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Vincent Flores LoCicero

Vincent Flores LoCicero, 80, passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, from complications of dementia.

Born June 7, 1942, to Rose and Thomas LoCicero, he lived his entire life in Grosse Pointe.

Vince was a 1960 graduate of Austin Catholic Preparatory High School and attended the University of Detroit and Detroit Institute of Technology. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Detroit College of Law in 1968, and joined his father’s law firm in the First National Building after passing the State Bar in 1969. The firm moved to offices in St. Clair Shores in the 1980s, where both father and son maintained their practices and served their clients until their respective retirements.

Vince married the love of his life, Roberta Bradford, in 1966, after a two-year engagement. They enjoyed 56 wonderful years of marriage. He was a loving and devoted father to his two daughters, Cristina and Lisa, who filled his life with much joy, happiness and eventually five cherished grandchildren.

Vince’s greatest love, next to his wife and children, was boating. His skill at the helm was matched only by the joy he experienced communing with the sun, the lakes and the sea. It was rumored among boating friends that he could dock a freighter against the wind without touching the dock if need be. He was an active member of the Grosse Pointe Power Squadron, a national boating safety and educational organization, for more than 50 years. He proudly served as its commander in 1981.

Vince was committed to the Grosse Pointe community and served on many boards and committees, including two elected terms as trustee to the Grosse Pointe Public School System Board of Education, twice as president, allowing him the honor and opportunity to hand high school diplomas to each of his daughters at their commencement ceremonies.

Vince is survived by his wife, Roberta; daughters, Cristina Britton (David) and Lisa LoCicero (Michael Jann); grandchildren, Davin, Alexander and Madeline Britton and Lukas and Verity Jann; brother, Thomas LoCicero Jr., and mother-in-law, Eugenia DiSante.

The immediate family gathered for a private funeral Mass on Jan. 3, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Park.

Memorials in Vince’s honor may be made to Capuchin Community Services, capuchincom
munityservices.org; All About Animals Rescue, allaboutanimalsrescue.org; or St. Ambrose Church, 15020 Hampton, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230.