Roger Edwin Wyatt Jr

Roger Edwin Wyatt Jr Obituary September 14, 1921 - March 2, 2013 Roger Edwin Wyatt Jr. at 91 years of age died March 2, 2013. He was the son of Roger Edwin Wyatt Sr and Estella Morse Wyatt. Mr. Wyatt was born in Adrian, Michigan, attended Adrian Public Schools, and graduated from Adrian High School in 1939. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Grand Rapids and joined the United States Maritime Service. He served as a Purser and Pharmacist Mate on cargo and troop carrying ships. He received awards for duty in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea. His ships participated in the United States invasion of Italy, Normandy, and Southern France. On May 6, 1944 Roger married Virginia Louise Dykema, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Dykema of Grand Rapids Michigan. They were married in New York City at the Church of Transfiguration known to New Yorkers as The Little Church Around the Corner. Discharged as the Lieutenant Jr. Grade in December 1945 he and his wife, also a pharmacist, joined Mr. Wyatt’s father in the operation of H.F. Wyatt and Company, established by Roger’s grandfather, H.F.Wyatt in Adrian in 1894. Mr. Wyatt was a founding member and past president of the Optimist Club. He was a member of the Adrian City Airport Commission and the 1951 President of the Lenawee Country Club. He was a founding member and President of Adrian’s Downtown Business Association. Mr. Wyatt served over 20 years on the Board of Adrian Steel, founded by the late Robert Westfall and on the Board of the Adrian State Bank. Mr. Wyatt was a life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was a member of the Tecumseh Masonic Lodge #46, Royal Arch Mason Adrian Commandary # 4 and Moselm Shrine Temple of Detroit. He was the 1996 honoree of the Spring Ceremonial and an Emeritus Child Care Chairman. He was appointed by Governor G. Mennen Williams, to serve on the Michigan State Board of Pharmacy. Mr. Wyatt also served on the National Board of Pharmacy. Mr. Wyatt was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters, Josephine (Ernie) Dreher of Fairfax, VA and Virginia (Frank) Carlin of Adrian and his niece Mary Jo Dreher Gibson. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, daughter Linda (John) Brennan, grandchildren, Dr. Michael (Kate) Brennan, Katherine (Andy) Lee, and great grandchildren, Luke Brennan, Jane Brennan and Clare Lee. He is also survived by his niece Susan Carlin McElfresh of Adrian and her son Randy McElfresh. Mr. Wyatt has been cremated and there will be a Memorial Service at the Wagley Funeral home in Adrian on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 11:00AM followed by a private family burial service at Fairfield Cemetery. The family asks that any memorial donations be made to a charity of your choice, or the Beaumont Hospice, The Beaumont Foundation, Beaumont Hospitals, P.O. Box 5802, Troy, MI 48007-9620; or to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, International Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.WagleyFuneralHome.com