Hazel Grant

Hazel Grant, 101, of Portland, Oregon and a former 41 year Wenatchee resident, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the home of her sister's in Portland, Oregon. She was born on September 21, 1911 at Grover in Star Valley, Wyoming, to the late Joseph and Emma Anderson. She grew up on a farm near Grover, Wyoming and graduated from the Star Valley High School. Following high school, she moved to Brigham City, Utah, later moving to Afton, Wyoming where she worked in the theater. She served on a mission for the church to Toronto, Canada. Following her mission, she returned to Utah. She visited a friend living in Portland, Oregon and soon thereafter made the move to Portland. She worked as a Dietitian's Aid at Portland University Hospital and later as a Clerk at Meier & Frank's Department Store. She met Charles Melvin Grant and they were later married on March 5, 1957 at Idaho Falls, Idaho. They made their first home together on the farm they built on virgin soil in Ephrata, later starting a virgin farm at Royal City in 1964. In 1969, they went on a mission for the church to the South Sea Cook Islands, off the coast of Rarotonga, near Fiji. Folowing their mission, they traveled to Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. They sold their farm in Royal City and moved to Wenatchee in1972. Hazel was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Melvin Grant on March 15, 2004. She continued to make her home in Wenatchee until moving to Portland, Oregon in 2010 to live with her sister, Hilda Stitt. Hazel was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wenatchee Sage Hills Ward. She is survived by five step daughters, Yvonne Krebs, Alamo, Nevada, Phyllis Grant, Wenatchee, Darlene Edwards, Boise, Idaho, Sharon (Bruce) Smith, Wenatchee and Veda Rose Pope, Santa Rosa, California; two sisters, Hilda Stitt, Portland, Oregon and Eva Turner, Pines Dale, Montana; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Melvin Grant on March 15, 2004. A Graveside service will be held on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Park, East Wenatchee, with Bishop Kevin Bromiley Presiding. You are invited to visit her tribute online and leave a memory at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com . Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.

Hazel Grant

September 21, 1911 - February 9, 2013