30 | MAY 21 • 2020
Moments
Caplan-Bernard
T
he parents of Stacie Caplan
and Joshua Bernard are thrilled
to announce that these new-
lyweds were married at Knollwood
Country Club last summer.
The bride is the daughter of Belle
Caplan and Jay Caplan of Toronto,
Canada, and the granddaughter of
the late Ben and the late Estelle
Pollack, the late Pearl and the late
Jlius Caplan.
The groom is the son of Hadas and
Dennis Bernard of Birmingham and
the grandson of Naomi and Amnon Reiter, and the late Geraldine
(Geri) and Lewis Bernard Jr.
Stacie and Joshua met traveling in Paris and subsequently
honed their careers living in New York City before moving to
Detroit, where they now live.
Caleb Yishai Starr of Southfield will celebrate
becoming a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 23,
2020 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. Caleb is the son of proud parents,
Rebecca and Rabbi Aaron Starr, and the big brother
to Ayal Starr. Caleb’
s honored grandparents are
Margie and James Starr of Troy, and Betty and James Line of
Harbor Springs. He is also the grandson of the late Carol Line.
He is the great-grandson of Wolf Gruca of Troy.
Caleb is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills.
M
arvin Kozlowski of
West Bloomfield
recently celebrated
his 100th birthday with many
participating in a car parade,
driving by his West Bloomfield
home.
Most were family and friends
while some were strangers
who just wanted the chance
to honor him on his birthday
as he waved and smiled at
passersby.
Mr. Kozlowski was born April
26, 1920, in the city of Radom,
located in Poland not far from
the largest city of Warsaw. As a
young man, Marvin was sent to
labor and concentration camps.
After the war, Marvin and
his beloved wife, Edith, raised
a beautiful family of three,
Ruthie, Jay and Joseph. As a
survivor, Marvin refused to let
the past hold him down. Being
a great tailor, he took work tai-
loring suits in the Washington
Building in Detroit. He also
made clothing for both men
and women.
At one point, he hired on
at a German-owned sausage
factory called Pressel in
Hamtramck. He would awaken
at 4 a.m. and take three buses
to arrive at the job by 5:30. He
would go to a second job that
evening. At the factory, Marvin
ran the machine that made hot
dogs. Experience with a seem-
ingly pejudiced boss caused
Marvin to move on to another
job.
In 1952, he applied to work
for Sears in Highland Park. He
was hired on as head tailor
and stayed at Sears for 18
years.
Thinking he would not be
able to support his son Jay
in college, Marvin left Sears
to open his own shop called
Devon Clothiers. While he
worked in the back, Edith
worked the front of the store,
selling clothes.
Marvin also sat on the
board of the Radomer Society
Organization, which was creat-
ed to connect people from his
hometown of Radom, Poland.
At Hebrew Memorial Park is
a monument Marvin institut-
ed memorializing by name
those massacred by the Nazis.
Family and friends often gather
there as a tribute to the ones
lost during this war.
In recounting Marvin’
s
very full life, daughter Ruthie
Kozlowski says, “He is the
wisest, kindest and most
accepting man. He has wis-
dom beyond belief despite his
limited education. He always
knows the right thing to say
all the while being simple and
brilliant.”
The family also includes
Renee, Jay’
s wife, and Jill,
Joseph’
s wife. They miss the
presence of Jay’
s first wife,
the late Linda. Their grandchil-
dren are Anna (Bryan), Rachel,
David, Julia, Max and Ben
Kozlowski and their one great-
grandson, Elliott.
Centenarian Marvin
Kozlowski represents the self-
made man living an American
dream.
HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings
with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18
each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or
for special birthdays starting at the 90th.
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