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JoAnn Builta Obituary
Cremation rites will be accorded, and a graveside service will be held at the White Chapel Cemetery in Troy, Michigan.
JoAnn was born on January 16, 1931, in Detroit Michigan, the only child of the late Carl W. Young and Anna (Somdal) Young of Detroit, Michigan. A graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, she later earned her master's degree in education from the University of Virginia.
In 1951, she married Dick Builta. They had three children, Diann of Norfolk, VA, Jim of Livonia, MI, and Kevin of Rock Island, Illinois. Kevin and his wife, Denise, are the parents of four splendid children, Danielle, Stephen, Jonathan, and Andre. Stephen and his wife Shilpa are the parents of JoAnn's precious great-grandchildren Corinne, Celeste, and Clarice.
JoAnn was preceded in death by her husband, Dick, and son, Jim and is survived by her children Diann and Kevin and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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