DEATHS

Rockwood
man dies from
crash injuries

ROCKWOOD — Joseph E.
Doute, 26, of Rockwood died at
3:40 a.m. Friday in the Special

 

Tree Rehabilitation Center in |

Romulus from injuries he suffered
in a four-vehicle crash on M-50
in Dundee Township on June 1,
1996.

Friends may call from 12:30 to 9
p.m. today and from noon to 9
p.m. Sunday in the Arthur
Bobcean Funeral Home, Flat
Rock. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Monday in the funeral home and
burial will be in Michigan Memo-
rial Park, Flat Rock.

He was one of eight people,
including four children, injured
when three passenger vehicles and
a tractor trailer collided on M-50
near Wilcox Rd. about noon. Mr.
Doute, a passenger in one of the
cars, was flown by helicopter from

the scene to St. Vincent Mercy ©
Medical Center, Toledo. The dri- |
ver of the trailer, who lived in

Toledo, also was seriously injured
and taken to the hospital.
Born March 29, 1971, in Wyan-

dotte, he was the son of Patrick M.

and Brenda Kay (Hoff) Doute.

He was employed as a mold
processor for the R. J. Marshall
Co. in Rockwood at the time of
the accident. He took a medical
retirement in 1996.

A 1990 graduate of Carlson
High School, he served in the U.S.
Marines and was stationed. at
Camp Lejeune, N.C. He played
junior varsity football at Carlson
and specialized in wood shop,
metal shop and auto mechanics.

He was a member of the Rock-
wood Lodge 1157, Loyal Order
of Moose.

In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his grandmother,
Mary Morris of Monroe, and five
sisters, Anna Clegg and Margaret
Kedzierski, both of Flat Rock,
Patricia Rothermal of Woodhaven,

 

Jessica Kujala of Allen Park and _

Linda Hoff of Romulus.

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