Matilda Amanda "Tilly" Mensing

Notes:

Buried:
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Lot 188, Sect. B

Matilda married Albert Henry "Bert" Stedman Apr 1884, ____, Washtenaw Co., MI. Albert (son of Henry C. Stedman and Nancy L. Newton) was born 5 Apr 1864, Chelsea, Washtenaw Co., MI; died 7 Dec 1927, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; was buried Aft 7 Dec 1927, Oak Lawn Cemetery - Royal Oak, Oakland Co., MI. [Group Sheet]

Cora married John Follis 22 Sep 1917. John (son of Irwin Follis and Isabella A. Dudgeon) was born 16 Nov 1881, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa Co., MI; died 14 May 1955, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: 15 Dec 1890, Chelsea, Washtenaw Co., MI

Notes:

Birth:
From Social Security Death Index.

Alt. Birth:
From WWI Draft Registration.

Buried:
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Lot 188, Sect. B

Lynn — Jeanne DeValier. Jeanne (daughter of Paul DeValier and Vidal Armand) was born 1898, Lyon, ____, Rhône-Alpes, France; died 1964, New York, New York Co., NY; was buried Aft 1964, Oak Lawn Cemetery - Royal Oak, Oakland Co., MI. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Cremated: Aft 23 Apr 2004, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
• Obituary: Aft 23 Apr 2004
• Obituary: 25 Apr 2004, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; Detroit Free Press

Notes:

Obituary:
Lynn G. Stedman, Jr. dedicated his life to the sport of sailing.

Considered a dean of sailing and statesman, Mr. Stedman weathered tough storms at times and enjoyed calm seas
at others, but always shared his passion for everything nautical with those he encountered along the way. Mr.
Stedman died of complications from a stroke on Friday, April 23, 2004, at St. John Hospital in Detroit. He was 82.
Mr. Stedman was a life insurance and investment advisor. He was a past President of the Financial and Estate
Planning Council of Detroit, a past President of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, a Chartered Life
Underwriter, and a Licensed Life Insurance Counselor.

He was born in Cleveland in 1921. Lynn started sailing with his father at the Detroit Yacht Club at the age of
seven. Mr. Stedman later graduated from Detroit Southeastern High School.

In 1941, Dr. William Revelli's selection of Mr. Stedman as drum major made him the only freshman ever to lead the
Michigan Marching Band. While Mr. Stedman attended the University, he was also a member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity and Naval ROTC. In 1944, a call to war interrupted his academic career, and LTJG Stedman
served aboard the USS Marsh, a destroyer escort in the South Pacific.

Following World War II, Mr. Stedman returned to the University of Michigan, where he again led the band as
drum major. After his graduation with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1947, he joined the sales
team of Crawford Door Sales.

In 1961, Mr. Stedman brought his skills as a salesperson to the life insurance field. During his first year in the
business, he qualified for membership in the Million Dollar Round Table, and later became a Life Member. For his
long-time service to the life insurance and financial community, he was granted the Meyers Memorial Award.
During a long career, Mr. Stedman assisted clients with life insurance, investments, estate planning, and most
recently, he was a pioneer in the relatively new field of insurance life settlements.

In spite of his professional achievements, sailing was always his first love: fixing, sailing, and racing boats, as well
as training a new generation of sailors, most notably J.P. McCarthy. Towards the end of a long racing career,
during which he received countless awards, he won the Detroit River Yachting Association's season
championship seven out of nine years, in four different classes, with an all-family crew.

In addition to serving as crew and skipper on countless boats, he helped chart the course for the sport of sailing.
He had a lifelong association with Bayview Yacht Club and the Detroit Yacht Club. In 1955, he spearheaded
efforts to organize junior sailing among all the clubs in Detroit. Mr. Stedman was Commodore of Bayview Yacht
Club in 1957. He chaired the committee that reorganized the North American Yacht Racing Union as the United
States Yacht Racing Union. During his presidency of the latter organization from 1975-1977, the USYRU (since
1991, known as US SAILING) was recognized for the first time as the governing body for sailing in the United
States. Mr. Stedman was on the Board of Directors for the International Yacht Racing Union (now the
International Sailing Federation). He served as a judge for races including the Canada's Cup; Newport, RI to
Bermuda race; the Congressional Cup; the Admiral's Cup; the Kenwood Cup; and both the Port Huron-Mackinac
and Chicago-Mackinac races. In 1986, USYRU awarded him the Herreshoff Trophy, the most prestigious award
for sailing in the United States, for his outstanding contributions to the sport.

Mr. Stedman's community involvement extended beyond sailing. He was a long-time member of the Planned
Giving Committee of the Salvation Army as well as an active member of the Mariners' Church.

Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Charles Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack Ave. in
Grosse Pointe Park. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mariners' Church of Detroit, 170 E.
Jefferson.

Survivors include wife, Joyce; brother, Albert; two daughters, Katherine Raulston (Charles) and Judy Wilcox
(Russell); a son, Lynn, III (Patricia); two step-sons, Edward Gaffney (Julia) and Corey Gaffney; six grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.

Obituary:
April 23, 2004. Beloved husband of Joyce. Loving father of Katherine (Charles) Raulston, Lynn, III (Patricia) and
Judy (Russ) Wilcox. Former father-in-law of James A. Baubie, Jr.; step-father of Edward J. Gaffney, III (Julia) and
Corey T. Gaffney. Dearest grandfather of James (Deanna), Meghan (Brooke), Britt (Tamara), Timothy, Scott,
Katherine, Frank, and Mary and great-grandfather of Christopher, Brandon, and William. Brother of Albert H.
Stedman, II. Memorial gathering Thursday 1-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Chas. Verheyden, Inc., 16300 Mack Ave, Grosse
Pointe. Memorial Service Friday 10:30 a.m. at Mariners Church, 170 E. Jefferson, Detroit. Memorial contributions to
the Salvation Army appreciated.

Buried:
Columbarium, H-8

Lynn married Margaret Jane Manville 28 Feb 1944, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI. Margaret was born 3 Nov 1922, Highland Park, Wayne Co., MI; died 13 Jan 1988, Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne Co., MI; was buried Aft 13 Jan 1988, Oak Lawn Cemetery - Royal Oak, Oakland Co., MI. [Group Sheet]

Lynn married Joyce LeFrancois [Group Sheet]

Albert married Mary Catherine Kernan [Group Sheet]

Katherine married James Arthur Baubie, Jr. [Group Sheet]

Katherine — Charles Raulston. [Group Sheet]

Lynn — Patricia Cassidy. [Group Sheet]

Judith married Russell Edward Wilcox [Group Sheet]