Grant, Geraldine "Jerry" Gross (Hebel) 1920 - 2018

GRANT, HEBEL, YEZEK, GROSS, WOLDUM, JENNISH, MARHAHS, BARSNESS, MOFFITT, MOLTHAN, BRUNKO, COMB, MOHR, PRYOR, SUITER, BOICE, KUHN, ESTUM, RIEHLE, FRIEDEN, TIMP, RATH, JOHNSON SCURLOCK, CORNELIUS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:41

Geraldine “Jerry” Gross Grant, age 98, of Mt. Ayr, IA, died on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Clearview Nursing Home in Mt. Ayr.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 15, 2018, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery in Decorah.

Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 14, 2018 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave, in Decorah and also after 9:30 a.m. at the church on Saturday morning. There will be a rosary following the visitation on Friday evening at 6:00 p.m.

Memorials may be made to the family of Geraldine Grant.

Geraldine “Jerry” (Hebel) Gross Grant, was born on April 25, 1920, daughter of Ferdinand and Helen (Yezek) Hebel, on the family farm near Kensett, IA. She attended school through the eighth grade. Working on the farm with her father was an important part of her early life. After finishing school, her sister Gladys Woldum encouraged Jerry to move to Waterloo to attend Pitze’s Beauty school. She graduated there in 1940 and then joined her sister Gertrude Jennish and worked as a beautician in Decorah.

Jerry worked as a hair stylist with her sister until she opened her own shop in her home in 1954. She continued as a beautician for 50 years until retiring in 1990. She had a strong work ethic, and was loved and respected by her clients. She became lifelong friends with many of them.

She met Merton Gross and they were married from 1944 to 1971 when he passed. In 1976, she married Roger “Snooks” Grant and was married until he passed in 1981.

Soon after retiring, she moved to Manly, IA to be near siblings and actually lived next door to sister Delores Mathahs. Due to health issues she later moved to Creston to be near daughter Sharon and family.

Jerry had a strong faith and believed in doing whatever she could for her church community and family. She made time for her hobbies of baking (famous for her kolaches, cinnamon rolls, lefse), embroidering (unknown the number of tea towels), crocheting scrubbies, and a little golfing.

Jerry is survived by her sister Elaine Barsness and her children of Iowa Falls, Ia.: her children, Dale (Joyce) Gross, Atlantic, IA; Thomas (Romy) Gross, Phoenix, AZ and Sharon (David) Moffitt, Creston, IA; grandchildren, Scott (Toni) Gross, Tracey Molthan, Jason Gross, Carey Brunko, Braden (Tianna) Gross, Erin Gross, Daniel Gross, Kristine Combs, Amanda (Ryan) Mohr, Elizabeth (Dallas) Pryor and Davida (Jamie) Suiter; step-children, Greg (Marie) Grant, Valerie Boice, Kim Grant and Michelle (Carl) Kuhn; step-grandchildren, Brooke (Jeff) Estum, Breelyn (Chase) Riehle, Tracy (Bruce) Frieden, Kelly (Dan) Timp, Casey (Kolby) Rath, Cody Grant , Michael Kuhn and Jacob Kuhn.

Jerry was preceded in death by, her parents, Ferdinand and Helen (Yezek) Hebel; husbands Merton Gross and Roger Grant; brothers: Clement Hebel and Francis Hebel. Sisters: Genevieve Johnson, Gladys Woldum, Gertrude Jennish, Isabelle Scurlock, Rosalie Cornelius and Dolores Mathahs.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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