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John Hudson Brabb Jr.
A funeral liturgy will be held in the Wujek-Calcaterra Funeral Home in Sterling Heights on Friday, May 1, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and followed by a funeral Mass in St. Louis Catholic Church in Mount Clemens at 10:30 a.m. for former Grosse Pointe Park resident John Hudson Brabb Jr., who died in Mount Clemens General Hospital on Monday, April 27, 1998.
Mr. Brabb, 64, was born in Detroit and graduated from Grosse Pointe High School and Dartmouth College. He was a technical writer who worked for the Big Three automobile companies as well as numerous other engineering and manufacturing firms. He enjoyed playing bridge, travel, tennis and swimming.
Mr. Brabb is survived by his wife, Angela Brabb; four sons, John III, Robert S., James M. and Brian M.; a brother, Earl Brabb; and five grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Wujek-Calcaterra Funeral Home of Sterling Heights.
Memorial contributions may be made to the mental health organization of the donor's choice.
Clayton P. Alandt
A funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Paul Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Farms on Friday, Nov. 20, for Farms resident Clayton P. Alandt, who died on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in St. John Hospital in Detroit of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Mr. Alandt, 83, was born in River Rouge and graduated from the Wayne State University School of Mortuary Science. He had been a licensed funeral director since 1940 and was former managing director of the Chas. Verheyden Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe Park.
A member of the Michigan Funeral Directors Association, Mr. Alandt served as the group's president in 1970 and was also a member of the Grosse Pointe Rotary, the St. John Hospital Guild, the Wayne State Alumni Association, the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, the Senior Men's Club of Grosse Pointe and the Grosse Pointe Nomads. He served as a member of the Grosse Pointe Park City council.
Mr. Alandt is survived by his wife of 54 years, Patricia; three sons, Peter, Paul and Philip; two sisters, Marie Thibert and Julie Brett; six brothers, Norman, Robert, Clarence, William, George and Frank; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Interment is at Mount Olivet cemetery in Detroit. Funeral arrangements were handled by the A.H. Peters Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe Woods.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 17220 West 12 Mile, Southfield, MI, 48076, or to the Bon Secours Hospital Assistance League, 468 Cadieux, Grosse Pointe, MI, 48230.
Henry Drettmann
A funeral service was held in the A.H. Peters Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe Woods on Tuesday, Nov. 24, for Grosse Pointe Shores resident Henry Drettmann, who died in Bon Secours Hospital in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1998.
Mr. Drettmann, 93, was born in Breman, Germany, and came to the United States when he was 21. An apprentice tool and die maker in Germany, his first job in this country was working for Bell Laboratories in New York City. He came to Detroit three years later in 1929.
Just before the Stock Market Crash of 1929, he founded Active Tool & Manufacturing and was able to become the principal supplier of certain auto parts to Ford and Chrysler. During World War II, the company played a role in producing goods for the war effort.
Eventually, the firm had facilities in Michigan and Indiana and currently employs over 2,200 people. He remained active in the company until recently when he was sidelined by illness, but he lived long enough to see the installation of the world's largest hydraulic press lines at the company's Clinton Township facility.
Mr. Drettmann was a member of the Detroit Yacht Club and the Detroit Athletic Club.
Mr. Drettmann is survived by his wife, Margarete Nardone Drettmann; a daughter, Marilyn Drettmann Blake; a son, Henry A. Drettmann; and eight grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Karmanos Cancer Institute, 15111 13 Mile, Warren, MI, 48093.
Eugenie Ann Page
A funeral service was held on Tuesday, Dec. 1, in the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, Pa., for former Grosse Pointe Park resident Eugenie Ann Page, who died of complications from a heart attack on Thursday, Nov. 26, 1998, in the Bryn Mawr Hospital.
Mrs. Page, 75, was born in Detroit and graduated from Grosse Pointe University Liggett School and Vassar College, which she entered when she was 16. She married
in 1946 and moved to the Philadelphia area in 1952.
An automobile accident in 1964 that left her paralyzed did not stop Mrs. Page from being an active member of the community. She belonged to the Tau Beta Society in Grosse Pointe, the Merion Cricket Club and the Junior League of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Page is survived by her husband, Raymond S. Page Jr.; four sons, Palmer T.H. Page, David W. Page, Thomas E. Page and Raymond S. Page III; a sister, Rosemary; two brothers, Earl and Palmer Heenan; and eight grandchildren.
Interment is at West Laurel Hill cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Stuard Funeral Home of Ardmore, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the North Stanford Congregational Church, 21 Crusade Road, Stamford, Ct., 06903, or to the Montgomery School, 113 Chester Springs, Pa., 19425.
Sara Lou Leslie Weir
A funeral service was held on Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the Chas. Verheyden Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe Park for Park resident Sara Lou Leslie Weir, who died of complications from heart disease in Houston, on Monday, Nov. 23, 1998.
Mrs. Weir, 86, was born in Etowah, Tenn., and graduated from Etowah High School in 1931. She was a waitress and the proprietor of Wimpy's Grill just outside Grosse Pointe for over 20 years, between the 1940s and 1960s.
An active woman her entire life, Mrs. Weir was a member and a pacesetter of her local walking group. She also enjoyed working crossword puzzles and reading poetry.
Mrs. Weir is survived by a son, Robert Weir; four sisters, Pearl Crockett, Margaret Jones, Johnnie Barnett and Grace Goodman; a brother, Joseph Leslie; two grandchildren; one step-grandchild; and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, George W. Weir; four sisters, Mary, Jane, Sue Brawner and Martha Simmons; and a brother, Thomas.
Interment is at Forest Lawn cemetery in Detroit.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, or to the Carlock Perpetual cemetery Fund, c/o Mrs. Jody (Johnnie) Barnett, Route 1, Box 280B, Delano, TN, 37325.
Frank Scott Clark III
A private memorial service was recently held for City of Grosse Pointe resident Frank Scott Clark III, who died on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998.
Mr. Clark, 86, was born in Detroit and graduated from Grosse Pointe High School in 1931. He was president of Great Lakes Products in Marysville, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, earning the rank of lieutenant.
An active man, Mr. Clark enjoyed playing golf, traveling the world, listening to music, reading history and fishing. He was a member of the Detroit Golf Club and the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club.
Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Barbara Claudia Willey Clark; two sons, Patrick and Timothy; a brother, Hugh; and three grandchildren.
Interment is at the Christ Church Grosse Pointe Columbarium. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Chas. Verheyden Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, 48236, or to the Cottage Hospital Hospice, 19701 Vernier, Harper Woods, MI, 48225.
Carle P. Cubberly
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m. in Grosse Pointe United Church in Grosse Pointe Farms for former City of Grosse Pointe resident Carle Purdy Cubberly, who died on Monday, Nov. 16, in Akron, Ohio.
Mr. Cubberly, 86, was born in Malden, Mass., and graduated from Manchester High School in Connecticut. He also attended Bates College and began his career with the Hartford Insurance Co. in the mid-1930s. He retired from the firm as senior marketing representative in 1977.
An active member of the community, Mr. Cubberly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, volunteering for hazardous duty with the secret Sino-American Cooperative Organization in China during the final months of the war in 1945.
He was a member of Grosse Pointe United Church and the Grosse Pointe Senior Men's Club, where he participated in the choral group for over 20 years.
Mr. Cubberly is survived by three daughters, Corliss Cubberly Davis, Pamela and Sandra Cubberly; a son, Richard; and two grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Astrid Margaret Olander Cubberly.
Interment is at the Grosse Pointe United Church Columbarium.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Visiting Nurse Service, 3358 Ridgewood Road, Akron, OH, 44333, or to the St. John Health System Home Services Special Needs Program, 43800 Garfield, Suite 201, Clinton Township, MI, 48038.
Clarice T. Grob
A funeral Mass will be celebrated in Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Woods at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, for former Grosse Pointe Woods resident Clarice T. Grob, who died in Miami on Saturday, Nov. 28, 1998.
Mrs. Grob, 80, was born in Utah and grew up in Pocatello, Idaho. After attending college for two years, she began working for Western Airlines, where she met her future husband who was an officer in the U.S. Navy at the time.
An active member of the community, Mrs. Grob was director and past president of the Detroit Women's Council of the Navy League of the USA, as well as a member and past president of the Rosary Altar Society of Our Lady Star of the Sea. She was also a Eucharistic minister. She enjoyed playing golf and bridge, as well as traveling.
Mrs. Grob is survived by her husband, Emil C. Grob; two daughters, Sharon Grob and Judy Villablanca; a son, Steven; a sister, Lola Shipley; a brother, Bob Tripp; and five grandchildren.
Interment is at the St. Paul Catholic Church Columbarium. Funeral arrangements were handled by the A.H. Peters Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe Woods.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, 29575 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334, or to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Neural Tumors Program, c/o J. Villablanca, M.D., 4650 Sunset, Mailstop No. 54, Los Angeles, CA, 90027.
