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Fern M. Follbaum

FLAT ROCK — Fern M. Foll-
baum, 78, of Flat Rock died at
5:55 a.m. Saturday in the Beach
Nursing Home, Monroe, of natur-
al causes. She had been in poor
health for nine years.

Friends may call from 5:30 to 9
p.m. today, from 2 to 9 p.m. Mon-
day and from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Tuesday in the Arthur Bobcean
Funeral Home Inc., Flat Rock.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tues-
day in the funeral home, with the
Rev. Alan W. De Graw of First
United Methodist Church in Flat
Rock officiating. Entombment
will be in Huron Valley Cemetery,
Flat Rock.

Born Jan. 19, 1914, in Detroit,
she was the daughter of Samuel
and Nellie (Winnie) Crooks Sr.
She married Walter F. Follbaum in
Linden, Mich., in May, 1939. The
couple made their home in Flat
Rock for 38 years, and celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
in 1989.

Mrs. Follbaum owned and oper-
ated Fern’s Beauty Shoppe on
Telegraph and Van Horn Rds. in
Flat Rock for 20 years, retiring in
1981.

She was a member of First Unit-
ed Methodist Church, Flat Rock,
and several of the church’s organi-
zations; the Order of the Eastern
Star in Edinburg, Ind., and the Flat
Rock Cub Scouts.

Surviving are her husband, Wal-
ter F; two sons, Terry Follbaum of
Shelby Township and Gary Foll-
baum of Grosse Ile; four grand-
children and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by
four brothers, Forest Crooks Sr.,
Wesley Crooks, Harry Crooks and
Allen Crooks, and one sister,
Gertrude.

Memorials may be made to the
Alzheimer’s Association.