ARBUTUS , Josephine V. JOSEPHINE (nee Romanik) ARBUTUS, born in Cheboygan, MI, on April 17, 1925, which was also Good Friday and then baptized on Easter Sunday. Josephine attended Talkman School in Riggsville, MI, through the 8th grade. At age 16, she moved to Detroit to work at Grace Hospital and stayed for about one year. She then proceeded to Farmcrest Bakery until she was 18 years old. Josephine then moved to Packards Defense Plant, where she made airplane motors and put spark plugs into motors for testing. She stayed with Packards until the war was over then returned to Cheboygan to her family. Josephine moved to Baltimore, MD, in 1947 with her sister Katherine and some cousins. Soon after arriving in Baltimore, she met and married Benjamin James Arbutus on August 28, 1948. Josephine and Benjamin were blessed with nine children, Maryanne, Joanie, Benita, Jerry, Denise, Greg, Mark, Donna and Jimmy. She has also been blessed with the following grandchildren, Matthew, Sara, Joshua, Michelle, Kristen, Erin, Michael, Kristine, Jacob, Ethan, Julia, Madeline, Kami and grandma's angels, Benjamin and Cameron.

A Christian Wake Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue on Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. Friends may call on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 to 9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady Fatima Catholic Church on Thursday at 10 A.M. Interment Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery.