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In Memoriam January 2026

 

Michigan Bar Journal

In Memoriam

STEVEN O. ASHTON, P40475, of Detroit, died October 10, 2025. He was born in 1962 and was admitted to the Bar in 1987.

CHRISTINE P. DEWAN, P67097, of Bloomfield Hills, died June 18, 2025. She was born in 1960, graduated from Detroit Mercy School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 2004.

NANCY L. DILLEY, P34481, of Grand Rapids, died October 31, 2025. She was born in 1956, graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1982.

EDWARD DRAUGELIS, P12947, of Dearborn, died May 17, 2025. He was born in 1928, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1959.

ALVIS PHILLIP EASTER, P27168, of El Granada, Calif., died October 9, 2025. He was born in 1949, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1977.

PHILIP A. GRASHOFF, JR., P14279, of Bloomfield Hills, died July 12, 2025. He was born in 1944, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1972.

JEROME B. GREENBAUM, P14325, of Southfield, died November 13, 2025. He was born in 1937, graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1961.

JOANNE C. HARTNETT, P32459, of Harbor Springs, died September 18, 2025. She was born in 1934, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1981.

HON. THEODORE O. JOHNSON, P23445, of Alpena, died July 7, 2025. He was born in 1943, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1974.

DAVID I. KAUFMAN, P15759, of Kalamazoo, died October 25, 2025. He was born in 1932, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1964.

JAMES H. NOVIS, P30679, of Saginaw, died October 20, 2025. He was born in 1954, graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1979.

SEAN PATRICK SCHAEFFNER, P19953, of Ridgeway, S.C., died December 23, 2024. He was born in 1939, graduated from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1972.

MICHAEL J. SCHOLKE, P73609, of Iron Mountain, died April 24, 2025. He was born in 1981 and was admitted to the Bar in 2010.

PETER J. VELLENGA, P21804, of Boyne City, died October 26, 2025. They were born in 1941 and were admitted to the Bar in 1971.

ROSEMARY KOZIELSKI WOLOCK, P24988, of Huntington Woods, died November 16, 2025. She was born in 1946, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1975.


In Memoriam information is published as soon as possible after it is received. To notify us of the passing of a loved one or colleague, please email barjournal@michbar.org.