Historic
Elmwood Foundation
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HISTORIC
ELMWOOD FOUNDATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Terry
Peck Book ~
President
Eileen McCarthy ~
Vice President
John S. Snyder ~
Treasurer
James Deutchman
Father Steven J. Kelly~
Secretary
Duncan Campbell
Joan Frear Capuano~
Executive Director |
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As a valued friend of Elmwood Cemetery,
you have been part of our successful efforts
to restore the Chapel interior and the Administrative
building. We are grateful for your past
support and hope that you will continue
to include Elmwood in your charitable choices.
For our 161st year, the Foundation Board
of Directors has chosen several projects that will further preserve
the history of Elmwood Cemetery and the
memory of those interred.
Click here to see some of our Foundation Projects.
Please note that your entire contribution
will be allocated to the project of your
choice. The Historic Elmwood Foundation
is a 501(c)(3) organization and your donation
may be tax deductible. I hope you will consider
our request. All contributors will be acknowledged
on our website and in our newsletter. Thank you for your consideration.
Please feel free to contact us if you have
any questions.
Restoration of Elmwood Cemetery
Restoring Elmwood Cemetery with careful management and ambitious vision
With the turn of this century, the Trustees of Elmwood Cemetery determined the entire infrastructure of the Cemetery needed to be restored and made manageable for the long term. The initial step was the completion of a physical master plan for the entire Cemetery.
The first major project was the restoration of the Gatehouse. This project retained the historic structure and image while creating a state-of-the-art Administrative Center with a quality customer service environment, and a secure record retention facility.
To assist in the Cemetery’s restoration and, as an outreach vehicle to make Elmwood a community destination, the Trustees formed the Historic Elmwood Foundation in 2005. This entity, a 501(c)(3) corporation, complements the not-for-profit cemetery corporation.
Through the Foundation, the Historic Elmwood Chapel has been preserved and restored. Some of the initial steps to make Elmwood more beautiful include annual and perennial plantings, tree reforestation, monument restoration, benches for visitors, and a transportation vehicle for the disabled.
With Cemetery funds, the Trustees updated and repaired the Cemetery’s Maintenance Center, improved signage and implemented the initial phase of the roadway reconstruction. In its permanent road system, Elmwood has just over five miles of roadway. The total roadway project is a $1.2 million capital improvement, of which the initial phase consumed the first $180,000 of this cost and was completed in 2007. In addition to the increased safety inherent with new roads, project completion, which also includes adding curbs, will enable better maintenance of the grass and roads and help prevent water and soil runoff. Section and lawn renovations can begin once the roads are completed. These significant steps complement our other projects.
The lawn renovations tie into the pond restoration. “Bloody Run Creek”, so named following the battle between the British and Chief Pontiac in 1763, feeds our pond as do the runoff and storm sewers in the Cemetery. We hope to dredge the pond, increasing its capacity and enabling it to be a source of partial irrigation for the Cemetery grounds. In addition, we will enhance the pond with a sculpture, fountain, and flowers.
We received grants for two small reforestation projects and plan to apply for others. We are pursuing grant opportunities for audio tours including maps and signage, tree identification and signage, Chapel tuck-pointing and repair and restoration of important monuments on our grounds. Administratively, we want to continue our records automation program and the imaging to preserve historic files and family profiles.
All of these projects need to be accomplished while our investment advisors strive to grow our Endowment Fund to twice its current principal amount over the next decade. With careful management of our operating income and expenses and with the help of the Friends of Elmwood, this ambitious vision can be fully implemented before 2018.
Please support our effort to restore the Elmwood Cemetery. Join the Historic Elmwood Foundation.
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Terry
Book,
President –
Historic Elmwood Foundation
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Joan
Frear Capuano, Executive Director
– Historic Elmwood Foundation
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Our
Mission: To
preserve and promote the treasure that is Historic Elmwood
Cemetery is a rewarding task for the Foundation. The
responsibility of preserving the memories of so many
of Detroit’s citizens who are buried here, and
beautifying their surroundings is our welcome mandate.
The heritage that our Foundation is conserving will
not be lost to future generations; rather, they will
be able to experience and understand the historical
significance of the governors, explorers, doctors, mayors,
inventors, senators, civil rights leaders, distillers,
brewmasters, civil war generals and others who played
a part in shaping our city.
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Bequests
Last year, two individuals remembered Elmwood in their will. If you are planning a charitable bequest or trust designation, please consider the Historic Elmwood Foundation. Language for a gift by bequest is simple and can be incorporated into a new will or added simply by a codicil (amendment) to your existing will.
The following are examples of bequest statements that may be used as models. The Historic Elmwood Foundation encourages you to discuss the language in preparing your bequest or trust designation with your professional advisor. We welcome the opportunity to work with you and your advisors to develop language tailored to your specific needs. Such collaboration ensures that the correct legal language is used and that your wishes are accurately understood. Please contact Joan Capuano, Executive Director of the Historic Elmwood Foundation, for additional information.
Unrestricted Residual Bequest
I give the Historic Elmwood Foundation, 1200 Elmwood Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48207, Federal ID 20-3821302, (_________ % of the residue of my estate) or (the sum of $__________), to be used by the Historic Elmwood Foundation, wherever the needs and opportunities are greatest.
Unrestricted Contingent Bequest
In the event that __________ predeceases me, I give the Historic Elmwood Foundation, 1200 Elmwood Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48207, Federal ID 20-3821302, (_________ % of the residue of my estate) or (the sum of $__________), to be used by the Historic Elmwood Foundation, wherever the needs and opportunities are greatest..
Memorial Donations
The Historic Elmwood Foundation is pleased to accept memorial donations and will note them as such in our annual reporting of donations. Merely indicate this donation is in memory of _________________ by _______________. If you would like your memorial donation to be listed as “A Friend of Elmwood,” please so indicate. |
FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTORS IN 2011
We are thankful for the many friends who supported the
Historic Elmwood Foundation and Elmwood Cemetery in 2011:
| PATRON
The Elizabeth, Allan & Warren
Shelden Foundation
Ralph Wilson Jr.
BENEFACTOR
Mrs. Edward I. Book
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Chope
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Ledyard
Mr. & Mrs. Francis W. McMillan, II
Munder Capital Management
Frank & Phyllis Vroom
SPONSOR
Mike & Betsy Bernard
Ms. Terry P. Book
Michael & Virginia Carter
Ruth Roby Glancy
Alesia & Margaret Howard
Frances Mann
Lt. Col. John Norvell
Grace McGraw Parr
Mr. & Mrs. Nicolas I. Quintana
John & Sharon Snyder
Mr. John Stroh, III
DONOR
R. Matthew Sweeney
ACCURecords, LLC
George LaForest
Apartment Services
Ms. Antoinette Book
Duncan & Maura Campbell
John & Joan Capuano
James & Cathy Deutchman
John F. Diebel
Mrs. Allen F. Edwards, Jr.
Marianne T. Endicott
Olive Hansen
Mrs. Syri A. Harris
David Brunning
Karpus, Scott & Company
Larry F. Sloane
L. F. Sloane Consulting
Donald Lindow
Matthews International
Eileen McCarthy
McCarthy & Smith
Mrs. Helen McGraw
W. H. Muir
Dale and Dianne Pegg
Mary L. Saunders
Karen Schrock
Lillie Montague Tabor
Mrs. Minnie Woodard
FRIEND
Beverly Butler
Johnette Connors
Mr. Tracy Kane Hastings
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Blain
Gabrielle Bradby-Greene
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Buhl
Dan Campau
Dr. Frank Clark
Augustine Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Crain
Mrs. William D. Dahling
Bernard Z. Davis, Jr.
Russell & Susan Dixon
Lillie Edwards
Carroll & Palen Elder
Charles F. Emmons
Family of Johnnie Mae Faison
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fruehauf
Charles Fuget
Dr. Sonja Gildon
Ruby Goolsby
Stuart Grigg
Grigg Graphic Services
R. R. Gunter
Mr. & Mrs. Verne Hampton
Viola Hare
Nancy and Fred Hathaway, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Hodges
Dr. Joyce Holder Matthews
Alma Houser
Susan & Edgar Howbert
Mr. & Mrs. William Howenstein
Jay F. Hunter
Mr. Alfred James
Robert Johnson
Gwendolyn Jordan
Fr. Steven J. Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Krag
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lambrecht
Elizabeth S. Ledyard
Mary Waterman Lunt
Mrs. Albert Maas
Mike Maldegen
James D. & Setsuko H. Martin
Theodore A. McGraw, Jr.
Dr. Shirley McRae
Laureen K. Mohn
Brenda Motley-Aikens
Andrew & Sandra Penz
Robert L. and Krisseda E. Pryor
Louise Radford
R. Bradley Randall
Barbara Rice
Mr. & Mrs. H. Gunter Seydel
Ola Shackelford
Robin Sowell
Marjorie Peabody Stapleton
Dr. Helen M. Surrell
Edward Trowbridge, Jr.
Ruth Whipple
CONTRIBUTOR
Mrs. Pamala Aikens
Nancy Allen
Anne C. Armstrong
Michael Backman -
McMillan Office
Mrs. Kim Baubie
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Begg
Suzanne Chapin Berl
Ms. Harriet Billups
Richard A. Bisgrove
Mr. Thomas J. Blaser
Doug Boehmer
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Book
Grace Brown
Mr. & Mrs. William Butler
James Candler
H. James Caulkins
Johnnie Colbert
Carolyn Coleman Family
Daisy Counsel
Ernest Crumb
Mrs. Jack M. Cudlip
Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Currie
Charles DuCharme, III
Mrs. Robert Dunwoodie
Cleveland Edwards
Wonnie Gaskin
Joyce Gatling
Helen Glover
Harvey Goltz
Mary Harney
Clara Smith Hayes
Palmer Heenan
James W. Hodges
Elaine R. Hudson
Dr. Barbara M. Jones
Shirley Jones-Burke
Jack & Mary Kalmink
Ms. Deborah J. Knight
Sara Amy Leach
Bessie Mae Lewis
Myrtle Peart-Love
Velma Lowery
John C. Mau
Mary Ann Moore
Judy A. Neal
Sonia Norfleet-Johnson
Mr. Benjamin Paddock, III
Diane Page
Glenn M. Price
Virginia Regnerus
Joy Reliford
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Reuther, Jr.
Dr. Phyllis E. Robinson
Mrs. Douglas F. Roby, Jr.
Christi Hodges Shatzel
Dr. Robert & Evelyn Sims
Ernest C. Smith
St. John’s Episcopal Church of Detroit
Don & Mary Ann Stange
Arlene Starghill
Barbara A. Stephens
Eleanor B. Stephenson
Margaret Davis Stoepel
Bud & Mary Taylor
Beverly Thomas
Christiansen von Wormer
Vivian Weaver
Annie Wilson
Margaret A. Woodhouse
Vera Mae Worthy
Sarah Wreford |
MEMBER
James R. Allen
Samuel Ballard
Augusta L. Baxter
Lucille Bowen
Martin Brosnan
Eleanore Brown
Mrs. Erma Campbell
Samuel L. Caruthers
Paula Cheek
Mrs. Bliss Caulkins Clark
Shirley Conery
Charles & Mary Cooper
Matthew Corbin, Sr.
Ernestine Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Thornton Dickinson
Mrs. David Edgar
Vernell Engram
Kansas Esters, Jr.
Barbara L. Finch
E.J. Finley
Robert Foyt
Dorris F. Fultz-Pickett
C. Mary Grady
Diane Gould Hall
Ralph D. Harmon
Annie L. Haynes
Anthony L. Henderson
Edward Henkel, Jr.
Milton Henkel
Lynette M. Hines
Lucy Hogan
Dr. Cheryl Holloway
John M. Hooks
Patricia Ibbotson
Annie Ingram
Ms. Mary Jenifer-Durant
Gwendolyn F. Johnson
Lavoid Johnson
Max C. Jones, Jr.
Dr. Virginia D. Jones
Catherine Lang
Laura Lewis-Woods
Phelan & Ciara Lowe
June MacPherson
Marilyn Miller
David Moss
Harriet Murray and Family
Robert Musial
Billie Y. Patmon
David Post
Julia L. Raines
Mrs. Odessa Rogers
Ms. Herland Sanders
Sandra Sanders
Mamie Scott
Macrina Seitz
Ms. Florence Seltzer
Michael & Karyn Shukwit
Eloise Simon
Bonita Smith
Richard Snyder
Mrs. W. Colburn Standish, Jr.
Eva Starks
Willie Thomas
Constance Tidwell
John H. Mitchell, Sr. Family
P. Benjamin Van Lowe
Carolyn Vaughn
Carolyn Walker
Peggy Walker
Frances Warley
James D. Wilson
Matilda Wilson
Rosemary Wilson
Mary Frances Womack-Taylor
Dianne Wright
Jean T. Wyatt
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley B. Young
Mrs. Mary Anne Zinn
IN MEMORY OF
Mary Matilda Bisgrove
Robert P. Dunwoodie
John R. Edgar
Mary Ann Finley
Arthur L. Grady
Marilyn Harmon
Mr. Cleodie Houser
Jessie & Sampson Howard
Bessie Ivory
Alfred James
Agrippa T. Jones, Jocelyn Jones
and Zelda Plater
Charlie & Pauline Kauderer and
Bill & Donna Hancock
Thomas Boone Love
Alberta Mason
Nathan McGuire
Dr. Norman McRae, Jr.
Mary Duffield Meginnity
Willie E. Rice, Jr.
Clare Rogers
Alice Wooley Schultz
Norma Smith
Norman J. Tabor, Jr.
Arlene Williams
Anna L. Wilson & James E. Gaffney, Jr.
Mary Matilda Bisgrove
Robert P. Dunwoodie
John R. Edgar
Mary Ann Finley
Arthur L. Grady
Marilyn Harmon
Mr. Cleodie Houser
Jessie & Sampson Howard
Bessie Ivory
Alfred James
Agrippa T. Jones, Jocelyn Jones
and Zelda Plater
Charlie & Pauline Kauderer and
Bill & Donna Hancock
Thomas Boone Love
Alberta Mason
Nathan McGuire
Dr. Norman McRae, Jr.
Mary Duffield Meginnity
Willie E. Rice, Jr.
Clare Rogers
Alice Wooley Schultz
Norma Smith
Norman J. Tabor, Jr.
Arlene Williams
Anna L. Wilson & James E. Gaffney, Jr.
IN HONOR OF
Terry Book
James Finley Sr.
Otto W. Goltz
Robert C. & Robert L. Murray
Fanny Louise Good Stewart
Lillian James
IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
Joan Frear Capuano
David Hessell
Ciara Green Lowe
Robert Schroeder
Michael Shukwit
Bonita Smith
We also wish to thank those who prefer to remain anonymous. We are truly grateful to all our donors and supporters.
Please contact
Joan Frear Capuano at
313-567-3453 with listing
corrections.
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