BEN FRANCIS STORMES, 75, OF ENGLEWOOD, FLORIDA AND GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN DIED THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1998.
HE WAS AN ATTORNEY AND THE CEO FOR WICKMAN CORPOARTION FOR 36 YEARS IN OAK PARK, MICHIGAN WHEN HE RETIRED IN 1989 AND WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE REAGER FORRESTER LAW FIRM IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. HE ATTENDED ST. DAVID’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN ENGLEWOOD, FLORIDA AND WAS A MEMBER OF CHRIST CHURCH IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PHI DELTA THETA FATERNITY, OHIO UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, DUKE UNIVERSITY, DUKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL BARRISTER, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION IN 1961; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CLEVELAND HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION IN 1961; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CLEVELAND HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, OHIO BAR ASSOCIATION; GROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB, AMERICAN MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION. HE WAS A WWII ARMY VETERAN AND A POW.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS: WIFE: RITA L. STORMES OF ENGLEWOOD, FL; 2 DAUGHTERS: DEBORAH S. SCHOENHERR OF GROSSE POINTE, MI; NITA L. STORMES OF SAN DEIGO, CA; 2 SONS: BEN F. STORMES, II OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI; CHARLES TREVOR STORMES OF GROSSE POINTE WOODS, MI; 7 GRANDCHILDREN.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, ON MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1998 AT 2:00 PM WITH PASTOR ROBERT LEADMAN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE HELD IN THE FORKS OF COAL MEMORIAL PARK, ALUM CREEK. FRIENDS MAY CALL ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE FUNERAL HOME.