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matology at his first-choice 
school, the University of 
Pennsylvania, having rejected 
an offer from Harvard. In 
1946, he married the love of 
his life, Lois Wertheimer, and 
began a successful derma-
tology practice that spanned 
more than 70 years in both 
Michigan and S.W. Florida. 
He loved his calling to 
work in medicine and never 
wanted to leave it, choosing 
not to retire until age 94 
to the despair of his loyal 
patients and colleagues. 
Dr. Lipnik was an avid 
boater, gardener and bridge 
player. He enjoyed reading, 
classical music and live the-
ater. He traveled extensively 
throughout his life, enjoying 
all the history and wonders 
of the world. At age 96, he 
visited the Golden Buddha 
during his last great trip, 
a month-long cruise to 

Southeast Asia. 
He is survived by his lov-
ing daughter, Carol (Jerry) 
Sebastian; three wonderful 
grandchildren, Stephen Viola, 
Jamie (Jason) McNatt and 
Julia (Joe) Curry; six delight-
ful great-grandchildren, 
Katherine Viola, Colin, Rory, 
Miles and Pierce McNatt, and 
Jordan Laird; dear sister-in-
law, Lori (Carl) Lipnik; five 
nieces and nephews; numer-
ous dearly loved friends. 
He was preceded in death 
by his beloved wife, Lois; 
his devoted daughter, Susan 
(John) Bustard; his excep-
tional brother, Dr. Carl 
Lipnik. 
Services were held at 
Hodges Funeral Home in 
Naples, Fla. Interment was at 
Naples Memorial Gardens. 
Contributions may be made 
to Artis-Naples or NCH 
Healthcare System.

CHARLOTTE 
ROSENBAUM, 94, 
of Farmington 
Hills, died Dec. 5, 
2022. 
On the eve 
of the great Depression, 
the daughter of Hungarian 
immigrants Harry and Nellie 
Brown, and younger sister of 
Lee, June Charlotte Brown 
Rosenbaum was born on 
Detroit’s west side, in the 
month that inspired her name. 
Later known as Charlotte 
or “Char,” she lived a life 
that represented the best of 
middleclass Jews in pre- and 
post-World War II America. 
In 1948, she became Mrs. 
Rosenbaum, when she mar-
ried the love of her life, whom 
she had met at the foot of 
Wayne State University’s Old 
Main clock tower. Irving 
Rosenbaum, the onetime 
MIA who was awarded a 

Purple Heart, later called her 
“Charlie.” She was also called 
Mommy or Mom and was 
Aunt Charlotte to a niece and 
nephews and to Oak Park 
neighborhood children. In 
later life, she was Nana to 
seven grandchildren and three 
great-grandchildren.
Charlotte returned to 
Wayne, earning her M.S.W. 
at the same time her oldest 
son got his juris doctor. A few 
years later, Irv quit a success-
ful business founded by his 
father to follow in the foot-
steps of his son. 
Before “First Gen” entered 
the American lexicon, this 
tailor’s daughter and part-
time waitress in her parents’ 
luncheonette, went to work 
for Wayne County’s agency 
for families and dependent 
children and was eventually 
named director of Psychiatric 
Social Work at Royal Oak’s 

Serving each family.
Consoling each heart.
For 105 years.

