Soul
of blessed memory

58 | OCTOBER 31 • 2019 

Clementine Kurjan; brothers 
and sisters-in-law, Donn 
and Judie Kurjan, Richard 
Kurjan, and Eric and Lisa 
Kurjan; brother-in-law and 
sister-in-law, Michael and 
Stacey Grossfeld; mother-in-
law, Beatrice Grossfeld. 
Dr. Kurjan was the 
beloved husband of the 
late Dr. Marni Kurjan; the 
dear brother-in-law of the 
late Patricia Kurjan; loving 
son-in-law of the late Myer 
Grossfeld. 
Interment was at 
Beth El Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be made 
to Michigan Parkinson 
Foundation, Parkinson’
s 
Network North, 30400 
Telegraph Road, Suite 
150, Bingham Farms, MI 
48025, parkinsonsmi.org; 
or Temple Shir Shalom, 
Dr. Marni Grossfeld 
Kurjan Youth Scholarship 
Fund, 3999 Walnut Lake 
Road, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48323, shirshalom.
org. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel. 

FRUMETH BRENDA 
HIRSH POLASKY, 76, 
passed away peacefully at 
her Saginaw residence on 
Oct. 3, 2019.
She was born Feb. 3, 
1943, in Gary, Ind. Later, 
she earned her B.A. in 
music with highest honors 
at DePaul University and 
a J.D. from Wayne State 
University Law School.
Frumeth practiced law in 
Michigan for more than 40 
years. She was a co-founder 
of Lancaster, Lloyd, Coulter 
and Hirsh, the first all-
female law firm in Genesee 
County. Later, she became 
a partner of Pelavin and 
Powers P.C.
Frumeth married 

her beloved Frank M. 
Polasky, a prominent 
Saginaw attorney, in 1986, 
moved to his hometown 
and became part of the 
Saginaw community. She 
was deeply involved in 
philanthropic work with 
a variety of causes from 
medical and legal services 
to Jewish outreach locally, 
statewide, nationally 
and internationally. She 
developed friendships with 
people worldwide, with 
whom she stayed in contact.
In addition to being 
an outstanding attorney, 
Frumeth was a trained 
ballerina and danced 
professionally with the 
Chicago Ballet Company. 
She had a trained operatic 
voice and was also an 
actress. While as a young 
woman, Frumeth was the 
all-around accomplished 
and liberated woman; in the 
later decades of her life, she 
returned to her roots as an 
observant and Orthodox 
Jew. She received a master’
s 
degree in Judaic studies 
from Spertus Institute. 
She was truly a “woman of 
valor.”
Mrs. Polasky is survived 
by her son, Jonathan (Sejin) 
Siegel; granddaughters, 
Hannah and Liba; brother, 
Theodore (Beatrice) Hirsh; 
stepchildren, Dr. Diane 
H. Polasky and William 
Polasky (Lora); their 
extended families; her 
sister-in-law, Marianne 
Smith; many other extended 
family members, friends, 
business associates and 
study/learning partners 
locally, nationally and 
worldwide. She is also 
survived by two loyal and 
beloved helpers, Willie 
Johnson and Linda Harris. 

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