RB Hunter

RB Hunter age 90 of Port Hope passed away Friday, September 3, 2004 in the Harbor Beach Community Hospital.Born in Kinde, Michigan on October 11, 1913, he is the son of the late James and May (Temple) Hunter. He was a graduate of the Kinde High School and attended Huron County Norman School in Bad Axe.RB began working for the Brinker Lumber Company in Kinde in 1933, and was sent to manage the Brinker Lumber yard in Port Hope in 1935. He purchased the Reidel Lumber Co. in Harbor Beach in 1960 and operated it as the Hunter Lumber Co. until he sold the business in 2003.RB served a long and distinguished civil servant career as being the mayor of the village of Port Hope for 52 years and was its Fire Chief. In appreciation of his unselfish service to the community, the Village of Port Hope dedicated their new Village Offices and Fire Hall to RB in 2000. He was a charter member and long time active member of the board of the Eastern Huron Ambulance Service based in Harbor Beach. He also was a member of the United Methodist Church in Port Hope, the Port Hope Chamber of Commerce and the Thumb Area Antique Automobile Club of which he enjoyed his antique Ford cars and trucks. He married Gladys Classen of Canton, Ohio in 1942. Gladys preceeded him in death in 1984. IN 1986 RB married Agnes Wooster. RB is survived by his wife Agnes of Port Hope and his three children, James Hunter and his wife Carol of Port Hope, David Hunter and his wife Darlene of Harbor Beach and Donna Berger and her husband Jerry of Bad Axe. Eight grandchildren: Amy, Paul, Brian, Heather, Crystal, Charity, Jerry Lee and Angela and by 4 great grandchildren, Jacob, Caleb, Tara and Madison. Also surviving are a step daughter Judy Gray and her husband Harold of Kalamazoo, and step grandchildren Curtis, Jay, Timothy, Randall, Tina, Denise and Troy and by 5 step great grandchildren. Funeral services for RB will be Monday, September 6, 2004 at 11am in the Ramsey Funeral Home, Harbor Beach with Rev. Paula M. Timm, pastor of the United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the New River Cemetery, Huron City. Visitation will be Sunday from 1-5 & 7-9pm and Monday from 10 am until the time of services.

RB Hunter

October 11, 1913 - September 3, 2004