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of blessed memory

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brother and brother-in-law of 
the late Nathan and the late 
Helen, the late Max, the late 
Ann, the late Sylvia and the 
late Martin, the late Marian 
and the late Howard, the late 
Rose. 
Contributions may be 
made to a charity of one’
s 
choice. Interment was held at 
Beth Abraham Cemetery in 
Ferndale. Arrangements by 
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

MAXWELL 
LAPIDES, 92, 
died peacefully in 
his home on Jan. 
23, 2020.
Born and 
raised in Detroit, Max had 
deep roots in the commu-
nity. He graduated from 
Cranbrook in 1946 and then 
attended the University of 
Pennsylvania, receiving a 
bachelor’
s degree in business. 
He also graduated from the 
Laundry Institute of America 
and applied his learning to the 
family laundry business. Most 
of Max’
s professional life was 
spent in the debt collection 
industry, where he served as 
executive vice president for 
two major agencies. 
In retirement, Max was 
adored as a substitute teach-
er by West Bloomfield High 
School students and staff. 
He also spent many hours 
as a volunteer with Meals on 
Wheels and with the NCJW 
Literacy Outreach program. 
He was also vice president of a 
local chapter of SCORE, where 
he counseled small business 
owners. 
He maintained close friend-
ships and was a proud member 
of the Romeos lunch group, 
which gathered every week 
for more than 20 years. Max 

golfed regularly, traveled often 
with his beloved wife and was 
very active in the Jewish com-
munity, attending classes and 
cultural events on a regular 
basis.
Max and the Detroit Tigers 
were practically synonymous. 
By the age of 6, he was attend-
ing most Tigers games with 
his father, which began his 
lifelong love of the team. He 
met Hank Greenberg when 
Max was just a young boy and 
shared endless stories about his 
experiences. Although work 
took the family to Chicago 
for 22 years, he never missed 
seeing his beloved Tigers when 
they played the White Sox or 
Milwaukee Brewers. His love 
of the Tigers was so great that 
he often arranged business 
trips around their away sched-
ule and brought clients to the 
games.
With extensive knowledge of 
and longtime dedication to the 
team, Max was often a trusted 
source in the media. His story 
was told in a 1973 New Yorker 
piece titled, “Three for the 
Tigers,
” written by Roger Angel 
(the other two of the “Three” 
were Bert Gordon and Don 
Shapiro). He also played a sig-
nificant role in the 1998 feature 
documentary film The Life and 
Times of Hank Greenberg. His 
memories were incorporated 
in a book published in 2013 
titled Hank Greenberg: The 
Hero of Heroes.
Locally his stories are told 
in the Matthews sports exhibit 
“Jewish Heroes and Other 
Legends” at the Jewish com-
munity Center. 
Max was president and 
co-founder (with Joe Falls) 
of the Eddie Lake Society, 
a group of local fans who 
gathered once a month to 

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