Milwaukee native Evelyn Golden (nee Cohen), a physician and human rights activist, died Jan. 1 of congestive heart failure in Flint, Mich. She was 91.
A graduate of Washington High School and the University of Wisconsin Medical School, she moved to Flint in 1936 to intern at the Hurley Medical Center. She later ran her own private practice limited to women’s health. She was also the medical advisor to the Flint public schools for 17 years.
She was a board member, member or advisor to several organizations, including the Flint Jewish Children and Family Services, the Flint Jewish Federation, as well as many other community organizations.
An active member of Temple Beth El and Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhoods in Flint, she was also an avid letter writer, painter, gardener, and nature lover. She enjoyed ice-skating and roller-skating until her late eighties.
Upon receiving an award in 1999, she said her two mottos were “If it is to be, it is up to me,” and “It’s not what you get but what you give that measures the worth of the life you live,” according to an article in the Jan. 2 Flint Journal.
She received numerous awards, including the Flint Jewish Community Council Senior Friendship award, the Flint Ann Lebster Hadassah Humanitarian Award, and the Jewish Community Services Peppy Rosenthal Human Services Award.
She married H. Maxwell Golden, M.D., in 1939. He died in 1983, the year she retired from private practice.
She is survived by sons Dr. Robert (Minna) Golden, of Potomac, Md., Dr. Theodore Golden of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Dr. Douglas (Rhoda) Golden of Portland, Ore.; daughters Janet Golden of Beverly Hills, Calif., Debra (Harold) Golden Steinman of Flint and Karen (Steve) Golden, of Los Angeles; 19 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Rabbi Karen Compenez officiated at graveside services at Beth El Cemetery in Flint on Jan. 3.
Memorials to the charity of choice would be appreciated by the family.
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