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- WAYLAND - Grace S. Mitchell, 83, passed away peacefully at home Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, surrounded by her family.
Grace was born Oct. 18, 1919 in Wayland, a daughter of Victor B. (Mont) and Sarah (Inscho) Stephens. Her husband Herbert Mitchell, Sr. predeceased her on Aug. 6, 1981.
Grace was a homemaker and mother of 13 children. She enjoyed fishing and bowling, but most of all she loved spending time with her family. She was also predeceased by her brothers Charles Clayson and Carl, Reginald, Neil, Wesley and Robert Stephens, and her sisters Eva Risby, Doris Francis, Ethelyn Brown and Treva Rupert.
Grace is survived by her nine daughters and four sons: Nancy Colbert of Los Lunas, New Mexico, Sarah (Frank) Furia of St. James, Fla.; Alberta (Robert) Didas of Wayland, Jane (Ron) Salles of Charlotte, N.C., Margery (Bill) Whiting of Avoca, Marian (Walter) Clark of Perkinsville, Herbert (Linda) Mitchell, Jr. of Wayland, Theodore (Joanne) Mitchell of Dalton, Thomas and Peter Mitchell of Wayland, Harriet (Joe) Kruchten of Wayland, Roxanne (Richard) VanCuren of Wayland and Lisa (John) Martin of Patuxent, Md.; 30 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one sister, Margery Washburn, and one brother, Bernard Stephens, both of Wayland; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends called 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Tuesday at the Walter E. Baird & Sons Funeral Home, 100 E. Naples St., Wayland, where funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Wednesday. Burial was in the Village Cemetery, Wayland.
Contributions may be made to the Livingston County Hospice, Livingston County Campus, Mt. Morris, NY 14510 in memory of Grace S. Mitchell. (GCE, February 20, 2003, p4)
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