Marie S. Black

Marie S. Black of Okemos Michigan passed away February 19, 2012 with her family beside her. She was predeceased by her husband William after 57 years of marriage. She is the loving mother of Donald of Northville MI and the late Leonard. She is the dear mother in law of Sherri and Renate. Dear grandmother of Will, Christina and Stephan. She is also survived by her sister Pauline Angle, brothers Woodrow, Donald and Jack Skaff. Mrs. Black was an accomplished pianist and vocalist. She spent much of her life teaching piano and was active as a performer. She enjoyed concerts and the opera, was an avid bridge player, and traveled to Europe many times. A Memorial Service is being planned for a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Marie S. Black Endowed Scholarship In Music at the College of Music at Michigan State University. For further information, contact Rebecca Surian at 517-353-9872. The following passage comforted us at the passing of husband Bill and son Lennie. We hope it comforts you as it continues to comfort us at the passing of Marie. Henry Scott Hollan, who was Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London , had a clear sense of the continuity of being, of life as endless and without interruption. He left the following message for his loved ones: "Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged." "Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me, let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it." "Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well."

Funeral Home:

A. H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe Woods

20705 Mack

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

US 48236