Corinne
Miriam
Abatt
May 31, 1924 - June 22, 2017
Resided in AL
Award-winning journalist, devoted daughter, wife, mother and grandmother.
Corinne (Co) Miriam Reed was born in Canton, OH on May 31, 1924, to Clair S. and Miriam L. Reed; the younger of two children.
She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and obtained her Master's Degree in Speech and Communication from Miami University of Ohio.
Co met her husband Floyd while she was doing PR for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and he was working for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
They married in 1951, moved to Michigan in 1955 and had four children; Cynthia Abatt, Reed Allen Abatt (d. 1955), F. George Abatt (Mary Jo) and Julie Maher (Bill). After Floyd's death in 1965, Corinne began her journalism career at the Southfield News and later became the long-time Arts Editor and writer for the Birmingham Eccentric. She won the Governor's Award for Excellence in Media in 1990.
Co retired from the newspaper in 1991, but continued working as a freelance writer.
She was a long-time member of Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, a member of Detroit Women Writers (later Detroit Working Writers) and Cranbrook Writer's Guild. She had a close knit group of women writer friends who met frequently to support each other and their work.
Co loved to brag about her children to all who would listen and with the arrival of her grandchildren, George P. Ryan, Ellie Maher and Joe Maher, she became "Coco." She loved to talk about her family history, her childhood in Ohio with her beloved father, mother and older brother Carroll.
She played golf and bridge well into her 80s and she loved to garden, travel, and entertain.
Coco could fill a room with her presence, her storytelling, her enthusiasm and her eternal optimism. She was a force of nature who will be deeply missed.
Family will receive friends Monday 3-7pm at A.J. Desmond & Sons (Vasu, Rodgers & Connell Chapel), 32515 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak.
Memorial service Tuesday at 10am at Northbrook Presbyterian Church, 22055 W. Fourteen Mile Rd. (at Lahser Rd.), Beverly Hills.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills (northbrookpc.org), or The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA.org).
Corinne (Co) Miriam Reed was born in Canton, OH on May 31, 1924, to Clair S. and Miriam L. Reed; the younger of two children.
She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and obtained her Master's Degree in Speech and Communication from Miami University of Ohio.
Co met her husband Floyd while she was doing PR for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and he was working for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
They married in 1951, moved to Michigan in 1955 and had four children; Cynthia Abatt, Reed Allen Abatt (d. 1955), F. George Abatt (Mary Jo) and Julie Maher (Bill). After Floyd's death in 1965, Corinne began her journalism career at the Southfield News and later became the long-time Arts Editor and writer for the Birmingham Eccentric. She won the Governor's Award for Excellence in Media in 1990.
Co retired from the newspaper in 1991, but continued working as a freelance writer.
She was a long-time member of Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, a member of Detroit Women Writers (later Detroit Working Writers) and Cranbrook Writer's Guild. She had a close knit group of women writer friends who met frequently to support each other and their work.
Co loved to brag about her children to all who would listen and with the arrival of her grandchildren, George P. Ryan, Ellie Maher and Joe Maher, she became "Coco." She loved to talk about her family history, her childhood in Ohio with her beloved father, mother and older brother Carroll.
She played golf and bridge well into her 80s and she loved to garden, travel, and entertain.
Coco could fill a room with her presence, her storytelling, her enthusiasm and her eternal optimism. She was a force of nature who will be deeply missed.
Family will receive friends Monday 3-7pm at A.J. Desmond & Sons (Vasu, Rodgers & Connell Chapel), 32515 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak.
Memorial service Tuesday at 10am at Northbrook Presbyterian Church, 22055 W. Fourteen Mile Rd. (at Lahser Rd.), Beverly Hills.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills (northbrookpc.org), or The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA.org).
Visitation
A.J. Desmond & Sons (Vasu, Rodgers & Connell Chapel)
32515 Woodward Ave.
Royal Oak, MI US 48073
Royal Oak, MI US 48073
Memorial Service
Northbrook Presbyterian Church
22055 W. Fourteen Mile Rd.
Beverly Hills, MI US 48025
Beverly Hills, MI US 48025
