1919
Robert
2012
Robert Ely Michael
February 1, 1919 — July 7, 2012
Robert Michael, 93, of Rochester, died Saturday July 7, 2012 at Charter House in Rochester. Mr. Michael was born in New York City on February 1, 1919. He married Viola Fried of Fountain City, Wisconsin, on November 4, 1944 in Baltimore. He served in the U.S. Army Military Police from 1942 to 1946, after which he returned to the steamship company Moore-McCormack Lines, where he had been employed prior to his service in the Army. With Moore-McCormack Lines he was stationed in New York and in Brazil.
At the start of World War II he became a volunteer fireman in the New York City Fire Department Auxiliary. After the war he was a volunteer fireman in the Mount Vernon, New York Fire Department. For several years he was a volunteer fireman in the Los Gatos, California Fire Department. He was a member of the Sierra Club, and he and his wife were avid hikers and conservationists.
In 1947, Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Foreign Trade from the first class of The American Institute for Foreign Trade in Glendale, Arizona. He attended San Jose State University where he earned a B.S. and an M.S. in Business Administration.
He was an instructor of business and a counselor at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California from 1965 to 1991.
He is survived by a sister, Vera Wright, of Knoxville, Maryland; nephews, Richard Sarles of Rockford, Illinois, and Marvin Fried of Des Moines, Iowa; nieces, Susan Fons of Minnetonka, Delores Schlosser of Jamestown, North Dakota, Jeanne Nelson of Cumberland, Wisconsin, and Carole Zierden of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; and nephews, Myron Fried and Joseph Greshik. Also preceding him in death was his dear friend, Beatrice Donovan, with whom he spent 20 wonderful years at Charter House.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date. If so desired, memorials may be directed to Charter House Employee Fund - 211 2nd Street NW in Rochester, Minnesota 55901, or to the Sierra Club - 85 2nd Street in San Francisco, California 94105-3459.
At the start of World War II he became a volunteer fireman in the New York City Fire Department Auxiliary. After the war he was a volunteer fireman in the Mount Vernon, New York Fire Department. For several years he was a volunteer fireman in the Los Gatos, California Fire Department. He was a member of the Sierra Club, and he and his wife were avid hikers and conservationists.
In 1947, Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Foreign Trade from the first class of The American Institute for Foreign Trade in Glendale, Arizona. He attended San Jose State University where he earned a B.S. and an M.S. in Business Administration.
He was an instructor of business and a counselor at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California from 1965 to 1991.
He is survived by a sister, Vera Wright, of Knoxville, Maryland; nephews, Richard Sarles of Rockford, Illinois, and Marvin Fried of Des Moines, Iowa; nieces, Susan Fons of Minnetonka, Delores Schlosser of Jamestown, North Dakota, Jeanne Nelson of Cumberland, Wisconsin, and Carole Zierden of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; and nephews, Myron Fried and Joseph Greshik. Also preceding him in death was his dear friend, Beatrice Donovan, with whom he spent 20 wonderful years at Charter House.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date. If so desired, memorials may be directed to Charter House Employee Fund - 211 2nd Street NW in Rochester, Minnesota 55901, or to the Sierra Club - 85 2nd Street in San Francisco, California 94105-3459.
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