Statler Family Obituaries
Grantham, Jean Pauline (nee Browning)
Jean Pauline Grantham, 91, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home, where she resided the past three years.
She was born January 12, 1921, in Jackson, to Paul and Rose Steimel Browning. She and Duell Grantham were married May 19, 1945. They had been married 47 years when he passed away July 3, 1992.
Jean worked at the Jackson Hosiery Mill from 1939 until it’s closing in 1976. She especially enjoyed taking care of her family, even taking care of her sisters, Alice and Catheline in their later years. She was a longtime member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson; an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Jackson; and volunteered at the Jackson Senior Center, and Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Her favorite hobbies were bowling and fishing.
Loving survivors include one son Tom (Donna) Grantham of Cape Girardeau; two grandchildren, Todd (Lisa) Grantham of Birmingham, Mich., and Shelley (Joel) Nierenberg of Montclair, NJ; two great grandchildren, and soon expecting the arrival of the third.
In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by three sisters, Catheline Heisler, Mary McGinness, and Alice Thompson.
Friends may call Friday, October 12, 2012, from12:30 pm to time of service at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
Funeral service will be Friday, at 2:00 pm, at the funeral home, with Deacon Walt Biri officiating.
Interment will follow in Russell Height Cemetery in Jackson.
Memorials may be made to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
Printed in the Thursday, October 11, 2012 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO.
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