After retirement, Mr. and Mrs. Calsibet made their home in Interlochen, Mich. and Juno Beach, Fla., before coming to reside in Davidson. Roger Calsibet, a loving husband, father and grandfather, was a kind and learned man, who believed in and worked for peace, civil rights and social justice. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the public radio station WIAA, P.O. Box 199, Interlochen, MI 49643 or to Class of 1940 Memorial Scholarship, Office of the Recording Secretary, Box 5357, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08543-5357. Mr. DiPonio will be greatly missed by all his immediate and extended family members. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Henry Ford Hospice-Plymouth.
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A registered nurse, Eva was a 1935 graduate of the Brandon School of Nursing and did her training at Winnipeg General Hospital in Winnipeg. She met her husband Harold who was with the U.S. Army in London and returned to the states following the war. They were residents of Massachusetts and then residents of Manistique in the upper peninsula until moving to Traverse City in 1954. In Traverse City, she was a public health nurse with the Tri-County Health Dept. She was a founding member of the Presbyterian Church and volunteered with the Red Cross for many years.