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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