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THELMA 
STALBURG 
BROWN, 85, of 
West Bloomfield, 
died Nov. 5, 2019. 
She was co-own-
er of the New Generation girls’
 
clothing store in Southfield.
Thelma loved reading any-
thing she could get her hands 
on, loved bridge and golf; but, 
most of all, she loved her fam-
ily. She will be missed beyond 
words and has left a legacy of 
love behind.
 Mrs. Stalburg Brown is 
survived by her husband, 
Neil Brown; son, Alan 
Stalburg; daughters and sons-
in-law, Lauren and Samuel 
Bienenstock, and Wendy and 
Jeffrey Moss; grandchildren, 
Joshua and Brittany Moss, 
Justin and Rachel Moss, 
Andrew Moss and his fiancee, 
Molly Levine; brother and 
sister-in-law, Arthur and Irene 
Landau; sister-in-law, Sandra 
Landau. She is also survived 
by Neil’
s children, Kenneth 
and Denise Brown, Susan and 
Alex Simonenko; Neil’
s grand-
children, Scott Brown and his 
fiance, Jaylen Lopez, Aaron and 
Sarah Landsman, and Craig 
Brown; Neil’
s daughter-in-law, 
Susie Brown. 
She was the loving sister of 
the late Milton Landau; the dear 
sister-in-law of the late Harry 

Marshall Brown. 
Interment was at Machpelah 
Cemetery. Contributions may 
be made to Friends of the IDF, 
Michigan Chapter, P
.O. Box 
999, Walled Lake, MI 48390, 
fidf.org/donate; Frankel Jewish 
Academy, 6600 W
, Maple Road, 
West Bloomfield, MI 48322, 
frankelja.org; or Temple Israel, 
5725 Walnut Lake Road, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48323, 
temple-israel.org. Arrangements 
by Ira Kaufman Chapel. 

SUSAN 
COLBERT, 74, of 
Southfield, died 
Nov. 2, 2019. 
She is survived 
by her life part-
ner, Gerald R. Black; son and 
daughter-in-law, Allyn and 
Maureen Colbert of Royal Oak; 
sister-in-law, Carol Brodsky; 
nieces and nephews; the dear 
and loving Brodsky, Dronzek 
and Shalom families. 
Mrs. Colbert was the dear sis-
ter of the late Harvey Brodsky.
Contributions may be made 
to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 
2265 Livernois, Suite 410, Troy, 
MI 48083; St. Jude Children’
s 
Hospital, 1461 E. 12 Mile 
Road, Madison Heights, MI 
48071; American Cancer 
Society, 20450 Civic Center 
Drive, Southfield, MI 48076. 
Services and interment were 
held at Hebrew Memorial Park. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.

CHARLES DAVIS, 
70, of Boynton 
Beach, Fla., died 
Oct. 7, 2019.
He was born 
on Jan. 9, 1949, in 
New York City. He graduated 
from Mt. Vernon High School 
in June 1967. He then entered 
the Polytechnic Institute of 
Brooklyn and received his 
bachelor of science in aerospace 
engineering in June 1971.
Upon receiving an N.S.F. 
traineeship for advanced study, 
he pursued his studies for a 
master of science in applied 
mechanics at the Polytechnic 
Institute of Brooklyn.
Mr. Davis’
 first employment 
was as a test engineer in the 
Structural Section, Ground 
Test Engineering for Sikorsky 
Aircraft.
After an economic downturn 
in the industry, Chuck relocated 
to Michigan and took a position 
with Ford Motor Company in 
1977, working as an automotive 
mechanical engineer special-
izing in noise and vibration in 
transmissions.
It was in Michigan that he 
met his future wife, Laura 
Weinberg. They met play-
ing volleyball at Jewish sin-
gles-sponsored events at the 
Oak Park JCC.
As the world suffered gas 
shortages and spiraling inter-
est rates, Chuck moved from 
Ford Motor Company to a 
short run with the U.S. Army 

Tank Automotive Command 
and then moved to Muskegon 
to Cadillac Gage, where 
he worked on the Cadillac 
Gage Commando-Armored 
Personnel Carriers.
In 1984, Chuck and his wife 
and son relocated to Baltimore, 
Md., where Chuck was 
employed by Martin Marietta 
as an aerospace engineer. He 
was proud of his contributions 
in developing the Aegis Cruise 
Missile Launching System 
and was present at the launch-
ing of the USS Antietam, a 
Ticonderoga-class guided mis-
sile cruiser.
In 1990, Chuck and his fam-
ily, Laura, son Benjamin and 
daughter Sarah, relocated to 
Huntsville, Ala. There Chuck 
took a position as an aero-
space engineer for Sverdrup 
Corporation at Marshall Space 
Flight Center, working on 
projects for NASA, including a 
space furnace that was used in 
Space Station Freedom.
In 1993, Chuck and his fam-
ily relocated to Michigan and 
Chuck took a position with 
General Motors as a powertrain 
engineer. During his 23 years 
with GM, he helped develop 
the eight- and 10-speed trans-
missions and was a co-author 
on multiple patents for compo-
nents on the clutch systems of 
the transmissions. He retired 
from GM in October of 2016.
In March of 2017, Chuck and 
his wife relocated to Boynton 

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