Warren Edward Avis Jr.

Warren E. Avis, Jr. a longtime resident of Palm Beach, Florida and Harbor Springs, Michigan, died Friday, February 3, 2012 after a battle with melanoma. He was 61. Born, June 25, 1950, in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of Susan Packer Bauman of Palm Beach, Florida and the late Warren Edward Avis, Sr. of Michigan. He attended Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and was a graduate of University School, in Hunting Valley, Ohio. He earned his bachelor's degree at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and his Juris Doctor from University of Detroit. Mr. Avis was the president and owner of Avis & Avis, P.A. in Palm Beach, Florida since 1989. He was an accomplished athlete, excelling in skiing, mountain biking, shooting, flying, sailing, and paddle boarding. He was an avid outdoorsman and hunter. He was involved with the Boys Scouts of America. Mr. Avis was a member of the Bath & Tennis Club and Sailfish Club in Palm Beach, Florida and the Birchwood Farms Golf & Country Club in Harbor Springs, Michigan. In addition to his wife of 26 years, Deborah Kah Avis, he is survived by his two sons, Warren Edward Avis, III, and William Evan Avis of Palm Beach, Florida; his mother Susan P. Bauman, of Palm Beach, Florida, his brothers, Wayne Evan Avis, of Birmingham, Michigan, Nevin Packer Bauman, of Palm Beach, Florida, and sister, Wendy Ellen Avis-King, of Moreland Hills, Ohio. He will be entombed in his family's mausoleum at White Chapel, in Troy, Michigan with a private Mass. A memorial service in Palm Beach, Florida will be held in the spring. Donations in his memory may be made to The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-By-The-Sea, 141 South County Road, Palm Beach, Florida or to the Gulf Stream Council of the Boys Scouts of America, 8335 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach, Florida 33410.