DECEMBER 9 • 2021 | 55

OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

M

yron L. “Mynie” Milgrom, 94, 
of Southfield, died Nov. 28, 
2021.
Mynie was a strong-willed Jewish 
family man. He believed in shalom bayit 
(peace in the home) and was truly the 
happiest when his family was together. 
He was a gregarious and charismatic, 
a natural schmoozer whose personality 
drew people to him.
Born Sept. 27, 1927, Mynie was the 
beloved third child of the late Max 
Milgrom and the late Fannie Berman 
Milgrom Cooper. He was close to all his 
aunts, uncles and cousins, all of whom 
helped connect him to the most import-
ant person in his life, his father, who died 
when Mynie was 5. 
Even with losing his father so young, 
Mynie connected to strong and inspiring 
men in his life including his grandfa-
ther, Shmuel Milgrom, family friend, 
Jacob Soberman, and stepfather, Meyer 
Cooper.
Mynie grew up with older siblings 
Lillian and Louis, and later welcomed 
Jack and Thelma into the family. 
After graduating from Central High 
School in 1945, Mynie was drafted into 
the Army but never saw active service. 
He was stationed in Kentucky until his 
honorable discharge in 1947. When he 
returned home, he earned his degree in 
chemical engineering at the University of 
Michigan.
Mynie was the vice president of 
sales at the Soberman and Milgrom 
Paint Company, created by his father 
and Jacob Soberman, which ultimately 
became Mercury Paint Company. 
Mynie and his beloved late wife, 
Jacqueline, met at a party for returning 
veterans. They got engaged in 1949 and 
were married Oct. 15, 1950, at Shaarey 
Zedek on Chicago Boulevard.
They were married for 70 years and 
had four daughters together, Paula, 
Marcia, Marianne and the late Carole Jo.
“They were devoted to each other, and 
they loved their life together. She made 
things perfect for him, and he took care 

of her,” said youngest daughter Marianne 
Milgrom Bloomberg.
Throughout the years, Mynie and 
Jackie traveled the world — to Europe 
and the Far East and Israel many times, 
several times with Federation.
Mynie had a deep connection to 
Congregation Shaarey Zedek. He 
became president of the Men’s Club and, 
ultimately, president of the synagogue. 
Mynie was also proud of being a 
co-founder of the Michigan Jewish 
Sports Foundation in 1984.
He believed strongly in philanthropy 
and giving back, and supported Jewish 
education at Hillel Day School, where 
he was among those who started the 
Endowment Fund.
He was honored by the Jewish 
Theological Seminary for his involve-
ment. He was also involved with JARC, 
the Technion, Israel Bonds and the 
Holocaust Memorial Center. Being hon-
ored as an “8 over 80”‘ by Jewish Senior 
Life was among his proudest moments. 
Mynie was instrumental in founding 
enrichment funds at Jewish Hospice 
and Chaplaincy Network, including the 
Carole Jo Lasser, z’l, Music Fund, after 
his daughter’s death in 2016, so future 
JHCN clients would benefit from per-
sonalized, interactive visits that provide 
comfort and enrichment through music.

“People are remembering him as a 
great guy and someone that helped 
them,” Bloomberg said. “Someone wrote 
to me that he put them on the path to 
their career. He changed lives, it sounds 
like to me. It’s really warming that he 
made an impact on people. I think in 
this life that’s all you want, to know you 
changed one life, that’s everything.”
Mynie Milgrom was the beloved hus-
band of the late Jacqueline Milgrom; dear 
father of Paula Milgrom and Jim Barnett, 
Marcia and Tony Dodge, Marianne and 
Robert Bloomberg, and the late Carole 
Jo Lasser; devoted grandfather of Samuel 
Lasser and Lauren Miller, Rachel Lasser, 
Max and Rebecca Appelman, Michael 
and Lindsey Barnett, Brie and Vincent 
Hesano, Natasha Sydney Dodge, Allison 
Bloomberg and Will Bloomberg; proud 
great-grandfather of Adam, Owen and 
Norah Lasser, Olivia Appelman, Stella, 
Lucy and Henry Barnett, and Hailey and 
Brayden Hesano. 
He was the dedicated brother of Sally 
and the late Nathan Soberman, the late 
Lillian and the late Jack Perlman, the 
late Thelma and the late Louis Milgrom; 
loving son of the late Max Milgrom, the 
late Fannie Milgrom Cooper and the 
late Meyer I. Cooper; and son-in-law 
of the late Lillian and the late Morris D. 
Pushkin. 
He’s also survived by nieces, nephews 
and many loving family members and 
friends as well as devoted caregivers, 
Shantel Tran, Margo Sliwinska, Sandra 
Walker, Doris Poprawa and Brittany 
Drzinsky.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park 
Cemetery. Contributions in his honor 
can be made to Jewish Hospice & 
Chaplaincy Network, Carole Jo Lasser 
Music Fund, 6555 W. Maple, West 
Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.
org; or to a charity of one’s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. 

 

Rabbi Joseph Krakoff contributed to this 

obituary.

Devoted to Family and Faith

DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

Mynie Milgrom

