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David W. Black, Sr., 85 years, of Saline, MI, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at Trinity Health Center-St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, in Ypsilanti, MI.
David was born in Romulus, MI, on April 28, 1937, the son of Maxwell and Helen Black.
David attended schools in California, Arizona, and Michigan growing up. He served in the U.S. Army for eight and a half years (6 months active duty and 8 years Army Reserve). He then became a laborer and bricklayer in the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area. David met the love of his life, Beverly, at a roller rink in 1954, and they married at the First Presbyterian Church, in Ypsilanti, on June 15, 1957.
David owned his own business, Dave Black Masonry Inc. from 1974 to 1993. He moved with Beverly to Winter Haven, FL in 1993 for their retirement, and back to Saline in 2020 to be closer to family.
David was preceded in death by his parents, Maxwell D. Black and Helen A. Richards, a son, David W. Black Jr., a brother, Maxwell, and 5 sisters, Coralie Senter, Gloria Shumway, Carol Vreeland, Lois Blank, and Janice Weatherford.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Beverly, two sons Rodney (Susan), and Jeffrey (Lori), and 7 beloved grandchildren: David, Dusty, Ryan, Jason, Brad, Katy, and Alex; and 13 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Robert Black (Sheri) and sister Donna Emberton; brothers-in-law Michael Wolf, Raymond (Darlene) Wolf, and Terry (Jim) Wolf, as well as many beloved nieces and nephews.
David’s final resting place will be Highland Cemetery, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. A private Celebration of Life will be held for family and friends at a later date and time.
Memorial contributions in his name may be made to Dementia Friendly Saline, 525 E. Michigan Ave., Saline, MI, 48176.
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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
Name all the municipalities of 10,000 people that have their own Rec Center with a pool. I'm generally curious.
Saline Area Schools needs to take over the Rec Center with a Rec creation millage and maybe a short bond issue, too, for improvements.
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!”
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.
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,