Ruth Elethier Arink

1915 - 2006  (91 years)

• Name	Ruth Elethier Arink
  Birth	8 Jun 1915	Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Witness-Obituary	7 Feb 1985	Lansing, Michigan   [2]
  	Patricia A. Kooistra , age 52, died Jan 31, 1985 at the Ingram County Medical Care Facility after a long illness. A resident of Lansing since 1955, she had attended Western Michigan University and later earned a Bachelor's degree in Art History from Michigan State University (1962) and a Master's degree in Library Science from University of Michigan (1963). From 1963 through 1969 she worked as a Reference Librarian with the State of Michigan Library where she was also responsible for the book collection on art and music. Earlier she had worked as a Photogrammetric Technician for the State Highway Department, as a Copywriter for the John Henry Co, and before she came to Lansing as a Field Representative for the Sutherland Paper Co of Kalamazoo covering major cities in the midwest, the southeastern and southwestern US. Survivors are her husband, George of Lansing; father and stepmother Vern & Ruth Mabie of Petosky; brother, Robert Mabie of Kalamazoo; sister, Alice (Mrs Gerald) Niedlinger of Jenison. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, Feb 27 in the Alumni Memorial Chapel on the Michigan State University Campus.
  Witness-Obituary	28 Oct 1991	Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan   [3]
  	Vern E. Mabie, 87, of Petroskey, died Oct 25, 1991, at Northern Michigan Hospital. Funeral will be Tuesday at Epsilon United Methodist Church with the Rev Glenn Wagner officiating. Burial will be in Crandall Cemetery, Sand Lake. Mr Mabie was born Dec 14, 1903 in Sand Lake, the son of Delmar and Nettie Belle (Tuttle) Mabie. He grew up in Sand Lake where he attended a rural school. He then attended and graduated from high school in Cedar Springs. He also attended Western Michigan University where he received his bachelor of arts degree in 1930. He then received his master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1933. Mr Mabie was a teacher and junior high principal in Sparta, Mich, fro 1925-28; instructor in the history department of Western Michigan University (then Western State Teachers College) from 1930-32; high school principal in Greenville from 1933-35; superintendent of schools in Greenville from 1935-47; assistant professor of history and political science at Central Michigan University from 1947-48; direcoor of placement and alumni relations at WMU from 1948-59; dropped alumni work in 1959 and became director of placement only from 1959-70. On June 30, 1926, he married the former Margaret T Critchett in Cedar Springs. She died in 1964. He then married Ruth Arink Senne on Nov 20, 1965. He and his wife moved to Petoskey in 1979 where they have lived since. Mr Mabie was listed in "Who's Who in Education" in the 1967 and 1968 editions and was listed in "Who's Who in the Midwest" in the 1969 and 1970 editions. Mr Mabie enjoyed fishing and watching wildlife. He was a member of the Western Michigan University Fouddation; the National Association for School, College and University Staffing; the Midwest College Placement Association; the Michigan College and University Placement Association, where he served as past president; the Michigan Association of School Administrators; and the American Association of School Administrators. Mr Mabie is survived by his wife, Ruth; one son, Robert Mabie and his wife, Darleen, of Portage, Mich; one daughter, Mrs Gerald (Alice) Neidlinger of Hudsonville, Mich; four stepdaughters, Carol Waszkiewicz of Kalamazoo; Elinor Cooper of St Louis, Mo, Kathryn Senne of Petosky' Laura Senne-Laguna of Ciudad Sahagun, Mexico; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Mr Mabie was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs George (Patricia Ann) Kooistra.
  Reference Number	1927
  Residence	1992	Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan
  Death	19 Oct 2006	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan   [1]
  Person ID	I1916	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Vern Elias Mabie,   b. 14 Dec 1903, Sand Lake, Kent County, Michigan d. 25 Oct 1991, Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1965  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, obit in the Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan), 7 Feb 1985, Thu, Page 14. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, obit in Petoskey News-Review (Petoskey, Michigan), 28 Oct 1991, Mon, Page 2. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorial# 82979103.