Eugenie L. Fauver

Eugenie 'E' Lamb Fauver passed away on April 3. Born in Toledo on May 10, 1930 to James Clement and Genevieve Saxe Lamb. She attended The St. Rose School, Maumee Valley Country Day and graduated from The Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, CT and Smith College, North Hampton, Mass. In 1952 she married John ‘Skip’ K. Fauver, a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School. Her proudest accomplishment was raising her five children. 'E' and Skip spent the early years of their marriage in Andover, MA and returned to Perrysburg in 1970 where she lived until her death. She was deeply committed to her schools. She was active in the Smith College Clubs in Andover and Toledo and served as President of the Smith College Alumnae Association. She also devoted much time to the United Way of Toledo, and served as chairman of the Women's Division and as a member of the Board. She also served on the Boards of the Toledo Day Nursery and Visiting Nurses. She enjoyed her association with the Toledo Museum of Art as an aide and was a long time member of the Country Garden Club of Perrysburg, the Carranor Hunt and Polo Club and St. Rose Church. 'E' was high energy. She loved to plan reunions and parties with friends from her Perrysburg childhood, Dartmouth, Smith and especially with her family of 5 children, their spouses and her 14 grandchildren. She spent many summers in Hanover, NH area & Chatham, MA and winters in Vero Beach, Fl. For 20 years 'E' courageously and with great determination cared for her husband, Skip, who is afflicted by Ataxia, a neurological disorder. She worked tirelessly to raise funds for Ataxia research and established a family research fund at the University of Michigan. 'E' is survived by her husband of 62 years; children: Betsy Stueber (Fred) Cleveland Heights, OH; Chip Fauver (Fran), Chatham, NJ; Ellen Reimer (Eric), Bedford, NY; Scott Fauver (Tracy), Bedford, NY and Mary Lee Bahr (Hunter), Hamilton, MA.; grandchildren: Fitz and Chris Stueber; Jake, Cory and Ryan Fauver; Peter, James and Sayre Reimer; Lily, Daisy and George Fauver and John Henry, Gordon and Hunter Bahr. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Elizabeth Lamb Stranahan. A private burial will be held Wednesday, April 9 with a memorial service at 2:00 pm at St. Rose Church, 215 East Front Street, Perrysburg. Memorial contributions may be made to support the Fauver Family Ataxia Research Fund at the University of Michigan. Checks may be made to 'University of Michigan' and sent to UM Medical Development, Attn.: Sara Seyfarth, 1000 Oakbrook, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.