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John Richard Pesta, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, surrounded by his family, at the Sanctuary at Abbey in Warren, Michigan. John was 90 years old. Born on March 17, 1922, in Detroit, Michigan, to the late Alexander and Catherine Pesta, John grew up in Hamtramck, MI, and graduated from Hamtramck High School. He entered the United States Army in 1943 and served in Germany and Central Europe during World War II. He was discharged in 1946. In 1947, John married his wife, the then Rita Beyner....