Links for a Cure - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Links for a Cure - Detroit - Monday, June 1, 2009

Register today for this exciting event!
The Detroit Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network invites you to Links for a Cure Detroit on Monday, June 1. Join us at Tam O'Shanter Country Club for a day on the golf course as we create awareness, raise funds and meet others who share the same goal: to find a cure for pancreatic cancer!

The event will include a day of golf with a continental breakfast, lunch on the course, a cocktail reception and strolling dinner where you can bid to win great prizes in our live and silent auctions. Individual golfers can register for $250 per person, or you can register a foursome for $950. Don't golf? Join us at dinner for $50. Sponsorship and in-knid donation opportunities are also available.

To learn more about the event and to register, visit www.pancan.org/detroitlinks. The registration deadline is May 25.

For additional information, contact Event Coordinator Amy Ruckle at aruckle@pancanvolunteer.org. We look forward to welcoming you to Links for a Cure Detroit!

Links for a Cure Detroit
Monday, June 1, 2009 | 9:00 a.m.
Tam O'Shanter Country Club
5051 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48325

Leave Your Tribute to Jerry Gudes

Please leave a comment below with a memory or tribute to Jerry Gudes.

Thank you in advance for bringing some comfort to Jerry's family and friends with your words.

Donors to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Thank you to the following donors for their contributions in memory of Jerry Gudes:

Andrea Marcus
Ann & David Rosenberg
Babette K. Wilder
Barbara & Steve Tronstein
Ben Gurvitz
Bernice B. Berlin
Bobbie & Gary D. Miller
Brenda & Bob Felsenfeld
Brina Drobnis
Carol Sofen
Cecelia Feldman
Charley Roden & Michal Chafetz
Cheryl & Sy Gitin
Cheryl K. Litt
Corey Haber
Cynthia J. Katz
Daniel T. Weintraub
David & Rose Handleman
David Goodman
Debby & Ken Miller
Deborah B. Stern
Dennis A. Park
Donna & Michael Maddin
Doris & Fred Blechman
Elissa & Rabbi Jason Miller
Ellen DeMarrais
Ellen E. Boorstein Living Trust
Fred Borson
Friends at BCBSM
Gary N. Niemczak
Gloria Nastas
Harriet Snider
Helaine Mandell
Helene Koenig
Jay & Sharon Daitch
Jean Hauptman-Clemes
Jordan & Ashley Broad
Jordan Broad
Joyce Keller & Mike Walsh
Judy Etkin
Julie E. Eisman
Julie K. Chaiken
Julie Kuljurgis
Karen Berris
Karen Erlich
Karen G. Gilbert
Keith L. Winquist
Kelly Cooke
Kenneth & Karen Goss
Lauren S. Kerman
Lerman Residential Services
Leroy J. Mazurek
Linda & Rick Cohen
Lisa & Joseph Konheim
Loie Meeron
Louise W. Simpson
Lynn & Arnold Beckerman
Melissa & Ari Konheim
Melissa Koenigsberg
Michael A. Gladchun
Mildred Moss
Milton & Renee Wohl
Miriam T. Couf
Mona & Don Shane
Pamela Bloom
Paula & Louis Glazier
Paula Lebowitz
Phyllis M. Smith
Phyllis M. Tokar
Pine Lake Club Owners Association
Randie Rossman
Reid E. Simpson
Rhoda Rosin
Rita Seidman
Roz Schindler
Ruth Tobias
Sharon & Marty Gene
Sheila & Shel Kohn
Stacey Weinberg
Stephanie Lorfel
Steve Rayman
Susan Kutinsky
Susan S. Malach
Susan Sefonsky
Suzanne Gross
Talya Gitin
Terran & Roger Leemis
Thomas D. Gillespie

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

The family of Jerry Gudes has selected the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network as the charity where a fund will be created to honor Jerry's memory.

Tributes may be directed to:

PanCan - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Jerry Gudes Memorial Fund
2141 Rosecrans Avenue Suite 7000
El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 725-0025
http://www.firstgiving.com/jerrygudes

Obituary in Detroit Jewish News

The Detroit Jewish News published an obituary for Jerry Gudes reflecting on his life as a businessman and a hockey player (founder of the AAJHL).

The obituary is available here.

Eulogy

EULOGY FOR JERRY GUDES

Delivered by Rabbi Jason Miller
Ira Kaufman Chapel
February 24, 2009 / Rosh Chodesh Adar 5769

Family and friends, all of us here share something in common. We loved Jerry Gudes. Some of us loved him as a close friend from college, some of us loved him as a neighbor in West Bloomfield or Charlevoix, some of us loved him as a fierce competitor on the hockey rink or as a golfing buddy, some loved him as a business associate, and some of us loved him as a cherished son, brother, uncle, father, and husband. Whatever he was to us, it was a special relationship because of who he was. And he valued all of his relationships.

As a rabbi, one thing we all dread is having to be in a position to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of a close relative or a close friend. Today is doubly difficult for me as I find myself in the position of speaking about the life of a man who was both my beloved Uncle Jer and also one of my closest friends. I pray that I will pay him the honor that he so deserves.

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