Alyce Mable McCoy

1922 - 1998 (75 years)

Generation: 1

Alyce Mable McCoy was born on 10 Dec 1922 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was christened on 17 Dec 1922 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 1 Feb 1998 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 3 Feb 1998 in Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States.

Other Events:

Name: Alice Mable McCoy
Occupation: Certified Genealogist
Residence: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 5042 Newport
_HASHTAG: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
_UID: 4FA7E4698CA34BE7AA341F6D5BF499DAD00F
Residence: Dec 1922, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 3559 2nd Ave
Godparents: 17 Dec 1922, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Census: 11 Apr 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 5042 Newport
Newspaper Article: May 1943, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Newspaper Article: 9 May 1943, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Detroit Free Press
Residence: 1945-1949, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 21255 Mada Aveune
Residence: 1950, Mt. Healthy, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; 7828 Perry Street
Residence: 1951, Silverton, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; 3852 Superior Avenue
Residence: 1952-1953, Milford, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; 903 Center Street
Occupation: 1962, Redford, Wayne, Michigan, United States; high school teacher - Redford Union High School
Newspaper Article: 21 Oct 1962, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; The Detroit News
Funeral: 2 Feb 1988, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Obituary: 2 Feb 1988, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Detroit Free Press
Residence: 1953-1998, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 9611 Melrose
Social Security Number: 1 Feb 1998; 366-22-2943
Cemetery: 3 Feb 1998, Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States; Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Notes:

(Medical):due to fungal pneumonia, imflammatory breast cancer

Birth:
Born at 11:15pm

Christened:
Baptised at Our Lady of the Roasary, Detroit.

Residence:
Address that was listed on her original social security card.

_HASHTAG:
buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Residence:
Address at time of birth.

Godparents:
Her godparents were William McCoy and Mabel Valliere.

Census:

McCoy, Robert
Value of home $20,000, age 33, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, proprietor retail furniture
McCoy, Viola, wife, age 30, born Michigan, parents born Michigan
McCoy, Violet, daughter, age 11, born Michigan
McCoy, Alice, daughter, age 7, born Michigan
McCoy, Patricia, daughter, age 1 year 4 months, born Michigan

Census:

McCoy, Emmet, age 43, born Mich, same place 1935, salesman, rugs
McCoy, Viola, age 39, born Mich, same place 1935
McCoy, Viola, age 21, born Mich, same place 1935, stenographer, automobile
McCoy, Alyce, age 17, born Mich, same place 1935
McCoy, Patricia, age 11, born Mich, same place 1935

Newspaper Article:
ENGAGED

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emmett McCoy, of Detroit, Mich., announce the engagement of their daughter, Alyce, to Laurence W. Gauthier, son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gauthier, of Bark River, Mich. The bride-elect attended Wayne university and is affiliated with the Alpha Sigma Chi sorority. Mr. Gautier is a graduate of the Michigan College of Minin and Technology. The wedding date has not be announced.

Phot by Lee F. Redman, Jr., Detroit

Newspaper Article:
Betrothed

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emmett McCoy, of Newport Ave., announce the engagement of their daughter Alyce to Laurence W. Gauthier, son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gauthier, of Bark River, Mich. The wedding date has not been announced.

Residence:
At the time it was a Detroit 19, Wayne County residence. It is now located in the city of Southfield, Oakland County.

Occupation:
She earned a teaching degree from University of Detroit and then was employed by Redford Union Schools. She retired from the school system.

Newspaper Article:
PRACTICAL APPROACH' LEADS WIDOW TO TEACHING POSITION

New teachers, usually have some more idealistic goal than money.
Not Alyce Gauthier, of Livonia. It was just a matter of economics that lead her to go to school for four and a half years to get a teaching certificate.
"When my husband died in 1957, I reviewed our financial situation and realized that it would be best for the entire family if I could be prepared to start working when Mary Beth (Mrs. Gauthier's youngest daughter) started first grade," she said.
"Any natural talent I had would be working with teenage students. The field of business has always interested me. Hence business education."
Just pure and simple economics, Mrs. Gauthier, 9611 Melrose, admitted.

LIVONIA SUBSITUTE
Mrs. Gauthier, who was graduated from the university of Detroit in August, is now a subtitute teacher in the Livonia school system. She can teach typing, shorthand, business law, or economics.
Her husband, Laurence, died Feb. 1, 1957, of lung cancer. He was manager of the chemical and metallurgical engineering department of Ford Motor Co.
"I estimated that the insurance money would last six years. This would give me six years to equip myself to do something," Mrs. Gauthier said.
When she started at U. of D. in September, 1957, she had been out of school almost 17 years. She had been graduated from St. Anthony High School in June, 1940.

HIGH GRADES
At U. of D. Mrs. Gauthier had a B average and received an award for scholarship from the United Business Education Association.
The youngest of Mrs. Gauthier's five children received motherly care from a neighbor, Mrs. Alma Brielmaier, 9815 Melrose, while Mrs. Gauthier was at school.
The youngest, Mary Beth, was 1 1/2 when her mother started school, is now a first grader at Rosedale Grade School, Livonia.
The other four children are spread from the 12th grade down:
Michele, 17, is a senior at Ladywood High School; her younger sister, Laura, 15, is a sophomore. Larry, 11, is in the sixth grad at St. Michael Grad School. David, 9, is a fourth grader at Roseville.

CHILDREN'S DEGREE
"My children have all earned this degree," Mrs. Gauthier says. "Without their help with chores around the house, it could never have been done."
"Mrs. Brielmaier, also, is due a great deal of credit. I could never have left day after day without knowing they were being loved and cared for."
Mrs. Gauthier has a little sideline also.
She's "Mom" to several University of Michigan students from India who go to her house for weekends and vacations.
"For the past three years we have opened out home to students from U. of M. from India. They - three boys in particular - have spent Thanksgiving, Christmas, and spring vacations with us, plus many weekends throughout the year," Mrs. Gauthier says.
"I'm "Mom" to these boys and my children are their 'American brothers and sisters,' " she adds.

Obituary:
GAUTHIER
Alyce M., February 1, 1998 of Livonia. Beloved wife of the late Laurence. Dear mother of Michele (Clif) Higdon, Laura Campbell, Laurence (Irene) Gauthier, David Gauthier and Mary Gauthier (Mike Bauer), Dear sister of Violet Lantzy and Patricia Dooley. Tne grandchildren. Redford Union High School Teacher 1962-1987, Certified Genealogical Record Researcher for 20 years. Visitation Tuesday 3-9 p.m., Funeral Service Wednesday 10 a.m. at Harry J. Will Trust 100 Funeral Home, 37000 Six Mile Road, Livonia.

Funeral:
The funeral home was Harry J. Will Funeral Home on Six Mile, Livonia, Michigan.

Social Security Number:
Originally issued for Alice Mabel McCoy. She was employed by Eaton Mfg. Co. at the time of receiving her social security number.

Died:
She died at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.

Buried:
buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield

Alyce married Laurence William Gauthier on 26 Jun 1943 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Laurence (son of John Gregory Gauthier and Laura Eunice Nadeau) was born on 31 Aug 1918 in Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States; was christened on 10 Sep 1918 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; died on 1 Feb 1957 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried on 5 Feb 1957 in Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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