38 | JANUARY 21 • 2021
SOUL
OF BLESSED MEMORY
JOANNE
ARONOFF, 81,
of Farmington
Hills, died Jan. 6,
2021.
She is survived
by her husband of 62 years,
Larry Aronoff; children,
Marc Aronoff, Jacqui Aronoff
and Michael Kinsella, April
Aronoff and Bruce Gerstman,
and Nance Aronoff and
Kari Spaeth; grandchildren,
Alexander Kinsella, Emily
Kinsella, Dominique Hall,
Leo Chiasson-Aronoff, Hugo
Gerstman and Nathaniel
Gerstman.
She was the devoted
daughter of the late Rudy and
the late Ruth Africh; the loving
grandmother of the late Olivia
Aronoff Kinsella.
Interment was at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made
to Haven, 30400 Telegraph,
Suite 101, Bingham Farms,
MI 48025, haven-oakland.
org/donate; Lighthouse of
Oakland County, 46156
Woodward Ave., P.O.
Box 430508, Pontiac, MI
48342, lighthousemi.org/how-
to-help/give; Yad Ezra, 2850
W
. 11 Mile Road, Berkley,
MI 48072, yadezra.org/
donate; or P.J. Library, 67 Hunt
St., Suite 100, Agawam, MA
01001, pjlibrary.org/donate.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
FRANCES
“BEBE”
DEVINE, 88, of
Bloomfield
Township, died
Jan. 13, 2021.
She is survived by her
son and daughter-in-law,
Clifford and Anita DeVine;
grandchildren, David
DeVine and Sarah Massard,
Alison and Billy Bodle.
Mrs. DeVine was the
beloved wife of the late
Bernard DeVine; the devoted
daughter of the late William
and the late Frances Holskin.
Interment was at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be
made to Michigan Humane
Society, Development
Dept., 30300 Telegraph
Road, Suite 220, Bingham
Farms, MI 48025-
4507, michiganhumane.
org/tributes; or ASPCA
(American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals), P.O. Box
96929, Washington,
D.C. 20090-6929, aspca.
org. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
c. 1980
TEDDY
FREUND, 82, of
Southfield, died
Jan. 6, 2021.
He is survived
by his sons and
daughters-in-
law, Jay and
Lori Freund
of Glendale,
Ariz., Adam and
Alla Freund of
Bothell, Wash.;
daughter and
son-in-law, Tammie Freund
and Daniel Kaufman
of Clifton Park, N.Y.;
grandchildren, Benjamin
Kaufman, Sean Keller,
Matthew Freund.
Mr. Freund was the
cherished son of the late
Regina and the late Jacob
Freund; and his birth
parents, the late Tova Rivkah
and the late Yehoshua
Ashendorf who died during
the Holocaust; dear brother
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M
argot E. Coville,
91, of Sarasota,
Fla., died on Dec.
21, 2020.
She was born in Munich,
Germany, on April 19,
1929, to Berthold
and Lena (Ly)
Triest. In 1939,
Margot, her brother
Howard and her
parents fled the
Nazis. Her parents
were taken by the
Nazis in 1940. At
that time, Margot
was sent to a Jewish
children’s home in
France. At 13 years
old, Margot led 10
children across the
border to Switzerland
and spent three years
with friends of the family
in Zurich. A documentary
film, Journey to Justice, was
produced by the family
and tells the story of the
Triest family.
Margot came to the
United States in 1946
to live with an uncle in
Detroit. On her second
week in the states, she
met Warren J. Coville on
a blind date and they were
married in April 1948.
They adopted three daugh-
ters.
Margot volunteered at
Children’s Hospital for
more than 20 years, three
days a week, eight hours a
day. She and Warren start-
ed the I Have A Dream
Foundation Detroit and
supported 78 inner-city
fifth-graders through high
school, 35 of which went
on to college. They have
supported the Coville
Apartments for Jewish
seniors since 1981.
After moving to their
home on Bird
Key in Sarasota
in 1994, Margot
was involved with
Jewish Family
and Children’s
Services, the
Jewish Federation
and Aviva Jewish
Home for Senior
Living. She was
also active in
Ringling College,
Ringling Museum,
Selby Gardens and
the Asolo Rep,
“adopting” many
student actors, whom she
kept in touch with.
Margot had a great love
for glass and a sense of
design and color. Her glass
collection can be seen in
the Kotler-Coville Pavilion
at the Ringling Museum.
The last three years,
she and Warren resided at
Plymouth Harbor.
Mrs. Coville is sur-
vived by her husband,
Warren; daughters, Lynn of
Westbrook, Conn., Betsy
of Lutz, Fla., Claudia of
Sarasota; grandson, Gabriel
Curtidor and his wife, Liz;
granddaughter, Ashley
Curtidor; great-grand-
daughter, Sofia.
The funeral was a private
family graveside service in
Sarasota.
Margot E. Coville
A Kind Heart