Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-23
GRACE {. GRANDY
Scarlet Fever With Other Complica-
tiOns Causes Sudden and Unexpect.
ed Death-Gloom of Sadness Cast
Over Entire Community Deepest
Sympathy Goes Out to Family.

One of the events that has brought
a general sense of sadness to this
community is the death of Miss Grace
E. Grandy at her home on Beech
street last Sunday morning. The
news of Miss Grandy's decease came
as sudden shock to many of her
friends Sunday morning as word had
gone out during last week that her
condition was somewhat better and
no serious results were anticipated,
but complications which set in a few
days previous to her death brought
the end of life that though brief has
emanated an influence for good among
those with whom she was associated
and has taken from home and COM
munity one who was loved and re-
spected and who was ever active in
the work and progress Of these
spheres
Miss Grandy was taken sick and
confined to her home on Tuesday Feb
ruary 9Th, physicians pronounced the
trouble scarlet fever and the home
was placed in quarantine; until the
latter part of last week she seemed to
be doing very well, then the complica-
tions referred to in the foregoing set
in and the end came on Sunday morn
ing February 18th at 1880 o'clock af-
ter an illness of less than two weeks.
Grace Evelyn Grandy, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Grandy was born
near Delta, April 26th, 1887, her edu-
, cation was secured in the schools of
Delta and a business course at Davis
Business College, Toledo
Since her graduation she has been
actively engaged in stenographic and
accountants work; for three years
she was employed as stenographer in
the office of attorney F. H. Wolf after
| Mr.. VOLTS installation as Judge Of
the Common Pleas court she did pri-
vate work in stenography at her home
until the creation of the District Tax
Commissioners office when she was
appointed as the clerk and steno-
grapher in this office, where she con-
tinued until the office was abolished
and she entered the county auditors
office where she was employed to the
time of her death.
| She united with the Christian
church when she was thirteen or four
teen years of age and remained ar
active, faithful and consistent mem.
ber of this church to the time of her
decease.
She was a member of the Lyoal Wo-
mems Class of the Christian church
the Wauseon Chapter Order of the
Eastern Star; Wauseon Temple Ply.
THAN Sisters, of which she was Most
Excellent Chief at the time of hel
death.
In the church, Sunday School, and
the social organizations of which she
was member she will be sorely miss.
ed; an evidence of the esteem in which
she was held in the organization
mentioned was shown Monday when g
majority of the members of the Sun
day School Class and a number OF
Eastern Star and Pythian Sistel
members, about fifty in all went from
Wauseon to Delta gathering at the
cemetery to pay their last tribute OF
love and respect as their friend anc
sister was laid in her last earthl,
resting place.
Miss Grandy came with her parents
to Wauseon eight years ago previous
to that time the family had lived in
Delta with the exception of a few
months of residence in Napoleon.
Grace is the fourth child that Mr.
and Mrs. Grandy have lost by death
one son and two daughters havin,
died in infancy, they have left them
one daughter Mabel The sincere ant
deepest sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out to Mr.. and Mrs
randy and Mabel and to all the rela
tives in this sore bereavement
Monday afternoon at 1:30 Rev.
"A. Wharton gave a very brief ad
dress and offered prayer from tn
front porch of the home on Beecl
street, large number of friends an
neighbors having gathered on tn
lawn and sidewalk in front of tn
house
Court house officials acted as pal
bearers and the casket accompanie,
J by the family were taken by automo
, bile to Delta where interment wa
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