Virginia M. Gullette

VIRGINIA M. GULLETTE, 81, passed away peacefully at her home near Brenham on January 10, 2006. Ginger, as she was known by family and friends, was born on October 15, 1924, in Quincy, Illinois to T.E. Musselman and Mary Locke Scripps Musselman. She graduated from Quincy High School and later attended the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, where she majored in geology. She also met Cameron Gullette, her future husband, in Urbana and they were married July 15, 1944. They moved to Houston in 1959, where they started The Cameron Company and built it into the largest building maintenance firm in the Southwest. Ginger was also a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at the U of I, and continued her affiliation in Houston, working on many Kappa Christmas Pilgrimages through the years. She and Cam retired in 1972 and moved to the hills of Austin County, TX, where they restored a country home and raised cattle and bluebonnets. Through the years as a military spouse, mother, wife, business partner and rancher, Ginger had a zest for life that brought joy to everyone that knew her. She also was a bird lover and a life-long student of nature. Survivors include her husband, Cameron C. Gullette; her son, Thomas C. Gullette and his wife Lynn of Houston; her grandchildren, Kelly and Robert; and her sister, Mary Margaret Schultz of Beardstown, Illinois. A visitation will be held on Friday, January 13, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel, Brenham. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Brazos Valley Hospice, 302 E. Blue Bell Road, Brenham, TX 77833. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 W. Main St., Brenham. www.memorialoakschapel.com.

Published in the Houston Chronicle on 1/13/2006.

James H. Elder, Jr

JAMES H. ELDER JR., 81, passed away on September 17, 2005, in Houston.

He was born on May 24, 1924. Jim was predeceased by his parents, James H. Elder and Euphemia R. Elder, and by his wife, Dee Speed Elder. He is survived by his sons: James H. Elder, III (Whitey) and wife Anita of Colorado Springs; David S. Elder and wife Melinda Snell of Houston; and Ramsay M. Elder of Houston; by seven grandchildren; and brother Alexander R. Elder and wife Pat of Dallas.

Jim grew up in Dallas and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1940. He attended the Rice Institute, where he majored in Mechanical Engineering, graduating in 1944. While at Rice he completed the Navy V-12 program, received additional training at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, and was commissioned as an ensign in the Navy. After serving on active duty on a destroyer in the Atlantic, he moved back to the Houston area. In 1947, Jim began work as an engineer at Anderson, Greenwood & Co., a valve manufacturing business. In 1948, he married Dee Speed, and they raised their family in Bellaire, Texas. They later moved to Houston.

His increasing responsibilities at the expanding business required most of his time, but he enjoyed coaching Little League baseball. In the early 1970s, he was named president of Anderson, Greenwood & Co., and he continued in that capacity through 1986. Jim served as a member of the board of directors of Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Stewart & Stevenson, Inc., Triten Corporation, and Battle Mountain Gold Company, and also served as a trustee of the Memorial Hospital System.

There will be a Memorial Service celebrating the life of James H. Elder at twelve o'clock noon, Wednesday, the 21st of September 2005 in the Chapel of J.B. Earthman Tanglewood, 5740 San Felipe @ Bering. Reverend Eugene Vickrey will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to The Friends of Fondren Library, Rice University mailstop 245, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892; or to the charity of your choice.

Elbridge Putnam Vance, 92, of Vermilion, Ohio, known by friends, colleagues, and family as Fuzzy, passed away February 18, 2007 in Shelton, WA.

He is survived by his wife Jean Vance, daughter Susan Vance (Tim Griffin) of Beverly Shores, IN.; son Peter Vance (Ellie) of Fenton, MI.; son Douglas Vance (Kathy) of Grand Rapids, MI.; daughter Emily Beynon (Charles) of Houston, TX; and two step children, Gary Haigh (Kathy) of Shelton, WA; Karon Haigh (Terry) of Phoenix, AZ; fourteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio and a graduate of the College of Wooster (BA) and the University of Michigan (MA and PhD), Fuzzy resided for many years in Oberlin, Ohio where he taught mathematics from 1943 to 1983. He headed the Mathematics Department from 1948 to 1975 and was Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences during two separate semesters. He was the author of at least nine textbooks for high school and college students on Algebra, Trigonometry and the Fundamentals of Mathematics. He also spent four years as chair and five years as chief reader for the Advanced Placement Program in Mathematics for the College Entrance Examination Board; chaired the Central Coordinating Committee on Films and Television of the Mathematics Association of America; and was associate editor in charge of film and television reviews for the American Mathematics Monthly. In 1964 he traveled to India to teach teachers of mathematics for Aid for International Development (AID). He sought to expand his experience by teaching one semester of high school mathematics to inner city youth in Cleveland, OH; followed by teaching one semester at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. Fuzzy generously volunteered in many roles contributing to his community including tutoring and mentoring students, working with the Boy Scouts of America, and serving as President of the Oberlin School Board. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and is listed in Who's Who in America.

Always the educator, Fuzzy loved Oberlin College where his skills were called on many times for guidance based on his history with the school and for his ability to mediate between parties with conflicting opinions.

Fuzzy was a devoted and generous husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Throughout his lifetime he spent his summers at his beloved Sequanota Club in Charlevoix, MI. In his retirement years, he enjoyed continued attendance at Rotary Club meetings across the country, fly fishing, playing bridge and golf, traveling with friends, cherishing his time with his loving wife, Jean, and visiting with his children and grand children.

A Memorial Service will be held in Oberlin, Ohio. Further details are yet to be determined.

Memorial donations may be directed to the Oberlin College Department of Development, 50 West Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074 in support of the two Elbridge Putnam Vance Scholarships established by him for students demonstrating marked interest and ability in mathematics and who have had less opportunity than others to study beyond the high school level.

Professor Vance Obituary

Announcement, Posted Feb. 26

February 20, 2007

To the Oberlin College Community:

I write with sadness to tell you that our friend and colleague Elbridge (Fuzzy) Vance, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, died on Saturday night, February 17 in Shelton, Washington at the age of 92.

Professor Vance was a member of the Oberlin faculty from 1943-1983. He received the B.A. degree from the College of Wooster in 1936 and the M.A. and Ph.D. in 1937 and 1939 from the University of Michigan.

Fuzz or Fuzzy, as he was known for his entire adult life, acquired the name not because of his closely cropped hair. Rather, he inherited it from his uncle who was Dean of Men at Wooster. His uncle had a long beard and was known by Wooster students as Fuzzy, and our Fuzz acquired it while an undergraduate at Wooster. Fuzz came to Oberlin as one of about 40-50 teachers hired as part of the V-12 unit here during World War II. At the end of the war, he was the only one of these teachers invited to stay on and he joined the College’s Mathematics Department. He became chair of the department in 1951 and remained chair until his retirement in 1983. He also served as Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for a semester in 1965-66 and 1970-71.

He was active in College governance, elected to councils many times and served on various important committees. Fuzz was always the kind of person that Oberlin’s presidents and deans would turn to in times of special need. During the 1960s he played a key faculty role in the parietal changes that took place leading eventually to co-educational residence hall living.

Fuzz was a very active scholar and published 11 college-level mathematics textbooks during his career as well as a number of high school textbooks and numerous articles in journals. He was a member of both Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. He served on the Oberlin City School Board from 1952-60 and was President 1956-60. He was chair of the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board.

Fuzz was for many years the person who, at Commencement, was in charge of seeing to it that students and faculty were properly lined up for the academic procession. In 1983, when it became clear that I was going to inherit that task, I remember calling him to ask if he would spend a couple of hours teaching me the protocols and rules for getting this done. He said, “No, it’s too nice a day, but if you meet me at 5:30 in front of Peters on Commencement morning, I’ll teach you then.” And he did as he bent over in full academic regalia personally chalking the senior line up numbers on the sidewalk.

On behalf of the Oberlin College community I extend condolences to his wife Jean, sons Peter and Douglas, daughters Susan and Emily and his two step-children, Gary and Karon Haigh.

Plans for a memorial service have not been announced.

Robert A. Haslun

Secretary of the College (Oberlin)

Posted by President, Office of the

Margaret Cornwell Schmidt

Margaret Cornwell Schmidt, a beloved teacher and tireless volunteer in the St. Louis community, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at the age of 90. She was born in St. Louis, graduated from John Burroughs School, and attended Washington University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She received her A.B. degree in psychology from Sweet Briar College, Virginia, in 1937. After graduation she returned to St. Louis to teach physical education at John Burroughs. At the same time she played with the St. Louis Field Hockey Club and was named left wing on the United States Field Hockey Team. She competed internationally for three years with the team.

In 1942 she married William Clark Schmidt, an attorney with the law firm that is now Armstrong Teasdale. During World War II, Mr. Schmidt was a Major in the U.S. Army Air Force, serving as a Combat Intelligence Officer. He was killed in a plane crash in India in 1944.

After the war Margaret moved to Virginia to direct the Alumnae Office of Sweet Briar College. She then returned to St. Louis and John Burroughs School, where she worked for the next 24 years as test administrator, advisor, reading teacher, director of admissions, college counselor, and principal of the senior school. During that time she received her master’s degree in education from Washington University. She also became an active member of Ladue Chapel, serving as an elder, a Sunday school teacher, and President of the Women’s Association.

After retiring from John Burroughs, she received the John Burroughs School Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1976. In her retirement Margaret served on the Sweet Briar College Board of Overseers, the Advisory Council of the Washington University Association, and the John Burroughs School Alumni Board and Board of Trustees. In addition she volunteered at the Neighborhood Health Center and tutored for the I Have a Dream Foundation.

Margaret was an amateur photographer, world traveler, and avid golf and tennis player. She enjoyed spending summers in Charlevoix, Michigan, with her grandchildren, friends and family.

She is survived by a sister, Virginia Johnstone, and a brother, Alexander Cornwell, both of St. Louis; her daughter, Ruth Igoe of Doylestown, Pennsylvania; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 o’clock on April 12, at Ladue Chapel, 9450 Clayton Road. Margaret has donated her body to Washington University Medical School for research. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made in her memory to John Burroughs School, 755 South Price Road, St. Louis, MO, 63124.

Marguerite Holman Magee was carried by the angels to be with her Lord on Monday, October 13, 2008. Mrs. Magee was born March 9, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the first born daughter of John and Marguerite Whitmarsh Holman. She was a lifelong resident of the Texarkana area. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Fleet F. Magee; and two sisters, Florence Holman King and Zelle Holman Moore; and one nephew, William F. Magee.

Mrs. Magee graduated from Patty Hill School, Texas High School, and Vanderbilt University. She married her husband of 41 years, Fleet F. Magee, on June 23, 1945, and together they operated the Meadows Ranch. They also owned a construction company and a thoroughbred horse business, raising brood mares and stallions and racing their horses. Upon their retirement, she and her husband traveled extensively. Mrs. Magee had a truly generous spirit and gave of herself tirelessly.

Mrs. Magee was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church, Texarkana, Arkansas; a charter member of the Junior League of Texarkana; president of Delta Beta Sigma Sorority at Texas High; a charter member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority at Vanderbilt University; a member of the first Girl Scout Troop in Texarkana and a recipient of the "Golden Eaglet" award; a member of the Texarkana Pioneer Descendants; and the Texarkana Debutante Cotillion Club.

Mrs. Magee is survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Whit and Bobbie Holman of Texarkana, Arkansas; nieces and nephews, Carol King Rachoetes and husband Peter Rachoetes, Hawley Holman, Tracy King and wife Gayle King, Margo Moore Strickland, Marshall Moore and wife Sheila Moore, Lindy King Lawrence and husband Richard Lawrence, Mike King and wife Rosemary King, Missy Moore Parks, and Whit Holman, Jr. and wife Debbie Holman, all of Texarkana; Zita Holman Cleland of Galveston, Texas; Susie Holman of San Diego, California; John O. Moore and wife Tara Moore of Knoxville, Tennessee; Cliff King and wife Robbi King of Rockwall, Texas; Mary Magee Ward of Hope, Arkansas; and Steve Magee of Shreveport, Louisiana. She is also survived by thirty great nieces and nephews and thirteen great, great nieces and nephews and a wealth of friends in her beloved Fellowship.

Visitation will be at East Funeral Home, Moores Lane, at 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Cliff King and Rev. Susan Arnold officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery under the direction of East Funeral Home - Moores Lane.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Texarkana, Arkansas, or the charity of your choice. Arrangements under the direction of East Funeral Home - Moores Lane.

David G. Taylor

Appeared in the Chicago Tribune:

David G. Taylor took over at Continental Illinois National Bank in 1984 as the LaSalle Street institution, the largest bank between the coasts, teetered on the brink of collapse.

Seen as a steady leader who kept the bank going through its darkest days, his tenure as chairman and chief executive officer was nonetheless brief. Federal regulators stepped in with a $4.5 billion bailout plan deemed necessary because Continental was, in a rubric now well-worn, "too big to fail."

Mr. Taylor, 79, died of complications from Parkinson's disease on Monday, Feb. 23, at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said his wife, Robyne.

Mr. Taylor spent 27 years at Continental, where his father, Frank, had been an executive. He made his name in the bond and money market departments and was the bank's treasurer and vice chairman before moving into the CEO suite.

Continental got into trouble with a series of bad loans in oil and energy, chief among them loans taken over from Penn Square Bank of Oklahoma City, which collapsed in July 1982.

The toxic loans decimated Continental's bottom line and led to fears of a disastrous run on the bank by depositors. A vice president, John Lytle, later went to prison for taking kickbacks and defrauding the bank of $2.25 million.

With the bank foundering, Mr. Taylor was handed the keys in March 1984. He and President Edward S. Bottum set about convincing depositors that Continental could remain solvent while searching for a merger partner.

His promotion was well-received within the bank, and his low-key style brought a measure of calm to an anxious situation.

"He came from within the bank. He was somebody the staff could look forward to. He knew the bank and the sense of what the bank was all about," said Alfred Miossi, a retired Continental executive vice president.

Also among Mr. Taylor's tasks was stopping an exodus of executive talent.

"He was very smooth," said J. Andrew Spindler, then Mr. Taylor's executive assistant and now CEO of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps. "When other people got flustered or upset as the crisis grew, David was always the voice of calm, the voice of reassurance."

Continental's problems shook up the entire financial industry, and rumors of the bank's demise devastated what remained of investor confidence and led federal regulators to step in. The size of the bailout was considered huge at the time.

"It may seem minor today, but I lived through it. That was a major crisis," Spindler said. "Nobody had seen a bank go through that in any of our professional careers."

New management was brought in, and Mr. Taylor was replaced as CEO by legendary oil executive John Swearingen. Mr. Taylor stayed on briefly as vice chairman. Continental weathered the crisis and in 1994 was acquired by BankAmerica.

"The management of the bank kept it together, and it did survive," Miossi said.

After leaving Continental, Mr. Taylor worked as vice chairman of Irving Trust Co. for three years, and then joined Chemical Bank as head of its global securities and foreign exchange group in London.

Both of those banks changed management as a result of merger or acquisition, a fact Mr. Taylor could later laugh about with stories punctuated with the line: "And guess who got the job? The other guy," his wife said.

"He was very humble and unpretentious," she said "He did not dwell on [the Continental situation] at all."

Born in Charlevoix, Mich., and raised in Chicago, Mr. Taylor had a bachelor's degree from Denison University in Ohio and a master's degree in business from Northwestern University.

A three-year hitch in the Navy preceded his first job with Continental.

In 2005, Mr. Taylor self-published "Bajan's Tale," a book recounting how he and his wife had befriended a stray dog on the beach on Barbados and returned with it to Chicago.

"That, he felt, was his best accomplishment," she said with a laugh.

Mr. Taylor's first two marriages ended in divorce. In addition to his third wife, he is survived by two children, David and Amy.

Services will be held in Rancho Mirage at a later date.

Appeared in the Desert Sun:

Call David Taylor a life-long contrarian. How else could you describe a man who could show, simultaneously, steely determination and wry self deprecation in his 79 year quest to, simply, get things done? That exemplary quest ended Feb 23 2009 when Taylor passed away, at home, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. And he DID get things done - the momentous or the minor - in blazing headlines or with no hype at all...as a the consensus man (to ringing applause), or the boardroom dissident (to disapproving stares).

Call it a big, bold life - one of a kind. The US Navy veteran succumbed to Parkinson's Disease a disease he defied gamely for 20 years - and he picked his moment and terms: at home, with the wife he adored, Robyne, his vigilant caregiver, Aris Hidayat, and his dog, Jezabel, there to see him off. Taylor was too pragmatic to expect a miracle; but that didn't make him less romantic. A year or two earlier, assessing a grim 'months-not-years' prognosis with big-picture clarity, he told his brother in law: "All I really want is another couple of good years with your sister.

"Over the past 13 years - when he and his wife of 19 years settled locally after a shared life in New York, London and his hometown, Chicago - the exemplary quest might have seemed a medley of soft-focus things: scouring supermarkets for pet treats for a raucous trio of dogs he described as "noisier than a shareholders' annual meeting." Ask him career questions and he would leave it at: 'I worked in a bank.'

He was content with the quiet life of a valley retiree because he lived in the present. He wasn't one to give advice, he hated pretension, he went to lengths never to seem smug. In fact, the shareholders' meeting was a subject he could have written the book on. He did write a book in 2004, and published it too, but in a contrarian way. It was on a subject that, by then, was closer to his heart than slash and burn corporate politics. His book was about a good natured mutt the Taylor's adopted on a getaway to Barbados.

The mutt became one of those treat-seeking canines, the mellow one and the most laid back, which posed an odd quandary to toss around: Were the other two noisier because they were waiting for their own biographies?

It's probably archetypal contrarian thinking: savor and enjoy small, poignant and unlikely details of life when you have the luxury of doing so. Two decades earlier - as a senior executive in Chicago's financial district - the quandary was neither small nor poignant,.if a bit dog-eat-dog. It hit headlines and rattled Wall St.

In 1984 the grandest bank in town, Continental Illinois Trust Bank, was overextended and failing, a victim of its own bad loan making. Taylor was a loan policy dissident. In 1984, when Continental was, to use today's banking crisis lingo, 'toxic', the bank was glad of its dissidents. They were draftees for a bold gesture, a symbolic break with failed policies, to communicate change: so Taylor became chairman. He negotiated with regulators, briefed the media, soothed anxious depositors. For a man in a no-win situation, he got amazing reviews. Time magazine called his efforts "valiant;" The New York Times said he kept "the bank afloat" longer than one clean out of cash should expect. When the federal government took over Taylor moved on; taking with him the reputation of being a cool hand in a crisis. He worked for two other big banks, Irving Trust in New York and then Chemical Bank in New York and London.

So who is going to fault him, in retirement, if he preferred his crises to revolve around dollar denominated dog treats not bad loans in unpronounceable currencies. His was a life fully realized and well lived. Chapter by distinct chapter, with a contrarian's through-line, over 79 years. It was shared with style - if sometimes on a need to know basis.

David Taylor has been privately cremated. A celebration of his life, as a contrarian, a man of passion and a quiet achiever, will be held next month in Rancho Mirage. In lieu of flowers his family asks that donations be made to: Movement Disorder Center for Parkinson's Disease, Evanston Hospital, 2100 Pfingsten Road, Glenview, Ill, 60026; Or Living Free Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5,Mountain Center, Ca. 92561.

Virginia Cornwell Huette "Beanie" Johnstone

Johnstone, Virginia Cornwell "Beanie" Huette died of infirmities at Brooking Park in Chesterfield, Missouri on Monday, May 10, 2010, at age 87.

She was born in St. Louis, one of six children of Alexander and Henrietta Cornwell. Educated at John Burroughs School and Bradford Junior College, she married Robert Barrett Huette, Jr. and is survived by their children, Robert Barrett Huette III and wife Virginia, Julia Huette Costanzo and husband Anthony, and Virginia Huette Rohan and husband Timothy.

After Bob's death, Beanie married Lewis Knox Johnstone and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and North Redington Beach, Florida, where she added Lew's children, Lewis Knox Johnstone, Jr. and wife Judy, Stanley Eberle Johnstone and wife Marcy, and Carolyn Johnstone to the family circle.

Active and energetic, Beanie enjoyed tennis, golf, gardening, travel and volunteer work. Over her long life, she served her community in the Junior League, St. Louis Garden Club, and as a docent at the Missouri Botanical Garden. She was also a volunteer at Planned Parenthood, the Christmas Carol Association, the Academy of Science and Cancer Family Care in Cincinnati.

The beloved family cottage in Charlevoix, Michigan where Beanie spent her summers since childhood, continues to be an anchor for far-flung family members, including grandchildren Charles Lashly Huette and wife Shelly, Robert Barrett Huette IV, Jonathan Jackes Huette, Alexander Cornwell Costanzo and wife Samantha, S. Charles Barrett Costanzo, Jennifer Anne Costanzo, Edward Barrett Rohan and John Campbell Rohan, all of whom will sorely miss their Beanie.

Services: A Memorial Service will be held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ladue, 110 N. Warson Rd. at Ladue Rd. on Friday, June 4 at 11:30 a.m. A reception in the Church Undercroft will follow the service. Donations in Beanie's memory may be sent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, 63166-0299. A service of THE LUPTON CHAPEL.

Published in St. Louis Post-Dispatch on May 16, 2010

Deborah Lea Downing

Deborah Lea Downing 56, of Tarpon Springs, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2011.

She was born in Pensacola on Jan. 26, 1955. Predeceased by parents, Toliver Scripps Downing and Frances Gelvin Downing, and sister Susan Brutlag.

She is survived by her daughter, Lacey Downing; sister, Kathryn Anane; 3 nephews; and 2 nieces.

She was a free spirit and never met a stranger, her selfless generosity and sense of humor will be remembered forever. You always knew when Debbie was around by the sound of her laughter.

A celebration of her life will be held in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs on Saturday, June 18th at 1 pm and will be followed by a reception also at the church.

Published in the St. Petersburg Times on June 16, 2011

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The McDonough County Voice

Posted Jun 20, 2011 @ 11:46 AM

Debbie Downing passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2011.

She was born in Pensacola, Fla. on Jan. 26. 1955, the daughter of Toliver Scripps Downing and Frances Gelvin Downing, of Macomb and graddaughter of State Senator Toliver Mac and Margaret Elizabeth Scripps Downing and William Hugh and Lillian Gelvin, of Macomb.

She is survived by one daughter, Lacey Downing, of Tarpon Springs; sister, Kathryn Anane, of Springfield; three nephews and two nieces. She was preceded in death by her grandparents; parents and one sister, Susan Brutlag.

Debbie attended school in St. Louis, Mo. and Macomb and earned her LPNat Spoon River College. She was a free spirit and never met a stranger. Her selfless generosity and sense of humor will be remembered forever.

You always knew when Debbie was around by the sound of her laughter.

A celebration of her life was held in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs on Saturday,June 18, followed by a reception.

Memorials may be made to the ASPCA or the Salvation Army.

The following obituary was added to this page late. The date of Scripps' death was February 29, 1996.

T. Scripps Downing

It is with great sadness that I must report the death of our friend, Scripps. I had the pleasure of meeting with Scripps and Elizabeth a few years ago at their home in Macomb. We both could of talked all night long about one of our favorite subjects - Scripps-Booth. Scripps even gave me a ride in his Model C. I have also greatly enjoyed the letter correspondence with Scripps over the years and will much miss the friendship we developed. Elizabeth sent me all of his Scripps-Booth files and records, and I will try and carry on the tradition of putting together and maintaining the Register.

This Register Number 9 was mostly written by Scripps and features his favorite Model C. All I have done is type up his handwritten draft, wrote the Owners News, and updated and revised the car and owner addresses pages. The following obituary was printed in the MACOMB JOURNAL.

MACOMB - Toliver Scripps Downing, 65, of 10 Bacon Woods, died at 1:13 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996 at East 1200th St., at the Camp Creek Bridge.

He was born Feb. 23, 1931 at Macomb to Toliver McCandless and Margaret (Scripps) Downing. He first married Frances Gelvin on Dec. 27, 1953. She preceded him in death on July 17, 1976. he later married Elizabeth Roberts in 1977. She survives.

He is also survived by three daughters, Deborah Lea Downing of St. Petersburg, Fla., Kathryn Anne Anane of Springfield and Susan Ellen Brutlag of Petersburg; and five grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by his parents.

Mr. Downing attended Western Academy and graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1948. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1958. He served on the McDonough County Board of Supervisors, was a member of the Macomb Philosophy Club, Past President Sequanota Club in Charleviox, Michigan where he summered since the 1930’s. He was editor of the Scripps-Booth Registry, and also had his private pilot’s license. His engineering honoraries included Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, and Beta Kappa Nu. He was Project Engineer at McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis from 1958 to 1973, where he designed training models for the Gemini Space Project. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Macomb.

Mr. Downing has served as a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force where he served as a Radar Observer during the Korean War.

Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church of Macomb with the Rev. Ronald Rosenau officiating.

Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army and the University Illinois College of Engineering.

Elizabeth Roberts Downing

Elizabeth Roberts Downing, 70, of Macomb, died Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 8:36pm, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, after a brief illness and as a result of complications from pancreatic cancer, diagnosed recently.

She was born in Peoria, January 31, 1941 to John C. and Frances Killifer Roberts. She married T. Scripps Downing on May 7, 1977. He preceded her in death on February 26, 1996. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Anne Roberts Tidmarsh in 2007.

Elizabeth is survived by two brothers, Steven C. (Sally) Roberts of Macomb, and Theodore (Mary) Roberts of Peru, Illinois. She is also survived by six nieces and nephews; Matthew Tidmarsh, Patrick Tidmarsh and Elizabeth (John) Conely, John Roberts, Christopher Roberts, and Leslie (Marc) Beauchamp. She was especially attached to great niece, Stephanie Tidmarsh and great nephews Matthew and Michael Conely.

Elizabeth, “Betsy” moved to Macomb with the family as she was about to start school. She attended and graduated from Western Academy, graduating in 1959. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 1963 working first in the medical library of the University of Nevada, Reno, and then returning to Illinois to teach school in Springfield. She then returned to Macomb and earned her Masters degree in English from WIU while working as a faculty assistant. She continued working in the English department while traveling back and forth to earn her Ph.D. in British Literature from Drake University in 1992.

She taught at WIU retiring in 2000. The Downings spent summers at Sequanota Club on Lake Charlevoix in northwestern Michigan. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was active in Rotary, originally joining in Charlevoix and then joining in Macomb during the rest of the year.

She was a Paul Harris Fellow. She also was a long-time member of the Salvation Army Board of Directors and frequent volunteer, and was active in the annual Town and Gown event. She was a member of the XXMD Club.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church at 1:30 pm. Rev. Dr. Kathryn Stoner-Lasala will officiate.The family will gather in the Spring for a private burial of her ashes in Illiopolis, Illinois.

In lieu of flowers Memorials may be made to the local chapter of The Salvation Army, your animal shelter of choice, and the local chapter of The American Cancer Society. Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangememts.

Frank Leo King, Jr.

Frank Leo King, Jr. of Texarkana, TX, passed away at home on Good Friday, March 29th surrounded by his family. He was 90 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank “Doc”, Sr. and Linda King of Texarkana; his brother, John ”Buddy” King of Dallas; the mother of his children, Florence “Fritzi” King; and his oldest grandson, Matthew Kersey.

Frank was born in New Boston, TX, February 11, 1923. He grew up in Texarkana and graduated from Texas High. Frank attended West Point, Elan College, and Annapolis before he enlisted in the Merchant Marines during World War II. After the war he returned to Texarkana and married Florence Holman. They had five children. Frank had many business interests including construction, ranching, and managing race horses. He was one of the founders of Northridge Country Club. He was also an avid hunter, golfer, pilot, sailor, and world traveler who had a zest for life and an adventuresome spirit. He was a person who lived life “so large.”

He is survived by his wife, Laura Jan King; his five children, Carol King Racheotes and her husband, Peter, Frank Leo King, III (Tracy), Lindy King Lawrence and her husband, Richard, Michael Whitmarsh King and his wife, Rose Mary, Clifton Corley King and his wife, Robbi Linn; fourteen grandchildren, Michael Kersey, David Kersey, Laura Kersey, John Kersey, Joy King, Joshua King, Jordan King, King Lawrence, Carly Lawrence Loving, Corley King, James King, Lindy King Butler, Jaime Miller, and Jennifer Miller; and fourteen great-grandchildren.

The entire family would also like to make special mention of and give thanks to our father’s caregivers Harold Irwing and Richard “Jamar” Haley. You guys were truly a blessing to our father and us.

The Memorial Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Chapelwood Funeral Home with Pastor Clifton C. King officiating under the direction of Chapelwood Funeral Home, Nash, Texas.

Visitation will be 12:30 P.M. until the time of the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Texarkana, 803 Spruce Street, Texarkana, TX 75501, Susan G. Komen For The Cure, Texarkana Affiliate, 4530 Summerhill Road, Texarkana, TX 75503 or The Alzheimer’s Alliance-Texarkana Area, P.O. Box 7812, Texarkana, TX 75505-7812.

Susan Warner Slocum Klingbeil

Susan Warner Slocum Klingbeil died peacefully on October 21, 2014 in Mount Dora, Florida. Granddaughter of Michigan Governor (1906-1911) Fred Warner, she was born April 4, 1925 in Farmington, Michigan to Edessa (Warner) and William Slocum. She graduated from Kingswood Cranbrook School, Lasell College, and University of Michigan.

She strongly believed the maxim “to whom much is given, much is expected”. Throughout her life she was active within her community. She was active in Delta Gamma, Tau Beta, Junior League and Society of Colonial Dames of America. Early on she was an activist for the environment and participated in the first “Earth Day” held at the University of Michigan, Earth Fest '74, Concern – Detroit and the Bottle Bill. She served on the Boards of Friends School – Detroit and the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. For many years she was a member of the Board of Directors of her beloved Lasell College, which recognized her as an outstanding alumna, and named a building in her honor.

She had a love of music and chaired the Young People's Concerts with the Detroit Symphony. She was one of three creators of the Arts to the Schools with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Junior League. She enjoyed boating on the Great Lakes and the intracoastal waterway of western Florida.

Susan Klingbeil was courageous and adventuresome, a woman before her time. With her husband Bill, she traveled the world, and became a semi-professional photographer, capturing candid photos of people wherever she traveled. In an era before most women worked outside the home, she developed her own business as a Leisure Planning Consultant. For over thirty years she matched children with summer activities all over the globe. She was affectionately known in Grosse Pointe as “The Camp Lady”.

She brought joy and sunshine to so many, but her greatest loves were her family and friends. She was a dedicated mother, grandmother and great-grandmother whose positive outlook and grace will continue to influence their lives. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, William Hayward Klingbeil and four children: William Klingbeil, Jr. (Denise), Martha Coates (Ted), Frederick Klingbeil, M.D. (Carol), and Susan Warner (Howard), eight grandchildren: Andrea Klingbeil, Prescott and George Murphy, Kate, William III and Jack Klingbeil, Olivia and Audrey Warner. and three great-grandsons: Jacob, Jax, and James Reeb.

A Celebration of Sue's Life will be held at Sequanota on Sunday, August 2nd 2015.

Memorial donations may be made to Friends of the Warner Mansion, 23600 Liberty Street Farmington, MI 48335 or Little Traverse Conservancy - LTC@landtrust.org.

John Spencer Letts

John Spencer Letts was born December 19, 1934, in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut, received a B.A. from Yale University in 1956, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1960.

Letts was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Previously, he was in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1960 to 1966 then served as a vice president and general counsel of Teledyne in Los Angeles, California.

He was a member of the Sequanota Club in Charlevoix, Michigan for seventy-nine years. An avid tennis player, he was runner up in the National Senior Father-Son Hard Court Tennis Championships in 1995.

He is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Virginia Carroll Letts, a sister, Elizabeth Zelle Washburn of Winter Park, Florida, a brother, Whitmarsh Jackson Letts, of Mission Hills, Kansas, three children, James Spencer Letts of Chalfont, PA, Elizabeth Carroll Letts of Baltimore, MD, John Jackson Letts, of Pasadena, and nine grandchildren, Christine, Allison, Joseph, Jonathan, Emily, Nora, Abby, Hannah, and Willis.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to support the rehabilitation of post-incarcerated youth at SEA Youth Peace Movement, Soledad Enrichment Action, 222 North Virgil Ave Los Angeles CA90004 Attn: Ines Telles - See more at: http://www.greenhillsmortuary.com/obituary?id=1452317#sthash.tdnRawhn.dpuf

Chief Judge George H. King announced that Senior District Judge J. Spencer Letts passed away on Monday, November 10, 2014. Judge Letts was born on December 19, 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Judge Letts received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1956, and his LL.B from Harvard Law School in 1960. He was in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1960 to 1966. Judge Letts was Vice President and General Counsel for Teledyne, Inc. in Los Angeles, California from 1966 to 1973, and again from 1975 to 1978. He was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1973 to 1975, and from 1978 to 1985. Judge Letts also served as a Captain in the United States Army Reserve from 1956 to 1965.

Judge Letts was nominated to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California by President Ronald Reagan on November 7, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He maintained chambers in the United States Courthouse on Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. The judge took senior status on December 19, 2000.

Upon hearing of Judge Letts's death, Chief Judge George H. King said the following:

Judge Letts was a true gentleman and a wonderful colleague. He treated everyone with dignity and respect, and took a keen interest in restoring defendants in criminal cases to productive and law-abiding lives within the community. He presided with a sharp mind and a compassionate heart. We will all miss him very much."

Judge Letts's family plans to have a memorial service in January, 2015.

In honor of Judge Letts, the flags outside the courthouses of the United States District Court for the Central District of California will be flown at half mast.

Cameron C. Gullette

Cameron Gullette passed away on January 14, 2015. He was born in Brookings, South Dakota to C.C. Gullette and Perla Hickman on February 10, 1923. Cameron grew up in Urbana, Illinois where his father was a French professor at the University of Illinois. While in high school, he was captain of his football team during his senior year, as well as a member of the wrestling team and band.

Cam enrolled at the U of I where he pledged Phi Delta Theta and majored in Civil Engineering. In his sophomore year he met a beautiful freshman named Virginia Musselman from Quincy, Illinois, and in his words, "after one date I knew she was the one." When Ginger was ill later that year, Cam climbed the brick wall of the Kappa house to bring her a milk shake. The campus police were not amused.

Cam and Ginger were married in 1944 at Fort Belvoir, VA. just before Lt. Gullette was sent overseas to Europe where he served as a construction engineer. After VE Day, the Army ordered his 1634th Engineer Construction Battalion to the Philippines to supervise the construction of Clark Field Army Air Base. After 2 more years of service, Cam and Ginger were reunited to finally start a new life together. Cam completed his Civil Engineering degree at the U of I and began work with Eastman Kodak, and a new baby was born. Family bliss was short-lived as Uncle Sam called him back during the Korean Conflict in 1950. He served 2 more years as a training officer at Fort McPherson, GA.

Cameron honed his knowledge and skills in the janitorial service business while working for Floors, Inc. in Atlanta, GA. In 1957 he moved to Houston to start his own janitorial service business called The Cameron Company. The Cameron Company grew with Houston and expanded into cities across Texas and the South. Cam landed the first contract to clean the new Astrodome, pioneering new techniques and equipment for cleaning the massive structure. He also won the first contract to clean the new Intercontinental Airport. His clients included Bank of the Southwest, the Tenneco Building, Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo and many, many others. Cameron also worked with Mayor Louie Welch volunteering his services to Operation Sparkle, planting hundreds of trees around Houston. Cameron was proud to be a part of the dynamic growth of the city, and his reputation as "Top Janitor" was well deserved.

In 1980, Cam & Ginger sold The Cameron Company and retired to Brenham. They purchased acreage they named Hidden Hill Farm and raised cattle and restored and expanded an old farmhouse. They also enjoyed many summers at their cottage on Lake Charlevoix in Michigan. Ginger, the love of his life, passed away in January, 2006 after 63 years of marriage. Through the years Cam enjoyed hunting, water sports and spending time with his grandchildren. Most of all, Cam was a social bon vivant who made friends easily everywhere he went. His vocabulary and unique way of communicating with wit and humor made him a true character and friend to many.

Cam is survived by his son Tom and wife Lynn. He is also survived by his grandson Robert Gullette and wife Kim, and by his granddaughter Kelly Gullette, as well as by his nephew David C. Gullette and family.

Special thanks to Laura Sparks of Brenham for providing care for many years, and thanks to Brazos Valley Hospice for making the end of his life more comfortable.

A visitation will be held on Saturday, January 24 from 5:00—7:00 pm at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham. There will be no service. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Brenham Children's Choir or the Unity Theater in Brenham. For more information, visit www.memorialoakschapel.com

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Published in Houston Chronicle on Jan. 18, 2015

Hermann, Ruth Robinson Cornwell, beloved wife and mother, passed away at her home on Thursday, May 5, 2016.

She was surrounded by her husband, Lawrence Shepley Shep Hermann , her children Missy Pydo (Don) and Kati Mawhiney (Brett), and her sister Peggy Cornwell. She was the proud Birdie to her grandchildren Gigi and Cate Pydo. She is also survived by her parents Alec and Mary Cornwell Jr. and her brother Andy Cornwell (Ellen). She will be greatly missed by the entire Cornwell and Hermann families and her many close friends.

A lifelong resident of St. Louis, Robin graduated from Mary Institute in 1973 and completed her education at Lindenwood University. She and Shep began dating in high school when he coached her ice hockey team. High school sweethearts, they were married on June 2, 1978 and enjoyed 37 years of wonderful wedded partnership.

Active in her hometown, Robin was a longtime board member of the Women's Exchange of St. Louis and The St. Louis Service Bureau. She was a Ladue Chapel Deacon. A past tour guide with St. Louis Scene, she frequently regaled her friends and family with interesting history and facts about St. Louis. Robin was a member of many committees at John Burroughs High School and was a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America.

A gourmet chef who was famous for her brownies, Robin loved walking the beaches of Boca Grande with her beloved dogs, traveling with her birthday group, and spending time with her cherished grandchildren. She was the consummate caretaker for both family and friends, known for her soft touch and warm and welcoming style. Services:

A Memorial Service will be conducted at Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, 9450 Clayton Road, Ladue on Tuesday, May 10 at 11:00 AM. Private interment. Memorials appreciated to Siteman Cancer Center, C/O Dr. David Mutch for ovarian cancer, Campus Box 1204, 7425 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105, or to St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness, 12015 Manchester Road, Suite 130, St. Louis, MO 63131. A SERVICE OF THE LUPTON CHAPEL - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?pid=179922401#sthash.0PgiOWLj.dpuf

Jean Elizabeth Steele Schulze, 90, passed away in Charlevoix MI, June 30, 2016. Born April 28, 1926 in Chicago, IL , the daughter of Richard and Gladys Steele. Jean was raised in River Forest, IL and graduated from Northwestern University where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.

Jean married Erwin E. Schulze, June 21, 1952. Jean was an amazing athlete, beginning as a beautiful swimmer and diver, she also loved to play tennis and golf. In her forties she took up snow skiing. She then moved on to her true love - horseback riding, where she competed in hunter/jumper and dressage. Jean was gradually forced to give up her love of sport as multiple sclerosis took over more and more of her body. Nonetheless, she became a dedicated watercolorist and has left many wonderful paintings for her children to enjoy.

Jean was a devout Christian, reading her Bible daily. She was an active member of the Presbyterian Church. She served on numerous committees at the First Presbyterian Church of River Forest and started their Couples Club. She also served on the Chancel Guild at the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL. She would say it was her faith in God and the love for her family that gave her the strength to carry on. She battled MS for over 35 years. Through it all Jean was an example of courage, determination and beauty. She will be missed.

She is survived by her husband of 64 years Erwin E Schulze; her daughter Suzanne and her daughters, Heather (Michael) Gahalla and Abby (Rudy) Pagud; her son Bill and his two daughters, Katie and Alexandra; her daughter Donna, her husband Jim Ballard and their sons Jeb, Josh and Griffin; and her son Steve, his wife Alexis and their sons Bobby and Donovan. She is also survived by her great grandchildren Rudy and Leolana Pagud. A service will be held at the Sequanota Club in Charlevoix, Michigan. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the National MS Society, http://nationalmssociety.org/

Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication on July 3, 2016 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=jean-schulze&pid=180538667#sthash.R4mQzf7P.dpuf

Jack Ewing

Posted Jul. 14, 2016 at 11:49 AM

Jack Ewing passed away at the Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Home in Land O’ Lakes, Fla., July 9, 2016. Born Jan. 22, 1932, Jack was reared in Macomb by parents Mary and Dewey Ewing. He attended the Normal School in Macomb and spent his senior year at Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Ill. He went on to Knox College and transferred to the University of Virginia. The draft took him to the Korean War while it was raging, he served in the artillery.

This was the only time he missed a summer at the family cottage in Charlevoix, Mich. After the Truce, he worked with the Armed Forces Radio Service in Korea. He received four military decorations: Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with Bronze Star and UN Service Medal. Returning to the University of Virginia he served as editor of the Virginia Spectator and graduated with a BA in History. He worked as an announcer, news editor and salesman with radio stations in Petoskey, Harbor Springs and East Lansing, Mich., and came back to Macomb to pursue a degree in Accounting at Western Illinois University (1973). He joined the Union National Bank in the Marketing Department, and served as a Director and Vice-President. He also was on the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Industry. To further his education in banking, he attended the Bank Management School, Univ. of Wisconsin, and the Illinois Bankers’ Assoc. School at Southern Illinois University. The McDonough County YMCA presented him the Service to Youth Award in 1974. Jack was a voracious reader; he especially enjoyed maritime history and fiction. He was curious and adventurous and travelled to countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Jack loved to drive, and was an avid pilot (both instrument and multi-engine ratings) and sailor; he never passed up a chance to visit an airport or marina. In spite of a stroke in October 2000, he remained involved in civic life in a variety of communities. He belonged to the Rotary Club of Charlevoix, Macomb Beautiful, Sigma Nu, the Elks and Masonic Lodges in Macomb, Rushville and Quincy; American Legion, Presbyterian Church, University of Virginia Jefferson Society, The National Society of Madison Family Descendants of Monticello, Va., Lake Charlevoix Assoc., Water and Air Team Charlevoix (WATCH), Tip O’ The Mitt Watershed Council, and the Charlevoix Yacht Club. He supported the Congregational Church of Charlevoix, Presbyterian Church of Macomb and Unitarian Church of Quincy. He is survived by his wife Virginia, sister Harriet (Brian) Harburn of Tucson, Ariz., brother-in- law John (Clarissa) Leonard of McLean, Va., and three nephews Philip, Charles and Robert Leonard.

Richard Pickett Lawrence, born January 5, 1952, passed away at home surrounded by loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bryce Kittrell Lawrence and Dorothy Nettke Lawrence. He is survived by his wife, Lindy King Lawrence; and his children King Kittrell Lawrence and his wife, Amy; and his daughter, Carly Lawrence Loving and her husband, Tim. In addition, his five grandchildren, Whit Loving, Luke Loving, Levi Loving, London Lawrence, and Jet Lawrence, all of whom he adored. Richard is also survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Bryce Jr. and Lydia Lawrence and one sister and brother-in-law, Sharon and Brenton Drakeford.

Richard was born in Texarkana, Arkansas. He went to St. James Day School and Allan Military Academy. He graduated from Texas High School where he was an outstanding football player and loved his days playing football for Watty Myers. He went on to play college football at Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, Texas. After that he earned a Culinary Degree from Del Mar Technical Institute in Corpus Christi, Texas. Richard served as a member of the Board of Directors of Commercial National Bank for the past 30 years. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of his favorite Hunting Club, Holly Mound, in Lewisville, Arkansas.

Richard was best known for his role in Bryce’s Cafeteria, the family business that was started in 1931 by his father, Bryce Lawrence. He worked there tirelessly for most of his life with his brother, Bryce. Richard loved and was loved by all his employees, some of whom worked for he and his father for more than 50 years. They all loved to call him 'Big Daddy'.

Richard adored his family and extended family, especially the time he spent with them at his cabin at Lake Narrows, teaching all his nieces and nephews how to water ski. Richard’s favorite thing was to cook and entertain, which usually meant telling funny stories about himself. But more than anything else he enjoyed spending time with his family at their summer home in Charlevoix, Michigan.

Richard was loved and will be missed by many.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Hospice of Texarkana, 2407 Galleria Oaks Drive, Texarkana, Texas 75501, St. James Church, 417 Olive Street, Texarkana, TX 75503, or a charity of your choice.

A memorial service will be held on March 31 at 11am at St. James Episcopal Church under the direction of Texarkana Funeral Home, Texas.

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Mary Garvin Seibel Cornwell

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great

grand-mother, passed away on Sunday,

June 18, 2017. She will be missed tremendously

by all of her family and friends.

Born in 1932, Mary grew up in St. Louis, the

daughter of Ruth and Marshall G. Seibel, the sister

of Marshall Seibel and Nicholas Seibel. After meeting

at an infamous Halloween party, she and Alexander

M. Cornwell, Jr. married in 1953 and lived a very

full life over their 63 years together. Mary was a

loving mother to three children, Margaret "Peggy"

J. Cornwell, Alexander "Andy" M. Cornwell III, the

late Ruth "Robin" Cornwell Hermann, and their spouses

L. Shepley "Shep" Hermann and Ellen Doheny Cornwell.

As the family expanded to the next generation,

"Gigi" stayed close to the interests of each of her

grandchildren and their growing families. She truly

loved every minute of the time she spent with them,

whether in St. Louis, Boca Grande or Charlevoix. Mary

"Missy" Hermann and Don Pydo, Gigi Pydo and

Cate Pydo; Kati Hermann and Brett Mawhiney, and

Meredith Mawhiney; and Libby Cornwell and Alec

Cornwell have all felt Gigi's love and enthusiasm for

what was important to them. Family meals, fun

shopping trips, rousing games of LCR and Old Maid,

and the adventures of shelling are but a few of the

fond memories.

Mary was an active volunteer in St. Louis for

many years at The Missouri Botanical Garden, as

a member of the Junior League and as a member of

the Board of the Woman's Exchange. She was also

proud to be a member of the National Society of

Colonial Dames of America. In Boca Grande, she

loved being part of the Boca Grande Woman's Club

and the Garden Club, as well as serving as a member

of the altar committee at St. Andrew's Church.

One of her greatest passions, however, was bridge

which she loved to play wherever she was, and her

"Monday Bridge" group were very special friends to

her.

Services: A family Memorial Service will be conducted

at a later date.

Mary donated her body to the Washington University

School of Medicine.

In lieu of flowers memorials appreciated to the Siteman

Cancer Center, the American Heart Association or the

Missouri Botanical Garden.

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