Charlotte Rosenbaum, a resident of Farmington Hills, Michigan, died on December 5th, 2022 at the age of 94. Funeral services arranged by The Dorfman Chapel.

Location of Service:

Graveside

Date of Service:

Friday December 9th, 2022

Time of Service:

2:00 PM  

Interment at:

Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery, 28500 6 Mile Rd, Livonia, Michigan

Officiant:

Rabbi Dan Horwitz  

Shiva Information:

No formal shiva will be held.  

Charitable contributions:

Donations in her memory may be made to BUiLD (Berkeley YoUth LIving with Disabilities) at www.buildhouse.org or to a charity of your choice.  

Family Members:

On the eve of the Great Depression, the daughter of Hungarian immigrants Harry and Nellie Brown, and younger sister of Lee, June Charlotte Brown Rosenbaum was born on Detroit’s westside, in the month that inspired her name. Later known as Charlotte or Char, she lived a life that represented the best of middleclass Jews in pre- and post-World War II America. In 1948, she became Mrs. Rosenbaum when she married the love of her life, whom she had met at the foot of Wayne State University’s Old Main clock tower. Irving Rosenbaum, the one-time MIA who was awarded a Purple Heart, later called her Charlie. She was also called Mommy or Mom and was Aunt Charlotte to a niece and nephews and to Oak Park neighborhood children. In later life, she was Nana to seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Charlotte returned to Wayne, earning her MSW at the same time her oldest son got his JD, and where a few years later Irv quit a successful business founded by his father, to follow in the footsteps of his son. Before “First Gen” entered the American lexicon, this tailor’s daughter and part-time waitress in her parents’ luncheonette, went to work for Wayne County’s agency for families and dependent children and was eventually named Director of Psychiatric Social Work at Royal Oak’s Beaumont Hospital.

In between, she raised three college-educated children and was part of the Jewish migration to Southfield, where the family lived on Plumbrooke Drive, later designated an historic district. Always stylish, Charlotte was also a PTA member, Cub Scout den mother, hospital volunteer, Braille transcriber, gourmet cook, mah-jongg player and avid reader. With Irv, she enjoyed classical symphonies, foreign films, contemporary art, couples bridge, travel to the Caribbean, Europe—and Florida. As seniors, she and Irv became Elderhostel aficionados. In 1998, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with three other couples (and lifelong friends). Years after her husband’s death in 2000, Charlotte became the partner of Martin Bader.

Survived by children Barry (Linda), Stephen (Aileen) and Susan (Tom), and brother-in-law Manuel Rosenbaum. Charlotte was grandmother to Neil (Lauren), Brian (Jessie), David, Marco (Emma), Alex (Melody), Ian and Natalie and great-grandmother to Brecken, Tatum and Lilah.  

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