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DETROIT FREE PRESSFRIDAY, OCT. 9. 1981 15A J. Lawrence Buell Jr. found dead; business executive, civic leader troit.

Surviving besides his son are his wife, Florence; two daughters, Eleanor Stephenson and Elizabeth Drinkas, and four step Grosse Pointe Farms. Memorial contributions may be sent in Mr. Buell's name to South Macomb Hospital, 1 1800 Twelve Mil? i Road, Warren. daughters, Joan Micou, Pam Sattley Morris, Martha Moray and Susan Higbie. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m.

Friday at Christ Church, 61, Grosse Pointe in any form or fashion. "In the past year or so, his hearing had deteriorated and he was beginning to feel memory loss. I think he felt the time to take action was now before he became a burden." Buell said his father was not an open man. "He was a gentle man in the sense that propriety was important. You couldn't see his displeasure.

From an openness standpoint, he was not really (open) It was 1 la J. Lawrence Buell a retired business executive and former member of numerous corporate boards, was found dead in the garage of his Grosse Pointe Farms home late Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Buell, 75, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, an apparent suicide, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office. Mr.

Buell was chairman of the board of trustees of Detroit-Macomb Hospitals Asso-ciation and former chairman of the Warren-based Formsprang a transmission component manufacturing division of Dana Corp. "HIS FAMILY truly believed he was doing it (the suicide) for us," said his son, J. Lawrence Buell III. "For years he told us he never wanted to be a burden to his loved ones more a concern for others. MR.

BUELL was a past chairman of the board of the Greater Detroit Hospital Coun cil and the Greater Detroit Chamber of Com J. Law-rence Buell "He was a gentle man merce; past director of City National Bank of Detroit, Detroit Renaissance and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and past president of the Employers Association of Detroit, the NQTREDAMt- Detroit Club and the Country Club of De yJl obitucriss Katherine Tuck, 84, of Grosse Pointe Pleasing customers came first with him Katherine Tuck, widow of S. Pinkney Tuck, a first secretary of the American Embassy in Paris, died Wednesday at her home in Grosse Pointe Farms. She was 84. Mrs.

Tuck, the former Katherine Whitney Demme, married her childhood sweetheart, D. Dwight Doug' i las, former president of the First National Bank, in 1 9 1 7. The Douglases had a daughter, Martha, who died several years ago. The couple was divorced in 1925, and Mrs. Douglas fin I married Mr.

Tuck In 1936. She was a member of the Country Club of Detroit, UNIVERSITY KEY RINGS WIND UP AND PLAY FIGHT SONGS! "The Customer Is Always Right" is a motto that easily defined the philosophy of Walter J. Bemb. In 1902, at 17, Mr. Bemb worked as a mechanic with William E.

Metzger Automobiles Equipment Supply Co. He greased, serviced and delivered cars. Sometimes he taught new owners how to drive them. When Ford Motor Co. set up the first Detroit area sales office in 1906, Mr.

Bemb became branch manager. He left Ford to join the J. H. Brady Auto Co. in 1908 and became assistant general sales manger of Hudson Motor Car Co.

in 1910. Mr. Bemb founded his own dealership in 1912, the Bemb-Robinson which distributed Hudsons, Buicks, Pontiacs and Rolls Royces. Believing that pleasing the customer was paramount, Mr. Bemb was proud of the elaborate display room replete with oriental rugs, settees and special illumination.

MR. BEMB DIED of a heart attack Wednesday at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. He was 96. A native of Esslingen, Germany, Mr. Bemb moved to Detroit with his family in 1893.

As a youth, he sold flowers from his family's florist shop in front of the Detroit Opera House. After Bemb-Robinson Co. closed in 1926, Mr. Bemb became vice-president and director of customer relations with Houdaille-Hershey a parts distributor. In 1933, he opened a new dealership, Walter J.

Bemb Inc. In 1955, Mr. Bemb and Thomas L. Hubble opened the Bemb-Hubble a manufacturers' repre A unique gift idea. Guaranteed to delight a alumnus or alumna of these fine devoted fan.

Each of the musical school boosters is gold-plated and emblazoned with colorful insignia Michigan State, University of Michigan, or Notre Dame. You will find them in our Men's Department, gift-boxed. each $11. the Detroit Zoological Society, the Grosse Pointe Club, Sigma Gamma Association and Friends of the Detroit Public Library. Tuck is survived by a grandson, William Weiss, of Cody, and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1 1 a.m. Friday at Christ Church-Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms. Burial will be at the Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit. The family suggests memorials to the Visiting Nursing Association of Metropolitan Detroit, the St. Peter's Home for Boys, the Sigma Gamma Foundation or a charity.

Mdward Levy services moved Funeral services for Edward C. Levy, retired board chairman and founder of the Detroit-based Edward C. Levy will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph at Thirteen Mile Road. Burial will be in Clover Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham.

The services had previously been scheduled for Friday at the Ira Kaufman Funeral Home, 18325 W. Nine Mile, Southfield. Jacobson's OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS sentative firm. Last May, Mr. Bemb was awarded the "distinguished service citation" from the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Mr. Bemb and his wife, the former Inez DeCosta, had lived in Beverly Hills since 1918. Mrs. Bemb died Aug. 27.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Wm. R. Hamilton Birmingham. Burial will be at the White Chapel Cemetery, Troy.

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