April 16, 1975 – May 20, 2002
Detroit native and homemaker Eunica Jackqulie Thurmond died of smoke inhalation during a house fire at her Lenox Street home. She was survived by her partner Nicole McDowell. Funds raised through Affirmations community center helped pay for Thurmond’s burial.
November 14, 1975 – January 6, 2014
Christopher Neumann of Birmingham grew up in Grosse Pointe, attended Grosse Pointe High School, and attended the University of Michigan. He was vice president of the Detroit public relations firm Weber Shandwick. Nuemann and his life partner Todd Lloyd lost their lives in a single-engine plane crash.
July 24, 1975 – June 25, 2018
Holly resident Steven Craig (Evans) Fischer spent his early life near Millington in rural Tuscola County and graduated from Vassar High School in 1993. Fischer was employed with Delta Tube and Fabricating in Holly and Hairplay Designs in Fenton. He married his husband Christopher Fischer in November 2015.
March 23, 1975 – March 28, 2012
Detroiter Dimitrez Griffin was active in such groups as the Horizon Project, Mpowerment Detroit, and the Black Male Xchange. As an HIV+ man, he advocated on behalf of other men who had sex with men. Griffin was found murdered in his apartment at age 37.
August 22, 1975 – December 16, 2010
Amy Chesbro taught at Cleary Business School and Washtenaw Community College, sang with the OutLoud Chorus, and was fiancée of activist PJ TwoRavens. Chesbro was murdered in her car at age 35.
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