Mary Shoemake
Mary Shoemake, Community Activist
Call’em-Out!!! Treasurer
UAW Local 6000, retired social worker
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Hood Research
Democratic Party 14th District
Voice of Detroit
DETROIT — On Dec. 10, 2014, Ms. Mary Shoemake, an ardent member of the Call ’em Out Coalition, retired social worker, and life-long activist for Detroit’s poor and working people, made her transition after several months of illness, at Sinai-Grace Hospital.
Greg Frazier and Mary Shoemake present Power Couple award to Jan and William Malachi at Call em Out 7th Annual Dinner Feb. 2010
Going home services are set for:
Cantrell Funeral Home Saturday, December 18, 2010
Family & Community Hour 10:30 AM
Service 11:00AM – 12:00 noon
Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Gratiot & 14 Mile
Repast: Central United Methodist Church, Detroit, A Peace and Justice Church,
23 East Adams at Woodward, Detroit, MI 48226
ALL ARE INVITED TO CELEBRATE MARY’S LIFE OF STRUGGLE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND THE COMMUNITY’S ONGOING EFFORTS IN HER MEMORY
Mary Shoemake, Erma Thomas and Linda Willis participated in march for justice for Aiyana Jones, 7, killed by Detroit police; march was held June 26, 2010 in downtown Detroit
Sunrise – May 22, 1938 Sunset – December 9, 2010
Birthplace – Chester, Georgia
Grew up on the Eastside of Detroit, attended Detroit Public Schools
Graduated from NorthEastern High School
Served in the United States Army
State of Michigan Retired Social Worker
More Information: Agnes Hitchcock 313-874-2792
Ed. note: Mary will be forever loved and remembered by the people of Detroit for her quiet determination and militant beliefs. I will always recall her unfailing presence, with her constant companion Erma Thomas, at every court hearing when I faced 10 years in prison for reporting on a fatal State Police chase. Mary was a fighter who put her beliefs into action every day of her life. A people’s hero like her comes along once in a lifetime.
