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JACKIE D. RIGGS
Services for Jackie Riggs, 67, of Garden City will be Monday, April 8, in L.J. Griffin Funeral Home-Westland Chapel.
Mr. Riggs was born Dec. 20, 1934, in New Boston, North Carolina, and died June 4, 2002, in Livonia. She was a waitress at H & N Hamburgers.
Surviving are her children, Nelson, Thomas (Nancy) and Hope (Ron) Wikentiew; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Anstine was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson.
Memorial tributes may be made to American Cancer Society or Angela Hospice.
LENA IRENE VEANES
Services for Lena Veanes, 75, of Livonia were June 8 in Neely-Turowski Funeral Home with burial at Grand Lawn Cemetery. Officiating was the Rev. John Meyer.
Ms Veanes was born Nov. 4, 1926, in Casey, Ill., and died June 5, 2002, in Detroit. She was an office clerk.
Surviving are her sisters, Vera, Louise, Betty and Peggy; niece, Cheryl Williams; and many nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews.
JAMES MOODY
Services for James Moody, 73, of Redford will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 10, in Thayer-Rock Funeral Home, 33603 Grand River Ave., Farmington, with burial at Parkview Cemetery. Officiating will be the Rev. Paul Bousquette of St. James Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Moody was born Dec. 29, 1928, in Ernest, Pa., and died June 6, 2002, in Farmington Hills.
He was a tool and die maker 35 years for Robotron Corp. Previously he worked as a miner 11 years for R & P Coal Co. in Indiana and Michigan.
Arrangement were made by Harry J. Will Funeral Home.
BENJAMIN J. REULAND
A wake is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15, in Westland for Benjamin J. Reuland, 50, of Northville, who died suddenly June 8 while working in Wayne.
Mr. Reuland, a former employee at the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, was a 1969 graduate of Stevenson High School in Livonia.
He earned two degrees from Schoolcraft College and attended Eastern Michigan State University basketball, books, and music, and had a vast eclectic album collection. He had a poet's heart and sweet, mischievous smile.
"He said his greats gifts were his children - Aaron, 26, of Ypsilanti; Erik, 24, of Detroit and Rebecca, 19, of Livonia and a student at Columbia College in Chicago. He adored his new daughter-in law, Connie, Erik's wife,'' said Taylor.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary.
In addition to his sons, and daughter, other survivors include father, Karl of Orlando, Fla.; sisters, Karla Matweychek of Westland and Martha Price of Fullerton, N.H., and died June 9, 2002. He was a former resident of Farmington Hills and moved to Livonia 1974. He was a physician of internal medicine/gastroenterology.
Dr. Ruel was a 1956 graduate of Dartmouth College and a 1959 graduate of Harvard Medical School. He was affiliated with St. Mary Hospital-Livonia, Harper Hospital-Detroit, Rehabilitation Institute of Detroit, American College of Physicians, American Medical Assoication, Michigan State Medical Society and Wayne County Society of Medicine.
Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Ann; children, Suzanne Garcia, Barbara Ruel, Christine Carnovale, Catherine Alati, Richard Ruel, Jr., Ellen Cairns and Michael Ruel; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Also surviving is his dog "Barney."
Dr. Ruel is preceded in death by his son, Joseph Ruel.
