Gerald George Gregory Grant

1939 - 2011  (71 years)

• Name	Gerald George Gregory Grant
  Born	15 Oct 1939	Wesley, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jul 2011	Israel Family Hospice House, Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
  Buried	Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I214088	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Frank W. Grant,   b. 22 Dec 1913, Iowa, USA ,   d. 0Nov 1966, Iowa, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mandelian Irmina Mary Foertsch,   b. 25 Dec 1912, Wesley, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 2000, Iowa, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1938	Iowa, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F74377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Georgiann Kraft
  Children	1. Jeffrey Grant   2. Carmen Grant   3. Kenneth Grant   4. David Gerald Grant,   b. 8 Apr 1964, Iowa, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1964, Iowa, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F78603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S26] 1940 US Federal Census. name: Gerald Grant titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Saint Benedict, Prairie Township, Kossuth, Iowa, United States gender: Male age: 0 marital status: Single race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Son birthplace: Iowa estimated birth year: 1940 residence in 1935: enumeration district number: 55-35 family number: 121 sheet number and letter: 8B line number: 46 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 1173 digital folder number: 005461470 image number: 00622 [S927] Obituary. NEVADA?Gerald George Gregory Grant, 71, Nevada, died Wednesday, July 13, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames of cancer. Funeral services were held Monday, July 18th, at Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada. Interment was in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery. Gerald Grant, son of Frank and Mandelian (Foertsch) Grant, was born Oct. 15, 1939, in Wesley, IA. He graduated from Corwith High School in 1957. He married Georgiann Kraft on April 8, 1961. He worked as a hired man on farms near Britt and Alexander before he started farming on his own in 1969 near Hampton. They started farming near Nevada in 1976. He was a very active member of Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada. He was a Pioneer Seed dealer, member of the Central Iowa Mutual Insurance Association Board of Directors, Nevada Township trustee and 4-H leader for many years and a member of the Story County Sheriff?s Reserve for 13 years. He enjoyed restoring tractors, going on tractor rides, attending Iowa State University sporting events, mowing, moving snow and attending his grandchildren?s activities. He was a farmer up to the very end. Survivors include his wife, Georgiann Grant of Nevada, IA; three children: Jeffrey and Jodi Grant of Sheldon, IA, Carmen and Brent Onken of Derby, KS, Kenneth and Jill Grant of Nevada, IA; eight grandchildren: Addison and Brailey, Jessica, Rachel and Sarah Onken, and Emily, Brian and Spencer Grant; three brothers: Robert and Vicki Grant, David and Lynne Grant, Thomas and Kim Grant; five sisters: Joan Davis, Karen Ingham and Richard Nuehring, Mary Cahalan, Linda and Robert Tallon, Sandra Grant; two brothers-in-law: Ronald and Carolee Kraft, Richard and Marcia Kraft; and two sisters-in-law, Bonnie Telfer and Joan Grant. He was preceded in death by a son, David Gerald Grant in infancy; his parents; three brothers, Michael Grant in infancy, Donald Grant and William Grant; a brother-in-law, Rollin Ingham; a nephew, Michael Grant; and a niece, Donna Davis. [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Mandelian Foertsch (I197015)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I197015&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: I could not find a marriage record, but just plugging in her first name (not so common) and then, Grant, yielded two results.I found a Mandelian and a Frank Grant in Iowa, with children in 1940:https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMYN-7L4There is only one Mandelian Grant in the SSDI:https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JT9G-S3Tclaire rassman claire rassman