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Saturday, June 10, 2017Ron was married to Bonnie on February 7, 1970; they were married for 47 years. He is survived by his two children, his son Ronald (Emily Mullins), and his daughter Ronda (Joel) Abramson; his three grandchildren, Audrey, Holden and Jenna; his brother, Don, and the late Alberta Stephenson, John, Bernard, Francis and Marlene Vuketich; his nephews, John and Vince; his many other nieces and nephews, and the rest of his family and friends.He was predeceased by his mother, Sylvia, and his father, John Kane.Visitation will be Monday, March 13, 2017, at the O'BRIEN/SULLIVAN FUNERAL HOME, 41555 Grand River Ave., Novi, Mich., from 2 to 8 p.m. A Scripture Service will be held on Monday at 7 p.m.He will lie in state at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 830 South Lafayette, South Lyon, Mich., Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the funeral liturgy at 11:30 a.m.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the American Lung Association.Online sympathy message at www.obriensullivanfuneralhome.com.
Saturday, June 10, 2017If I had to sit down and pick the hardest working person I’ve known, it would have to be Floyd,” Ortiz said.When Ortiz went out in the morning to pick up his newspaper, he’d see DeForest pulling out of the driveway with his truck and his boat.“I’d see him leaving before sun up, and I’d see him coming (home) after sundown. It’d be cold out. It’d be hot out. It’d be bad weather. If he could go, he’d go.“For all of the time I ever knew that man, I can say that I never, ever, ever heard him complain about his job,” Ortiz said.“He enjoyed life,” said Lorraine DeForest, Crabby Floyd’s wife of 42 years. “He always considered himself so fortunate because he worked at a job that he loved.”DeForest was widely known as a crabber.“Everybody knew what he did,” Ortiz said. “People would come up and knock on his door and ask for crab.”Often, DeForest would stop and chat with Ortiz, as he headed out to work or on his way home.“He was a very outgoing, jovial guy. He always had a joke for you,” Ortiz said. “He was very quick-witted. Very bright, too. He stayed up on politics.”DeForest had plenty of opinions and was always ready to share them.“You knew where Floyd stood,” Ortiz said.He also was involved in the community.He was on the boards for both Land O’ Lakes Police Athletic League football and the Land O’ Lakes Little League and volunteered for the Land O’ Lakes High School Girls’ Softball team.“We became friends when we coached football together,” said Cary Williams, noting that was 22 years ago.The men and their families became close, sharing holidays together.Williams and DeForest used to fish and hunt together, too.DeForest was the kind of person who would go out in the middle of the night to help someone who was out on the water having boat problems, Williams said.“He was the type of guy you could count on,” Williams said.“He was a very conservative man,” Williams added, and he was politically involved.“He would take the time to call state, federal and local politicians and them his opinion,” Williams said.Chris Carollo, who owns Shadow Solutions Firearms in Lutz, said DeForest used to come hang out at his gun shop to shoot the breeze with other pa...
Monday, May 01, 2017Barker Engineering Library to a lower ledge on the building when he slipped and fell.Boston Magazine reported there is a tradition of MIT students pulling pranks and stunts that involve scaling the iconic "Great Dome," in some cases placing objects on top of the dome, ranging from emergency vehicles to artwork.Paggi was valedictorian of his 2011 graduating class at Monsignor Donovan High School in Toms River, according to his obituary in the Asbury Park Press.After graduating from MIT in 2015 with degrees in computer science, engineering and physics, Paggi was working as a software engineer at Lexington, Mass.-based Ab Initio at the time of his death, according to The Tech, MIT's campus newspaper.Paggi's family has started a fundraiser toward a memorial scholarship in his memory. The fundraiser's GoFundMe page says the scholarship would be given to a graduating senior at the high school Paggi attended who plans to pursue a degree in physics or computer science.Thomas Moriarty may be reached at tmoriarty@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ThomasDMoriarty. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
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Saturday, June 10, 2017Ron was married to Bonnie on February 7, 1970; they were married for 47 years. He is survived by his two children, his son Ronald (Emily Mullins), and his daughter Ronda (Joel) Abramson; his three grandchildren, Audrey, Holden and Jenna; his brother, Don, and the late Alberta Stephenson, John, Bernard, Francis and Marlene Vuketich; his nephews, John and Vince; his many other nieces and nephews, and the rest of his family and friends.He was predeceased by his mother, Sylvia, and his father, John Kane.Visitation will be Monday, March 13, 2017, at the O'BRIEN/SULLIVAN FUNERAL HOME, 41555 Grand River Ave., Novi, Mich., from 2 to 8 p.m. A Scripture Service will be held on Monday at 7 p.m.He will lie in state at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 830 South Lafayette, South Lyon, Mich., Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the funeral liturgy at 11:30 a.m.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the American Lung Association.Online sympathy message at www.obriensullivanfuneralhome.com.
Saturday, June 10, 2017If I had to sit down and pick the hardest working person I’ve known, it would have to be Floyd,” Ortiz said.When Ortiz went out in the morning to pick up his newspaper, he’d see DeForest pulling out of the driveway with his truck and his boat.“I’d see him leaving before sun up, and I’d see him coming (home) after sundown. It’d be cold out. It’d be hot out. It’d be bad weather. If he could go, he’d go.“For all of the time I ever knew that man, I can say that I never, ever, ever heard him complain about his job,” Ortiz said.“He enjoyed life,” said Lorraine DeForest, Crabby Floyd’s wife of 42 years. “He always considered himself so fortunate because he worked at a job that he loved.”DeForest was widely known as a crabber.“Everybody knew what he did,” Ortiz said. “People would come up and knock on his door and ask for crab.”Often, DeForest would stop and chat with Ortiz, as he headed out to work or on his way home.“He was a very outgoing, jovial guy. He always had a joke for you,” Ortiz said. “He was very quick-witted. Very bright, too. He stayed up on politics.”DeForest had plenty of opinions and was always ready to share them.“You knew where Floyd stood,” Ortiz said.He also was involved in the community.He was on the boards for both Land O’ Lakes Police Athletic League football and the Land O’ Lakes Little League and volunteered for the Land O’ Lakes High School Girls’ Softball team.“We became friends when we coached football together,” said Cary Williams, noting that was 22 years ago.The men and their families became close, sharing holidays together.Williams and DeForest used to fish and hunt together, too.DeForest was the kind of person who would go out in the middle of the night to help someone who was out on the water having boat problems, Williams said.“He was the type of guy you could count on,” Williams said.“He was a very conservative man,” Williams added, and he was politically involved.“He would take the time to call state, federal and local politicians and them his opinion,” Williams said.Chris Carollo, who owns Shadow Solutions Firearms in Lutz, said DeForest used to come hang out at his gun shop to shoot the breeze with other pa...
Monday, May 01, 2017Barker Engineering Library to a lower ledge on the building when he slipped and fell.Boston Magazine reported there is a tradition of MIT students pulling pranks and stunts that involve scaling the iconic "Great Dome," in some cases placing objects on top of the dome, ranging from emergency vehicles to artwork.Paggi was valedictorian of his 2011 graduating class at Monsignor Donovan High School in Toms River, according to his obituary in the Asbury Park Press.After graduating from MIT in 2015 with degrees in computer science, engineering and physics, Paggi was working as a software engineer at Lexington, Mass.-based Ab Initio at the time of his death, according to The Tech, MIT's campus newspaper.Paggi's family has started a fundraiser toward a memorial scholarship in his memory. The fundraiser's GoFundMe page says the scholarship would be given to a graduating senior at the high school Paggi attended who plans to pursue a degree in physics or computer science.Thomas Moriarty may be reached at tmoriarty@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ThomasDMoriarty. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
