John married Amber Rae Brugman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laurence married Irene Marie Lirette [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: DCD19F79418348FB95F18F27B341CB6F3616

Jon married Shari Brugman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 40FED5A30B4745E6889213F7A31ECB25084C

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• Name: Joseph Oliver Roland Lirette
• Name: Roland O. Lirette
• Name: Ron Lirette
• Name: Ronnie Lirette
• _PPEXCLUDE: I
• _UID: 74312509F2E54A2BBE931288A191B0796549
• Birth: 18 Jan 1927, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Baptism: 23 Jan 1927, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; at St. Mary of Redford Church
• Godparents: 23 Jan 1927, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Medical: 28 May 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; medical exam
• First Communion: 18 Apr 1935, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States; at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
• Confirmation: 15 May 1935, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States; at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
• Confirmation: 15 May 1935, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States; St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
• Employment: Jun 1951 to Feb 1956, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Apprenticeship: 11 Jan 1952, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Tool & Die Making
• Employment: Dec 1955-Nov 1956, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
• Employment: Nov 1956-Sep 1957, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Employment: Sep 1957-Sep 1958, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Employment: 1958-1962, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Employment: Sep 1958-1962, Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• Employment: 1962-1963, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Employment: Jul 1963-Feb 1965, Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1951-1965, Garden City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 29564 Elmwood
• Membership: 1966, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; UAW Union
• Passport: 9 Aug 1972, Michigan, United States
• Travel: 5 Oct 1972, Spain
• Medical: 1 Jul 1976, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Red Cross donor card
• Employment: 1965-1 Jul 1987, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States; cost estimator
• Residence: 1965-1996, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 9336 Frederick
• Residence: 1996-1997, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 11631 Plymouth Woods Dr.
• Obituary: 14 Jan 1997, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Cemetery: 15 Jan 1997, Dearborn Heights, Wayne, Michigan, United States; St. Hedwig Cemetery

Notes:

(Research):Find A Grave # 77867780

Birth:
He was born at 4:25 am

Birth:
The name listed on his birth certificate was Joseph Olivier Rowland Lirette.

Baptism:
He was baptised, Joseph Oliver Roland, at St. Mary of Redford Church, Detroit, Michigan.

Godparents:
The baptism was held at St. Mary of Redford Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan. His godparents were Albert and Marie Anna Lavallee. Also present were Olivier Lirette and Anna Lavallee, his paternal grandparents.

Census:

Liratte, Leo, own house worth $3,500, age 26, born Canada French, immigrated 1924, tool stockman at auto plant
Liratte, Amalia, wife, age 25, born Canada French, immigrated 1925
Liratte, Roland, son, age 3 years 2 months
Liratte, Gennine, daughter, age 8 months

Medical:
Doctor's exam at age 3.

Confirmation:
His sponsor was Lucien Lemelin.

Confirmation:
Lucien Lemmelin was his sponsor.

Employment:
He had an apprenticeship in tool and die making at R & A Tool & Engineering, 24619 West Warren, Detroit, Michigan.

Apprenticeship:
Roland entered an apprenticeship for Tool & Die Making. The apprenticeship was through R & A Tool & Engineering Co., 24619 W. Warren Ave, Deaborn, Michigan. He worked for Paul A. Raymond, cousin of Florence Raymond Lirette.

Employment:
He had a position setting up and trouble shooting automation machinery from blueprint at General Motors Corporation, Detroit Transmission Division, Willow Run Plant, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Employment:
He worked on die tryout and trouble shooting at Lyon's Incorporated, 13881 West Chicago, Detroit, Michigan.

Employment:
He was a leader of tool and die build and tryout at Highland Tool & Die Company, 154 Manchester Avenue, Highland Park, Michigan. It was during this time, May 12, 1958, that he received his Journeyman Card for Tool and Die Maker from the International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW.

Employment:
During slow times at Bendix, he worked in an interim position at Allied Products Corporation, Richard Brother Punch Division, 26500 Capitol, Livonia, Michigan.

Employment:
He worked as a tool engineer at Bendix Aviation Corporation, Filter Division, 434 West 12 Mile Road, Madison Heights, Michigan.

Employment:
He worked in a position of Sales and Liaison Engineer at Algray Associated, Inc., 15414 West Warren, Dearborn, Michigan.

Employment:
He worked as a die leader at Universal Die & Engineering, 1421 East 10 Mile Road, Madison Heights, Michigan.

Residence:
Roland and Florence owned a house at 29564 Elmwood in Garden City, MI.
Phone number was GA 1-3208.

Membership:
Roland belonged to the United Automobile, Aircraft and Agrigultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). He withdrew his membership on 15 Nov 1966 when he was promoted to a salaried position at Ford Motor Company.

Passport:
Roland Oliver Lirette
birth date - Jan 18, 1927 in Michigan
height - 5' 7'; hair - brown; eyes - blue
Issue date - Aug. 9, 1972
Expiration date - Aug 8, 1977

Travel:
Roland and Florence traveled to Spain and Tangier, Africa with his sister Jeannine and her husband Charles Graham.

Medical:
Lirette, Roland
9336 Frederick Dr.
Livonia, MI 48150
425-2960
Blood type was A-

Employment:
Roland worked as a cost estimator at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan. He retired on 1 Jul 1987.

Residence:
Roland and Florence owned at house at 9336 Frederick, Livonia, MI 48150.

Residence:
Apartment that Roland and Florence moved to after selling house on Frederick Dr.

Obituary:
Lirette, Roland O.
Age 69, Jan 12, 1987. Beloved husband of Florence, Dear Father of Linda (Gale) Armstron, Pat (Tom) Kubus, Irene (Larry) Gauthier and Carol (Brad) Brumfield. Grandfather of seven. Brother of Jean Graham. Funeral service Wednesday 9:15 a.m., Harry J . Will Trust 100 Funeral Home, 37000 Six Mile (East of I-275) and Mass 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church. Visitation Tuesday 2-9 pm. Interment St. Hedwig Cemetery.

Cemetery:
Gravestone read "Roland O. Lirette, Dear Husband & Dad". Located in section 1-C, lot 4, grave 13-1.

Died:
St. Mary's Hospital

Roland married Florence Leona Raymond on 23 Aug 1947 in Detroit (Holy Redeemer), Wayne, Michigan, United States. Florence (daughter of Napoleon Raymond and Mirza Marguerite Cholette) was born on 4 Nov 1924 in Springwells, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was christened on 10 Nov 1924 in Detroit (St. Lawrence), Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 3 Oct 2012 in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 15 Oct 2012 in Dearborn Heights, Wayne, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 2184 Morrell Ave
• _UID: 62F78C07521C4CC4A34C07D5CD5ADF8DC890
• Baptism: 10 Nov 1924, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; St. Lawrence Catholic Church
• Godparents: 10 Nov 1924, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Census: 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 5 Apr 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 1549 Waterman
• Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 2209 Morrell
• Religion: 1942, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States; Entered convent - IHM Sisters
• Graduation: Jun 1942, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Holy Redeemer
• Residence: 1951-1965, Garden City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 29564 Elmwood
• Residence: 1965, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 9336 Frederick
• Residence: 1996-1998, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 11631 Plymouth Woods Dr.
• Residence: 1998-2009, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 33716 S. Capitol Court
• Residence: Jan 2010, Canton, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 2250 N.Canton Center
• Funeral: 5 Oct 2012, Canton, Wayne, Michigan, United States; at McCabe Funeral Home
• Obituary: 5 Oct 2012; The Detroit News

Notes:

Residence:
The family lived at 2184 Morrell Ave, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.

Godparents:
Her godparents were Ledias St. Onge and Lucille Raymond.

Census:

Raymond, Napoleon, head, 47 years, carpenter at auto factory
Raymond, Mirza, wife, 46 years, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Alcide, 22 years, immigrated 1923, gear inspector at auto factory
Raymond, Adelle, 19 years, immigrated 1923, wrapper at automobile hardware factory
Raymond, Roger, 17 years, immigrated 1923, wrapper at laundry
Raymond, Ivan, 15 years, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Raynand, 7 years, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Maurice, 6 years, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Florence, 5 years
Raymond, Claire, 2 years 3/12 months
Ouellette, Emile, boarder, 22 years, immigrated 1925

Monthly rent on home was $55.00.

Residence:
The Raymond family lived at 1549 Waterman in Detroit.

Census:

Raymond, Napoleon, age 57, born Mich, same place 1935, carpenter, auto factory
Raymond, Mirza, age 56, born Can French
Raymond, Ivan, age 24, born Can French, laborer, auto factory
Raymond, Morris, age 17, born Mich, new worker
Raymond, Florence, age 15, born Mich
Raymond, Claire, age 12, born Mich

Religion:
After graduation from High School, Florence entered the Motherhouse convent of Sisters, Servants of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe. She left about one year later.

Residence:
Roland and Florence owned a house at 29564 Elmwood in Garden City, MI.

Residence:
Roland and Florence owned a house at 9336 Frederick, Livonia, MI 48150.

Residence:
Roland and Florence moved to an apartment.

Residence:
Florence lived at Livonia's senior apartments at 33716 S. Capitol Ct., Livonia, MI 48150.

Residence:
Florence lived at Waltonwood Senior Living at 2250 N. Canton Center Rd., Canton, MI 48187.

Funeral:
Funeral mass was held 11:00 am on 6 October at Resurrection Catholic Church, Warren Road, Canton, Michigan. Cremation took place afterward.

Obituary:
Florence L. Lirette, age 87, October 3, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Roland, dearest mother of Linda (Gale) Armstrong, Pat (Tom) Kubus, Irene (Larry) Gauthier, Carol (the late Brad) Brumfield. Loving grandmother of six grandsons, and great-grandmother of six. Visitation Friday 2-8 p.m. at McCabe Funeral Home, 851 N. Canton Center Rd., Canton. In state Saturday 10:15 a.m. until time of Mass 11:00 a.m. at Resurrection Catholic Church, 48755 Warren Rd., Canton. Memorial contributions may be directed to Wayne Co. Library for the Blind, 30555 Michigan Ave., Westland, MI 48186.

Died:
St. Mary's Hospital

Buried:
Cremated and ashes buried next to Roland at St. Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

Notes:

Travel:
Travel log written by Florence Raymond Lirette

Left Detroit with appr. $225.00 & odd change
Mileage - 60232.8 (Lirette)
Left Detroit 3:45
Arrived - Blue Water Bridge (.70) - 5:35 left 5:45
Arrived - London - 7:05 - left
Eat in Ingersoll 8:45 - ($1.10)
Gas in ngersoll (2.60)
Slept in Ingersoll 9:15 P.M. (2.00)
Flat tire first thing in morning before leaving cabin. Left cabin 8:07 (1 hour diff. in time)
Eat breakfast in Woodstock 9:23 ($.60), restaurant across from Bus Term. Went to St. Mary for Mass 10:30 (.25) P.S. Had tire fixed before Mass and bought a side view mirror. Total amount - ($4.15) Left 11:10 A.M.
Arrived Niagara Falls 12:15 - Rented Cabin 1:00 P.M. - ($5.00) Name of cabins - Cataract Cabins (No. 17) Seen Falls about 3:06 P.M. took some pictures and eat Supper across from Falls ($1.60). Roland had chicken leg. 5:30 arrived back at cabin. Also stopped at a Drugs Store & Souvenir $3.65 (S) ($6.10 Drugs). Bought Niagara Falls cards & stamps (.90) & more stamps (.70). We are getting ready to leave to see the Falls at night. (Have not as yet heard the music.) (Maybe we are getting old & can't hear things.) We bought gas & had water put in rad. $2.30. Gas is .34 to .36 cents a gallon. Of course we took the .36 cents, nothing cheap about us. As yet having spent only 1 day (on the average) here. It has cost us $28.00. Not bad eh! Oh, here comes Roland with two bottles of pop another .20 cents. P.S. He also bought bottle opener .10 cents. But truly we are having a wonderful time.
Up to this time mileage is 60504.8. Have not as yet use any oil. That's a good Chev. for you. Not anything like a Ford - except a Roadster Cont.
Oh Boy we get .06 cents back for our pop bottles Roland bought.
We spent another night in Niagara Falls. Same cabin, $5.00 - Had breakfast in the main house $.90 & went shopping and bought Roland a nice watch chain for $3.00, bought films (6) $1.92, 3 mugs - $9.00 one for Roland, & the two fathers. Went to listen to a Radio Show and end up by being the first couple called. Gave us a certificate & a card to have our picture taken. (Which of course we didn't do) Took more pictures. Bought .50 worth of fruits also paper cups. We crossed the bridge to see the American Falls paid .30 each way. You could almost touch the falls. We also took the (Maid of the Mist) a boat trip to see closer to the falls. Had raincoats & caps on. Because the spray was terrific. Came back to Canada & bought another souvenir. Cork pads to put under glasses so they won't stain our card table. $1.25 Had dinner at the main house - .45 cents. Came back to cabin. Went out to Supper. Ate at the Arcadie Resturant - $1.20. After Supper went to Drugstore & made two phone calls to Detroit. Also bought a bottle of ink - .15 cents. Made a final look around the falls. T ook more pictures of falls & also our cabin. We are leaving in the morning for Toronto.
We plan to take the ferry across to Toronto. But as of ten as things occur, our plan fell thru. We went to be about 10 o'clock, woke up at 5 o'clock. Had breakfast at the Arcadia Resturant - $1.20. Left Niagara Falls at 7:30 arrived at the Toronto Steamer at 8 o'clock, waited for about 1 hour. Finally happen to see one feloow around there and asked him if the Toronto Steamer really left at 10;05 Detroit time. We're told we had to have a reservation, two weeks ahead of time. Left at 9 o'clock for Toronto. Bought radiator sealer $.35. Water was leaking. Reached Toronto 10:35. Visited Exposition. Spend $2.35 to park & our fare around. Visited for two hours, wanted to see more but the crowd was large. Also was raining. Had dinner there and then started on our way 1 o'clock. Arrived Port Hope 2:45. Bought gas $3.49, reached Kingston 6 o'clock. Rented cabin outskirts of Kingston, $4.00. Eat dinner at the "Golden Slipper". A resturant around the cabon, $1.85. Left at 4 o'clock a.m. Weather was chilly. First time in may life that we had the radiator in the car on during the month of August. Drove for one hour. Had breakfast in Brockville, .75 cents. Left at 5:30 to start on our way to Montreal. Stopped for gas at Morrisburg $3.30. Reached canal 8 o'clock - took 14 minutes to cross. Also watched gate or rather bridge swing open. At. 8:40 we reached Montreal. From the outskirts we could see the steeple of St. Joseph. The city is really queer looking (pardon the expression) with all the circular stairs. We really surprised Maurice's ?i?(Maurice Lavallee)?/i? mother.(?i?Marie Anna Lirette Lavallee)?/i? She was talking to the mailman when we arrived. Grandfather & grandmother ?i?(Olivier Lirette & Anna Lavallee Lirette)?/i? were away. We seen them that night. We had supper over Roland's Aunt. We also visited Uncle Joe (?i?Joseph Lemmelin)?/i? & Aunt Jan ?i?(Jeanne Lemmelin Lavallee)?/i?. We slept at Maurices place. Went to bed about 11 o'clock our time. Was up 8 o'clock, went to visit Roland's Grandmother ?i?(Delina Heroux Lemmelin)?/i? who arrived that morning from Detroit. In the afternoon visited Aunt Morrow.?i? (Meletime Cholette Moreau)?/i? Had dinner there. Bought gas & oil, $2.69 gas, .45 oil. First time oil was put in. Left at 3 o'clock. Had supper at home. At night time we went out to see St. Joseph's Shrine & also Mount Royal. But the weather was foggy & misted. Visited the museum. Also a danceland & small cafe where I had a new kind of drink to me. Went to the Tic Tac curb service & then came home. Went to bed 12 o'clock Detroit time. Woke up at 8:30. Had breakfast. Then went shopping with Maurice's mother. Visited Eaton's & just about every store. Bought jewelry & clothes,16 for napkin holder, $3.10 for Mother's dress, $3.89 for tablecloth (Roland's mother), $3.22 for earrings (Jean) ?i?(Jeanne Lirette?/i?), $3.00 for pin (Claire) ?i?(Claire Raymond)?/i?. Came home around 3 o'clock, put things away, sleep for 2 hours. Eat supper. Went to the Mount Royal. Was a beautiful sight. Could see for miles all around. On the way down we took a buggy as far as the car was parked. (The man wanted us to pay him $3.00 but he finally got $1.00 which wasn't even worth that). Left there & went & seen the Royal Hotel. A very lovely hotel & also prices. Reminds me somewhat of the Book-Cadillac in Detroit. Stop for a drink at the New Carlotn Hotel. A nice place to spend a few hours, a four piece orchestra & the singer was very excellent, $1.90. Also visite another cafe. Oh, during the night we had a flat. The same tire we had the other flat. Had the flat fixed. Today, Saturday, Aug. 30, Roland had one pair of pants pressed, washed four pairs of Roland's stockings. Stockings are expensive to buy. We are planning to go out tonight. I don't know where. But I think we will go dancing. Bought #3.15 gas. Went dancing wiht Irene & Maurice to the Chateau Ste. Rose. A beautiful place. A three piece orchestra. The piano player has an organ on the piano. There is a name for it but I can' t think of it. Had a wonderful evening. Then we eat at Miss Montreal. Got home at 2 o'clock. Went to 8:30 mass. Had breakfast then left at 9:30 our time for Quebec. Took us 3 hours 15 minutes. Really traveled. There is just three of us. Maurice, Florence & Roland. Rented a cabin 2 bedrooms $8.00. Cabin was rented 7 miles from town of Quebec. Had dinner at a small cafe in Quebec. Visited the town. Such narrow streets. I bet if Chuck?i? (Charles Graham)?/i? tried to pass with his Ford, the streetcar would have to take the river route. That's how narrow it is. The hills in town are really high. You don't know if you are going a one way until you reach the bottom. What a surprise. Then we started on our way to Ste. Anne. I thought the church was located on top of a hill but its on level ground. It's a beautiful church. Roland took some pictures inside. Hope they turn out all right. We left and came back to our cabin & dressed up & went out for Supper at a Hotel close by. Had a good meal. This meal surprised me as Maurice & Roland didn't order double of everything as the usually did. Gas $3.70. Came back to the cabin. Talked about one hour & then went to sleep. Woke up at 7:30, washed & tried to look pretty. But we were caught. After all there has to be some monkeys in this world. Might as well be us three. Had breakfast about 1 mile from the cabin. Then started on our way back to Montreal. (Had motor trouble, also a flat on the way up. Same tire as before.) Arrived Montreal at 3 o'clock. Had dinner. Came home. Roland looked at his motor. (Trouble) Eat Supper. Then the three of us went out & seen more of the town of Montreal. Came home 11 o'clock, went to bed. Roland got up early so he could see Roger at the garage & ask how much it would cost to fix the trouble. Came back and told us would amount to $50.00. But Roger & Roland would try to fix it that night. But it rained all day Tuesday. Was too damp to work that night. Roland was to go back to the garage next morning & work there. The cost intends to run $25.00. Must be a little Jew in Roland. Stayed home & had Mrs. Lavallee play piano. A wonderful way to spend an evening. Rosemary?i? (Rosemary Lavallee) ?/i?also played. It was a scream to see Maurice try to play & also sing. What a man. One of Roland's cousin, Maurice C. ?i?(Maurice Caron)?/i?, came over. A nice looking young man. Had his own truck. Gave us $2.00 for a wedding gift. Very nice of him. This morning (Wednesday) Roland got up at 7:15 to have his car fixed. Suppose to come back this afternoon with it fixed (I hope). We are suppose to leave right after Supper for home. Roland came back from the Garage at 12:30. Everything was just fixed to be ale to get home. He washed & shaved & then we left to say goodbye to his Grandmother Lemmelin. We also saw his Aunt Jan & his Uncle & Aunt (Twine). ?i?(Damse Thouin & Zephirina Heroux Thouin)?/i? Gas $1.79. We went back to have supper with Lirette's & Lavallee's and finally left at 7:15 their time for Detroit. We arrived Kingston 10:30. Rented cabin $5.00. A very nice cabin. Woke up at 6:30. Left 7 o'clock. Had breakfast in Kingston. Stopped for gas & oil $4.07. Now we are on our way to Toronto. Reached toronto 11:40am, our time. Left 12:15. Bought gas $3.30. Had dinner in.....

?i?(*)?/i? names added by Irene Lirette Gauthier
Journal in posession of Irene Lirette Gauthier


Additonal information:
The daughters of Roland and Florence hosted an 40th Anniversary Party in their honor.