Thomas Worden Hunter
Died: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Age: 79
Former Grosse Pointe resident Thomas Worden Hunter, 79, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, at his home on Walloon Lake.
Mr. Hunter was born in 1927 to T. Worden and Marjorie Muir Hunter of Grosse Pointe. He attended Detroit University School and graduated from The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., where he excelled in academics and numerous sports including hockey, baseball and track.
After serving in U.S. Army Intelligence, he graduated with honors in 1954 from Yale University where he was a member of Elihu and DKE. He married fellow Grosse Pointer Noramae Schaefer in 1951.
Mr. Hunter worked for a time as a writer for the Grosse Pointe News. He spent his business career in the advertising industry and was employed in various executive positions with a number of local firms including Campbell Ewald. He retired from Ross Roy Inc. as a vice president and associate creative director and moved to Northern Michigan.
He was an avid skier and relished fly-fishing the local streams with his friends. He enjoyed writing and especially admired the work of Ernest Hemingway who also vacationed on Walloon. Mr. Hunter became an accomplished watercolor painter. During his retirement, he illustrated several books with ink sketches of wildlife and the tranquil outdoor scenes he loved.
Mr. Hunter was a member of the Country Club of Detroit, The Walloon Lake Country Club and the Harbor Point Golf Club.
His cousin noted that he was a gentleman to all he met and a rare combination of gifted athlete and creative individual who could write poetry, draw and paint.
He is survived by his wife, Normamae Hunter; and two sons, Thomas W. Hunter III of Eugene, Ore., and Jay F. Hunter of Grosse Pointe.
There will be a private service and burial at Elmwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Northern Michigan Hospital Foundation, 360 Conable Ave., Petoskey, MI 49770.
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