Cherie Kaufman-Ujlaky Memorial - Nov. 6, 2011
Channel: Dean Paxton
Date: 2012-09-17

This is footage from the Paxton's camera from November 6, 2011 at the Corunna Rd Bar.  The family and friends of Cherie gathered to celebrate her life, exactly as she would have wished us to do.  The video is compressed for the web and a bit shaky but, nearly complete.

Here is the obituary from Mlive for the record: 

KAUFMAN, Cherie (Frenchy LaMay) Ujlaky - Went Home to her Father on October 24, 2011. Cremation has already taken place. She loved her beer cold and her music loud. She'd fire you but forgive you just as quickly. She had a tendency toward sesquipedalian loquaciousness that belied her lack of formal education. She didn't always make it to the baby showers or weddings but she never missed a funeral. She got kicked out of every bar on Fenton Road, which became a family tradition. She used to say she could drink 42 beers and not even burp; and that she could take a punch as good as any man. On game days she could be found on her couch betting on her favorite teams. GO BLUE! GO LIONS! GO TIGERS! She was fond of the Dalai Lama and saw Buddha-nature in every living being. She was generous, a lover of life, a fighter, an artist, a poet, a wanna-be rock star, a collector of many fine things including many fine people, a mother, a proud grandmother, and one of many in a long line of strong women. She was a legend in her own mind-and she was right. Her legend will live on. Cherie was a rebel, an original, and did everything you weren't supposed to do: drink like a fish, smoke like a chimney, curse like a sailor, and raise her children on her own like the old lady in the shoe. She will be missed greatly by her children: Darrin Ujlaky, (Dennis) Bub Ujlaky, Natasha (Ujlaky) and Bryan Fisher, Ariana Kaufman and Marshall Goforth, and Bernadine (Kaufman) and Dustin Locke; and her grandchildren: Seth Ujlaky, Caleb Tilley, Nadia and Tyrus Fisher, Daiyn and Valor Goforth, and Kalaia, Ava, and Jozlyn Locke; and many, many friends. A memorial in her honor will be held Sunday, November 6, 2011 at The Corunna Road Bar at 2 p.m. Those who loved her are invited to join the family for stories, laughter, tears, and food in celebration of her life.