He was born July 10, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio to Richard M. Marman and Marie C. Repp. He graduated in 1958 from Roosevelt High School in Dayton, and received a BA in English and a teaching certificate from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio in 1964. He later earned an MA in Education from Eastern Michigan U. and a Master of Library Science degree from Wayne State University.
Ed taught English and Humanities at Graham High School in St. Paris, Ohio from 1965-1970, then in the fall moved to Wayne, Michigan where he taught English and served as a Media Librarian at various junior high schools in the Wayne-Westland School System. He retired from teaching in 1995.
Ed’s interests were wide and varied. Among them were reading, photography, ceramic tile-making, education, classical and sacred music, pipe organs, cooking, making chocolate, travel and all things Irish. He founded the Detroit Metro Chapter of the Irish-American Cultural Institute in 1981. He served on the Wayne-Westland (later Wayne) Library Board from the mid-1980s, leading that board as president from the early 1990s through the building of the present library in 1996 to the present date. Also during his retirement, Ed served as editor of the Comprehensive Index for Eire-Ireland, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies, published in 1999. As a result of that effort, he was invited to speak on the topic at Oxford University in England.
Ed is predeceased by his mother, Marie C. (Repp) Pickering, and his father, Richard M. Marman. He is survived by a brother, Gary Pickering, and a sister, Nancy (Pickering) Teegarden; one niece and two nephews; five close cousins and a number of close friends. Ed will be greatly missed.
A Memorial Service celebrating Ed Marman’s life will be held on Thu., Aug. 16 at 11 am at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 30650 Six Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48152. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wayne Public Library or Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Harry J. Will Funeral Home, Wayne, MI, arrangements.
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