Grants High Alumni Obituaries

Wanda Lee Stone Simpson was born September 22 1938 to William H. Stone and Sarah L. Laine Stone in Richmond Indiana as their third daughter of four. She passed away peacefully at her home on December 14 2025 after a lengthy illness surrounded by loving family members. She graduated from Richmond Sr....

Alden H. Grant Jr. born to Alden H. Grant Sr. and Louise C. Grant on February 11 1939 passed away with his loving wife at his side Thursday February 27 2025. Alden attended Leavitt Institute and graduated from Freeport High School in 1957. He attended the University of Maine Orono earning a Bachelor...

Pamela Ann Johnson passed away January 8 2024 in Lewiston ME after a hard fought battle with cancer. She was born in Manhattan KS on March 15 1958 to Henry Bill Johnson Jr and Elizabeth Betty L Johnson. Shortly after her parents moved back to Leavenworth where Pamela grew up and graduated from Leave...

BATH ME We mourn the loss of our mother Gertrude Martha Pope ne Brost who passed away May 22 2015 in Bath Maine at age 92. She was proud of her Polish heritage being from NE Mpls graduating from Edison High. After marrying she lived with her husband Geoffrey W. Pope outside Excelsior helping with ...

DRESDEN Alberta R. Cope 81 of Indian Road passed away on Tuesday January 16 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. She was born in Bath ME on November 21 1936 the first daughter of five girls to Albert R. and Gladys I. Richard. Alberta grew up in Woolwich and attended and graduated from both The ...

BATH Burnita "Bunny" Graves 92 of 1 Washington Street went to be with the Lord on Monday October 17th 2016. She was born in Dresden Maine on November 13th 1923 to Oscar and Eulela Pray. She graduated from Wiscasset High School where she was very involved in school activities. She was married to Car...

Lauretta M. Carbonneau 84 of Lewiston died on Thursday September 29 2016 at Androscoggin Home Care Hospice House. She was born in Lewiston November 10 1931 the daughter of the late Otis and Aline Roy Comeau. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1950. Lauretta worked at Grants clothing store St...

Jeannette Gretchen Talbot Bedard age 93 passed away peacefully at the Androscoggin Hospice House very early in the morning on February 15th 2023. Jeannette was raised and lived in Auburn most of her life graduating from Edward Little High School in 1947. While in high school she met the love of her ...

Rosalind Wright Harris 97 died peacefully in her home in Brunswick Maine on April 15 with her children Alison and Peter by her side. At the end her mind was as sharp as ever and her spirit unbowed only her body failed her as she battled Multiple Myeloma. Rosalind was born October 11 1923 in Chicago ...

Elaine Ford Boatin 78 died August 27 at her home in Topsham. She was a writer professor librarian wife and mother. Elaine was born December 12 1938 the daughter of John H. Ford and Ruth Palmer Ford and grew up in northern New Jersey. While still a college undergraduate she married her first husband ...

Born on July 27 1941 in Hickory NC to Walter Childs Jr. and Liberty Washington Childs Dr. Walter Childs III entered the world with a purpose as strong and enduring as the mountains that framed his early years. From humble beginnings during the era of segregation he rose to become a transformative se...

Mrs. Henrietta T. Jackson affectionately known as Mama Sue entered into eternal life on November 22 2025 at her home surrounded by her children. Henrietta was born in Bennettsville SC on January 29 1942 to the late Leroy Tillman and Lela Mae Tillman. She attended Marlboro County Schools. After reloc...

Mitchell Mr. Jerome a resident of Hayneville AL departed this life on Sunday December 21 2025. Memorial services will be held on Saturday January 24 2026 at 100PM from PhillipsRiley Chapel Rev. Mikell Hardy officiating. With sincere sympathy I remember a faithful husband loving father and a pillar t...

Mr. Waldo Robbie Robertson White 77 resident of Orrell Street in Yemassee and husband of Anna Casiano White passed peacefully Thursday morning January 1 2026 at his residence. Born September 6 1948 in Charlotte North Carolina Mr. White was the son of the late Charles Walker White Jr. and the late Is...

Teresa Ann Jones Davis Wimmer 60 of New Castle left our earthly world to join her loved ones on Monday January 5 2026. Born in Roanoke VA to Cecil and Shirley Jones she was the only daughter in a house of 4 brothers. She grew into a life of adventure becoming a loving mother to 5. She cherished fami...

Linda Cassandra Gage Wells age 75 passed away on Saturday January 3 2026. She was born on October 4 1950 in Cary MS. Linda leaves to cherish her loving memories her husband L. K. Wells her daughters Traci Andrews Ronald and Cassie Bridges Patrick her granddaughters Catherine Amaya Jordyn Arianna Eli...

Diana "Annie" E. Schwenkner, 89, peacefully passed away at her home on January 11, 2026.A funeral service will be held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Watertown, WI on Friday January 16, 2026 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Karl Walther officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation at t...

Pamela “Pam” R. Stephens, age 70, of Janesville, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Mercy Hospital, Janesville. She was born in Green Bay on December 10, 1954, the daughter of Frank and Marion (Bukowski) Kacerovsky. She graduated from Green Bay West High School, received a bachelor’s degree...

Our beloved husband father and grandfather Grant Emerson Head passed away peacefully on Saturday November 29 2025 in Murray Utah surrounded by family. Grant was born on February 25 1939 in Cardston Alberta Canada to Nephi Lawrence Head and Ireta Alder Cahoon Head the youngest of four children with o...

Edward L. Graf Jr. 86 of the North Side successful business executive entrepreneur devoted father beloved Opa passed away peacefully on Monday September 22 2025 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his three sons John and his wife Suzanne of Ben Avon Stephen ofEmsworth and Tim and his wife Ka...

Paula Sue Earley 69 formerly a proud Texan left this world peacefully on December 31 2025 at her home in Lake City Pennsylvania. She came into the world full of spunk and sass on October 20 1956. Her precocious nature made her the standout choice for Methodist missionaries looking to complete their ...

Norma Jean Colson passed away on December 24 2025. Norma was born in Gallup New Mexico July 1 1947. Her parents were Ambrose Felix Vorst and Minnie Catgenova Vorst. Norma graduated from Grants High School in 1965. She worked for Mountain Bell and ATT for over 37 years. Her job assignments included G...

Marian Rabinowitz, 91 died December 23, 2025, peacefully at her home at the Blake in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband Sy and brother Nelson Goodman. Born January 14, 1934, in Baltimore Md. to Gertrude and Morris Goodman.Marian was an educator, a scholar, a communit...

Cynthia Elizabeth Powell passed peacefully from this life on November 14 2025 at the age of 79. Cindy was the daughter of the late Charles Ramsdell and Marguerita Burr Powell Ellis. She is survived by her sister Natalie and her longtime friend Rita Brillinger. A graduate of Georgetown High School in...