COLUMBIA CITY – D’Maris Belvetta Grant, 97, died July 18, 2011.
She was born Feb. 2, 1914, in Pierceton, to Zelma Hile and James Palmer. On May 28, 1938, she married Dr. Lowell Judson Grant.
She graduated from Columbia High School in 1932 and obtained her teaching degree from Indiana University where she belonged to the Delta Gamma sorority, was an honorary colonel of the ROTC and a member of the Pleiades. She volunteered for the Cancer Society and the Mental Health Association. She served six years on the Whitley County Memorial Hospital Volunteer Board of Directors, six years as legislative chairman for the Northeast Indiana Hospital Volunteer Association and worked for the Whitley County Red Cross, the Grey Lady Service and tutored the Lauback Association. She served two terms on the Grace Lutheran Church Council. As a licensed parliamentarian, she served as president of the North Indiana Unit Bridge Board and the District 8 Board. She was a Life-Master Contract Bridge player, and past president of the Retired Teachers Association.
Surviving are two sons, Dr. James L. (and spouse Connie) Keppler, Culver; and Dr. John P. (and spouse Lucy Langohr) Grant, Durham, N.C.; five grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two sisters.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Smith and Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City, with the Rev. Gene Kinney, officiating. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery.
Calling is from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
***** Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church.
