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William L. Pringle Jr.
William L. Pringle Jr.
A memonal Mass was held
Aug. 21 at St Lucy Cathohc
Church, St Clair Shores, for
Wl1ham L Prmgle Jr, 76, of
Grosse Pomte Shores, who dIed
~ug 18, 1992, at St John Hos.
pital, DetrOIt
Born m Detroit. Mr. Prmgle
was founder and president of
William L Prmgle and Asso-
CJlltes, an engIneermg and consultmg
firm. He was previously
president of Hercules Motors m
Canton, OhIO, and former preSI'
dent of Chrysler Marine and
IndustrIal Products DIvIsIOn in
DetrOIt
He was a past member of the
Detroit Athletic Club, the
Grosse Pomte Yacht Club and
the Old Club In addItion, he
was an engIneer and mventor
of numerous patented products.
He IS survived by his wile,
Bette J. PrIngle; daughters,
Suzanne LaBeau, Nancy DavIs,
Sally Norcliffe and Cheryl Sieber;
a son, William L. Prmgle
ill; seven grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren and one
brother.
Arrangements were made by
A H Peters Funeral Home,
Grosse Pomte Woods. Cremation
was m Holy Sepulchre
Qemetery, Southfield. Memorial
contnbutions may be made to
the Capuchm Monastery, 1760
Mount EllIOtt, Detroit, Mich.
48207, or The SalvatIOn Army,
601 Bagley, Detroit, Mich
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Troy Walters
Maschmeyer Sr,
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-: Services were held Saturday,
:sept. 5, at White Chapel Mem-
'(mal Cemetery for Troy Wal.
~rs Maxchmeyer Sr., 82, for.
merly of Grosse Pointe Woods,
who died Sept. 2, 1992, at his
daughter's home in Grosse
Pointe Farms
• Born in Paducah, Ky, he
moved to Detroit in his midteens.
He founded Troy W.
Maschmeyer Co during the 50s
and 60s and it became the largest
residential builder and
ready-mixE'd concrete supplier
on the east Side of Detroit. He
retired as chairman of the
board m the late '60s, and
moved to Longboat Key, Fla.
Mr Maschmeyer was an avid
fox hunter who became master
of the hounds of the Metamora
aunt He also enjoyed boating
ae was a member of the Detroit
Golf Club, the Grosse
Eomte Yacht Club, the Detroit
flub, the Longboat Key Club
and was past vice preSident of
!he Grosse Pomte Hunt Club
l He IS survived by hIS son,
Troy W. Jr.; two daughters, El-
'n Cooke and Kathy TIsdale;
&nd six grandchildren
~He was predeceased by his
\vile, Charlotte
: Arrangements were made by
~e Chas Verheyden Funeral
tr0me in Grosse Pointe Park.
I Burial was in White Chapel
Cemetery.
: Memonal contnbutlOns may
lJe made to Cottage Hospital
~osplce.
Frances M. Rehahn
; Services were held Tuesday,
Sept. 8, at St. Joan of Arc
church In St Clair Shores for
Frances M Rehahn, 92, of
Grosse Pointe Woods, who died
Sept 3, 1992, at Mount Clemens
General HospItal
Mrs Rehahn formerly was
employed as an accountant in
bankmg
She IS surVived by her
daughter, Germame MartIS; a
son, Ronald, five grandchIldren,
and a great.grandchlld
Arrangements were made by
the Chas Verheyden Funeral
Home m Grosse POInte Park
Bunal was m ResurrectIOn
Cemetery in Chnton Township
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Scott Sutton
A memOrIal service was held
Wednesday, Sept 9, 1992, at
the A H. Peters Funeral Home,
Grosse Pomte Woods, for Scott
Sutton, 38, of Grosse Pomte
CIty, who dIed Sept. 6, 1992, at
hiS home
Born In DetrOIt, Mr Sutton
was a self.employed archltec.
tural and commercial photogra.
pher He attended the Center
for Creative Studies for four
years
He was a private (mstru.
ment) pIlot, enjoyed sklmg and
golf and had hiS photogI'aphs
pubhshed In many trade and
commercial magazmes.
He IS surVived by hIS Wife,
Patsy, and a Sister, Ann Wled
lea
The body Will be cremated
Memonal contnbutions may be
made to Cottage Hospice
Thomas E. Coulter
A memOrial serVIce WIll be at
2.30 pm. today, Sept 10, at
Grosse POInte Memol'lal
Church m Grosse Pomte Farms
for Thomas E Coulter of
Grosse Pointe Shores Mr Coul.
tel' died Sept. 7, 1992, at hiS
Grosse POInte Shores home He
was 69.
Born m DetrOIt, Mr, Coulter
attended Grosse Pomte High
School, and was a meteorologist
m the U.S All' Force durmg
World War II He earned de
grees from the Umverslty of
Michigan and the U.M Law
School and joined his father's
law practice, Coulter and Coul.
tel' The firm later merged with
HIll Lewis Adams Goodrich &
Talt He was the attorney for
the Grosse Pomte schools durmg
the 1960s and 1970s.
For 35 years Mr. Coulter was
a director of the VisItmg
Nurses AssOCIation and was a
member of the board of the
Care Givers AsSOCIatIOn.
He was also a member of the
State Bar of MIchIgan, the PriS
matic Club, the Founders SOCI.
ety of the DetrOIt Institute of
Arts, the Friends of the DetrOIt
Public Library and the U.M
Club of Detroit. _
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Thomas E. Coulter
Mr Coulter IS surVived by
hiS Wife, Janet, daughters
Kathryn Ault and Kmen Phil.
hps, sons James F and Doug.
las G, fow' gIandchildren, and
a SIster, PatriCia Stoddard
Inurnment wIll be at the
Grosse POInte Memol'lal
Church columbarlum
In heu of flowers contllbu.
tlOns may be sent to the VISit.
mg Nurses ASSOCiatIOn, 7700
Second Avenue, DetrOIt, 48202;
Grosse POInte Memol'lal
Church, or the AmerIcan Lung
ASSOCiatIOn
Jeanette 'Dee'
Cameron Barrett
ServIces were held Tuesday,
Sept 1, In the Rose Garden of
Mercy Amencan RIver HospItal
m Carmichael, Calif, for Je.
anette "Dee" Cameron Barrett,
55, formerly of Grosse Pomte
Woods, who died Aug. 31, 1992,
at her home m Fair Oaks,
CalIf
Born In DetrOit, Mrs. Barrett
graduated from Grosse Pomte
High School m 1954 and from
the Umverslty of Michigan m
1958. That same year she mar.
ned Robert T. Ban-ett at Pres.
byterlan Church In Grosse
POInte Woods
She worked as a speech therapIst
In publIc elementary
schools m North Carolina and
Michigan while her husband
completed hiS medical educatIOn
Afterward, she became hiS
office manager.
Mrs Ban'ett preferred to be
known best as a mother, wife,
and grandmother She was an
aVId sailor, distance runner and
Instrument pilot She held
memberships m the Nmety-
Nmes, PEO, TI'I Delta Sorority,
Fleet Feet Runnmg Club and
Auxlhary of the Sacramento-El
Dorado MedIcal Society
In additIOn to her husband,
Mrs Ban ett IS sW'Vived by a
son, Todd Cameron Barrett and
a daughter, Wendy Nan
Dwyer, both of San FranCISCO,
her mother, Mrs Gordon N
Cameron of Sarasota, Fla ; and
twm gI'andchlldren, Cameron
and Kelly DWYeI
The body was cremated and
al1'angements are bemg made
for the scattermg of the ashes
Memonal contnbutlOns may
be made to the oncology umt of
Mercy AmerIcan RIVer Hospital
Walter L. Griffith
Services were held Wednes
day, Sept 2, at Grosse Pointe
Umted Methodist Church for
Walter L Griffith, 80, of Grosse
Pomte Woods, who died Aug
29, 1992, at Bon Secours Nurs.
mg Home m St. Clair Shores.
Born m Chicago, Mr. Gnffith
went to pubhc schools there be.
fore attendmg the Umversity of
IllinOIS A World War II vet.
eran, he was employed as a
pharmacist for Parke, DaVIS &
Co
Mr Griffith was a member of
the American PharmaceutIcal
ASSOCiation of Michigan, the
Academy of Pharmacy, the Sen-
IOr Men's Club of Grosse Pomte
and the Umted Methodist
Church. He had a fondness for
pamtmg and sculpture.
He IS survived by his wile,
Evelyn, a daughter, Cathenne
O'Sullivan; a son, Walter, and
five grandchildren
Memonal contnbutlons may
be made to the Grosse Pomte
UnIted !',,1ethvdistChurch
Free Valet and Deck Parking
for all Emergency patients.
Use the driveway entrance on Kercheval.
Even during construction Cottage Hospital
offers the easiest acoess in town.
September fa, 1992
Grosse Pointe Nej
Library and the Detroit LIbrary,
the Grosse Pomte Histor-
Ical Society and the Fnends of
Belle Isle.
She was a graduate of East.
ern HIgh School and the Umverslty
of MIchIgan and was a
member of the Delta Zeta Sorority
and later taught Enghsh
at Eastern High School.
She IS surVIved by a niece,
PattI Wilcox, and a nephew,
Charles McCracken She was
predeceased by her husband,
Harold M McCracken
AITangements were made by
the Chas. Verheyden Funeral
Home, GlOsse Pomte Park. Cre.
matIon and mterment were I~
Forest Lawn Cemetery, DetrOit
Memonal contnbutions may
be made to the Jefferson Avenue
Presbyterian Church, 8625
E Jefferson Ave, DetrOit,
Mlch 48214
WELCOME BACK!
1111 here is a land -
A marvelous land -
Where trolls and giants dwell;
Where witches
With their bitter brew
Can cast a magic spell;
Where mermaids sing,
Where carpets fly,
Where in the midst of night,
Brownies dance
To cricket tuneSj
And ghosts, all shivery white,
Prowl and moan.
There is a land
Of magic folks and deeds.
And anyone
Can visit there
Who reads and reads and reads.
* - Leland B. Jacobs -
THE GROSSE POINTE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION '
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Helene Sooy
McCracken
Services were held Sunday,
Sept 6, 1992, at the Jefferson
Avenue PresbyterIan Church,
DetrOIt, for Helene Sooy Mc.
Cracken, 91, of Grosse Pomte
Farms, who died Sept 3, 1992,
at Henry Ford HospItal, De
trolt
Born m YpSIlantI, Mrs Mc-
Cracken was a long-time member
of Jefferson Avenue BaptIst
Church, where she served as an
elder She preVIOusly was a
member of the church chOIr
and preSident of the Women's
ASSOCiatIOn
She also was a member of
the Woman's Hlstoncal Club,
the Women's CIty Club, the
Tuesday Book Club, the
FrIends of the Grosse Pomte
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