Maxine Gloria Hughes was born on December 23, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan to Muriel and Jackson Hughes. She grew up in Detroit's North End neighborhood under the watchful eyes of her beloved older brother, Robert. During her childhood, she formed friendships that would last a lifetime with Lillian Ragsdale and the late Frances Duncan.
She attended Detroit's Northern High School and graduated from the city's Northwestern High School in 1940. She studied business at South Carolina State University, intending to have a career as a secretary. While at South Carolina State, she met a fellow Detroiter who became one of her closest friends, Kathleen Hooker. She and Kathleen eventually transferred to Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Maxine switched her major to sociology. At Howard University, Maxine studied under the tutelage of the great black scholar E. Franklin Frazier and decided to embark upon a career devoted to addressing the mental health needs of black families.
After earning a bachelor's degree in sociology from Howard University in 1944, Maxine returned to Detroit, where she met Tennessee native Robert Lee Walton. The couple was married in 1946. Their marriage produced two children: a daughter, Muriel Deborah, the namesake of Maxine's beloved mother, and a son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.
Always an intuitive, compassionate and intelligent person, Maxine decided to use her talents to help other people. She earned a master's of social work degree from the University of Michigan and began her career as a social worker for the State of Michigan. She later had a long and fruitful career as a school social worker and social work supervisor for Detroit Public Schools. Throughout her career, she was a mentor and confidante for many of her colleagues. She retired from Detroit Public Schools in 1986, and her friends and colleagues celebrated her many professional accomplishments at a festive retirement celebration.
After her retirement from DPS, Maxine devoted her energy to building a successful mental health practice, Detroit Counseling Center. DCC specialized in family systems therapy and Maxine gained a national reputation as a certified trainer in the field.
Maxine's keen listening skills, immense empathy and profound wisdom made her a highly-effective therapist. Her work helped many Detroit families experience important mental health breakthroughs. She enjoyed her life's work and never underestimated the significance of her role as a mental health professional.
She was also the founder and director of Detroit Institute for Family Systems Therapy, the only educational institution in Michigan not affiliated with a university or college that was accredited to confer master's of social work degrees in family systems therapy.
Her commitment to forwarding the practice of clinical social work was internationally recognized. Her peers elected her the International President of ICAPP, the oldest clinical social work organization in America.
Maxine remained devoted to her family throughout her life. She treasured her relationship with her late brother, Robert Hughes, and his wife, Mary, and traveled to Washington, D.C. often to visit them. She was a doting grandmother, and her grandchildren, who gave her the affectionate nickname "Gogi," adored her. She cherished and nurtured her children and grandchildren, giving them wise advice and brightening their lives with her toothy smile and famous hearty hugs.
For more than forty years, Maxine was a member of the Bridgettes, a Detroit bridge club that included many of her closest friends. She enjoyed entertaining her friends and would look forward to her turn to host the Bridgettes' monthly meeting. She was also known for the New Year's Day dinner she hosted annually at her home.
After her retirement from Detroit Public Schools, she took on new challenges, appearing as an actress in at least one locally-produced play. She also enjoyed walking for exercise and spent time with friends on walks on West Outer Drive and around Northland Mall.
Maxine was an intrepid traveler who visited Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and the Caribbean on trips with friends and colleagues from groups such as ICAPP.
While Maxine was a committed therapist, devoted mother and grandmother and faithful friend, nothing brought her more joy than her faith. She raised her children to love the Lord and was an active member at St. Theresa and Presentation of Our Lady Victory Catholic churches for many years. In the early 1980s, she rejoined Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was married in 1946. At Sacred Heart, Maxine served as one of the church's first female Eucharistic ministers. She loved her Sacred Heart family and cherished her friendship with Father Norman Thomas.
On Saturday, June 23, 2007, Maxine Gloria Hughes Walton made her transition to glory. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter and devoted caretaker in recent years, Muriel Deborah Trent; her loving son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.; her son-in-law, Calvin Trent, and daughter-in-law, Sheraldine Walton; her sister-in-law, Mary Hughes; her grandchildren, Kimberly Trent (Kenneth Coleman), Raina Harris (Robert), Jeffrey Trent (Tenisha), Wendy Walton, Lana Walton, Robert Walton III and Calvin Robert Harris; her great-grandchildren, Christopher Brian Thomas, Jerome Hamilton, Jeffrey Trent Jr., Alaysia Washington, Lyndsey Harris and Robert A. Harris; her faithful home health care assistants Fran Allison, Tracey Morris and Peggy Johnson, many special friends including Lillian Ragsdale, Kathleen Hooker, Cherye Love, Vivian Neal, Juvetta Bell, Omega Holliday, Audra Evans, and Martina O'Sullivan, her goddaughter Paulette Pace and a host of grateful protégés, colleagues and clients.
She attended Detroit's Northern High School and graduated from the city's Northwestern High School in 1940. She studied business at South Carolina State University, intending to have a career as a secretary. While at South Carolina State, she met a fellow Detroiter who became one of her closest friends, Kathleen Hooker. She and Kathleen eventually transferred to Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Maxine switched her major to sociology. At Howard University, Maxine studied under the tutelage of the great black scholar E. Franklin Frazier and decided to embark upon a career devoted to addressing the mental health needs of black families.
After earning a bachelor's degree in sociology from Howard University in 1944, Maxine returned to Detroit, where she met Tennessee native Robert Lee Walton. The couple was married in 1946. Their marriage produced two children: a daughter, Muriel Deborah, the namesake of Maxine's beloved mother, and a son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.
Always an intuitive, compassionate and intelligent person, Maxine decided to use her talents to help other people. She earned a master's of social work degree from the University of Michigan and began her career as a social worker for the State of Michigan. She later had a long and fruitful career as a school social worker and social work supervisor for Detroit Public Schools. Throughout her career, she was a mentor and confidante for many of her colleagues. She retired from Detroit Public Schools in 1986, and her friends and colleagues celebrated her many professional accomplishments at a festive retirement celebration.
After her retirement from DPS, Maxine devoted her energy to building a successful mental health practice, Detroit Counseling Center. DCC specialized in family systems therapy and Maxine gained a national reputation as a certified trainer in the field.
Maxine's keen listening skills, immense empathy and profound wisdom made her a highly-effective therapist. Her work helped many Detroit families experience important mental health breakthroughs. She enjoyed her life's work and never underestimated the significance of her role as a mental health professional.
She was also the founder and director of Detroit Institute for Family Systems Therapy, the only educational institution in Michigan not affiliated with a university or college that was accredited to confer master's of social work degrees in family systems therapy.
Her commitment to forwarding the practice of clinical social work was internationally recognized. Her peers elected her the International President of ICAPP, the oldest clinical social work organization in America.
Maxine remained devoted to her family throughout her life. She treasured her relationship with her late brother, Robert Hughes, and his wife, Mary, and traveled to Washington, D.C. often to visit them. She was a doting grandmother, and her grandchildren, who gave her the affectionate nickname "Gogi," adored her. She cherished and nurtured her children and grandchildren, giving them wise advice and brightening their lives with her toothy smile and famous hearty hugs.
For more than forty years, Maxine was a member of the Bridgettes, a Detroit bridge club that included many of her closest friends. She enjoyed entertaining her friends and would look forward to her turn to host the Bridgettes' monthly meeting. She was also known for the New Year's Day dinner she hosted annually at her home.
After her retirement from Detroit Public Schools, she took on new challenges, appearing as an actress in at least one locally-produced play. She also enjoyed walking for exercise and spent time with friends on walks on West Outer Drive and around Northland Mall.
Maxine was an intrepid traveler who visited Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and the Caribbean on trips with friends and colleagues from groups such as ICAPP.
While Maxine was a committed therapist, devoted mother and grandmother and faithful friend, nothing brought her more joy than her faith. She raised her children to love the Lord and was an active member at St. Theresa and Presentation of Our Lady Victory Catholic churches for many years. In the early 1980s, she rejoined Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was married in 1946. At Sacred Heart, Maxine served as one of the church's first female Eucharistic ministers. She loved her Sacred Heart family and cherished her friendship with Father Norman Thomas.
On Saturday, June 23, 2007, Maxine Gloria Hughes Walton made her transition to glory. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter and devoted caretaker in recent years, Muriel Deborah Trent; her loving son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.; her son-in-law, Calvin Trent, and daughter-in-law, Sheraldine Walton; her sister-in-law, Mary Hughes; her grandchildren, Kimberly Trent (Kenneth Coleman), Raina Harris (Robert), Jeffrey Trent (Tenisha), Wendy Walton, Lana Walton, Robert Walton III and Calvin Robert Harris; her great-grandchildren, Christopher Brian Thomas, Jerome Hamilton, Jeffrey Trent Jr., Alaysia Washington, Lyndsey Harris and Robert A. Harris; her faithful home health care assistants Fran Allison, Tracey Morris and Peggy Johnson, many special friends including Lillian Ragsdale, Kathleen Hooker, Cherye Love, Vivian Neal, Juvetta Bell, Omega Holliday, Audra Evans, and Martina O'Sullivan, her goddaughter Paulette Pace and a host of grateful protégés, colleagues and clients.
Maxine Gloria Hughes was born on December 23, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan to Muriel and Jackson Hughes. She grew up in Detroit's North End neighborhood under the watchful eyes of her beloved older brother, Robert. During her childhood, she formed friendships that would last a lifetime with Lillian Ragsdale and the late Frances Duncan.
She attended Detroit's Northern High School and graduated from the city's Northwestern High School in 1940. She studied business at South Carolina State University, intending to have a career as a secretary. While at South Carolina State, she met a fellow Detroiter who became one of her closest friends, Kathleen Hooker. She and Kathleen eventually transferred to Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Maxine switched her major to sociology. At Howard University, Maxine studied under the tutelage of the great black scholar E. Franklin Frazier and decided to embark upon a career devoted to addressing the mental health needs of black families.
After earning a bachelor's degree in sociology from Howard University in 1944, Maxine returned to Detroit, where she met Tennessee native Robert Lee Walton. The couple was married in 1946. Their marriage produced two children: a daughter, Muriel Deborah, the namesake of Maxine's beloved mother, and a son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.
Always an intuitive, compassionate and intelligent person, Maxine decided to use her talents to help other people. She earned a master's of social work degree from the University of Michigan and began her career as a social worker for the State of Michigan. She later had a long and fruitful career as a school social worker and social work supervisor for Detroit Public Schools. Throughout her career, she was a mentor and confidante for many of her colleagues. She retired from Detroit Public Schools in 1986, and her friends and colleagues celebrated her many professional accomplishments at a festive retirement celebration.
After her retirement from DPS, Maxine devoted her energy to building a successful mental health practice, Detroit Counseling Center. DCC specialized in family systems therapy and Maxine gained a national reputation as a certified trainer in the field.
Maxine's keen listening skills, immense empathy and profound wisdom made her a highly-effective therapist. Her work helped many Detroit families experience important mental health breakthroughs. She enjoyed her life's work and never underestimated the significance of her role as a mental health professional.
She was also the founder and director of Detroit Institute for Family Systems Therapy, the only educational institution in Michigan not affiliated with a university or college that was accredited to confer master's of social work degrees in family systems therapy.
Her commitment to forwarding the practice of clinical social work was internationally recognized. Her peers elected her the International President of ICAPP, the oldest clinical social work organization in America.
Maxine remained devoted to her family throughout her life. She treasured her relationship with her late brother, Robert Hughes, and his wife, Mary, and traveled to Washington, D.C. often to visit them. She was a doting grandmother, and her grandchildren, who gave her the affectionate nickname "Gogi," adored her. She cherished and nurtured her children and grandchildren, giving them wise advice and brightening their lives with her toothy smile and famous hearty hugs.
For more than forty years, Maxine was a member of the Bridgettes, a Detroit bridge club that included many of her closest friends. She enjoyed entertaining her friends and would look forward to her turn to host the Bridgettes' monthly meeting. She was also known for the New Year's Day dinner she hosted annually at her home.
After her retirement from Detroit Public Schools, she took on new challenges, appearing as an actress in at least one locally-produced play. She also enjoyed walking for exercise and spent time with friends on walks on West Outer Drive and around Northland Mall.
Maxine was an intrepid traveler who visited Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and the Caribbean on trips with friends and colleagues from groups such as ICAPP.
While Maxine was a committed therapist, devoted mother and grandmother and faithful friend, nothing brought her more joy than her faith. She raised her children to love the Lord and was an active member at St. Theresa and Presentation of Our Lady Victory Catholic churches for many years. In the early 1980s, she rejoined Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was married in 1946. At Sacred Heart, Maxine served as one of the church's first female Eucharistic ministers. She loved her Sacred Heart family and cherished her friendship with Father Norman Thomas.
On Saturday, June 23, 2007, Maxine Gloria Hughes Walton made her transition to glory. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter and devoted caretaker in recent years, Muriel Deborah Trent; her loving son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.; her son-in-law, Calvin Trent, and daughter-in-law, Sheraldine Walton; her sister-in-law, Mary Hughes; her grandchildren, Kimberly Trent (Kenneth Coleman), Raina Harris (Robert), Jeffrey Trent (Tenisha), Wendy Walton, Lana Walton, Robert Walton III and Calvin Robert Harris; her great-grandchildren, Christopher Brian Thomas, Jerome Hamilton, Jeffrey Trent Jr., Alaysia Washington, Lyndsey Harris and Robert A. Harris; her faithful home health care assistants Fran Allison, Tracey Morris and Peggy Johnson, many special friends including Lillian Ragsdale, Kathleen Hooker, Cherye Love, Vivian Neal, Juvetta Bell, Omega Holliday, Audra Evans, and Martina O'Sullivan, her goddaughter Paulette Pace and a host of grateful protégés, colleagues and clients.
She attended Detroit's Northern High School and graduated from the city's Northwestern High School in 1940. She studied business at South Carolina State University, intending to have a career as a secretary. While at South Carolina State, she met a fellow Detroiter who became one of her closest friends, Kathleen Hooker. She and Kathleen eventually transferred to Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Maxine switched her major to sociology. At Howard University, Maxine studied under the tutelage of the great black scholar E. Franklin Frazier and decided to embark upon a career devoted to addressing the mental health needs of black families.
After earning a bachelor's degree in sociology from Howard University in 1944, Maxine returned to Detroit, where she met Tennessee native Robert Lee Walton. The couple was married in 1946. Their marriage produced two children: a daughter, Muriel Deborah, the namesake of Maxine's beloved mother, and a son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.
Always an intuitive, compassionate and intelligent person, Maxine decided to use her talents to help other people. She earned a master's of social work degree from the University of Michigan and began her career as a social worker for the State of Michigan. She later had a long and fruitful career as a school social worker and social work supervisor for Detroit Public Schools. Throughout her career, she was a mentor and confidante for many of her colleagues. She retired from Detroit Public Schools in 1986, and her friends and colleagues celebrated her many professional accomplishments at a festive retirement celebration.
After her retirement from DPS, Maxine devoted her energy to building a successful mental health practice, Detroit Counseling Center. DCC specialized in family systems therapy and Maxine gained a national reputation as a certified trainer in the field.
Maxine's keen listening skills, immense empathy and profound wisdom made her a highly-effective therapist. Her work helped many Detroit families experience important mental health breakthroughs. She enjoyed her life's work and never underestimated the significance of her role as a mental health professional.
She was also the founder and director of Detroit Institute for Family Systems Therapy, the only educational institution in Michigan not affiliated with a university or college that was accredited to confer master's of social work degrees in family systems therapy.
Her commitment to forwarding the practice of clinical social work was internationally recognized. Her peers elected her the International President of ICAPP, the oldest clinical social work organization in America.
Maxine remained devoted to her family throughout her life. She treasured her relationship with her late brother, Robert Hughes, and his wife, Mary, and traveled to Washington, D.C. often to visit them. She was a doting grandmother, and her grandchildren, who gave her the affectionate nickname "Gogi," adored her. She cherished and nurtured her children and grandchildren, giving them wise advice and brightening their lives with her toothy smile and famous hearty hugs.
For more than forty years, Maxine was a member of the Bridgettes, a Detroit bridge club that included many of her closest friends. She enjoyed entertaining her friends and would look forward to her turn to host the Bridgettes' monthly meeting. She was also known for the New Year's Day dinner she hosted annually at her home.
After her retirement from Detroit Public Schools, she took on new challenges, appearing as an actress in at least one locally-produced play. She also enjoyed walking for exercise and spent time with friends on walks on West Outer Drive and around Northland Mall.
Maxine was an intrepid traveler who visited Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and the Caribbean on trips with friends and colleagues from groups such as ICAPP.
While Maxine was a committed therapist, devoted mother and grandmother and faithful friend, nothing brought her more joy than her faith. She raised her children to love the Lord and was an active member at St. Theresa and Presentation of Our Lady Victory Catholic churches for many years. In the early 1980s, she rejoined Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was married in 1946. At Sacred Heart, Maxine served as one of the church's first female Eucharistic ministers. She loved her Sacred Heart family and cherished her friendship with Father Norman Thomas.
On Saturday, June 23, 2007, Maxine Gloria Hughes Walton made her transition to glory. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter and devoted caretaker in recent years, Muriel Deborah Trent; her loving son, Robert Lee Walton Jr.; her son-in-law, Calvin Trent, and daughter-in-law, Sheraldine Walton; her sister-in-law, Mary Hughes; her grandchildren, Kimberly Trent (Kenneth Coleman), Raina Harris (Robert), Jeffrey Trent (Tenisha), Wendy Walton, Lana Walton, Robert Walton III and Calvin Robert Harris; her great-grandchildren, Christopher Brian Thomas, Jerome Hamilton, Jeffrey Trent Jr., Alaysia Washington, Lyndsey Harris and Robert A. Harris; her faithful home health care assistants Fran Allison, Tracey Morris and Peggy Johnson, many special friends including Lillian Ragsdale, Kathleen Hooker, Cherye Love, Vivian Neal, Juvetta Bell, Omega Holliday, Audra Evans, and Martina O'Sullivan, her goddaughter Paulette Pace and a host of grateful protégés, colleagues and clients.
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