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Gertrude E. Chambers
Born in Detroit, Michigan on Jan. 15, 1909
Departed on Jan. 23, 2004 and resided in Southfield, MI.
Visitation: Saturday Jan. 31, 2004
Service: Saturday Jan. 31, 2004
cemetery: Acacia Park cemetery
GERTRUDE E. CHAMBERS, age 95, died January 23, 2004 in Royal Oak. She was born January 15, 1909 in Detroit.
Surviving Daughter: Marilyn Smith (Joseph)
Family will receive friends at A. J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, 2600 Crooks Road (between Maple and Big Beaver) Saturday, January 31, 2004 from 9:30 - 11 AM.
Funeral Service: Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 11 AM at the funeral home, with the Revs. Ray Lumley and Craig Aue officiating.
Interment: Acacia Park cemetery in Beverly Hills, Michigan
Memorial Tributes are suggested to:
Starr Presbyterian Church, 1717 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073
-or- Lupus Foundation of Michigan, 26202 Harper Avenue, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081
-or- Mu Phi Epsilon
Janine Dudchik
Born in Battle Creek, Michigan on Apr. 20, 1915
Departed on Feb. 2, 2004 and resided in Royal Oak, MI.
Visitation: No Visitation
Memorial Mass: Saturday Feb. 7, 2004
Janine was a homemaker and resident of Royal Oak since 1949
Wife of the late Nicholas, Mother of N. Richard, Carole Ross and the late Gail. Grandmother of Kimberly, Nicole and gret granddaughter Abigail.
Memorial Mass Saturday 10am at St. Columban Church, 1775 Melton, Birmingham.
Visitation begins at church at 9:30am
Memorials to St. Columban Church
Genevieve "Jean" England
Born in Detroit, Michigan on May. 18, 1921
Departed on Jan. 27, 2004 and resided in Pontiac, MI.
Visitation: Thursday Jan. 29, 2004
Service: Friday Jan. 30, 2004
cemetery: White Chapel cemetery
Genevieve was the store manager for Qwikee Donuts for 25 years.
She worked as a volunteer at voting precincts during elections.
During WWII she worked in a defense plant.
Genevieve enjoyed penny poker, bingo, scrabble and word games.
Beloved wife of the late Arthur T. for 56 years. Dear mother of Robert A. (Rita), Linda Petrosky (Gerald), Karen Stagl (Rudy) and Lori Stobbe (John). Grandmother of Rebecca, Tim (fiancée Denise), Melissa (fiancé Brent), Sarah, Andrew, Reese and Shane. Sister of Jerome Patryjak, Eleanor McMillan and Patricia Gasiorowski.
Funeral service Friday 10:00am at A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, 32515 Woodward Ave. (btwn 13-14 Mile)
Family will receive friends Thursday 4:00-8:00pm. Scripture Service Thursday 7:00pm.
Interment White Chapel cemetery.
Memorial tributes to Alzheimer’s Association, 20300 Civic Center Dr., Ste 100, Southfield, MI 48076
Gladys M. Grose
Born in Detroit, Michigan on Jan. 23, 1920
Departed on Feb. 5, 2004 and resided in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Visitation: Saturday Feb. 7, 2004
Service: Saturday Feb. 7, 2004
cemetery: White Chapel cemetery
Gladys Grose (nee Lawrence), a much beloved homemaker, died Thursday, February 5, 2004, at William Beaumont Hospital. She was 84, and she follows in death by just a few weeks her husband, Raymond, who died January 4.
Gladys was born January 23, 1920, in Detroit. She was a so-called "blue baby," and not expected to survive more than a few days. But, she was also born with a strong set of survival instincts, and not for the last time did she prove the doctors wrong. As a girl, Gladys was a tomboy, who liked to run and play. And from early on she was a very sociable and engaging personality. When she was in her teens, during the depths of the Great Depression, her father, George Lawrence, moved the family to New Mexico, where her uncle had a successful Mexican food restaurant in Albuquerque. Eventually, her dad opened his own place in Roswell, N.M. Ultimately, it failed, and the family returned to Detroit. But at least two good things came from that experience. Gladys inherited a chili recipe that was for many decades to follow a huge favorite of family and friends. It took her a weekend to prepare it from scratch, but because she always made it in restaurant-sized quantities, there was plenty to savor for weeks to come. Still, every five or six months, aficionados of Gladys's chili would begin dropping hints that it was time for a new batch.
More importantly, by returning to Detroit, "Glady" -- petite, pretty and dark-haired -- was positioned to meet her leading man: a tall, slim and handsome young Tennessean named Raymond Grose. They met in 1940, and in November 1941, they married. And it was a union of great strength and commitment. A true love story that never faltered over 62 years of marriage. Indeed, their love was especially evident in the waning days of their lives. When she was would visit Ray in the hospital, they would -- despite their frailties -- hold hands and beam at one another.
Their marriage produced three children -- Nora, George and Thomas -- to whom they were unreservedly devoted. Gladys was very much a women of her generation, an era when the title "homemaker" carried no negative connotations. For the first 20 years or so of their marriage, she always wore dresses, never slacks. She took a keen pride in maintaining the household. Late every afternoon, she would change into something fashionable, fix her hair and makeup, and have dinner ready for the family when Ray came home from work. Clearly, theirs was a traditional marriage: Ray was the breadwinner; Gladys the hardworking housewife. But it was also a union of equals. Gladys possessed, as Ray often acknowledged, an innate intelligence, a will of steel and an abundance of common sense. The respect they had for one another was as strong as it was mutual.
When Gladys became an empty-nester in 1972, she began working at the machine-tool shop that Ray had cofounded in Mt. Clemens three years earlier, Micro Manufacturing. Because of her sparkling personality and willingness to roll up her sleeves and work hard, she was popular with coworkers who never viewed her as the "boss's wife."
Gladys loved music and she loved to dance. And she was good at it. At weddings and parties, Gladys was always one of the first out on the dance floor -- especially for polkas. She also liked to cook -- her baking skills were particularly fine. And she enjoyed crocheting and knitting, and liked to play cards and board games. Gladys was a very social person, who loved being with people. Her sense of humor was well-developed, often wry and somewhat mischievous. A good joke could cause her to break out in fits of giggles. Like Ray, she loved children. She was an excellent mother and grandmother.
No one should be defined by an illness. But how Gladys responded to an incredibly lengthy and debilitating ailment perfectly defined her spirit, strength and courage. In the late 1970s, she contracted Parkinson's Disease, the neurological illness. But never did it stop her from enjoying life. She and Ray continued to travel, twice to Europe and often to Nevada and Tennessee. She didn't complain. She didn't feel sorry for herself. She just got on with things, as best she could. Several times in the last decade of her life, she battled back from what appeared to be certain death. Gladys was a true and brave fighter. And her determination to not give into the tyranny of Parkinson's served as a inspiration to those who knew and loved her. She was indeed greatly loved. And now she is greatly missed.
Gladys is survived by her children:�Nora DeBello, of St. Louis, Mo., George Grose, of Bloomfield Hills, and Thomas Grose, of Washington, D.C.; eight grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at A.J. Desmond &�Sons Funeral Home, 32515 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak, Saturday, February 7, from 10:30an until funeral service 12:30pm
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in the memory of Gladys Grose to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 30161 Southfield Rd. Ste 199, Southfield, MI 48076
Paul Hruska
Born in Detroit, Michigan on Jan. 23, 1914
Departed on Jan. 28, 2004 and resided in Troy, MI.
Visitation: No Visitation
Service: Saturday Jan. 31, 2004
cemetery: Private
PAUL HRUSKA, age 90, died January 28, 2004 in Troy, Michigan. He was born January 23, 1914 in Detroit.
Mr. Hruska retired from General Motors Corp. as an Administrator.
Beloved husband of the late Helen, deceased 1988.
Dear father of Lorraine Mallory and Warren (Leslie).
Also survived by 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Memorial Service Saturday 10:30 AM at White Chapel cemetery, 621 W. Long Lake Road, Troy, with The Reverend Jack Brown officiating.
Memorial Tributes to Heartland Hospice, 1321 Linden Road, Suite B, Flint, MI 48532.
