Detroit — Well-known journalist Herbert Boldt, who’s career included writing for and serving as an interim editor for The Michigan Catholic, died Nov. 22 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

Mr. Boldt, a Livonia resident, was best known as an editor of  The Detroit News and a longtime columnist who wrote about the outdoors for the Associated Press and thus was read throughout much of the country.

Born in Cleveland, Mr. Boldt grew up in the Detroit area after his family moved here in 1936. He graduated from St. Mary’s of Redford on the city’s west side.

Following high school, he was drafted into the Marine Corps, where he served from 1945 until 1947 in China. Upon returning to the Detroit area, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Detroit.

An avid athlete, Mr. Boldt was skilled at boxing, football and baseball. He played varsity baseball at University of Detroit. According to an obituary in The Detroit News, he at one point was even offered a minor-league contract with the Chicago Cubs.

Mr. Boldt is survived by his wife, Mary; sister, Evelyn Sullivan; and children, John, Michael, Suzanne Zavicar, James, Laura Huben, Nancy Bagazinski and Julia Swindle. He was preceded in death by daughter, Ellen Wilder. He also is survived by 13 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

His funeral Mass is to be at 10 a.m., Saturday, December 3 at Resurrection Church, 48755 Warren Road in Canton.

Memorials to Alzheimer’s Association or to Arbor Hospice.