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Elizabetit Mary Ausum
May 22, 1905-Jan. 4, 1999

LIVONIA — Elizabeth Mary
Ausum, 98, of Livonia, a former
elementary teacher in Flat Rock,
died Monday in Marywood Nurs-
ing Center.

Friends may call from 5 to 9
p.m. Thursday at the Arthur
Bobcean Funeral Home, Flat
Rock, where a Scripture service
will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at
9:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral
home and at 10 a.m. at St. Roch
Catholic Church, Flat Rock. The
Rev. Frederick Misiolek, pastor
of the church, will officiate. Bur-
jal will be in Michigan Memori-
al Park, Flat Rock.

Born May 22, 1905, in Niagara
Falls, N.Y., she was the daughter
of Edward and Mary (Shanaban)
Lyons. She married Dr. Charles
Ausum April 11, 1925, in Detroit.
He died July 22, 1983.

She was a teacher at Huron
Township Elementary Schools
and the Flat Rock Schools.

She was a charter member of
the Flat Rock Women’s Study

and a member of St. Roch’s Asso- :

ciation for Women. She was a
past member of UW, Birchwood
Association of Mullett Lake,
Cheyboygan County.

She grew up near Birch Run
and attended the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. She grad-
uated from Wayne State Univer-
sity, Detroit, in 1951, with a bach-
elor of arts degree in elementary
education.

Surviving are two sons, John
D. of Tryon, N.C., and James C.

of Seattle, Wash.; three daugh- |

ters, Mrs. William (Janice)
Thompson of Potomac, Md.,
Mrs. James (Mary) Batcheller of
Trenton and Donna French of
Livonia; 17 grandchildren, and
15 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she
was preceded in death by a son,
Paul E., and three brothers,
Joseph, Edward and James
Moore.

Memorials may be made to the
St. Roch Building fund.