IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Eugenia Genevieve

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Dulyn

Aug 12, 1910 — May 2, 2015

Obituary

Eugenia Genevieve (Zegzutor) DuLyn, age 104, passed away peacefully at her home in Farmington Hills, Michigan, on May 2, 2015. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, August 12, 1910, she immigrated with her family, to the U.S. when she was 12 and became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in July, 1944.

Eugenia, known as Jean, graduated from Hamtramck High School in 1928 and earned a secretarial business degree from Detroit Commercial College in 1929.
Between 1929 and 1934 Jean worked for the Detroit Free Press where she met her future husband, Ted. They were married on June 23, 1934, at Christ Church Cranbrook, in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Jean enjoyed 46 years of professional work and was employed by Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan for 30 years. She retired in 1975 from the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's office.
Jean was a member and past president of the Royal Oak Women's Farm and Garden Club and the Detroit N.E. Women's Business and Professional club. She is a member of the Nardin Park United Methodist Church and a past member of the Nardineer's Travel Club.
Jean loved travel, gardening, cooking, sewing, needlework, entertaining and spending time with her family and friends. She was an avid reader of history, especially England's Royal Family, Modern Fiction, and Biographies. She also enjoyed working crossword puzzles.

Jean is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth (Don) Millington of Farmington Hills; grandchildren Lisa McCrum, Beth Kent, Sue (Fontana) Millington, and Larry (Shannon) Millington, Ted E. (Micki) DuLyn and Tom A. (Deb) DuLyn; great-grandchildren Kelsey McCrum, Catherine, Michael and Joseph Fontana, David and Amy Kent, Makayla and Miranda Millington, Alana, Natasha and Troy DuLyn, Josh and Kaitlin DuLyn; She was preceded in death by her husband Theodore A. Sr., her sister Mary Davidson, brothers Victor and Louis Zegzutor, and son Theodore A. Jr.

A memorial service celebrating Eugenia's amazing life will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Thayer-Rock Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m.

Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Michigan State University, Tollgate; write checks to Michigan State University, memo line-Jean DuLyn Memorial Fund; mail to MSU Tollgate, 28115 Meadowbrook Road, Novi, Michigan 48377, ATTN: Roy Prentis. Donations may also be made to Angela Hospice, 14100 Newburgh Rd., Livonia, MI 48154.


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