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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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