Joan Hunt

1925 - 2000  (75 years)

• Name	Joan Hunt
  Born	13 Jul 1925	Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1930	Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States   [2]
  Residence	15 Jan 1989	Seattle, King, Washington, United States   [3]
  Died	29 Aug 2000	Seattle, King, Washington, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I17558566392	Master Tree | Isaac Bennett Descendants
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	Maurice E Hunt,   b. 22 May 1902, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ,   d. 13 Jan 1989, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Ruth H,   b. 1 Jul 1907, Michigan, United States
  Family ID	F16053351343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nilsson
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F16053351344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Jul 1925 - Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States Residence - 1930 - Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States Residence - 15 Jan 1989 - Seattle, King, Washington, United States Died - 29 Aug 2000 - Seattle, King, Washington, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S8029498572] Social Security Death Index. [S560402625] 1930 United States Census. [S16144775070] Chicago Tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com. Maurice E. Hunt, 86, the former Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., died Friday at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, where he had been fighting cancer since Thanksgiving. Mr. Hunt was mayor for three terms in the 1940s. He attended the University of Michigan in the 1920s and was a lifelong Michigan resident. He was appointed Michigan`s public service commissioner, serving from 1951 to 1957, and headed the state`s Consumer Protection Division from 1964 to 1969. Mr. Hunt was one of the early planners of the Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan`s lower and upper peninsulas. He also was one of the founders of Lake Superior State University, a school established in 1946 in Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Hunt`s son, Robert, was president of The Chicago Tribune from 1974 to 1979. He was publisher of the New York Daily News from 1979 to 1984 and retired in 1985. He lives in Cos Cob, Conn. Other survivors include two sisters, Joan Nilsson of Seattle, and Priscilla Fowler of San Clemente, Calif. Services for Mr. Hunt will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hovie Funeral Home in Sault Ste. Marie.