The Detroit Jewish community is mourning the death of Aaron DeRoy, automobile dealer and sportsman, who was killed in an automobile accident. Mr. DeRoy was a former president of the Detroit Service Group of the Jewish Welfare Federation and for two years served as chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaigns. He would have been 55 on March 19.
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