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Kent William Wassenaar
Services for Kent Wassenaar, 45, of Salem Township, were held Dec. 23 at the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home with the Rev. Drex Morton officiating. Burial was at Lapham Cemetery in Salem Township.
Mr. Wassenaar was born Dec. 19, 1957 in Ann Arbor and died Dec. 20 in Salem Township. He was a dispatcher for R&R Heavy Haulers Trucking Company in Northville. He lived in Salem Township all of his life. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, infantry trained. He loved to fish and hunt. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and son.
Mr. Wassenaar was preceded in death by his father, William E. Wassenaar.
Survivors include wife, Kathy of Salem Township; children, Tammy (Robert) Day of Michigan, 2090 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.
Arrangements made by Schrader-Howell Funeral Home.
Kenneth John Kobmann
Services for Kenneth Kobmann, 65, of Ocala, Fla., were held. Mr. Kobmann was born in Detroit and died Dec. 20 in Michigan Humane Society.
Arrangements made by Schrader-Howell Funeral Home.
Harold E. Schoen
Services for Harold Schoen, 81, of Livonia will be held Dec. 30 at 11 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Lew Towler and Dr. William Lupfer officiating.
Mr. Schoen was born July 22, 1921 in Lansing and died Dec. 22 in Livonia. He was a retired senior accountant for Arizona, and Shemia Cain of Ypsilanti; great-grandchildren, Trinity Skye Schoen of Florida; daughter, Donna G. Durigon of Canton; son, Kenneth W. (Mary) Beardsley of Canton; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Canton Public Library, 1200 S. Canton Center Road, Canton Township, MI 48187.
Arrangements made by Vermeulen Funeral Home.
Clarence Partin
Clarence Partin died Dec. 6 in Ann Arbor. At his request, no services were held, but his children will scatter his ashes over Cumberland Gap, his childhood home.
Born in Middlesboro, Ky., on May 4, 1937, Clarence attended school in Michigan University. They had three children: Lynn Diane Partin, born in 1958; Jean Ann Partin, born in 1959; and Gary David Partin, born in 1961.
Mr. Partin graduated from EMU with a bachelor's degree in 1961, and, in 1967, earned a master's degree. He owned the Partin Building Company for several years, then taught industrial arts in the Livonia Public Schools. He was instrumental in developing the building trades program in the Wayne-Westland Public School system, a program that was unique in that it was self-supporting. It taught high school students to build homes that the school district then sold to support the costs of the next year's program.
Mr. Partin had a wide range of interests, including covered bridges, old barns, antique tools and collecting and restoring antique cars. In college he raced his stock car, Number 139, on the track at Flat Rock.
Mr. Partin was preceded in death by his father, Jesse Partin; his mother, Ella Mae Bennett Partin Ludwig and her husband Louis Karl Ludwig; his aunt Cassie Deon Brassfield and her husband Eugene Brassfield; and his brothers Johnny King Partin and Walden Partin.
He is survived by his daughters, Lynn (Bill Holmes) Partin of Portland, Ore., and Jean Partin of Dover, N.H.,; son Gary (Victoria) Partin and grandchildren Brandon and Magen Partin, all of Canton.
Memorial contributions should be sent to the charity of one's choice.
David C. Farlow
Services for David Carey Farlow, 80, of Walled Lake, will be held at a later date.
Mr. Farlow was born April 8, 1922 in Michigan and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of Orchard United Methodist Church in Farmington Hills.
He is survived by his wife, Donna; children, Gail (Steve) Ort and Rob (Sheri) Schoenfield; sisters, Vella Davis and Donna Cook; and grandchildren, Jennie and Holly.
Memorial contributions may be made to Angela Hospice, 14100 Newburgh Road, Livonia, MI 48154-5010.
Arrangements made by Simpson-Modetz Funeral Home in Waterford.
Patricia Ruth (Miller) Moody
A memorial service for Patricia Moody, 71, of Livonia, was held Jan. 3, 2003 at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Canton, which included the bagpiper from the St. Andrews Society of Detroit.
Mrs. Moody died Dec. 22, 2002.
Mrs. Moody was preceded in death by her sister, Elizabeth (Miller) Granger; and brother, Leo Miller.
Survivors include beloved husband, William H. Moody; daughter, Suzanne Burnett (Calmes) Stewart; son-in-law, Craig Stewart and their daughters, Jessica Lauren Calmes and Amy Burnett Calmes of Canton; sons, David Scott Moody and his children, Joshua David Moody and Angelica Christine Moody; son, Steven Blair Moody; brother, Jack Miller, Richard Miller, L. Greg Miller; sisters, Rosemary Million, and Margaret Watson.
Lula E. Berry
Services for Lula Berry, 89, of Plymouth, were held Dec. 28 at the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home with the Rev. Dean Klump officiating.
Mrs. Berry was born July 10, 1913 in Traverse City and died Dec. 25 in Garden City. She worked on the assembly line at the Burroughs Corp. of Plymouth for 33 years, retiring in 1975. She came to the Plymouth Township community in 1978 from Plymouth. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Plymouth and the Vivian Auxiliary of the Plymouth Elks. She enjoyed ceramics and had a cottage in East Tawas.
Mrs. Berry was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Arthur W. Berry.
Survivors include nieces, Janet Gennette of St. Clair Shores and Wanda Krause of New York; son, Stephen (Tracy) Lyttle of Mt. Pleasant; son, James (Sheryl) Lyttle of St. Helen; daughter, Barbara (Gary) Price of Bourbon, Ind.; and six grandchildren.
Arrangements made by Vermeulen Funeral Home.
