Obit, Montezuma County, Colorado :Grace McWhirt -2001
Date:2/7/2001  
From:Tom Vaughan <wt@fone.net
http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/montezuma/obits/mcwhirtg.txt

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Thomas Vaughan wrote:
 
 Grace McWhirt, longtime Mancos resident, passed away at Southwest Memorial
 Hospital on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, at the age of 82. She was born the
 daughter of Troy and Grace Emma (Henshaw) Ramsey on June 16, 1918, in St.
 Louis, Mo.
 Grace had been an active member of the Mancos community, serving as deputy
 marshal and dispatcher, Mancos Town Court clerk and, until recently,
 bookkeeper for the Mancos Fire Department. She despised idleness and
 volunteered her energies as chairperson of the State Centennial Project,
 Mancos Days committee, Mancos Businesswomen's Association, and with the
 Mancos Valley Chamber. She was a lifetime member of Eastern Star and was
 associated with Lions. Grace was a selfless person, always more concerned
 with the other person than herself.
 Survivors include her son, Troy McWhirt of Mancos; a stepdaughter, Helen
 Moreland of El Monte, Calif.; six grandchildren, Jayson McWhirt, Bryan
 McWhirt, Sean McWhirt, Jacob McWhirt, Jessica McWhirt, and Keith Moreland;
 as well as 12 great-grandchildren. A sister, June Stitt of Tucson, Ariz.;
 two nephews, Jerry Stitt of Tucson, and James Stitt of Minnesota; and a
 niece, Cindy Nelson of St. George, Utah, also survive.
 Preceding Grace in death was her husband, Lloyd "Buck" McWhirt; her parents;
 and a brother, Troy Louis Ramsey. Memorial contributions can be made in
 Grace McWhirt's name with the Mancos Valley Bank. Arrangements are being
 made through the Ertel Funeral Home with services taking place at a later
 date.

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Tom Vaughan, Editor
The Mancos Times-Tribune 
Serving the beautiful Mancos Valley since 1892
P.O. Box 987, Mancos, CO 81328
(970) 533-7766     (970) 565-8527
thomasv@cortezjournal.com  fax (970) 565-8532      


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