This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DORSTEWITZ, SMITH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1683 Message Board Post: John Bruce DORSTEWITZ - Hyattsville, Maryland, Formerly of Delton, age 35, passed away December 4, 1997 in Washington, D. C. Mr. DORSTEWITZ was born October 3, 1962 in Kalamazoo Michigan the son of Donald George and Shirley Ann (SMITH) DORSTEWITZ. He graduated from Delton-Kellogg high school and received a B.A. Degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Western Michigan University and was on the Dean's list for four years. He studied languages at Georgetown University and received a Certificate of Languages in French and also studied German and was fluent in Russian. He also studied near Paris while as student at Western. Mr. DORSTEWITZ earned a brown belt with white stripe in karate and played soccer and hockey in high school. He was also an avid reader and was interested in flying. Mr. DORSTEWITZ was employed as a computer programmer in banking. He is survived by his mother, Shirley, of Delton and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by father Donald DO! RSTEWITZ; grandparents Elmer John & Leaha DORSTEWITZ and Dorothy DORSTEWITZ and Hubert Bruce and Margaret Ann SMITH. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service was held Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at the First Presbyterian Church of Richland. Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Paw Paw, MI following memorial service and a lunch. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of the Delton District Library. Williams Funeral home will have envelopes at the service. Arrangements by Williams Funeral Home, Delton. source: undated Kalamazoo Gazette (submitted by a volunteer, no family connection)