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
Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the 
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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emailed copy of guidelines.

 
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