HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1963.09.09 - 20137Miscellaneous Resolution 4201 September 9, 1963
BY: M. Levinson
IN RE: MEMORIAL FOR RAY A. PALMER
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
On July 5, 1963, Ray A. Palmer, former member of this Board and former Mayor
of the City of Birmingham, passed away at the age of 83. He was born in Alamo,
Michigan, graduated from Western Michigan University and the University of Chicago and
attended Harvard University graduate school.
Mr. Palmer had been an educator, real estate broker, and community leader in
Birmingham for many years. He was a member of the Oakland County Board of Supervisors
from 1945 to 1950, Mayor of Birmingham for one year, 1944 to 1945, member of the City
Commission for 12 years, and President of the Board of Education for 9 years.
Before moving to Birmingham in 1923, he had been a teacher, business manager,
and football coach in Highland Park Public Schools, and had a lifelong interest in sports.
He was a life member of Malta Lodge No, 465, F & AM, a member and former
officer of the Birmingham Exchange Club, a life member of the Birmingham Real Estate
Board, and had been a Vestryman and Sunday School Superintendent in St. James Episcopal
Church.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Vincent Schumacher of Norfolk, Virginia;
a son, John, of Morristown, New Jersey; a brother, Irving J.; and six grandchildren.
His passing is a loss to his immediate family and his many friends, and a loss to his
City and the community.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that the foregoing memorial be spread upon the minutes
of this meeting of the Board of Supervisors and that the County Clerk be instructed to
forward a certified copy thereof to his surviving daughter with the Seal of the County of
Oakland affixed thereto,
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David Levinson, Chairman
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