Sterling Heights, Mich.
ROBERT A. ESSAD, 77, died Feb. 26, 2005.
He married Shirley Meccariello, who survives in Sterling Heights, Mich.
Survivors also include five children; 14 grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary Morad and Thelma Fiknay.
A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Jane Frances De Chantal Catholic Church.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Sterling Heights Chapel of the E.J. Mandziuk & Son Funeral Home, 3801 18 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, Mich., or half an hour before the Mass at the church.