Historic
Elmwood Foundation
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HISTORIC
ELMWOOD FOUNDATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Terry
Peck Book ~
President
Eileen McCarthy ~
Vice President
John S. Snyder ~
Treasurer
James Deutchman
Father Steven J. Kelly~
Secretary
Duncan Campbell
Joan Frear Capuano~
Executive Director |
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As a valued friend of Elmwood Cemetery,
you have been part of our successful efforts
to restore the Chapel interior and the Administrative
building. We are grateful for your past
support and hope that you will continue
to include Elmwood in your charitable choices.
For our 161st year, the Foundation Board
of Directors has chosen several projects that will further preserve
the history of Elmwood Cemetery and the
memory of those interred.
Click here to see some of our Foundation Projects.
Please note that your entire contribution
will be allocated to the project of your
choice. The Historic Elmwood Foundation
is a 501(c)(3) organization and your donation
may be tax deductible. I hope you will consider
our request. All contributors will be acknowledged
on our website and in our newsletter. Thank you for your consideration.
Please feel free to contact us if you have
any questions.
Restoration of Elmwood Cemetery
Restoring Elmwood Cemetery with careful management and ambitious vision
With the turn of this century, the Trustees of Elmwood Cemetery determined the entire infrastructure of the Cemetery needed to be restored and made manageable for the long term. The initial step was the completion of a physical master plan for the entire Cemetery.
The first major project was the restoration of the Gatehouse. This project retained the historic structure and image while creating a state-of-the-art Administrative Center with a quality customer service environment, and a secure record retention facility.
To assist in the Cemetery’s restoration and, as an outreach vehicle to make Elmwood a community destination, the Trustees formed the Historic Elmwood Foundation in 2005. This entity, a 501(c)(3) corporation, complements the not-for-profit cemetery corporation.
Through the Foundation, the Historic Elmwood Chapel has been preserved and restored. Some of the initial steps to make Elmwood more beautiful include annual and perennial plantings, tree reforestation, monument restoration, benches for visitors, and a transportation vehicle for the disabled.
With Cemetery funds, the Trustees updated and repaired the Cemetery’s Maintenance Center, improved signage and implemented the initial phase of the roadway reconstruction. In its permanent road system, Elmwood has just over five miles of roadway. The total roadway project is a $1.2 million capital improvement, of which the initial phase consumed the first $180,000 of this cost and was completed in 2007. In addition to the increased safety inherent with new roads, project completion, which also includes adding curbs, will enable better maintenance of the grass and roads and help prevent water and soil runoff. Section and lawn renovations can begin once the roads are completed. These significant steps complement our other projects.
The lawn renovations tie into the pond restoration. “Bloody Run Creek”, so named following the battle between the British and Chief Pontiac in 1763, feeds our pond as do the runoff and storm sewers in the Cemetery. We hope to dredge the pond, increasing its capacity and enabling it to be a source of partial irrigation for the Cemetery grounds. In addition, we will enhance the pond with a sculpture, fountain, and flowers.
We received grants for two small reforestation projects and plan to apply for others. We are pursuing grant opportunities for audio tours including maps and signage, tree identification and signage, Chapel tuck-pointing and repair and restoration of important monuments on our grounds. Administratively, we want to continue our records automation program and the imaging to preserve historic files and family profiles.
All of these projects need to be accomplished while our investment advisors strive to grow our Endowment Fund to twice its current principal amount over the next decade. With careful management of our operating income and expenses and with the help of the Friends of Elmwood, this ambitious vision can be fully implemented before 2018.
Please support our effort to restore the Elmwood Cemetery. Join the Historic Elmwood Foundation.
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Terry
Book,
President –
Historic Elmwood Foundation
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Joan
Frear Capuano, Executive Director
– Historic Elmwood Foundation
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Our
Mission: To
preserve and promote the treasure that is Historic Elmwood
Cemetery is a rewarding task for the Foundation. The
responsibility of preserving the memories of so many
of Detroit’s citizens who are buried here, and
beautifying their surroundings is our welcome mandate.
The heritage that our Foundation is conserving will
not be lost to future generations; rather, they will
be able to experience and understand the historical
significance of the governors, explorers, doctors, mayors,
inventors, senators, civil rights leaders, distillers,
brewmasters, civil war generals and others who played
a part in shaping our city.
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Bequests
Last year, two individuals remembered Elmwood in their will. If you are planning a charitable bequest or trust designation, please consider the Historic Elmwood Foundation. Language for a gift by bequest is simple and can be incorporated into a new will or added simply by a codicil (amendment) to your existing will.
The following are examples of bequest statements that may be used as models. The Historic Elmwood Foundation encourages you to discuss the language in preparing your bequest or trust designation with your professional advisor. We welcome the opportunity to work with you and your advisors to develop language tailored to your specific needs. Such collaboration ensures that the correct legal language is used and that your wishes are accurately understood. Please contact Joan Capuano, Executive Director of the Historic Elmwood Foundation, for additional information.
Unrestricted Residual Bequest
I give the Historic Elmwood Foundation, 1200 Elmwood Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48207, Federal ID 20-3821302, (_________ % of the residue of my estate) or (the sum of $__________), to be used by the Historic Elmwood Foundation, wherever the needs and opportunities are greatest.
Unrestricted Contingent Bequest
In the event that __________ predeceases me, I give the Historic Elmwood Foundation, 1200 Elmwood Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48207, Federal ID 20-3821302, (_________ % of the residue of my estate) or (the sum of $__________), to be used by the Historic Elmwood Foundation, wherever the needs and opportunities are greatest..
Memorial Donations
The Historic Elmwood Foundation is pleased to accept memorial donations and will note them as such in our annual reporting of donations. Merely indicate this donation is in memory of _________________ by _______________. If you would like your memorial donation to be listed as “A Friend of Elmwood,” please so indicate. |
FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTORS IN 2010
We are thankful for the many friends who supported the
Historic Elmwood Foundation and Elmwood Cemetery in 2010:
| PATRON
Estate of Richard Meginnity
The Elizabeth, Allan & Warren Shelden Foundation
Mary Thompson Foundation
Ralph C. Wilson Foundation
BENEFACTOR
Mrs. Edward Book
Ms. Terry P. Book
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Chope
Comerica
Ms. Laura Ford
Legatus Foundation,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis W.
McMillan, II
Munder Capital
SPONSOR
Apartment Services,
Mr. George LaForest
Mike and Betsy Bernard
Michael & Virginia Carter
Mrs. William D. Dahling
L. F. Sloane Consulting,
Mr. Larry F. Sloane
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ledyard
Frances Mann
Mr. Nicolas I. Quintana
John and Sharon Snyder
DONOR
ACCURecords,
Mr. R. Matthew Sweeney
Ms. Antoinette Book
Mrs. Beverly S. Butler
Duncan & Maura Campbell
John and Joan Capuano
Mr. and Mrs. James Deutchman
John F. Diebel
Marianne T. Endicott
Mr. & Mrs. Armand W.P.
Hewett
Mr. John Tigchon Hoag
Alesia & Margaret Howard
Inch Memorials,
Mr. Richard Cardinal
Karpus, Scott,
Mr. David Brunning
Elizabeth Ledyard
Mr. Donald A. Lindow
Mary Waterman Lunt
McCarthy & Smith,
Mrs. Eileen McCarthy
Mr. Theodore McGraw
Mr. and Mrs. James T.
McMillan II
Robert P. Scherer, Jr.
Lillie Montague Tabor
Mrs. Cleveland Thurber, Jr.
Bettie J. Treasvant
Mrs. Minnie Woodard
FRIEND
Mrs. Suzanne Chapin Berl
Robert & Susan Black
Mary Susan Broadwell
Forest & Delthea Bryson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Buhl
Frank Clark
Barbara Collins
Augustine Cox
Russell and Susan Dixon
Charles F. Emmons
Yvonne & Ross Fowler
Charles Fuget
Dr. Sonja A. Gildon
Grigg Graphic Services,
Mr. Stuart Grgg
Margaret Hansen
Olive Hansen
Viola Hare
Mr. Tracy Kane Hastings
Nancy and Frederick Hathaway
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hodges
Mr. and Mrs. William
Howenstein
Mr. Jay Hunter
Elizabeth Kausch
Fr. Steven Kelly
Wendy and Bill Krag
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lambrecht
Sara Amy Leach
Frances Lewis
Mr. Michael Maldegen
James D. & Setsuko H. Martin
Mrs. Helen P. McGraw
Dr. Shirley McRae
MDL Tree Service,
Mr. Rick Mlynarek
Karen Merrill-Johnson
Laureen K. Mohn
National Society
of Colonial Dames
Dale and Dianne Pegg
Mr. Robert Pryor
Quickie Printing,
Mrs. Carole S. Wiseman
Mr. and Mrs. Judson P. Reis
Barbara Rice
Mrs. John Kingsley Roney
Jacqueline Russow
Mr. & Mrs. Don F. Schimmel
Ernest C. Smith
Robin Sowell
Mrs. Marjorie Stapleton
Dr. Helen M. Surrell
Edward Trowbridge, Jr.
Leroy Williams
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CONTRIBUTOR
Ms. Anne Armstrong
Mr. Doyle C. Barber
Mrs. Dorothy Barnes
Rosemarie Battey
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Blain
Mr. Thomas J. Blaser
Doug Boehmer
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Book
Grace Brown
Mr. William Butler
Dan Campau
Mr. James Candler
Bliss Caulkins Clark
Mr. Matthew Corbin, Sr.
Ms. Daisy Counsel
Sally Cudlip
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Dickinson
Sarah Dilworth
Carol A. Duncan
Mrs. Betty J. Dunwoodie
Margaret Edgar
Mr. Cleveland Edwards
Allen & Theresa Edwards
Mary W. Fleming
Catherine Greig Gillis
Harvey Goltz
Ruby Goolsby
Althea M. Grant
Ms. Reaver Gunter
Mr. and Mrs. Verne Hampton
Grace Hansen
James W. Hodges
John M. Hooks
Alma Houser
Elaine R. Hudson
Ms. Shirley Jackson
Gilbert S. and Darlene Johnson
Dr. Barbara M. Jones
Catherine Lang
Bessie Mae Lewis
Carol & William Lewis
Laura Lewis-Woods
Mrs. Albert W. Maas
Hudson and Mary Blain Mead
Mr. Roosevelt Mobley
Lt. Col. John Norvell
Mr. Benjamin Paddock III
Carolyn Patrick-Wanzo
Andrew & Sandra Penz
Ms. Debbie Perkins
Ms. Mariette Potvin
Mary M. Roby
Ms. Merle Helen Scheibner
Florence Edgar Seltzer
Mrs. Ruth M. Spencer
Don & Mary Ann Stange
Patsy Steele
Eleanor B. Stephenson
Mrs. Hester Swan
Constance Taylor
Mary Boyer Taylor
Ms. Ruberta Vereen
Christiansen von Wormer
Sandra Wall
Ellen Warden
Adella Wesbster
Ms. A. Williams-Porter
Dr. Carla & Ms. Stephanie Wright
Jack & Mary Younke
MEMBER
Samuel B. Ballard
Ms. Bobbie J. Banks
Mrs. Augusta Baxter
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Begg
George Benton
Ms. Harriet J. Billups
Mr. Richard A. Bisgrove
Dolores Bradway
Vivian Broom
Mr. Martin Brosnan
Eleanore Brown
Mable D. Bussang
Samuel L. Caruthers
H. James Caulkins
Paula Cheek
Desiree L. Clinkscale
Genevieve Craig
Stanley R. Dickinson
Charles DuCharme, III
Mr. Trypheneous Dye
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Echlin III
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Edrington
Diana M. Edwards
Mr. Palen M. Elder
Mr. E. J. Finley
Ms. Dorris I. Fultz-Pickett
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Gandelot
C. Mary Grady
Paula Grohman
Diana Hall
Diane Gould Hall
Mr. Ralph Harmon
Mary Harney
Carole Harris
Ms. Annie L. Harris
Clara S. Hayes
Milton Henkel
Edward Henkel, Jr.
Julie Herrada
Lynette M. Hines
Lucy Hogan
Joyce L. Holmes
Patricia Ibbotson
Ms. Mary Jenifer-Durant
Gwendolyn F. Johnson
Jane Johnson
Mr. Lavoid Johnson
Pearl D. Johnson
Lucille Johnson
Dr. Virginia Jones
Mr. Max C. Jones, Jr.
Lawrie Kimbrough
Ms. Deborah Knight
David & Melissa Kolasinski
Phelan and Ciara Lowe
Charles MacGregor
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Malefyt
Barbara Bullitt McCuin
Bishop Bill McCullum
Juanita McElroy
Ms. Amy McGregor-Radin
Thelma McMurtry
Charleen McQuerry
Marilyn Miller
David Moss
Mr. Benjamin H. Paddock, IV
Ms. Billie Y. Patmon
Ruby M. Peterson
Dr. Eugene E. Pettis, Ph.D.
Peggy Pirschel
David Post
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Reuther, Jr.
Charlotte Ringgold
Mrs. Odessa Rogers
Clara Rupp
Ms. Herland Sanders
Michael & Karyn Shukwit
Mr. Verne L. Sims
Mrs. Juanita Stafford
Sonia Stair
Mrs. W. Colburn Standish, Jr.
Mr. Thomas Stein
Lillian Y. Stewart
Bill & Evie Stieler
Mr. & Mrs. Nolan Street
Elsie Tanton Family
Dorothy Vary
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Watson
Gerald & Susan White
Evelyn Williams
Donald G. Williford
Janice Witcher
Ms. Vera Mae Worthy
Jean T. Wyatt
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Young
IN MEMORY OF
Peggy Boyer, Brett Crawford,
William Muer II &
Cleveland Thurber, Jr.
Elizabeth Burgess
Albert, Constance &
Frederick Griffiths
Sampson & Jessie Howard
Dr. Norman McRae
Mary Duffield Megginity
James W. Vokes Family
IN HONOR OF
Terry P. Book
IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
CLEES Design,
Mrs. Candy Sweeny
Please contact
Joan Frear Capuano at
313-567-3453 with listing
corrections.
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