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Soul
of blessed memory

DAVID 
BASEMAN, 72, of 
Huntington 
Woods, died April 
24, 2020.
He is survived 
by his wife, Sharon Baseman; 
daughter, Ariana M. Baseman; 
sister and brother-in-law, 
Sandra B. and Carl A. Keene; 
sisters-in-law and brother-
in-law, Lynn and Rabbi Jason 
Meyers, and Miriam Dombey; 
14 nieces and nephews.
Mr. Baseman was the devot-
ed son of the late Jerome and 
the late Mildred Baseman; the 
loving brother-in-law of the 
late Rabbi Moshe Dombey; 
the dear son-in-law of the 
late Dave and the late Fayga 
Dombey. 
Interment was at Great 
Lakes National Cemetery. 
Contributions may be made 
to a charity of one’
s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

DAVID 
BENIGSOHN, 77, 
of Farmington 
Hills, died April 
25, 2020.
He is survived 
by his longtime companion, 
Deborah Cohn; daughters and 
sons-in-law, Carrie and Roy 
Krauthamer, and Allison and 
Al D’
Angelo; grandchildren, 
Ashley and Ryan Krauthamer; 
nephews and nieces, Eric and 
Dalia Dubin; and their kids, 
Alexa and Jakob, Bruce and 
Suzanne Dubin; and their 
kids, Jules and Jordan. 
Mr. Benigsohn was the 
beloved husband of the late 
Ronna Jo Benigsohn.
Interment was held at 
Machpelah Cemetery in 
Ferndale. Contributions 
may be made to the Lupus 

Foundation of America or 
to the American Diabetes 
Association. Arrangements by 
Dorfman Chapel.

MILDRED 
BERG, 98, of 
Birmingham, died 
April 25, 2020. 
The energetic, 
social daughter of 
David and Rose Schuff, Millie 
was born and raised in Detroit 
with her brother Ben and sis-
ters Rae and Annette.
She graduated from Central 
High School during the Great 
Depression and met the 
love of her life, Aaron Berg, 
when she was 17 years old. 
They were married one year 
later and were always at each 
other’
s side for the next 76 
years. She raised her family 
in Huntington Woods. “Our 
house is where all of the kids’
 
friends hung out,” Millie said 
with great pride.
Millie always marveled, “I 
lived long enough and happily 
enough to see all my dreams 
come true.” Her children and 
grandchildren know that the 
good in their lives emanated 
from the solid foundation of 
love and unconditional posi-
tive regard provided by Millie 
Berg.
As her mother Rose used to 
say, Millie was one in a mil-
lion. Millie always had a good 
thing to say about everyone 
and everything. Her optimistic 
words were accentuated by her 
chuckle and infectious smile. 
She was not one to dwell on 
the negative. She taught her 
children, grandchildren and 
great-grandchildren, “It’
s a 
beautiful world; enjoy it!”
Mrs. Berg is survived by 
her daughter, Brenda (Art) 
Friedman; sons, Richard 

(Made) Berg, Bob (Ro) 
Berg and Chuck (Patricia) 
Berg; grandchildren, Cindy 
(Bob) Schnoll, Andy (Jenny) 
Friedman, Adam Berg, Ana 
(Leon) Adiputra, David (Jen) 
Berg, Carrie (Pat) Thomas, 
Grace (Alex) Sobieski, 
Bjorn Berg, Audrey Berg, 
Michael Berg and Katie Berg; 
great-grandchildren, Annie 
Scholl, Jessica Schnoll, Lizzy 
Friedman, Nick Friedman, 
Sara Adiputra, Dylan 
Adiputra, Maya Berg, Benny 
Berg, Jack Thomas, Josie 
Sobieski, Desiree Sobieski; 
sisters, Rae Bolnick and 
Annette Gurian; sister-in-law, 
Charlotte Schuff; many loving 
nieces, nephews and friends.
She was the beloved wife 
for 76 years of the late Aaron 
Berg.
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be made 
to a charity of one’
s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

LOUIS BERLIN, 
98, of West 
Bloomfield, died 
April 24, 2020.
He is survived 
by his daugh-
ters and son-in-law, Renee 
Krauss, and Joyce and Dr. 
Jeffrey Weingarten; son and 
daughter-in-law, Dr. Steven 
and Jill Berlin; grandchildren, 
Jonathan and Jennifer Krauss, 
Robert and Elana Krauss, 
Arielle and Brett Endelman, 
Emily and Cody Rex, Aviva 
and Gaal Surugeon, and 
Elliot and Libby Weingarten; 
great-grandchildren, Jillian 
and Jolie Krauss, Blake 
Endelman, Levi and Lila 
Surugeon, and Aidan Krauss; 
sister-in-law, Sara Berlin; sev-

eral loving nieces, nephews 
and a world of loving friends. 
Mr. Berlin was the beloved 
husband of the late Evelyn 
Berlin; the loving brother 
of the late Max Berlin, the 
late Anne and the late Sam 
Solomon, the late Jennie 
Tugman and the late Joseph 
Berlin. 
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be made 
to JARC, 6735 Telegraph, 
Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, 
MI 48301, jarc.org; Jewish 
Senior Life of Metropolitan 
Detroit, 6710 W. Maple 
Road, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48322, jslmi.org; Adat 
Shalom Synagogue, 29901 
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 
MI 48334, adatshalom.org/
tributes-make-a-donation-
in-honor-or-in-memory; or 
to a charity of one’
s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

FREDRIC “RIC” 
LYLE 
BERNHARDT, of 
West Bloomfield, 
left this world on 
April 26, 2020, at 
Henry Ford Hospital in West 
Bloomfield. 
That day the music died but 
just for a moment. We lost a 
musically talented, “one of a 
kind” sweet, kind and gen-
erous soul: a quintessentially 
talented Detroit music man.
Ric attended and loved 
his days and many friends at 
Oak Park High School in Oak 
Park, Michigan, and Cheshire 
Academy in Cheshire, 
Connecticut. He later attend-
ed Oakland University and 
Wayne State University. 
He was a dutiful son, who 
tirelessly cared for his mother, 

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