In Memoriam
Douglas T. McClure ’41 DUS died December 17, 2012. Mr. McClure retired in November 1989 as executive Director – Marketing after 42 years with Ford Motor Co. where he held a number of sales and marketing positions since starting as a trainee in 1947. Following retirement, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Henry Ford Health System from 1989 to 1995, when he was named an honorary trustee. Mr. McClure was a trustee of University Liggett School in the 1970s when Grosse Pointe University School and Liggett merged. He also served on a number of other professional and community boards including the Michigan Cancer Foundation, The Hill School, Association of National Advertisers, The Ad Council and Adcraft Club of Detroit. Following graduation from The Hill School, Mr. McClure entered Princeton, graduating with honors in 1947 after serving in the OSS during World War II. In 1951, Mr. McClure married Marjorie (Midge) Oberteuffer ’43 CDS and is survived by her and sons Doug Jr. ’70, Peter ’83, daughter Julie Chandler ’72 and seven grandchildren. His brother Don graduated with the DUS class of ’38 and sister Mary graduated from Liggett in 1935. Both predeceased Doug. Gloria McCormick-Goodhart ’43 CDS, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2012, at her home in Portland, Ore. She was born to Armin and Lorone Rickel and raised in Grosse Pointe. Her father was the president of H.W. Rickel and Co., founded by her grandfather, Henry William Rickel in 1906. She attended Grosse Pointe Country Day School, Bradford Junior College and Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1946, she made her social debut at the family home on Edgemont Park overlooking Lake St. Clair. Summer months were spent at the family cottage, Pine Bough, on Mackinac Island. She was a lifelong member and deacon of the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church. She was also a member of Tau Beta and the Junior League of Detroit. In 1950, she married Leander “Jack” Hamilton McCormick-Goodhart of London, England. Mr. McCormick-Goodhart was an executive with the Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. as a recruitment specialist. The couple built their family home on Tonnancour Place, where they raised their family. In 1995, she moved to Portland to be closer to two of her children. She enjoyed art and ballet. Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart is survived by her sons Leander Rickel McCormickGoodhart and Mark Hamilton McCormickGoodhart (Annmarie); daughter, Lorone McCormick-Goodhart (Steve Knudsen) and grandchildren, David (Bethany), Matthew, Mark and Julie McCormick-Goodhart and Severin (Emily), Colton and Jens Knudsen. She was predeceased by her husband and sisters, Jean Handwork McCardle, Gretchen Wolf and Lorone Porter. No services will be held. Mrs. McCormickGoodhart’s ashes will be reunited with her
Douglass T. McClure ‘41 DUS
William Young Gard ‘44 DUS
husband’s ashes in early summer and spread at the HF Bar Ranch in Saddlestring, Wyo. William Young Gard ’44 DUS died Tuesday, January 22, 2013. He was a longtime Grosse Pointe resident. He was born June 10, 1927, in Detroit, to Paul Drown and Martha Young Gard and graduated from Detroit University School in 1944. From 1945 to 1946 he was an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve and assigned to officer training at the University of Nebraska. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University in 1949. In 1952, he married Nancy Frazer Pierson. Mr. Gard began his professional career in 1949 as a motor products salesman. He then worked as an account representative for Dura Corp. for 15 years before buying D&F Corp. in 1968. He served as president and chairman until retiring in 1992. He served on the boards of a number of civic and community organizations including University Liggett School, Friends of Grosse Pointe Public Library, Grosse Pointe War Memorial, Detroit Community Music School, Center for Creative Studies and Country Club of Detroit. He also served the vestries of Christ Church Grosse Pointe and St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Gard was a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Leland Country Club, Yondotega Club and Senior Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe, as well as a life member of the County Club of Detroit. He enjoyed volunteer work especially with United Foundation, Michigan Colleges Foundation and Mariners Inn. He especially loved music and performed with and served as music director for the Grunyons for more than 60 years. He also was a member of the Yale Glee Club, Whiffenpoofs and at various times throughout his life, Grosse Pointe Chamber Singers and St. Stephen’s Carolers. He also had been the choir director for St. Michael’s Choir and the Mariners Inn Choir. Mr. Gard is survived by his children, Elizabeth, Paul ‘73 (Marianne) and Martha Stott ‘77 (Sam) and grandchildren, Kiera Corbin Phlipot (Alan), Lyric Alena Stott, William Scanlan “Kick” Gard and Carolyn Pierson “Pierce” Gard. He was predeceased by his wife, Nancy ’47 CDS. Jean Diekoff ’51 CDS suffered a fatal stroke on September 18, 2012. Ms. Diekoff was the top student of her class and graduated
Summa Cum Laude and graduated from Wellesley College in 1955. From 1971-98, Jean served on the faculty of Green Hills Academy in Ann Arbor. In addition to teaching Latin she was a talented pianist. She regularly accompanied Green Hills’ choir and played for the school’s spring musicals. She also implemented Green Hills’ membership in the Cum Laude Society. David Mitchell Hamilton ’51 DUS died September 16, 2012, at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe. Mr. Hamilton was born February 3, 1933, in Detroit. He was the fourth generation owner of the Wm. R. Hamilton Co. funeral home, carrying on the family tradition of serving families in the metro Detroit area for his entire career. Mr. Hamilton is survived by his wife of 54 years Ellen ‘Terry’ Phelan Hamilton ’53 CDS; son Philip K. Hamilton II ’82 (Lesa); daughter Barry Byndas (Mark); grandchildren Anna Skae Page and William R. Page; older brother William R. Hamilton III ’49 DUS (Susan); twin brother John Millis Hamilton ’51 DUS (Sheila), and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son David Mitchell Hamilton Jr. in 1977 and his parents William R. Hamilton II and Dorothy Millis Hamilton. Funeral services took place at St. Paul’s On the Lake Catholic Church, Grosse Pointe Farms. George H. Zinn, Jr. ’51 DUS passed away on October 6, 2012. Born October 19, 1933, in Detroit, to Dr. George H. and Pearl Post Zinn, Mr. Zinn earned a B.B.A., M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan. He was an attorney, arbitrator and lecturer, practicing law at Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein and Van Zile in downtown Detroit for over 40 years. Mr. Zinn will always be known for living life to its fullest, playing football in the Big Ten, racing stock cars pre-NASCAR, being a Golden Gloves boxer, commanding a Sherman tank in the U.S. Army, as well as being in the brotherhood of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is survived by his spouse of 53 years, Mary Anne Pahl Zinn and their children, Suzanne ‘82 (Kent), George ‘83 (Bonnie), and Pahl ‘87 (Christie). In addition, he is survived by eight grandchildren: Eleanor, George, Spencer, Kate ‘18, Matthew, Trevor, Luther “Luke” ‘19, and Kendall ‘21, all of whom brought great joy to him in later years. Visitation and funeral services were held at Christ Church Grosse Pointe on Friday, October 12.
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