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Dr George Mogill
Dr George Mogill, 103, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, died on 09 August 2020. The Funeral was A PRIVATE FAMILY GRAVESIDE SERVICE on Tuesday, 11 August 2020 at 3:00 PM . Rabbi Joseph Krakoff and Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman officiated. Click  to watch a video of the recorded service.Family members include: Beloved husband of 60 years of the late Irma Mogill. Cherished father of Jain (Dr. Carl) Lauter, David Mogill and Elizabeth (Kenneth) Silver. Loving grandfather of Shira (Lyle) Wolberg, Rebekah Lauter, Dr. Johnathan Lauter (Liza Sugar), Joseph Silver (Fiance Grace Erdmann), Shelby Silver, Annie Silver, Danny (Sidney Lubeck) Mogill and Anna Mogill. Proud great-grandfather of Joey, Katie & Maya Wolberg and Talia & Henry Lauter. Dear brother of the late Harry (the late Bella) Mogill and the late Norton Mogill, brother-in-law of the late Marshall Traibman. Party celebrates doctor's 100th birthday From the Birmingham Eccentric Aug. 11, 2017 - Diane K. Bert As he was being honored at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2016, Dr. George Mogill, Class of 1942, was described by Dr. Diane Levine. “His teaching in the office was legendary," Levine said. "He has been a role model for generations of physicians and students.” Dr. Mogill is the oldest member of the Michigan Academy of Family Practice and the second oldest alumnus of Wayne Medical School. Now he and his family are celebrating his 100th birthday. His three children — Jain Lauder, Elizabeth Silver and David Mogill — prepared food for the 250 guests at the Lauder home in Bloomfield Township. The guests included colleagues, patients, squash players, Chaldean nuns and relatives. One 102-year-old guest amused others when he said, “One hundred is not such a big deal.” The day before this party, Dr. Mogill was celebrated at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. He and the cantor sang some Hebrew songs together, some of which had been written by Dr. Mogill’s father who was a cantor. Looking back on his life, Mogill describes how he graduated from high school at age 15, attended medical school and had lo lie about his age to enlist as a doctor in the Army during World War II. He arrived in Normandy shortly after the invasion and served in the 8th Army Hospital service. “In wartime you did everything that was asked of you," he said. "You did the best you could.” During his service in France, he made a trip into Paris to try to look up Jewish friends and relatives. As he approached a synagogue, he asked, “How many of our people are left?” The man cried and said not many were left. Dr. Mogill made plans to return. Nurses became aware of this and gave him food, socks and cigarettes to share. He returned to Paris and was led through tunnels to an underground area. As he distributed the goods, he noted that the people were placing everything on a table. They explained that not everyone was there and they wanted to be sure everyone benefited. Dr. Mogill was on a troop ship in the Panama Canal area headed for the invasion of Japan when the bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Pacific war ended. The ship turned and headed for Boston. He was discharged as a major. In Boston, he met Irma who became his beloved wife until she passed away in 2012. Returning to Detroit he found that his surgical residency had been given to someone else and be became a general practitioner, which suited him well. He was on the staff of Grace Hospital. As he began his private practice, he was advised to have separate times or days for black and white patients. He refused to do this and became the third physician in Detroit to have an integrated practice. “I charged patients based upon what they could afford," Mogill said. "Some paid only 25 cents for an office visit but this maintained their dignity. Nuns, priests and rabbis were not charged." In the early days of his practice, family physicians delivered babies, did tonsillectomies and appendectomies. Dr. Mogill explained that penicillin changed medicine, saving many lives. After the morning visiting hospitalized patients and afternoon seeing 20-40 patients, Dr. Mogill would make house calls on the way home. He carried medicines which drug salesman furnished for him, which was important because drugstores were not open evenings or Sundays and many patients could not afford medicine. In 1970 preceptorships began with third year medical students accompanying physicians. There was a great competition to be assigned to Dr. Mogill. His student would begin the day with him at 6 a.m. with a game of squash. He would give the student a racquet to keep. Then they would go to the hospital for breakfast and begin rounds. Dr. Mogill continued being a preceptor until 2009 at age 92. The students have continued to be his friends. “During the 1967 riots, my patients guarded my office which was a storefront in the Seville Hotel," Mogill recalled. "They stood guard around the clock for a week and the office was not damaged or looted.” This is an indication of the loyalty, high esteem and affection his patients felt for him. In 1960 the world famous champion squash player, Pakistani Hashim Khan, was brought to Detroit by Arthur Sonneborn to work at the Uptown Athletic Club. Soon a deep friendship developed with the Mogill family. “He and his family were part of our family,” says Jain Mogill Lauder. Dr. Mogill continued his pattern of daily squash games and taught colleagues and members of his family the intricacies of the game. Walter Oehrlein, a champion squash player at West Point and a Bloomfield Hills resident says, “Dr. George Mogill has not only had an outstanding career in medicine, he has introduced many people to the game of squash. He is a very fine person." Metro Detroit’s Jewish funeral homes have agreed that families should follow the directive of Centers for Disease Control and restrict the size of gatherings to no more than 36.
It is suggested that those who wish to further honor the memory of Dr George Mogill may do so by making a contribution to: George Mogill MD Award in Family Medicine; Wayne State University School of MedicineClick to Visit Charity Website or Racquet Up DetroitClick to Visit Charity Website |