David Michael Ruhf

Ruhf, David Michael, 76 years old, of Grosse Pointe Park, passed away on 02/13/2023 in Detroit, MI. He is survived by his son, Eli D. Ruhf, daughter-in-law Maureen Mahoney-Ruhf and the light of life, his grandson Benjamin F. Ruhf. He spent the last twenty years with his loving companion, Cindy Peck, and was the most caring father figure to her children, Michelle Peck, Jason Peck, and Rachaell (John) Rodemich. He was also "Papa" to Cindy's granddaughter, Alana Peck. Although he called Chicago home for 6 years, Dave was an east side of Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park mainstay. After early retirement from Traveler's Insurance Company in 2010, he enjoyed yearly travel to Florida for the Detroit Tiger's spring training, New Orleans for the Jazz Fest, and his old neighborhood and regular haunts in Chicago. In recent years he could be found at the Grosse Pointe Park Library at least three mornings a week, as he was an avid reader. He also loved to feed the ducks at Angel Park with his grandson, throw balls and dole out biscuits to his two best four-legged friends, Bo and Jovie, and enjoyed a weekly standing dinner date with his love Cindy at one of their many favorite local restauran...[more]

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Known as "The Chief" to his son's friends, he was loved by all who knew him and is already greatly missed. Celebration of life to be held at a later date.