Warren Beach Spalding III

Warren Beach Spalding III, age 93, of Palm Desert, California, formerly of Port Huron, moved on to his heavenly home Saturday, July 18, 2026.

He was born October 28, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan.

Warren attended Angell Elementary, where he met the love of his life, Margaret Joyce Hurns. They married on August 7, 1952, and shared a beautiful and loving relationship for 74 years while raising a family of seven children.

For 45 years, Warren earned his living as a master mechanic for Detroit Edison. The same hands-on ingenuity that defined his trade showed up everywhere else in his life-there was very little he couldn't fix or figure out. Long before solar power was fashionable or subsidized, he installed panels on his own property in the 1980s, simply because it made sense to him. Later, he turned his 18 acres in Goodells, Michigan, into a Christmas tree farm, a long-time dream of his.

Yes-Warren was a hard and dependable worker, taking overtime shifts at work, doing double shifts, and caring for his family's needs-but, most important to him, he was a man of deep faith. He attended Detroit Bible College, and for him, Christian Faith and Salvation was never just acceptance and church attendance. Those who knew him witnessed something much rarer: a friendship with Jesus Christ and a true relationship that was constant and real. It was the center of his life, and it gave eternal meaning and purpose to everything he did. He wanted to make sure everyone he met knew there was HOPE IN LIFE, and he wanted them to know that there is an ACTUAL PLAN for salvation… and a place for all believers in Heaven. He shared this faith with all of his family, co-workers, neighbors, friends, and even strangers he happened to meet in his travels.

When Warren belonged to a church, he showed up! Men's Bible studies, Sunday School teacher, prayer meetings, Monday night visitations, putting on services and providing financial support for the Detroit Rescue Mission, handing out 'tracts,' and volunteer work with the Salvation Army. He did whatever needed doing. If he couldn’t be there, he sent money worldwide. Money that helped bring water to villages, helped build schools, 'adopting' children in need, making donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and supporting witnessing on college campuses through Campus Life. He was a real everyday missionary!

During his "free time," chess held his interest for over six decades. Tennis was his sport of choice during his midlife years. He was a longtime bridge player as well, and even when he was in hospice he was playing Bridge on his phone app! Horse racing had a special hold on him and his wife, "Joyce," too, with Spring and Fall trips to Keeneland always eagerly anticipated.

The first thing Warren did in retirement was trade in the routine of the road for the pace of a bicycle. He joined two of his daughters-Marie and Joyce-and a group called Wandering Wheels in pedaling across the United States. This officially made the trip across America on a bicycle a Spalding tradition! Curiosity and a love for the beauty of the world God made for us took him further still! Warren and Joyce visited all 50 states, as well as Mexico, Australia, England, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Amazon.

Warren loved working with his hands and doing projects around the house and out on his property-but his mind ranged wide. There was hardly a subject he wasn't willing to talk about, a habit fed by years of subscriptions to Popular Science, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. He had a collector’s edition of books on ALL the Presidents of the United States, and he enjoyed sharing the lessons he learned from their moments of time in American history. Right up to the end, he kept informed about world affairs and life around him.

Visitation will be at 12 noon on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 in Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron. A funeral service will be held at 12:30 p.m. followed by a short graveside service where a devoted and loving husband, and a dear father, will be laid to his earthly rest at the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The Reverend Phil Whetstone will officiate.

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