Tag: Grosse Pointe Farms

Sara Brieden

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November 13, 1963 – May 27, 1996

Born in Howell, Grosse Pointe Farms resident Sara Maria Briden grew up in Grosse Pointe and graduated with the class of 1981 from South High School.  She later attended the Ford School of Nursing and the University of Michigan before becoming a beauty consultant and operating her own business.  An active runner and swimmer, Breden was also a supporter of Affirmations Community Center.

Grosse Pointe News, May 30, 1996

Kirk Havers

March 27, 1918 – October 24, 1960

Detroit native Kirk Ashton Havers attended the New York School of Fine Arts.  As a 32-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms resident in 1950, he was prosecuted in the Detroit Recorder’s Court for accosting and soliciting.  Ten years later, employed as a hospital orderly, Havers lost his life in an automobile crash.

Detroit Free Press, October 27, 1960