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H. JAMES “JIM” 
ZACK, 79, of 
Franklin, died 
June 19, 2022. 
He is survived 
by his wife of 56 
years, Stephanie Zack; daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Merrill 
Zack and Ben Weber; grand-
son, Oscar Leo Zack-Weber; 
brother and sister-in-law, 
Robert C. and Lorraine Zack; 
sister and brother-in-law, 
Caroline A. and Stephen 
Cooper; cousin, Edwina Croll 
Davis; sister-in-law, Suzanne 
Share; nieces and nephews, 
Aaron and Debbi Cooper, 
Michael Cooper, Leslie and 
Mitch Katz, Daniel Leach, 
Emily and Scott Korobkin; a 
world of friends. 
Mr. Zack was the cherished 
father of the late Katherine 
‘“Katie’“ Hilary Zack. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Heinz C. 
Prechter Bipolar Research 
Fund, the Katherine Hilary 
Zack Memorial Fund, 4250 
Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, 
MI 48109-2700, leadersand-
best.umich.edu/find/#!/give/
basket/fund/308380; or to 
a charity of one’s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

D

r. Michael Aaron Patt, 
74, of Bloomfield 
Hills, died June 18, 
2022. 
Dr. Patt was born in Detroit 
on June 11, 1948, to Isador 
Frederick Patt and Bettie E. 
Patt. His father, an engineer, 
owned Peerless Productions, 
which manufactured machines 
for automotive assembly lines 
in Detroit. His mother, a pia-
nist, studied at the Juilliard 
School in New York. 
He graduated from 
Mumford High School, class 
of 1966, and went on to study 
mathematics at the University 
of Michigan. In Ann Arbor, he 
developed his entrepreneur-
ial spirit by starting a flower 
company, Petals in the Wind. 
Michael had a deep apprecia-
tion for music and used to play 
his guitar next to his flower 
cart in the Diag.
He went on to study med-
icine at UAG in Guadalajara, 
Mexico, and developed a life-
long attachment to Mexican 
culture and food. He excelled 
in his studies at UAG, earning 
a 99 percentile on the USMLE 
step one, which earned him a 
spot back home at Wayne State 
University Medical School. 
Dr. Patt moved back to 
Detroit in 1975 and met his 
future wife, Luana Jeanne 
Kyselka, who had also trans-
ferred into the same class at 
Wayne State Medical School. 
They soon fell in love, as two 
free spirits in medical school 
who shared an appreciation 
for music, art and culture. 
They graduated from Wayne 
State Medical School in 1977, 
married in 1978 and remained 
married for 44 years. 
Michael went on to spe-
cialize in anesthesiology, 
completing two fellowships at 
Northwestern University in 
neurosurgical anesthesia and 

cardiovascular anes-
thesia. He enjoyed 
a 35-year career as 
an anesthesiolo-
gist at Beaumont 
Hospital as a part-
ner with South 
Oakland Anesthesia 
Associates. He was 
known for utilizing 
the light wand for 
difficult intubations 
and it was said by his partners 
that he could “intubate a rock.
” 
He retired from anesthesiology 
in 2013; but instead of enjoy-
ing a traditional retirement, 
he started a second career as a 
successful private investor in 
equities, venture capital and 
real estate. 
He was creative, astute and 
embraced risk. He sought out 
technology and was an early 
adapter and investor. He and 
Luana made many charitable 
contributions to organizations 
and individuals over the years. 
Throughout his lifetime, he 
suffered a tremendous amount 
of early loss within his imme-
diate family to cancer. He was 
resilient, had a healthy sense of 
humor and was dedicated to 
his wife and three daughters, 
Marisa Elizabeth Patt, Minda 
Lisa Patt and Amelia Etta Patt-
Zamir. He fostered the girls’ 
educations and encouraged 
them to be professional and 
independent women, qualities 
he admired about their mother.
He was a role model and 
source of strength for many 
of his nephews, nieces, grand-
children and many friends. His 
greatest wish was for his family 
to stand together and support 
one another throughout life’s 
ups and downs. 
Above all, Michael felt at 
peace when he was on the 
water. He sailed through-
out the Great Lakes and the 
Caribbean, including one epic 

sail on his trusted 
39-foot Beau Geste from 
Traverse City through 
a hurricane to the 
Turks and Caicos. He 
was a steadfast nav-
igator who lived for 
adventure and could 
tackle the wind and 
the waves to emerge 
triumphant on calm 
waters. He was his 
family’s captain, the wind 
beneath their wings; and they 
will carry on his legacy. 
Michael always loved num-
bers and passed away on June 
18, an auspicious day in that 18 
means chai or ‘“life ‘“in Hebrew 
and is a symbol of good luck.
Dr. Patt is survived by his 
wife of 44 years, Dr. Luana 
Kyselka; daughters and sons-
in-law, Dr. Marisa Patt and 
Brian Warner, Dr. Minda Patt 
and Michael Bednarski, and 
Amelia and Ari Patt Zamir; 
grandchildren, Georgine 
Warner, Estelle Bednarski, 
Leonel Patt Zamir, Orly 
Bednarski and Mikaela Patt 
Zamir; sisters-in-law and 
brother-in-law, Roberta Patt, 
Carol Pine, Kyle Kyselka and 
Roberta Kyselka; many loving 
nieces, nephews, and many 
friends. 
Dr. Patt was predeceased by 
David Jeremy Patt, Claire Patt 
Colman, Daniel Patt, Judee 
Patt Herman and Robert Patt. 
Interment was at Clover Hill 
Park Cemetery. Contributions 
may be made to Doctors 
Without Borders-USA, P
.O. 
Box 5030, Hagerstown, 
MD 21741-5030, donate.
doctorswithoutborders.org/
onetime.cfm; or American 
Committee for the Weizmann 
Institute of Science, P
.O. Box 
250243, West Bloomfield, MI 
48325, weizmann-usa.org. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel. 

A Life of Adventure

Dr. Michael Patt
c. 1966

