ye Evening News, Wed., July 2, 1997

 

 

 

Lafayette C. Laginess

Lafayette C. Laginess, 65, of
Rockwood died at 9:31 p.m. Mon-
day in Seaway Hospital, Trenton.

Friends may call from 2 to 9
p.m. Thursday and 1 to 9 p.m. Fri-
day in the Ford Chapel-Allore
Martenson Funeral Home, Rock-
wood. A Downriver Veterans
Honor Guard service will be at 7
p.m. Thursday, followed by a
rosary recited by the Rev. Thomas
Sauter, pastor of St. Mary Catholic
Church, Rockwood, at 8 p.m. Ser-
vices will be at 9:30 a.m. Satur-
day in the funeral home, followed
by Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Mary

> Catholic Church, Rockwood, wit

, the Rev. Thomas Sauter officiat-

ing. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary

; Cemetery, Rockwood.
- Born Nov. 21, 1931, in Rock-
wood, he was the son of Lafayette
and Caroline (LeFeve) Laginess.
He married Marjorie Scharboneau
on Aug. 8, 1953, in St. Joseph
Catholic Church, Trenton.

He was a self-employed insur-
ance agent for 31 years in his own
State Farm Insurance Office in
the downriver area before retiring
in 1993. He served in the U.S.
Army from 1952 to 1954. He was
a member of St. Mary Catholic
Church, where he also served as
an usher. He was also a member of
the West Shore Country Club,
Grosse Ile, for 15 years. He was a
1950 graduate of Monroe Catholic
Central High School and a spon-
sor for many youth organizations
in the downriver area. He was also
an avid bowler and big game
hunter.

Surviving are his wife; his moth-
er, Mrs. Robert (Caroline) Shi-
navare of Prudenville, Mich.; a
daughter, Mrs. Wally (Dawn)
Doran of Rockwood; a brother,
Dale Laginess of East Jordan,
Mich.; three sisters, Mrs. Barbara
Raymond of Rockwood, Mrs.
Alan (Carol) Rigley of Wyandotte,
and Mrs. Janet Smith of Wyanotte,
and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his
father.

Memorials may be made to St.
Mary Catholic Church Restoration
Fund.