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Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Penny Stitle: Nurse loved her work, people, books
Penny Sturtevant Stitle, who cared for the dying as a home hospice nurse, died of cancer Saturday at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Robert Bracey: Inventor built, sold snowmobiles
Robert A. Bracey, who invented the commercial twin-track snowmobile, died Wednesday of cancer at his home in Almont.
Monday, March 31, 2003
Arthur Kidd: Longtime pastor has a green thumb
When he wasn't before a congregation, weaving Baptist sermons from the word of God, he was on his knees, usually in the dirt.
Donna Greco Issa: She made others her priority
She was so giving that those closest to her wondered whether she saved enough for herself. She didn't just prepare and wrap the charity baskets during Christmas, she delivered them and stayed to watch the recipients open them up.
Saturday, March 29, 2003
Ann Hunt: Journalist and devoted foster-care mom
As a cub reporter at the Free Press during the 1930s, Ann Hunt covered the teas, dances and weddings of Detroit's upper classes in a society-page column called "The Chatterbox."
Stanley Habalewsky: War veteran designed vehicles
Stanley Habalewsky, who helped develop numerous vehicles for the military, died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Madison Heights.
Friday, March 28, 2003
Arnold Schneider: Dean of WMU business school
Arnold Edward Schneider, who took a languishing business department at Western Michigan University and built it into a thriving enterprise, died of heart disease Wednesday at his home in Sarasota, Fla.
Deaths elsewhere
NEW YORK -- August Meier, a writer and expert on African-American history, died March 19 of a neurological disorder. He was 79.
Pat Bohy: An Engineering Society of Detroit director
Pat Campbell Bohy, a retired executive of the Engineering Society of Detroit, died of a brain aneurysm Monday at Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital.
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Ex-senator, UN envoy Moynihan dies at 76
WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a New York City shoe-shine boy who became an iconoclastic scholar-politician and served four terms in the Senate, died Wednesday. He was 76.
H. Thomas Keppelman: Engineer sold real estate
H. Thomas Keppelman, an engineer and real estate agent who sold houses in the Grosse Pointes, collapsed and died of a heart attack while eating lunch Saturday at his home in St. Clair Shores.
Obituaries
Herbert Elwood Long, who served as assistant controller at Henry Ford Hospital in the 1960s, died of heart disease March 7 at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Bob Hamill: Founded a scaffolding firm in Detroit
John Robert Hamill, whose scaffolding was just about everywhere that building was going on in Detroit, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at his home in Bloomfield Hills.
Deaths elsewhere
LOS ANGELES -- William Putney, a Marine Corps officer who trained war dogs during World War II and wrote of their heroism in his book "Always Faithful," died March 18 of cancer. He was 83.
Edward Delahanty: Army hero, loved the outdoors
The B29 in which Edward Moore Delahanty was flying to a bombing mission over Japan was losing gas.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Alexander Pribish: Auto teacher also made music
Alexander J. Pribish, who taught auto technology to hundreds of Michigan kids -- and could play just about any musical instrument that came to hand -- died of kidney failure Sunday at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Obituaries
Sister Diana Marie Pellegrino, who taught at three Michigan schools, died Saturday in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Monday, March 24, 2003
Obituaries
Victoria Balfour Phillips, a volunteer usher who worked in many of metro Detroit's entertainment venues, died Friday of breast cancer at the Henry Ford Health System Hospice in Detroit.
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Robert Archer: Founded law firm in Dearborn
Robert K. Archer, a founder of a Dearborn law firm and a former president of the Dearborn Bar Association, died of colon cancer March 6 at the Hospice of Southwest Florida, Sarasota.
Friday, March 21, 2003
George W. Trapp: Avid traveler ran door business
George W. Trapp, who built a thriving door and window business by working long hours for more than 80 years, died in his sleep Wednesday at his home in Redford Township.
Obituaries
James R. Hannon, the founder and former owner of Hannon Flowers, Detroit, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at the Farmington Hills Hospice Home.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Norman Hoch: Transplant changed inventor's life
"That was such a life-altering thing that happened to him and us," his wife, Patricia, said Wednesday. "He was so humbled to receive that gift. We prayed daily for the donor's family, and because of them, we had three more years with him.
Obituaries
Clarence C. Cielenski, who played clarinet and saxophone with the big bands, died of kidney cancer Monday at his home in Farmington.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Albert Beale: Father and ex-autoworker loved life
When Albert T. Beale turned 15, he was a senior at Northern High School in Detroit and raring to go to college.
Deaths elsewhere
LOS ANGELES -- Lenore Gould Breslauer, who cofounded the Vietnam War-era group Another Mother for Peace, died Friday of lung cancer. She was 80.
Obituaries
Audrey Hartman Feldman, the first woman in Michigan to be a certified financial planner, died of cancer Monday at her home in West Bloomfield.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Deaths elsewhere
DENVER -- Joseph Coors, who used his brewing fortune to support President Ronald Reagan and help create the conservative Heritage Foundation, died Saturday of lymphatic cancer. He was 85.
Beverly Beltaire: Media maven founded PR firm
Beverly Strauss Beltaire, a pioneer woman in Detroit business and once the owner of the city's largest public relations firm, died Monday at her San Diego home of complications from a stroke.
Monday, March 17, 2003
Deaths elsewhere
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. -- Sidney Lippman, who helped compose hit songs for Nat King Cole and other artists, died Tuesday. He was 89. Mr. Lippman wrote or co-wrote several well-known songs, including "Too Young," a song Cole took to the top of the charts in 1951, and " 'A' You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)," a No. 1 hit performed by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters.
Lynne Thigpen
Actress on stage, TV
RICHARD PRESS: Banker's heart was in the church
Richard Press was a banker, but his passion was supporting Lutheran institutions.
ROBERT FARRAN: Engineer proudly displayed flag
Robert Farran, an electrical engineer for some of the nation's first missile programs, died Friday of heart failure at his Clawson home. He was 72.
Saturday, March 15, 2003
Deaths elsewhere
LOS ANGELES -- Big-band orchestra leader Manny Harmon, who played at Republican national conventions from 1956 through 1992 and at inaugural balls of Democratic and Republican presidents, died March 5. He was 93.
Obituaries
Sister Ruth Mary Whalen: Teacher was a Tigers fan
Sister Ruth Mary Whalen, who worked at Sacred Heart schools in Grosse Pointe and Bloomfield Hills for 27 years, died of an apparent heart attack Sunday at Kenwood Convent of the Sacred Heart, Albany, N.Y.
Friday, March 14, 2003
Corrine, Nancy Weaver: Mother, daughter, pets formed tightly knit family
Corrine Torrens Weaver and her daughter, Nancy Carol Weaver, lived together for 55 years. They died 15 days apart.
Nino Salvaggio: Food was his birthright, passion
Nino Salvaggio, whose St. Clair Shores produce store was so popular customers willingly sat in lines of cars backed up onto Harper Avenue for the chance to shop, died Wednesday after an illness.
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Edward Dobreff: Lawyer `knew how to enjoy life'
Edward Dobreff, a lawyer with an enormous zest for life, died Tuesday at Mt. Clemens General Hospital.
Herman Jackson: Greeted riders, world with a smile
Herman A. Jackson, who charmed passengers on his Detroit bus by greeting them with a big smile, died Friday at the Beverly Hills Nursing Center from complications of surgery.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
M. Robert Syme Rabbi was champion of families
Rabbi M. Robert Syme, a soft-spoken advocate for youth and strong families who served as a rabbi at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield for nearly 47 years, died Tuesday. He was 82.
Norman Kopmeyer: WSU faculty-union organizer
Norman Kopmeyer, a firebrand union organizer who helped bring collective bargaining to the professors of Wayne State University, died of heart disease Feb. 27 at his home in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Obituaries
Sister Clarellen Stein, who taught in Michigan and other schools for 45 years, died Sunday at the St. Mary Health Care Center, Monroe.
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Doctor, 81, has seen a lifetime of wonders
FOWLERVILLE -- In his 81 years -- 56 of them as a doctor in Livingston County -- Dr. Louis (Pat) May has seen a lot of things come and go.
Obituaries
Martha Miller Maxwell, a community activist and a leader in the Village Club of Bloomfield Hills, died Feb. 14 at Beaumont Hospice in Royal Oak.
Robert Burke: Priest was a fixture in Birmingham
The Rev. Robert Emmett Burke, pastor of Holy Name Catholic Church in Birmingham for more than a quarter-century, died Saturday at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Monday, March 10, 2003
James Briere: Counseled others in times of grief
When James Briere's wife died more than a decade ago, a grief counselor suggested that he take up volunteer work. He took the advice to heart, and it turned out to be a wise move.
Michele Grillo: Patriarch was model many followed
Michele Grillo's life looked like something you'd see in one of those glowing Italian restaurant commercials: a big family that always gathered on Sundays for loud talk, spaghetti with meatballs, breaded steak and plenty of dessert.
Saturday, March 8, 2003
Bronson Gentry: Honored for neighborhood work
Bronson Loyd Gentry, who fought for 40 years to build a playground for the children of his east-side neighborhood, died from complications of cancer Monday at St. John Hospital.
Jerry Costanza: Owned 3 metro Detroit restaurants
Jerry A. Costanza, a longtime restaurateur who owned three suburban Detroit restaurants, died of a heart attack Sunday while vacationing in the Florida Keys.
Obituaries
Nellie Smith Toler, who lived in three different centuries, died March 1 at Oak Park Villa Nursing Home, Detroit.
Friday, March 7, 2003
Frances D'Hondt: Wrote for Detroit Times, unions
Frances Purvis D'Hondt, who got a job as a newspaper reporter in the days when women were a rare sight in any newsroom, died in her sleep Sunday at Masonic Pathways, an Alma nursing home.
Lonnie Landeros: Officer taught others to be cops
Lonnie Basilio Landeros, a longtime Detroit police officer who taught others to be officers, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Ann Arbor.
Thursday, March 6, 2003
Mary Wilde: Writer also taught adults how to read
Mary Duff Wilde, a writer who helped raise two daughters and taught Oakland County adults how to read, died of a heart attack Sunday at her home in Birmingham.
Veronica Mitchell: Gave hope to those with AIDS
Veronica Perryman Mitchell, who gave other AIDS survivors hope with her positive outlook, died Saturday at St. John Hospital in Detroit from complications of the disease. She was 47 and a resident of Highland Park.
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Barbara Labadie: Turned her hobby into a business
Barbara Boyden Labadie, who turned a teenage fascination with the stock market into a thriving financial investment company, died of breast cancer Saturday at her home in Grosse Pointe Woods.
Ronald Ziegler: Pioneer pediatric heart specialist
Ronald F. Ziegler, one of the world's first four heart doctors specializing in children, died Sunday of a heart attack at the Portage Health System in Hancock.
Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Edward Ajemian: Expert in building of computers
Edward C. Ajemian, who got in on the ground floor of the computer business and built data systems for large companies, died of cancer Thursday at Providence Hospital in Southfield.
Hank Ballard: Wrote song that got people twisting
Hank Ballard made R&B; with a Detroit edge: rough, rhythmic and a touch risque.
Monday, March 3, 2003
Deaths elsewhere
WASHINGTON -- Frankie Hewitt, who led the revival of Ford's Theatre as a showplace following a century of disuse after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination there, died of cancer Friday. She was 71.
Obituaries
Bessie M. Mough, an avid quilter, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at St. John Macomb Hospital in Warren.
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