Los Angeles LGBT Center mourns passing of legendary LGBT activist, leader Urvashi Vaid Questions may be directed to Unity Church, 26, Private Interment will take place at Fort Custer National Cemetery immediately following the Memorial Service.
But he was always smiling and enjoyed shopping and of course, watching TV.Ī Celebration of Life Service will take place in the parking lot of Unity Church, 1204 Whites Road, Kalamazoo 49008 at a date and time in the near future. In later years Don suffered from eye failure and diabetes. He and Tom took their camper to many locations in the Upper Peninsula and Northern Indiana. Their marriage was one of the first gay marriages in Michigan to be made legal by the Supreme Court.ĭon loved to fish, camp and enjoy the outdoors. He was married to his long time partner Thomas Coughlin by Reverend Joslyn Mason of Unity Church in Kalamazoo Michigan on July 18, 2015. But due to licensing problems closed after only one year. It was a very successful location, located on the way from the suburbs to downtown bars. Among them the Glory Hole on Wells Street.Īlong with his long time partner Tom Coughlin, we opened a bar on Irving Park Road and called it Friends Pub. This article shared 1619 times since Tue Apr 20, 2021ĭonald Duane Slater, age 73, of Kalamazoo Michigan made his transition on Apin his home, of natural causes.ĭon worked in several bars in the 1970's and 80's.