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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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