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

