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Phillip Marshall Grote
Wrapped in the arms of his beloved Irish Hills and surrounded by family he loved even more, Phil Grote has given back the gift of life the Lord first gave him. Phil died Friday evening, Aug. 27, 2006, at his Wamplers Lake family home. Phil was born on April 18, 1930, the son of Joe and Catherine. His childhood home in central Toledo was a hub of vibrant family life, a constant in-and-out of relatives, friends and neighbors.
Phil was the neighborhood big kid, the enforcer who protected his siblings. He grew up at Swayne Field, vending peanuts, keeping the grounds, working the scoreboard. He was an altar boy at St. Ann ’s with brother JC; his sisters were the daily choir.
While his rough-and-tumble energy found a home on Central Catholic’s football team, years of music at home around the family piano meantime nurtured the roaring baritone in him. Central Catholic’s legendary art teacher, Sister Mary Genevieve, saw a promising painter in him; his art survives on the walls of the family home.
After service in the Navy, Phil tried his entrepreneurial hand at small business; a gas station and nearby car wash found fair success. Eventually he took a job with the Toledo Blade; for some 35 years he drove the dark early-morning routes throughout the city.
The love of his life was his wife Bessie B. (Lathrop); his son Phillip “Flipper” (Lisa) Grote and daughter Virginia “Ginger” (Travis) Neal; grandchildren Jace, Trace and Jorién Bauer, and Jolie and Elleah Neal; brother Joseph C. (Sandy) Grote; sisters Kathryn “Kate” Weiher, Norma (Chuck) Herman, Sr. Mary Bernard (Rose Marie) Grote, VHM, and Sr. Mary Carolette (Dorothy) Grote, OSF. Phil was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Catherine (Quinn) Grote, and brother-in-law William Weiher.
After God and family came the Irish Hills and Wamplers. Lake people remember his famous early-evening pontoon trips along the shorelines, and Phil’s full-chested Pavarotti rendering of “God Bless America ” and “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.”
The Funeral Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated at Blessed Sacrament Church, 4227 Bellevue Road, Toledo, Michigan, on Wednesday, September 6, at 11 a.m., followed by intermenty in the St. Joseph Shrine Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Irish Hills Cancer Patient Services.
Barbara Elaine Goetz
Barbara Elaine (Sfaelos) Goetz, age 71, passed away in her home on Aug. 26, 2006 in Brooklyn.
She was born on Aug. 23, 1935, in Toledo, Florida.
Dale E. Wooster
Dale E. Wooster, age 73 years, of Onsted, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, at Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh.
He was born on Dec. 28, 1932, in Palmyra Township, the son of George Hawley and Hester Belle (Lloyd) Wooster. Dale married Delores Ann Stiverson on May 3, 1957. She preceded him in death on Jan. 25, 2002. He retired from Tecumseh Products April 1, 1995. Dale was a former member of the Sand Lake Volunteer Fire Department.
Dale is survived by his three children, Daryl (Cheryl) Wooster of Onsted, Deanna (Greg) Dwyer of Taylor and Denise (Tom) Sell of Brooklyn; five grandchildren; sister, Ruth Griesinger of Adrian; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; infant children, Milton and Darla; and seven brothers and sisters, Robert, Dorothy Miller, Loretta Griewahn, Hawley, Lloyd and George Wooster.
Funeral services for Dale were held on Aug. 22, 2006, at the Michigan.
Dr. Fred W. Freeman
Dr. Fred W. Freeman, 81, entered the azure depths of eternity on Wednesday, August 16, 2006. He was born in Logan, Michigan Horticultural Society (Trustee 67-71), American Conifer Society, Society of American Foresters, American Society of Horticultural Science, International Society of Horticultural Science, American Society of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (Director 68-71) and IX Sigma Pi (Forestry Honor Society). Locally, Freeman was a member of the Tecumseh School Board (1964-74) and member and past president of the Tecumseh Rotary.
He is survived by his wife and lasting love, Laura A. (Case) Furgason Freeman, both of whom expect to be reunited in the never-ending universe. He is also survived by three children: Fred II (Brenda) of Eugene, Ore., Cynthia (Russell) Kogut of Dimondale, Mich., Carol Sue (Dr. Stanley) Flegler of Okemos, Mich., and two step-children, Terry (Janelle) Furgason of North Vernon, Ind., and Cheryl (Rabon) Vincent of Avilla, Ind. His descendants also include 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, William Freeman of Leesburg, Fla. and Harry of Logan, Ohio.
In 2002 he was honored by being listed in the 57th edition of “Who’s Who in America”, and in 2004, he was also listed in the 21st edition of “Who’s Who in the World”. In 2006 he was nominated by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England as one of the Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century. In 2006 he was also selected by his alma mater, Logan High School, for the Academic Hall of Fame.
Having donated his lifetime to various natural and man-made aspects of the environment, it was a long-lasting intention that his ashes would reside therein. This also has come to pass.
Renate Johanna Eastman
Renate Johanna Eastman, age 83, of Tecumseh, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006, at her home. She was born June 15, 1923, in Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Germany, the daughter of Fritz Arthur and Johanna Maria (Rahnenfurer) Schirmacher. Renate was a lifetime resident of the Brooklyn and Tecumseh area. She was married to Ed Eastman, who preceded her in death. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church.
She was employed for many years as a nurse’s aide at Herrick Memorial Hospital, retiring in 1988. She was a volunteer for the Tecumseh Senior Center, Herrick Memorial Hospital, and was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post auxiliary unit #315 in Brooklyn.
Renate is survived by her brother, Hans Fritz Schirmacher and two grandsons, Aaron and Sean Gustwiller. She was preceded in death by her husband Ed; her son, Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. She also requested that there be no public visitation, funeral, or memorial service. Arrangements were entrusted to the Anderson Funeral Home in Tecumseh.
