Senior Citizens Founder Mrs. Shata Ling, 64, Dies

I Mrs. Daniel S. (Shata) Ling, (64, of 2304 Vinewood Blvd., Ifounder of the Ann Arbor Senior Icitizens Guild, prime mover in I the establishment of Lurie TerIrace housing project for the I aged, a u t h o r and nationally I know social worker, died t h i s I morning at University Hospital following a long illness. Holder of many awards for her work with senior citizens, Mrs. Ling founded the Senior Citizens Guild in 1956 and served for many years as its executive director. 9he served as administrator and supervisor of the Lurie Terrace housing project for senior citizens at 600 W. Hurón which was started in 1963 to provide i housing for elderly persons at a price they could afford. She nad been active in recent years with the People-to-People program. Mrs. Ling was the author of the books "Family Life Reader," "Family Life Arithmetic," "CCC Work Book," "Army Life Reader." and a number of magazine articles. In 1967, she was selected for inclusión in the book "'Outstanding Civic Leaders of America." She was a candidate for the Ann Arbor City Council on the Democratie ticket in 1961. .She was awarded the Michigan Commission on Aging Certifícate of Merit in 1964, the University of Michigan Conference on Aging Citation in 1965, General Electrie's Builder of the Week Award in 1965, the Senior Citizens Guild Award in 1966, the Outstanding Eldsrly Housing Award of the New York World's Fair in 1965, the Ann Arbor Woman's City Club Celebrity Award in 1966 and the Outstanding Civil Leaders in the United States Award in 1967. Mrs. Ling was a fellow of the American Gerontological Society, a fellow of the American Public Health Association, a founding member of the Michigan Gerontological Society, past president of the Xi chapter and Pi Lambda Theta honorary societies for women in education, and national vice president from 1957-61. She was president of the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Altrusa International, a women's service club. She had served as director of social welfare for Jackson County, Fia., director of WPA literary projects in Florida, organizer of the first traveling library in Florida, education specialist for Wayne County, Washtenaw County Welfare Department supervisor and as a lecturer at the U-M. _____ Mrs. Ling was graduatedl from high school at the age ofl 14 and from the University ofl Texas in 1922 at the age of 18.1 She received her master of pub-l lic health degree from the U-M I in 1944, and later pursued I gradúate work in the 1 sity's School of Social Work in I the field of community I zation. She was bom on Feb. 3, 1905, in Houston, Tex., a daughter of B e r n a r d and Anna Przzan, Lurie, for whom Ann Arbor Lurie Terrace is named. She and Daniel S. Ling, U-M professor of civil engineering and consulting engineer to Wayne State University, were married on Nov. 24, 1923. He survives. Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a son, Daniel Jr. of Lawrence, Kan., a daughter, Mrs. Joanne Moot who is associated with the U.S. State Department service i n Katamandu, Nepal; two grandchildren, Debra and David Ling; four brothers, I. M. Lurie, M. H. Lurie, Benjamin Lurie and J. B. Lurie, all of Houston, Tex. ; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Moser of Houston and Mrs. Josephine Jessup of Nashville, Tenn. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Clare o f Assisi Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Colin Campbell Jr., rector, officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to The Senior Citizens Guild of Ann Arbor or to St. Clare o f Assisi Episcopal Church.