Ethel Whitlock Ethel Whitlock, age 96, died July 16, 2013 in Troy of complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was born March 26, 1917 in Herrin, Illinois, to John T. and Susanna Adomitis, both immigrants of Lithuania. The family, which included her older brother John, moved to Michigan. After graduating from Rochester High School, she attended Pontiac Business School. She worked as a secretary for various employers, including Pontiac State Bank, Oakland University, and the County of Oakland, from which she retired as deputy registrar in the Protective Services division of the Juvenile Court. After her retirement, she lived in Holiday, Florida, for many years before moving first to Santa Barbara, California, and finally to Troy, Ohio. She enjoyed golfing, bowling, walking on the beach, playing bridge, watercolors and china painting, and was a life-long avid reader. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, and is survived by her daughters and their families: Susanna and Richard J. Nash of Boulder, Colorado, and Kathleen and Patrick M. O'Brien of Troy, Ohio; and grandsons, Kyle and Sean O'Brien. Private family services will be conducted at a later date. The family thanks Acclaim Hospice and especially the staff of Clare Bridge for their love and care of Ethel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you consider making a donation in her name to the Alzheimer's Association alz.org, the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research rockefeller.edu/research/intercenter/cenzach, or Habitat for Humanity. Friends may also express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.