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Sunday, March 31, 2013

West Bloomfield Area Obituaries: Week of March 24

A featured compilation of obituaries from the West Bloomfield area this week.

  Here are some of the people we pay tribute to this week. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of these current or former area residents: For more, visit Birmingham Patch for the latest obituary listings from Beverly Hills and Birmingham. Did we miss your loved one? Are you looking for a way to remember your late family and friends? Post a death notice on Bloomfield Patch. It's completely complimentary.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

West Bloomfield Area Obituaries: Week of March 17

A featured compilation of obituaries from the West Bloomfield area this week.

Here are some of the people we pay tribute to this week. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of these current or former area residents: For more, visit Birmingham Patch for the latest obituary listings from Beverly Hills and Birmingham. Did we miss your loved one? Are you looking for a way to remember your late family and friends? Post a death notice on Bloomfield Patch. It's completely complimentary.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

West Bloomfield-Area Obituaries: Week of March 10

A featured compilation of obituaries from West Bloomfield an surrounding communities this week.

  Here are some of the people we pay tribute to this week. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of these current or former area residents: For more, visit Birmingham Patch for the latest obituary listings from Beverly Hills and Birmingham. Did we miss your loved one? Are you looking for a way to remember your late family and friends? Post a death notice on West Bloomfield Patch. It's completely complimentary.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

West Bloomfield Area Obituaries: Week of March 3

A featured compilation of obituaries from the West Bloomfield area this week.

  Here are some of the people we pay tribute to this week. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of these current or former area residents: Visit Birmingham Patch for the latest obituary listings from Beverly Hills and Birmingham. Did we miss your loved one? Are you looking for a way to remember your late family and friends? Post a death notice on Bloomfield Patch. It's completely complimentary.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

West Bloomfield Area Obituaries: Week of Feb. 24

A featured compilation of obituaries from the West Bloomfield area this week.

  Here are some of the people we pay tribute to this week. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of these current or former area residents: For more, visit Birmingham Patch for the latest obituary listings from Beverly Hills and Birmingham. Did we miss your loved one? Are you looking for a way to remember your late family and friends? Post a death notice on Bloomfield Patch. It's completely complimentary.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

West Bloomfield Area Obituaries: Week of Feb. 17

A featured compilation of obituaries from the Bloomfield area this week.

  Here are some of the people we pay tribute to this week. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of these current or former area residents:   Of Interest: Memorial Services for Fred Korzon Planned For more, visit Birmingham Patch for the latest obituary listings from Beverly Hills and Birmingham. Did we miss your loved one? Are you looking for a way to remember your late family and friends? Post a death notice on Bloomfield Patch. It's completely complimentary.

Nancy Perkins

2:14 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013

Condolences go out to the Kopitz family. Nancy Perkins. ( from the Cass Lake Marina).   more ›

Sunday, February 17, 2013

In Memorial: West Bloomfield Area Obituaries, Week of Feb. 10

A featured compilation of obituaries from the West Bloomfield area this week.

This week, the Greater West Bloomfield area lost several beloved residents and community members. Our hearts and thoughts go with their families and loved ones. Did we miss your loved one? Are you looking for a way to remember your late family and friends? Post a death notice on West Bloomfield Patch. It's completely complimentary.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Congregation Shaarey Zedek Rabbi Emeritus Irwin Groner Dies

The 81-year-old Southfield resident was elected 'Rabbi of the congregation for life' in 1978.

Rabbi Irwin Groner, who served Congregation Shaarey Zedek for more than 50 years, died Dec. 30. He was 81.  The Detroit News reports Rabbi Groner died at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, due to complications from Parkinson's disease.  A funeral service will be held Jan. 1, 2 p.m., at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield, with Rabbis Joseph Krakoff, Aaron Starr, Alan Lucas and Cantor Meir Finkelstein officiating.  According to an obituary published by Ira Kaufman Funeral Home, Rabbi Groner first came to Shaarey Zedek in Detroit in 1959 as an assistant rabbi and was named senior rabbi in 1967. In 1978, he was elected rabbi of the congregation for life, and 25 years later, was granted the title of Rabbi Emeritus. …

Friday, November 16, 2012

Legendary Detroit Weatherman Sonny Eliot Dies in Farmington Hills Home

TV pioneer Eliot, 91, passed away peacefully at home in Farmington Hills.

Detroit's beloved weatherman, Sonny Eliot, passed away in his Farmington Hills home Friday. He was 91. The Dorfman Chapel in Farmington Hills is handling funeral arrangements, which are pending. Known for his sunny disposition and his rapid-fire quips, Eliot had a 60-year career in Detroit broadcasting and was a pioneering TV personality. Eliot joined the staff of WWJ-TV (now WDIV) after World War II and stayed there for 35 years. He was a weatherman, host of the annual Thanksgiving Day parade broadcast and hosted an "At the Zoo" series. After TV, he kept the fun going on WWJ radio (950 AM). He was born Marvin Schlossberg on Dec. 5, 1920, in Detroit. Eliot was also a veteran of World War II, according the The Michigan Compainion book, and …

Ronald Wolf

9:15 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Thank you RJ for posting this, I missed this Patch collection of memories of a life well lived.   more ›

Friday, April 13, 2012

Former Oakland County Leader, State Senator Kuhn Dies at 87

Local leaders recall Kuhn as a 'gentleman' and 'true public servant.'

George Kuhn, a former state senator for West Bloomfield and Oakland County Drain Commissioner, died Monday in Highland Ranch, CO, at the age of 87.  Kuhn was a Detroit native who was elected mayor of Berkley in 1960 and served as a local leader until his retirement in 2000. He was also a state senator representing West Bloomfield before being elected as Oakland County’s drain commissioner in 1970, where he served for 30 years. Kuhn was a graduate of Central Michigan University, captain in the United States Navy Reserve during the Korean War and retired Ford Motor Co. executive. In 2005 when the George W. Kuhn drainage improvements project was completed, improving 14 communities in southeastern Michigan. The project cost almost $144 million…

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