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FEBRUARY

Longtime 
district 
court Judge 
Benjamin 
Friedman 
died at 91.
Legendary Federal 
District Court Judge 
Avern Cohn died at 97. 

Local author Harriet Schiff, 
whose books included Living 
through Mourning: Finding 
Comfort and Hope When a 
Loved One Has Died, and 
The Support Group Manual: 
A Session-By-Session Guide, 
died at 86. 

Detroit dancer 
and dance teacher 
Blanche Gantz 
died at 100. 

Robert “Rob” Wachler, 
local haberdasher and 
founder/chair of “Threads 
for Success,” a local 
nonprofit organization that 
mentored more than 1,000 
young men, died at 68.