Obituaries

  1. March 7, 2019

    Obituary: Charles David Moody Sr.

    Charles David Moody Sr., emeritus vice provost and emeritus faculty member at the University of Michigan, died March 2 at the age of 86.

  2. February 20, 2019

    Obituary: Elizabeth I. Lemmer

    Elizabeth I. Lemmer, retired pharmacist at the University of Michigan Hospitals, died Feb. 8.

  3. February 8, 2019

    Obituary: Walter Andrew Castelli

    A longtime resident of Ann Arbor, Walter Andrew Castelli, professor emeritus of anatomy at the University of Michigan, died Feb. 6 at StoryPoint Saline. He was 89.

  4. February 8, 2019

    Obituary: John Peter Kent

    John Peter Kent, a former English professor at the University of Michigan, died Jan. 29 at Wellington at Hershey’s Mills assisted living facility in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was 87.

  5. January 18, 2019

    Obituary: Robert L. Kahn

    Social psychologist Robert L. Kahn, a founding member of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, died Jan. 6 in Burlington, Vermont, at age 100. 

  6. December 13, 2018

    Philanthropist, arts advocate Penny W. Stamps dies at 74

    Penny W. Stamps — a U-M alumna, fierce advocate for the arts, community leader, philanthropist, design professional and former teacher — died Thursday at her home after a battle with leukemia. She was 74.

  7. December 10, 2018

    Obituary: Walter Jacob Weber Jr.

    Walter Jacob Weber Jr., 84, died Oct. 18 at Huron Woods Memory Center, with family at his side, after a brief illness. He was professor emeritus and the Gordon M. Fair and Earnest Boyce Distinguished University Professor of Environmental and Ecological Sciences and Engineering.

  8. September 14, 2018

    Obituary: James L. Waters

    James L. Waters, a former University of Michigan regent, prominent attorney, entrepreneur and philanthropist, died suddenly and very unexpectedly Aug. 31 at his home in Muskegon, Michigan.

  9. September 14, 2018

    Obituary: Minor Jesser “Jud” Coon

    Minor Jesser “Jud” Coon, retired Victor C. Vaughan Distinguished Professor who worked in the University of Michigan Department of Biological Chemistry, died Sept. 5.

  10. April 12, 2018

    Obituary: Arthur Coffman Wolfe

    Arthur Coffman Wolfe, 87, a long-time research associate and University of Michigan alumnus, died Dec. 28, 2017, at Pinecrest, the 114 year old Wolfe family enclave along Crystal Lake near Beulah, Michigan.