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Albert W. Ratush, age 95, of Utica, Michigan passed away on Friday, October 13th, 2023. Albert was born on September 20th, 1928 to the late Walter Ratush and Agnes (Gellus) Ratush.
He received a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Lawrence Institute of Technology, and worked as an engineer standards writer for General Motors. He also proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953.
Albert loved fishing with his best friend, the Late Donald Tabbey. He also loved researching businesses and investing in the stock market. A singular soul, Albert preferred solitude, but had a generous heart and charitable personality that he shared with his extended family and many friends.
Survivors include his nephews, Hon. Kirk W. Tabbey, Paul W. Masalskis DC, also nephews Ross Tabbey, MD, Peter Masalskis, Matthew Masalskis, James Masalskis, John Masalskis, and nieces Frances Masalskis, Cathy Davis, Sharon Rosen, and Elissa Fink. Albert was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Agnes Ratush, sisters, Florence Tabbey, Gladys Masalskis, Bernice Ratush and niece Michele Okoniewski, DDS.
A Mass of the Christian Burial will take place at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Saline, MI on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:30 A.M. Friends may join the family for a time of visitation at the Church from 9:30 A.M. until the time of Mass. Fr. John Linden as Celebrant. Military Honors will be provided by the Washtenaw County Veteran’s Honor Guard. Burial will follow the service and will be held at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield, MI. Memorial contributions in Albert’s name may be made to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation https://t2t.org/donate/#more-ways, or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html. To sign his guestbook, to leave a memory, or for more information or directions please visit www.rbfhsaline.com. Services are entrusted to the Robison-Bahnmiller Funeral Home in Saline.
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!”
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,