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OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

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DR. SEYMOUR 
ADELSON, M.D., 
95, passed away 
on Aug. 10, 2021. 
He served as 
a corporal in the 
U.S. Army during the Second 
World War and was a heavy 
machine gunner on the front 
line in Europe; he also served 
in the Philippines.
He earned his bachelor’s 
degree from Wayne State 
University and graduated 
from University of Michigan 
Medical School in 1951. Dr. 
Adelson practiced allergy 
and internal medicine for 35 
years and was a clinical asso-
ciate professor at Wayne State 
University Medical School. He 
served as chief of medicine at 
Crittenton Hospital and chief 
of allergy at Sinai Hospital. 
After leaving private practice, 
he worked for 12 years as a 
medical policy consultant at 
Blue Cross.
Dr. Adelson was active in 
the community, serving as 
vice president of Congregation 
Beth Shalom and as a volun-
teer docent at the Holocaust 
Memorial Center. Dr. and 
Mrs. Adelson were patrons of 
the arts and have gifted fine 
art to five Michigan museums. 
After retirement, Dr. 
Adelson was a volunteer at 
Beaumont Hospital photog-
raphy department, where he 
Photoshopped medical images 
for doctors; he also returned 
to college and took courses in 
subjects as diverse as art his-
tory and computer science, in 
which he was the only senior 
citizen in a class of undergrad-
uates.
Dr. Adelson was a loving 
and devoted husband and 
father, and he is remembered 
as gentile, kind and inspir-
ing, a true gentleman and 

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