Richard David Webster

WEBSTER,RICHARD DAVID, of Lake Orion; November 14,2012; age 74. Beloved Husband of (Mary) Beth Cagle-Webster for 28 years; much loved big brother of Mary Ann (Webster) Eichelberg; beloved Father of Bethany (Peter) Okurowski; Cynthia (David) Ellis; David (Vanessa) Webster. "Adopted" Dad of Neil & Vickie McCallum, Debbie Wilcox and Diane Franco. Grandfather of Allison and Jeffrey Okurowski; Brett, Jacob and Justin Ellis; Savannah, Zoe and Noah Webster. "Adopted " Grandpa of Megan Johnson and Anna Purdon; great-grandfather of Brett Ellis, Jr. Loving Uncle to Todd, Richard, and Chad Lippincott, and a loving, caring friend to many in the Lake Orion-Oxford area. Richard was a well-known photographer and free-lance journalist who was published in the Lake Orion Review and Oxford Leader. He was also a published photographer in two national magazines. As co-owner of Photos Unique by Cagle-Webster in Lake Orion (with wife Beth), since 1992, his work spanned all subject matter and many areas of the U.S. He attended and graduated from, Yale University in 1960, having attended on a full scholarship. He then attended Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City Law School, also on a full scholarship. While at Yale, he was a Bass singer for the Yale singing group, the Spizzwinks. He traveled extensively with the group on the East Coast, where they performed. Born May 5, 1938, in St. Joseph, Mo to Milton R. and Emily R Webster. He attended Paseo High School in Kansas City, Mo as an Honor Student and Senior Class President. before going to Yale. After graduating from Yale in 1960, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of Lieutenant and designation as Patrol Plane Navigator as part of a submarine spotter Air Crew. He was Honorably Discharged in 1974. He also worked almost 30 years for General Motors at several locations in Administration