African-American mayor in November of that year. Subsequent career After leaving the mayor's office, Gribbs returned to private practice. Gribbs became a circuit court judge in 1975. He was elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1982, upon which he served until his retirement in 2001. Gribbs retired to Northville in suburban Detroit, and conducted private practice in mediation and arbitration. He was the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Piast Institute, a research center devoted to Polish and Polish American affairs. Personal life Gribbs was married to Katherine Stratis (1932–2011) from 1954 to 1982, and together they had four daughters (Paula, Carla, Rebecca, Elizabeth) and one son (Christopher). In 1990, he married Leola Young Barr. Gribbs died on April 5, 2016, at his home in Northville, Michigan from cancer, aged 90. References External links 1925 births 2016 deaths Mayors of Detroit Sheriffs of Wayne County, Michigan Michigan Democrats Michigan state court judges Michigan Court of Appeals judges University of Detroit Mercy alumni American politicians of Polish descent People from St. Clair County, Michigan People from Northville, Michigan 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges 20th-century American politicians