52 July 25 • 2019
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52 July 25 • 2019
jn

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