Archie Joseph McEachern

Archie Joseph McEachern of Grosse Pointe Farms passed away peacefully of natural causes at the age of 88 on August 1, 2009. Joe, as friends and family knew him, was born on March 23, 1921 in Judeque, Inverness County, Nova Scotia to Donald and Anne (MacLellan) MacEachern. Joe left the family farm in Nova Scotia during WWII to join the army where he served as a part of a hospital supply unit in England. After the war he left Canada for opportunities in the United States, traveling to a community of fellow Scottish countrymen in Detroit and Grosse Pointe. Joe married Mary Agnes Campbell in 1948. A short time after his arrival, Joe joined the Grosse Pointe City Fire Department where he worked until his retirement in 1981. He then began a career in the restaurant business that would span 20 years as a partner in Perini's Italian Restaurant, an eastside favorite for many years. Joe could always be counted on to participate in the Old Newsboys' Detroit Goodfellow annual fundraising events. Always the Detroit sports enthusiast, he was a fan of the Lions and Tigers. A favorite recreational activity was perch fishing on Lake St. Clair, winter or summer. A devoted Catholic, Joe was a member of the St. Paul Parish and the St. Philomena Parish later in life. He was loving father to five children - Thresa, Edward (Mary Jane), Donald (Lora), Gerald (Rita), and Veronica Greiner (Chris). Joe is survived by one brother, Duncan MacEachern, his five children, and five grandchildren Ryan (Belle), Joseph, Alex, Katelyn, Jessica, one great-grandchild - Josephine and many loving nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Agnes and second wife, Ione, his sisters Mae, Mary, Margaret, Catherine, Cecilia, and brothers Alec, John Angus, and Hughie. Special thanks to all the wonderful caregivers at Shore Point Place, where Joe lived his final days, especially Joyce Atkinson. A memorial gathering to celebrate Joe's life will be scheduled later this fall. The family has requested that you consider buying a flower for a friend, filling out an organ donation card, or doing a good deed in memory of Joe. In tribute we offer a Scottish saying... Joe was a hard working, conscientious, and determined man. It could be said that he lived by the old Scottish saying "Rarely argue simply keep repeating your assertions."

Funeral Home:

A. H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe

20705 Mack Avenue

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

US 48236