In Memoriam: A Tribute to Those We've Lost in 2011

Did you lose someone special to you this year? Post a photo here in honor of their memory.

For many of us, 2011 is a year we'll long remember because of the loss of a loved one. In honor of our departed family and friends, here's a photo gallery that you can add to and share with others. Just upload a photo of your lost loved one and enter a description of them. To add a photo, log into your Patch account. Then click on "Upload Photos and Videos." Select the file you wish to upload and click "open." Please include name, hometown and age.

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Man’s Dedication to Torah Study Inspired Friends and Family

Farmington Hills resident Benzion Gotlib died at the age of 93.

Editor's note: This article is reprinted with permission from chabad.org. The original article can be found on the chabad.org website. By Jessica Naiman June 6, 2011 10:25 AM Benzion Gotlib loved to study Jewish texts, and thanks to the Jewish Learning Network – a worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch run effort to pair study partners by fiber optic cable and phone line – he was able to keep up a weekly learning appointment up until his passing at the age of 93. “It kept him alive,” says daughter Judy Gordon of the regular phone sessions her father had with Rabbi Yisroel Rosen of Brooklyn, N.Y. Right up until February, Gotlib would pick up the phone at his Farmington Hills, Mich., residence and study Talmud with Rosen for a half hour, described by …

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Optimist Club Charter Member Dies

Earl Friedman started with the local club 27 years ago.

Earl Friedman, 84, a charter member of the Farmington-Farmington Hills Optimist Club, died June 15 in Johns Island, SC. The funeral will be held at Ira Kaufman Chapel on Sunday 3 p.m., with Rabbi David Nelson and Cantor Samuel Greenbaum officiating. Burial will be at Nusach Harie in Ferndale. Friedman was preceded in death by his wife, Adele. Survivors include his children, Helene (Richard) Glassman and Michael (Gail) Friedman; granddaughter Jodie (Steve Mientkiewicz) Friedman; great-granddaughter Alyssa Mientkiewicz; brother Bernie Friedman; many other family members and friends. Memorials suggested to Beth Shalom, 14601 Lincoln, Oak Park; Farmington-Farmington Hills Optimist Club, PO Box 2203; Farmington Hills, f2hoptimists.org; or …

Assisted Suicide Advocate Jack Kevorkian of Royal Oak Dies at 83

Longtime resident was a lightning rod for controversy and a familiar face around town.

Assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian of Royal Oak died at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak this morning after being hospitalized with kidney, liver and respiratory problems off and on for several weeks. He was 83. Kevorkian first made headlines for his right-to-die stand in 1990 when he assisted in the death of Janet Adkins, who had Alzheimer’s disease. The former pathologist admitted to assisting in an estimated 130 deaths from 1990-98. More recently, he served eight years of a 10- to 25-year sentence in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease. He was released from prison in 2007 and returned to live in an apartment in Royal Oak, where he was frequently seen at his favorite restaurants and shops. …

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5:15 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012

Rants go on and on here. Dr. Death was the wrong guy to follow as the Poster Child for this cause. People want dignity when their life ends, only to find the insurance company standing by the plug ready to pull it. I have seen many times, as recently as this past December, the insurance company wanting to withhold care and having the families told that they need to make sure things are in place …   more ›

Photo Gallery: 'Field of Honor' Pays Tribute to Michigan's Fallen Troops

The flags and biography tags are on display this weekend at Guardian Angel Cemetery in Oakland Township.

Just inside the iron gates of Guardian Angel Cemetery on Rochester Road in Oakland Township, 245 American flags arranged meticulously in six rows flap in the breeze. Each of the flags represents a Michigan serviceman or woman who died as a result of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and each flagpole bears that man or woman's name, photograph, hometown and a short biography. “We’ve done the flags for the past couple years, and the idea to add the tags with the bios on it was a collective idea," said Guardian Angel Cemetery Director Wendy Mann. “We’ve been working on it for the past couple months. It’s definitely a project.” Mann said the Field of Honor was erected Tuesday near the silo, but heavy rain flooded the area and forced …

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Lincoln Scholar Dies at Age 88

Dr. Weldon Petz's collection of Lincoln memorabilia now resides in the Plymouth Historical Museum.

Dr. Weldon Petz, former Farmington Schools principal and renowned expert on President Abraham Lincoln, died Thursday. He was 88 years old. Visitation will be held at McCabe Funeral Home on 12 Mile Road west of Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills today, 3 p.m.-8 p.m. and Monday, 2 p.m.- 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, at Franklin Community Church, 26425 Wellington Road, in Franklin.  In the late 1990s, the Plymouth Historical Museum purchased Petz's substantial collection of Lincoln memorabilia, including rare family photographs, a book Lincoln owned as a boy, a life mask of Lincoln circa 1860, and even a lock of Lincoln's hair – along with more than 1,200 books, articles and other archival items. "We are …

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