-in-law, Bill Keller;
brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Herbie
and Joyce Weberman; many nieces,
nephews, other family members and
many friends.
He was the son of the late Pauline and
the late Isadore Cogan; brother-in-law of
the late Beverly Keller.
Interment was held at Machpelah
Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions
may be made to Congregation Shaarey
Zedek or Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network. Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.
PAUL DUCHIN, 67, of
Southfield, died July 17,
2019.
He is survived by his
mother, Cecelia Duchin;
brothers and sisters-in-
law, Neal and Chaya
Duchin, and Steven and Paula Duchin;
other family and friends.
He was the devoted son of the late
George Duchin; the loving brother of the
late Burt Alan Duchin.
Interment was at Oakview Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Yad
Ezra, 2850 W
. 11 Mile Road, Berkley,
MI 48072, yadezra.org; or Congregation
Beth Shalom, 14601 W
. Lincoln, Oak
Park, MI 48237, congbethshalom.org.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel
DR. RALPH EPSTEIN,
83, of Southfield, died July
12, 2019.
He is survived by his
beloved wife, Annette
Epstein; son, Andrew
Epstein; daughters and
sons-in-law, Cheryl and Clyde Manion,
Lauren and Brian Giles; grandchildren,
Alex Manion, Clare Manion, Sophia
Epstein, Sawyer Epstein, Celia Giles and
Levi Giles; many loving nieces, nephews,
other family members and friends.
Interment took place at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park Cemetery in Livonia.
Contributions may be made to a char-
ity of one’
s choice. Arrangement by
Dorfman Chapel.
MARSHALL FEALK, 72,
of Tucson, Ariz., died on
July 7, 2019.
He was born in Detroit.
He obtained a B.A. at
U-M, a J.D. at University
of Wisconsin and an
L.L.M. in taxation at University of
Miami. He practiced law for more than
46 years.
Mr. Fealk will be remembered for his
intelligence, kindness, sense of humor,
smile and dedication to his family,
friends and clients.
He is survived by his loving wife,
Louise; children, Franci (Michael
Skolnick) of Indianapolis, Ind., Michelle
of Tucson and Marc of Phoenix,
Ariz.; sister, Myrna (Sid) Konikow of
Michigan; and nieces and nephews.
Mr. Fealk was preceded in death by his
parents, Ben and Henrietta; and brother,
Hillard.
Services were held at Evergreen
Mortuary in Tucson. Contributions may
be made to the Jewish Federation of
Greater Indianapolis.
DEBRA FELDMAN, 72,
of West Bloomfield, died
July 13, 2019.
She is survived by
her sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Barry and
Sheryl Feldman of West
Bloomfield, Jay and Jessica Feldman
of Miami Beach, Fla., Eric Feldman;
daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Steve
Horowitz of Pacific Palisades, Calif.;
sisters and brothers-in-law, Rita and
Joseph Salama of Farmington Hills,
Bonnie and Morry Levin; grandchildren,
Charlotte Horowitz, Isabel Horowitz,
Max Feldman, Olivia Feldman, Jonah
Feldman, Avery Feldman, Dahlia
Feldman, Stella Feldman; many lov-
ing nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
great-nephews; her former husband,
Michael Feldman; her loving caregiver,
Patricia Lawrence.
Contributions may be made to the
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington
Hills, MI 48334; CHAIM, Children of
J
ohnny Clegg, the singer-song-
writer who rose to fame by using
music to defy apartheid-era seg-
regation laws in South Africa, died
July 16, 2019, of cancer. He was 66.
Clegg recorded and performed
with his bands Juluka and Savuka,
and as a solo act. His music was
often political. According to his
obituary in the Guardian, “He chal-
lenged the author-
ities by forming
mixed-race bands,
performing to
both black and
white audiences,
and mixing Zulu
influences into
songs that brought
him international
success. Known as
the ‘
white Zulu’
or
umlungu omnyama (the black white
person), he spoke fluent Zulu and
was an energetic and skillful expo-
nent of Zulu dance.”
Clegg was born in England to an
English father, Dennis Clegg, and
a Rhodesian mother, Muriel, a jazz
singer from a Lithuanian Jewish
family. They divorced while Johnny
was an infant and his mother moved
to Rhodesia, Israel and Zambia
before settling in South Africa.
“He was proud of his Jewishness,
and he wrestled with it at times,” his
close friend of 35 years, Anthony
Chait, told the South African Jewish
Report. “Once, when performing at
Sydenham Shul in 2008, he quipped
that ‘
in the first instance I’
m a Zulu,
then a Jew’
, but he never forgot his
Jewish identity, and never hid it or
suppressed it.”
Two weeks ago, the national exec-
utive council of the South African
Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD)
unanimously chose Clegg to be the
recipient of the Rabbi Cyril and
Ann Harris Human Rights Award
at its upcoming national conference
in November. Sadly, that award will
now be given posthumously.
Clegg is survived by his second
wife, Jenny (nee Bartlett), whom
he married in 1989, and their two
sons, Jesse and Jaron. ■
Jewish ‘White
Zulu’ Dies at 66
soul
of blessed memory
BY DAVIDATA AT
GERMAN WIKIPEDIA