Raymond C. Grudzinski, age 78 passed away on February 7, 2023 after a short battle with blood cancer and coronary artery disease. He is survived by his wife, Susanne Grudzinski (nee Mizer); his children, Laura Steinbach (Mark) and Beth Grudzinski; his grandchildren, Allison and Daniel, his brother Richard Grudzinski, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his elder brother Conrad Gordon.
Ray was born on December 6, 1944 in Hamtramck, MI and was a graduate of De Lasalle Collegiate High School in 1962. He married the love of his life in 1967 and was subsequently drafted to Vietnam in 1968. He was a self-made man and in 2001 closed his business and began a 20-year career with US Customs and Border Patrol; a job he loved up to the day of his retirement in 2021.
Raymond was a Vietnam Veteran and spent much of his free time volunteering for Chapter 154 of the Vietnam Veterans Association. In addition, he was a past member of the Lions Club of Detroit and helped with MCREST – a church based rotating homeless shelter where he and his brother veterans provided meals for families in crisis.
He loved spending time with his family, tending to his garden, in the kitchen cooking Cajun and Asian inspired dishes, making pickles, tending to his tropical fish and watching auto racing and boxing.
Visitation will be February 12, from 2PM to 8PM at AH Peters (Grosse Pointe) and a Memorial Mass will be held February 13 at 10:30AM EST at St. Isaac Jogues Church (21100 Madison Street, SCS, 48081)
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (www.lls.org) or the Gary Sinise Foundation (www.garysinisefoundation.org)
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