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DEATHS

Irvin E. Doede Sr.

FLAT ROCK — Irvin E. Doede
Sr, 91, of Flat Rock died at 6 a.m.
Tuesday at Seaway Hospital,
Trenton. He had been ill since
October.

Friends may call from 12:30 to 9
tonight and from noon to 9 p.m.
Thursday in the Arthur Bobcean
Funeral Home. He will lie in state
from noon until services at 1 p.m.
Friday at St. John’s Lutheran ~
Church, Waltz, with the Rev. Den-
nis M. Berkesch, pastor of the
church, officiating. Burial will be
in Carleton Cemetery, Carleton.

Born June.20, 2.1906, in
Weyauwega, Wis., he was the son
of August and Louise (Bluhm)
Doede. He married Luetta
Cochran on Feb. 12, 1927, in Tole-
do. She died Jan. 27, 1994.

He was employed at Ford Motor
Co., Monroe Plant,.as a steel
inspector before retiring in 1968.
He was previously employed at
the Ford Motor Headlight Plant.
He was employed for 48 years by
Ford Motor Co. He was a mem-
ber of St. John’s Lutheran Church,
Local 723, United Auto Workers,
Monroe, metal stamping and the
Flat Rock Lodge 1731, Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks.

Surviving are three sons, Ervin,
Warren and Kenneth, all of Flat
Rock; a brother, Arnold of Waltz,
four grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by
two daughters, Joanne and Iris
Doede.

Memorials may be made to St.
John’s Lutheran Church.