NOVEMBER 17 • 2022 | 69
Andrew Tarockoff and Sonia
Litynskyj, Ian Tarockoff, Zachary
Tarockoff, Mackenzie Tarockoff,
Abigail and Peter Emerson, Halli
Tarockoff, Benjamin and Meri
Tarockoff, Mallory Tarockoff,
Daniel Tarockoff, Sarah Tarockoff,
Rebecca Tarockoff, Ryan Tarockoff,
Katelin and Jacob Holloway, the
late Christopher and Amanda St.
Aubin, and Brittany St. Aubin;
adoring great-grandmother of Anya
Litynskyj, Dorian Tarockoff, Peyton
Trumble, Aleiyah Coleman, Mason
St. Aubin, and Rose St. Aubin;
loving sister of the late Dorothy
Brightman and the late Clara Ross;
and devoted daughter of the late
Harry and the late Anna Pearlman.
Interment was at Hebrew
Memorial Park. Contributions
may be made to Hospice of
Michigan, 43097 Woodward Ave.,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, hom.
org/donations; or Jewish Hospice
& Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W
.
Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322,
jewishhospice.org. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
HARMON TRON, 101, died Nov.
6, 2022.
A retired veteran of World War
II Army Air Corps, he served in
North Africa. A member of the
Zussman Post #135, Mr. Harmon
became the commander of the
Jewish War Veterans twice, first
from 2003 to 2004 and then again
from 2011 to 2013.
He is survived by his daughter,
Roseanne Tron of Southfield; many
loving nieces and nephews.
Harmon was the beloved hus-
band for 58 years of the late Leah
Tron; dear brother of the late Sam
Tron, the late Molly Klinger, the
late Lillian Bram, the late Roselyn
Weinberg.
Contributions may be made
to Hebrew Benevolent Society,
Harmon and Leah Tron Fund,
26640 Greenfield Road, Oak Park,
MI 48237. A graveside service
was held at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.
M
ary Must, 103, of Bloomfield
Hills, died Nov. 5, 2022.
She grew up in Detroit with
her parents as the youngest of five. She
had one brother, Frank, and three sisters,
Elsie, Bessie and Dorothy. Both Elsie and
Bessie died as young children, which had
a major effect on Mary.
Mary graduated from
Central High School at 16.
However, she went to work at
12 on Saturdays as a cashier
in a market. She could add
up the bills faster than the
register.
After graduation, she went to work at
Franklin Cedar, a department store. She
worked in the office and was so efficient
she did the work of two people. When one
woman went on vacation, Mary offered
to do her job as well; when the woman
returned, she found she was out of a job
At16, Mary met her future husband,
Mike Must, at a Yom Kippur dance. She
offered to help at his business for a little
while and then stayed on for 69 years. At
that time, the business was called Detroit
City Dairy. In 1997, the name changed to
Dairy Fresh Foods.
Mary and Mike married on June 26,
1938. They worked together as a team
from that time until Mike passed away in
April of 1997. They were known through-
out the Jewish community for all their
philanthropic gifts. They donated an
ambulance to American Friends of Magen
David Adom for Israel and were honored
for their donation to the Shaare Zedek
Medical Center in Jerusalem.
They also donated to Hillel Day School
and the multi-purpose room was named
in their honor. Their contribution to
the Zekelman Holocaust Center at its
original location was for the front doors
and had a plaque to honor them. They
were honored for their contributions to
Bar-Ilan University, and they received
awards for their enormous purchases of
State of Israel Bonds. The couple received
an award from the Jewish Federation of
Detroit for the establishment of the Mike
and Mary Must Philanthropic Fund and
their extraordinary commitment to the
continuity and quality of Jewish life. There
is a plaque on the wall at the Federation
building honoring their generosity.
Mary also received an award for pro-
viding initial capital to launch Israel’s
historic Mediterranean-Dead Sea Canal
energy project. In addition, they con-
tributed to Fleischman Residence for the
dining room. Mary purchased a home for
Kadima use in 2007 and has donated sig-
nificant monies to them besides. Mary has
also donated to Hebrew Free Loan and to
the ADL.
Mary was very saddened by the condi-
tion of the B’nai David cemetery, so she
took over the care for it, having it cleaned
up and spruced up as best as was possible.
However, something was still not right
for her. Her mother, her father and her
two baby sisters were buried there and
she wanted to have them moved to Clover
Hill, where they would be where Mike was
and where she would eventually be. Mary
had that done, too.
Mrs. Must is survived by her sons and
daughters-in-law, Alan and Suretta Must,
and Joel and Monni Must; son-in-law,
Lou Seligman; grandchildren, Jay Must,
Marla Must, Melissa Seligman, Addy
and Jeff Katz, Britni and Orry Erez,
Kacee and Adam Leeb, Sabrina and Leo,
Amy and Andre Douville, and Jeff and
Esther Selik; great-grandchildren, Jake
and Ava Janowitz, Sasah Must, Matthew
and Evan Katz, Lucie and Lila Must,
Noa and Wilder Erez, Penelope Leeb,
Emily Meretsky, Zachary, Jacob and Elin
Douville, Elena, Ella Rose and Joel Selik.
She was the wife of the late Mike
Must; mother of the late Madelon Must
Seligman; grandmother of the late Miya
Must.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to Gesher Human Services (formerly
JVS + Kadima), 29699 Southfield Road,
Southfield, MI 48076, jvshumanser-
vices.org; Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network, 6555 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield, MI 48322, jewishhospice.
org; or Joint Distribution Committee, 711
Third Ave. New York, NY 10017, jdc.org.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
A Pillar of the Community
Mary Must