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Federation’s highest honor.
He is not the only Mumford graduate to win the Butzel Award. 
“I think that it’s very remarkable that there are four people in our 
graduating class from Mumford who won the Butzel Award. It’s 
unheard of,
” Mark said.
Larry Jackier, Richard Krugel and Diane Klein are the other three 
winners. 
“It’s unusual that much commitment to the Jewish community 
came from one class at Mumford High School that graduated in 
1960,
” Mark said. 
At heart, Mark says, he is a family man. He and his wife, Jeanette 
“Jan,
” have three children and 10 grandchildren. For fun, he likes 
photography and cooking.
He says the competitive drive he had at Mumford led him to be 
the hardworking man he is today.

SUSAN ROSENBLATT TURETSKY

Susan Rosenblatt Turetsky, 79, of New Mexico 
said while she doesn’t live in Michigan anymore, 
she still feels incredibly connected to the friends 
she made in high school. 
“Many of us have stayed in contact with each 
other and shared the good times and the bad 
times. When all of us turned 50, many of them 
came here to Santa Fe to celebrate.
”
Susan grew up in Detroit with her brother 
and parents. In 1966, she married her husband, 
Maurice Turetsky, and had children whom she 
raised in Detroit. Turetsky and her husband 
decided to move to New Mexico after vacation-
ing there. They moved in 1995.
Susan created the New Mexico’s Landlord 
Tenant Hotline. “The hotline helps landlords 
and tenants resolve their conflicts and understand what their rights, 
obligations and remedies are under the law,
” she said. 

Susan’s daughter and grandson live in San Francisco. “My daugh-
ter, Lauren, is a senior designer at a company in San Francisco and 
my grandson, Shea, created a company called Concept Central 
when he was 14 years old. He makes YouTube videos and the last 
time I checked, he had 1 million hits.
”
Susan says since high school she is most surprised of her decision 
to move to New Mexico. 
Even though it’s been a while since she’s seen her high school 
friends, she says she’s ready for the Mumford 60th high school 
reunion. “I’m looking forward to seeing everybody again. The tick-
ets are purchased, all set and I’m ready to go.
”

ROSE LYNN MECKLER SCHLUSSEL

Rosie Schlussel, 79, of Southfield is co-chair of 
the reunion committee with Carol Rosenberg 
and Eleanor Aronovitz.
“I’m blessed with my friendship with Carol 
Rosenberg. I met her on the very first day of 
high school, and we’ve been friends ever since,
” 
she said. 
Rosie also met her husband, Mark Schlussel, 
in high school. They were married in 1963 and 
have four children.
Over the years, Rosie has been active in the 
Metro Detroit Jewish community with the 
National Council of Jewish Women, Jewish 
Senior Life and Jewish Family Service, “which 
I’ve really loved,
” she said.
She received the Heart of Gold award from 
the Michigan United Way, which recognized her service to the state.
Her most important and favorite career was raising a family, she 
said. “Raising my four children was truly a career. And after my 
children began working, my second career became taking care of 
my 12 grandchildren.
”
The committee is hard at work preparing for the reunion in 

OUR COMMUNITY
The reunion 
comittee 
prepares to 
mail invitations. 

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