DOUGLAS FERGUSSON ROBY Jr.

DOUGLAS FERGUSSON ROBY Jr.

DOUGLAS ROBY Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 7, 2010.
ROBY DOUGLAS FERGUSSON JR. Peacefully passed away after a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer on Saturday, February 27, 2010. Doug was born in Detroit, MI on December 3, 1932 to Douglas and Ruth Clippert Roby. He was the loving husband of Mary McKean Roby and dear father of Patricia Roby Gotfredson (Edward C.), Douglas F. Roby, III (Lynne M.) and Charles Clippert Roby. He was the proud grandfather of Jenna Esther Roby, Douglas Fergusson Roby, IV, Edward Courtney Gotfredson, Jr. and George Edmunds Gotfredson. He is also survived by his sisters, Hermine Klingler and Ruth Glancy and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, 50 East Fisher Freeway at Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI. Internment will follow at Pointe Aux Barques, MI in June. Memorial donations may be made to Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI. 48073.

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