Elaine M. Schram, age 78, died peacefully at home on December 1, 2014. Elaine was born in Detroit and grew up on Detroit's eastside. She was a 1954 graduate of Southeastern High School. After graduation, she worked for a short time at Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in Detroit. On February 7, 1959 she married Ronald Schram at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Detroit. Elaine was the loving mother of eight children, but while raising her family she worked as a housekeeper for the Buhl family for over 30 years. She also worked as a waitress at the Gourmet House in St. Clair Shores. Mrs. Schram enjoyed singing in her church's choir, knitting, crocheting, gardening, reading, casino trips and traveling. One of her most memorable trips was to Rome with the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church Choir where they sang for Pope John Paul II. She was a member of the AMVETS Post 121 Auxiliary. Elaine is survived by her children; Susan, Michael (Debbie), Elizabeth Salame (John), John (Jill), Ellen Nysen (Jerome), Robert (Kelly) , and William (Kristin); her fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Ronald in 2011, her daughter Carolyn Schram in January of 2014 and her brother Gerald Pelltier (the late Sharon). The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday at the A. H. Peters Funeral Home, 20705 Mack Avenue at Vernier Road in Grosse Pointe Woods. The Holy Rosary will be recited at 7:00 o'clock Wednesday evening. She will lie instate at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 21620 Greater Mack at Overlake in St. Clair Shores from 9:30 a.m. Thursday until mass begins at 10:00. Monsignor G. Michael Bugarin will officiate. Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Roseville. The family has suggested memorial contributions be made to Gleaners Community Food Bank 2131 Beaufait, Detroit, MI 48207 or The American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 22718; Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.
Funeral Home:
A. H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe
20705 Mack Avenue
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
US 48236
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