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Lloyd Norman Girbach, age 80, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, passed away peacefully in his home on Monday, January 16, 2023.
Lloyd was born on August 14th, 1942 to the late Norman Gottlieb Girbach and Melinda Clara (Jedele) Girbach. Lloyd married Katharine VanderEyk on July 20, 1965.
He is survived by his two sons, Darryl (Robyn) Girbach and Bryan (Anne) Girbach, three grandchildren, Megan Girbach, Bryce Girbach, and Reece Girbach, sister Arlene (David) Shock, brothers-in-law, Rick (Jackie) VanderEyk, Jim VanderEyk, John (Phyllis) VanderEyk, and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Lloyd graduated from Ypsilanti High School with the Class of 1960, and went on to receive a Bachelors degree from Eastern Michigan University. In his childhood years, Lloyd delivered the Ann Arbor News for more than 10 years. During his teenage years, he worked on two family farms in Saline, often living on the farm with his aunts and uncles during the summers. Lloyd worked for Ford Motor Company for 39 years at the Rawsonville plant.
He enjoyed fishing, gardening, camping, reading, playing euchre, and relaxing at his home on Lake Leelanau. Lloyd also enjoyed watching Michigan State University sports and was a huge Detroit Tigers baseball fan. He often talked about attending World Series games in 1968 and 1984. Lloyd was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ for his entire life and served on the Council and several committees.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 19th, 2023 from 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the Robison-Bahnmiller Funeral Home in Saline.
The funeral service will take place on Friday, January 20th, 2023 at St. Paul United Church of Christ with a visitation beginning at 10:00 A.M. and service to follow at 11:00 A.M. Pastor Coran will be officiating the service. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Saline. A luncheon will also follow the service and will be held at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name can be made out to St. Paul United Church of Christ. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church. If you would like to sign Lloyd’s guestbook, leave a memory, or for more information or directions, please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.
No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously.  More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!” Â
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.Â
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,