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…DECEMBER 14 • 2023 | 57 J N continued on page 58 BRUCE LAWRENCE COLTON, 81, of Bloomfield Hills and Delray Beach, Fla., passed away Dec. 3, 2023, after a brief illness. A graduate of Mumford High School and the University of Michigan, where he received both an undergraduate degree in economics and a juris doctor from the law school, Bruce was a shareholder at Domestic Linen Supply and Laundry Company, where he served for nea...…
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