Vera Bourg Ryan

Vera B. Ryan, age 93, died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on July 16, 2014 at Shorepointe Nursing Center in St. Clair Shores. Vera was born at home in Detroit on September 8, 1920, the daughter of Thomas and Martha Bourg. She grew up on Detroit's eastside, and as a young child she was stricken with Scarlet fever and also a mild case of tuberculosis. She graduated from Southeastern High School in 1938. After high school, she took a business math class and learned to operate a comptometer, a forerunner of the computer. She worked at the S.S. Kresge Company's main building as a mail clerk and was eventually promoted to the treasurer's department to do check writing and also operated a comptometer. At age 18, Vera met Delbert Leroy Ryan. The young couple married two years later at Christ Methodist Church on Warren and Haverhill in Detroit. They lived with Vera's parents for about six months before moving into their first home on Neff Road in Detroit. Vera enjoyed spending time with her family, family meals, gardening, homemaking, sewing, reading, golf, travel, and vacationing Up North. She was a member of Lochmoor Club, Living Word Evangelical Presbyterian Church and the former Garden Club of Detroit. Vera is survived by her children; Thomas (Pamela), Susan Neeme (David), and Robert (JoAnn); her grandchildren; Eric (Ingrid), Garrett (Sarah), and Gregory (Claudia) Ryan; Christopher, Andrew, and Jonathan Neeme; Nathan, Caleb, Autumn, and Luke Ryan; GiGi of Anya, Summer, Matias, Wesley, Anders, Alessia, Sabrina and Marissa. Aunt of Julia Stanley (Kurt) and Jeff Juenemann (Linda). She was predeceased by her husband Delbert, their daughter, Patricia; grandson, David Neeme, Jr. and her sister, Betty Juenemann. The funeral for Vera Ryan will be held at 12 noon Monday at the A. H. Peters Funeral Home, 20705 Mack Avenue at Vernier Road in Grosse Pointe Woods. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 8:00 pm Sunday. Rev. Jim Rizer, pastor of Living Hope Church will officiate. Interment will be private at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery in Troy, MI. The family has suggested memorials be made to Living Hope Church, P. O. Box 36956, Grosse Pointe, MI 48236.

Funeral Home:

A. H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe

20705 Mack Avenue

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

US 48236