Funeral services were held in Southfield, Mich., Monday for Martin Citrin, past president of the Council of Jewish Federations, who died last week of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the mouth. Citrin, who resided in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, was 59 years old.
Citrin served as CJF president from 1981 to 1984. During his tenure, he stressed the need to formulate new methods of doing business in order to meet fresh and developing problems.
Citrin began his communal work with the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, serving as its president from 1975 to 1978. He also served as chairman of the CJF-United Jewish Appeal Campaign Task Force, a member of the board of governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel and cochairman of its Commission on Jewish Education.
In addition, Citrin served on the board of trustees of UJA, the executive committee of the Joint Distribution Committee and board of directors of the United Israel Appeal.
Citrin was involved in petroleum marketing for more than 30 years and was president of the Citrin Oil Co. from 1966 to 1970. He was the only non-family executor of the estate of Henry Ford 2nd.
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