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August 21, 2000ObituariesSTANLEY JAMES ABRAMCZYK, 45, of Kingsley, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000.Visitation will be held from noon until 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Covell-Smith Funeral Home in Kingsley. A military funeral service will follow visitation at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fort Custer National Cemetery in Battle Creek. Lenora M. Anderson Died August 19, 2000 TRAVERSE CITY - Lenora M. Anderson, 69, of Traverse City, died Aug. 19, 2000, at Tendercare of Traverse City. Born Dec. 28, 1930, in Cedar, she was the daughter of Gilbert Hanson and Ruth Johnson. Lenora attended Trinity Lutheran Church. Survivors include sons, Larry (Jamel) and Lonnie (Pam) Anderson of Traverse City; a daughter, Linda (Robert) McDonald of Traverse City; five grandchildren, Autumn, Lacey, Joe, Michelle, and Jennifer; and five great-grandchildren, Daniel, Brandon, Courtney, Matthew, and Madison. Lenora was preceded in death by her parents. Friends may call one hour prior to services which will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home; the Rev. Donald Engebretsen will officiate. Burial will be in Grindstuen Cemetery in Cedar. Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetes Association. Ruth E. Dannecker Died August 18, 2000 FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Ruth E. Dannecker, 74, of Fort Wayne and a summer resident for many years of Lake Ann, Mich., died Friday at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich. She was born Sept. 3, 1925, in New Haven, Ind. Ruth retired from General Electric as an accounting clerk after 10 years of employment. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne. Survivors include her husband, Paul W. "Doc" Dannecker of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Jill E. Bueker of Fort Wayne and Beth A. Dannecker-Noe of Fort Wayne; a brother, Earl Richard "Dick" Doty of New Haven; a sister, Helen Doty of New Haven; and two grandchildren. Ruth was preceded in death by a daughter, Janet Sue Dannecker in 1955, and her brothers, Paul and Homer Doty. Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at E. Harper and Son Funeral Home, 740 IN 930 E., New Haven, IN. Services will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetes Fund or St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 729 W. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46774. Benjamin Albert Eynon Died August 18, 2000 ELK RAPIDS - Benjamin Albert Eynon, 74, scientist, outdoorsman, and environmental activist of Pittsburgh, Pa., Midland, Mich., and Elk Rapids, Mich., passed away at his home in Elk Rapids on August 18, 2000. A memorial celebration will be held on Thursday, August 24, at 5:30 p.m., at the Edward R. Grace Harbor in Elk Rapids. Born in Pittsburgh, September 13, 1925, Eynon grew up in the city's industrial South Side neighborhood with his father, Benjamin Franklin Eynon, his mother, Ann Dansevich Eynon, and four sisters. After graduating from Carrick High School in 1943, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, rose to the rank of Corporal, and served as a photographer in the Pacific theater. Returning to Pittsburgh in 1946, Eynon married Elizabeth M. Phillips of Brentwood, Pa., and attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) graduating cum laude in Chemistry. In 1954, after serving as a Junior Fellow at the Mellon Institute, he took a position as a research chemist for the Dow Corning Corporation of Midland, Michigan. Working in Research, Product Development, and Technical Service, Eynon explored elastomers and silicon-hydrocarbon catalysts, developing a range of formulations patented by the company. He maintained life-long memberships in the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In Midland, Eynon was a devoted father to three sons, supporting them in academics, sports, music, Boy Scouting, and outdoors activities such as hiking, fishing, and canoeing. A member of the Bay City Yacht Club, he and his sons raced their Lightning class sailboat and placed high in the 1973 and 1974 regatta seasons. President of the Unitarian Universalist Church in the early 1960s, he oversaw the church's move to its present location on Jefferson Rd. In 1981 Eynon retired from Dow Corning and moved to Elk Rapids, Michigan, where he married his second wife, Elsie Trerice. He led cross-country ski tours and bicycle trips in Michigan, Europe and the Rocky Mountains for the American Youth Hostels and Michigan Bicycle Touring. He served on the national AYH council, the Executive Committee of the Michigan Sierra Club, and as chair of the Sierra Club's national committee on computers and communications. Dedicating his scientific training to environmental protection, he was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Grand Traverse Watershed Initiative, a respected board member of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, and a leader in developing a water quality protection plan for the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed. Eynon took part in community life in other ways as well, serving as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician and as a member of the Elk Rapids Planning Commission. As the Planning Commission's chair, he coordinated the writing and passage in 1994 of the village's first comprehensive Master Plan. In 1997 he took a position as the Elk Rapids Zoning Administrator, a position he held at his death. In recent years, in part through his friendship with Sharon Randolph of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, he was an active supporter of dance and the performing arts. Eynon is survived by his mother, his two former wives, his three sisters: (Rae Kirsch of Harrisonberg, Va.; Lee Boyd of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., and Keri Eynon of Gloucester, Mass.), and his three sons: Barry Eynon, 47, of Palo Alto, Calif., Senior Statistician with Silicon Genetics, Bret Eynon, Ph.D., 45, of New York City, Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching with Technology at the City University of New York (wife Sarah Williams), and Blake Eynon, 38, of Midland, Mich., Senior Control Technician with the SC Johnson Co (wife Diane). He has four grandsons: Hudson and August Williams-Eynon of Brooklyn; and Joshua and Nathaniel Eynon of Midland. A celebration of Eynon's life will be held Thursday, August 24, 5:30-7:00, at the westernmost pavilion of the Edward R. Grace Harbor in Elk Rapids. In case of inclement weather, services will be moved to the Elk Rapids Town Hall, at the corner of River and Spruce Streets. A memorial bench will be dedicated at a later date. Contributions in Eynon's memory can be made to the Grand Traverse Watershed Initiative, 715 E. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49686. Douglas W. Stewart Died August 19, 2000 RAPID CITY - Douglas W. Stewart, 82, of Rapid City, died Saturday,Aug, 19, 2000, in Bellaire. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2000, at 2 p.m. at the Penzion Funeral Homes, Inc. in Mancelona. Rev. Richard Matson of the Alden United Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Mancelona. He was born on August 25, 1917, in Mancelona, the son of Jesse and Beulah (Fleet) Stewart. On November 18, 1940, in Benton Harbor, he married Jean Kobel. He worked for GM Truck & Bus in Pontiac for 35 years. He retired as a supervisor in 1975. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, building and loved his family. He is survived by his wife, Jean Stewart of Rapid City; two sons, Jack (Judy) Stewart of Rapid City and Russell (Joyce) Stewart of Clarkston and Rapid City; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers; and one sister. The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc. in Mancelona. Memorials may be given to American Parkinson's Disease Association, Suite 4B, 1250 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, N.Y. 10305. |
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