Story by Sherrad Glosson
EVEN AT SIX-YEARS-OLD, Jordan Venita Workman was very gifted in art, and loved music. She attended a classmate’s birthday pool party on April 22, 2016 but, due to unfortunate circumstances, she lost her life and went to be with the angels on April 28. Despite being rushed to the hospital, she had suffered brain damage. A few days later, the family realized she was gone. With no known history of past problems, a sudden and devastating tragedy, had occurred.
Sean Toenniges, an owner of a graphic design studio in Ferndale, Michigan, and friend of the Workman family extended a helping hand. To try to aid in the family’s grieving process, he came up with the idea of organizing a memorial service for Jordan. Sean has been a friend of the family for nearly five years, and has attended many of Jordan’s birthday parties. Sean stated, “The family has been strong so far, and I wanted to do something nice for them,” he said matter of factly. And that’s what he did.
He went around to several businesses in the community seeking the support of anyone who wanted to contribute, donate, or be a part of the memorial. To his surprise, there was more than enough support from the city of Ferndale and surrounding ar-ea. A lot of his friends and associates are business owners in the area as well as in Hazel Park, Sean told me, and one of them elected to hold the memorial service at Cellarmen’s Brewery/Bar. Cellarmen’s extended a helping hand and opened their doors for a memorial auction which was held for Jordan on May 21 2016. Local artists, businesses, school mates, family and friends all gathered to support and help with the cause, and it turned out to be a good day.
I had the opportunity to talk to Jon Workman, the father of Jordan. “Our family is more than grateful, and amazed at how everyone came together for this event. Thanks to all of the family, friends, her school and everyone for participating. Thanks to those who could not make it but sent their love, and we are just grateful for Sean making this event wonderful.”
If you would like to donate to this event you can go to facebook.com/Jordanvworkmanmemorialauction and click on the link for the gofundme page.
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space that we were in; we will just be able to work better and smarter.” The new storefront is inviting and relaxed with cool, vibrant green walls and thoughtful product arrangements that open into the studio where visitors can get a peek at how their favorite products are created.
through the door becomes family. Today, music was playing, Rodney was hanging with the boarders, the groomers were clipping, and Julie and Megan were on the floor playing with a new friend, a 13-year-old beagle.
Cooper Simmons, who’ve recovered from serious illness, the dog whose owner left and never came back, and our beloved Ham Haberman, who we all wanted to adopt when her owner Jeremy Haberman passed away. Loving dogs is not on the job application, but I’m betting it’s one of Julie and Kelly’s top requirements when they hire staff.
major young talent like Ryan Felton and Lee DeVito. Prior to that, I even got to work in their Greektown office for a spell. In the ’90s I studied creative writing at WMU under Jaimy Gordon, who went on to win the National Book Award for Fiction in 2010. I’ve got a story about her, but it’s not for print.
County commissioner at the only time that the Commission had a Democratic majority, according to longtime family friend Danny Reedy. Bernie Lennon also served the Blanchard administration as Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, and also ran the Michigan State Fair.
knew about him (and would be printable). It took a few moments for Mike to come up with an answer because, as he said, “What you see is what you get.” After some thought, he says, “I like a romantic movie now and then.” Also, besides reading the newspaper regularly, he enjoys the work of such novelists as Tom Clancy, John Grisham, and James Patterson.
with common sense and no nonsense.” I asked Craig if he had any really good Mike Lennon stories. “There are plenty of good stories I could share, though not all of them in a family newspaper,” Covey replied. Covey said Mike “could use gruff and salty language sometimes, and more than once a four-letter word escaped his mouth with him not always realizing the microphone was picking it up.” Craig’s favorite Mike Lennon story took place at Como’s. The two were sitting at the patio bar and Mike “remarked how great it was that he was there with hundreds of women. He said, ‘Covey, you and I are the only guys in the whole place.’ I had to point out that it was ‘First Wednesday,’ also known as lesbian night at Como’s.
a huge heart he doesn’t always show, but it’s part of what makes him special.” Coulter “always appreciated Mike’s sense of humor and ability to lighten up serious discussions.” Dave sat beside him on the council, and tells how “many times after I’d get up from the table for some reason I would come back to candy wrappers and other trash in my chair. At first I’d pretend it wasn’t there, but it didn’t take long to learn to always check my chair first.” Most of the things his girlfriend, Sue McCleary, told me were things I had also heard from others. She mentioned that “Mike loved this city (and) everyone loves him,” that “his family lived here forever,” and how it is “their heart.” However, she did mention two things no one else said. She told me that he never spoke from prepared notes, rather, he always spoke off the cuff. He responded to every question from his heart, without notes. And, Sue told me that Mike is so trusted in this city that “everyone (still) calls Mike Lennon when they have issues” they can’t seem to solve. Mike regularly takes calls from Ferndale residents who don’t know where else to turn with their problems.
Additionally, he points out that parents and teachers will all be able to work more closely together now too.
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