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OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY
of the late Gertie Grossman; the
treasured brother of his late sib-
lings, Evelyn and Harold Cantor,
Rose and Louis Rosenfeld, Sam and
Charlotte Grossman, Zella and Paul
Daughterty, and Daniel and Sandy
Grossman; the dear brother-in-law
of the late Moe Betman and the late
Larry Nedelman; and the devoted
son of the late Harry and the late
Laura Grossman.
Interment was at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park. Contributions
may be made to Yad Ezra, 2850 W.
11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072,
yadezra.org/donate; or Jewish
War Veterans, P.O. Box 725066,
Berkley, MI 48072-9998, jwv-mi.
org/. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
SEYMOUR “SY”
KATZ, 91, of West
Bloomfield, died March
23, 2023.
He is survived by
his wife, Lillian Katz;
brother and sister-in-law, Jack
and Irma Katz; children, Laurie
Lavenhar and Steven Katz; stepchil-
dren, Candice Thomas, April Simms
and Jamie Boyes; grandchildren,
Jason and Melissa Lavenhar, and
Chelsea Lavenhar; great-grandson,
Caleb Lavenhar; adopted grand-
children, Jordan, Alison, Max,
Zachary, David, Emily, Sam and
Hayley. He will be dearly missed
by Glenn and Lynn Movish, Mark
and Janine Movish, and Joann and
Marc Weisman. He is also survived
by many other family members and
friends.
Interment was at Oakview
Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to Meals on Wheels,
650 Letica Drive, Rochester, MI
48307, opcseniorcenter.org/donate.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
ELLEN MAGAR, 91, of Oak Park,
died March 25, 2023.
She is survived by her children,
Samuel (Pamela) Magar and Andy
(Linda) Magar; grandchildren,
Joseph (Natalie) Magar, Julie
Magar, Jonah (Lindsey) Magar,
Mason Magar and Robert Magar;
great-grandchild, Samuel Joseph
Magar; many loving nieces, neph-
ews, other family members and
friends.
Mrs. Magar was the beloved wife
of the late Joseph Magar.
Interment took place at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Contributions may be made to
Jewish Senior Life. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.
c. 2000
ADRIENNE “RENEE”
MAHLER, (née
Adrienne Rom), 87,
died on Saturday, March
25, 2023, in Sarasota,
Fla.
She was a classically
trained pianist and held a B.A. in
English literature and an M.A. in
sociology-anthropology. She was a
certified social worker in gerontol-
ogy.
Classical music, especially Chopin
and Rachmaninoff, was her lifelong
passion, along with the composers
Sammy Cahn, George Gershwin and
Cole Porter. Renee was a great lover
of nature and supporter of many
nature conservation and animal
protection societies. Over the course
of her life, she was honored for her
extraordinary work and support
of numerous such organizations
as well as for her work on behalf
of the Allied Jewish Campaign,
American Jewish Committee,
Jewish Federation and Alzheimer’s
Association. She served for a time
as Director of Special Projects at
the Jewish Home for the Aged and
wrote a column on aging for the
Birmingham Eccentric newspaper.
Mrs. Mahler was the beloved
wife of Burt Mahler; mother of
Scott Mahler and Ticia Mahler; and
grandmother of Max Mahler.
She is survived by her two chil-
dren and grandson and several
members of the Mahler, Rom,
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D
r. Gloria Jean Kuhn, 79, of West Bloomfield,
died March 29, 2023.
Born Oct. 25, 1943, to Edward and
Dorothy Houseman, Jeanie grew up with her brother
Jack and her sister Nancy in Detroit. From the age of
7, Jeanie determined to go a non-
traditional path and pursue her dream to
become a doctor.
Dr. Gloria Kuhn attended Wayne
State University in 1965, earned her
medical degree from Chicago College of
Osteopathic Medicine in 1970 and grad-
uated in the second emergency medicine residency
class from the Detroit General Hospital and Wayne
State University in 1979. A pioneer in EM, Gloria
founded the residency and osteopathic internship
program at Mt. Carmel Hospital, now Sinai-Grace
Hospital, in northwest Detroit in 1982 and served as
its program director for 13 years.
Gloria was a consummate educator, mentoring
hundreds of EM residents, medical students and fac-
ulty. She developed the template for a successful res-
idency program and shared it widely throughout the
country. Gloria was so dedicated to education she
pursued a Ph.D. in instructional technology in 1998,
20 years after residency.
Gloria received many awards, including being
voted as outstanding medical attendant in 13 differ-
ent years by the medical residents. She was involved
at the highest level in multiple medical profes-
sional organizations and was an American Board
of Emergency Medicine oral board examiner and
previous president of the Academy of Women in
Academic Medicine. Gloria authored more than 40
peer reviewed publications and 12 book chapters.
Establishing internships and residencies as well as
faculty curriculum, Dr. Kuhn left an indelible mark
on the medical community.
Jeanie greatly enjoyed laughing with her colleagues
and family, traveling the world or to see grandchil-
dren, lots of cooking, needlepoint and dispensing
pithy wisdom. She will be greatly missed.
Dr. Kuhn was married to John Kuhn for 59 years.
She is survived by her sister, three children, two
grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
Interment took place at the Beth El Memorial Park
Cemetery in Livonia. Contributions may be made to
the Alzheimer’s Association or the Jewish Hospice
and Chaplaincy Network. Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.
Gloria Kuhn
A Medical
Pioneer