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Note: 1999 - March 7 - Sunday - "Star Gazette", Elmira, NY- obituary:
Grace, Marilyn Canis - Program Associate Lake St. Presbyterian Church - Age 63 of 410 Bonaview Ave, Elmira, NY, Friday, March 5, 1999 at Strong Memorial Hospital after a lengthly battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her parents Kenneth and Martha Canis and her sister Beverly Canis Butters. Survivors include her husband of 44 years Louis C. Grace; son, Gary L. (Corene) Grace of Elmira; daughter and son-in-law Linda S. Grace and Brian Rutledge of Eldersburg, MD; grandchildren Sara and John Grace of Elmira, Elizabeth and Heather Grace Rutledge of Eldersburg, MD; stepgrandson Patrick M. Ferreira of Elmira; Aunt Muriel Canis of Elmira; mother-in-law Clara Bell Grace of Elmira; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Richard and Doris Grace of Chemung; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Grace was Program Associate at Lake Street Presbyterian Church for over 25 years, where she directed and coordinated the Christian Education Program and the Outreach Ministry of the church. As a leader in the Outreach Program she was involved in the Youth and Teen Clubs, a Men's Program, and a jail Ministry. She was very active in the Presbytery of Geneva where she was a former Moderator, Commissioner to General Assembly and served on many committee's including Church Education and Social Concerns. Locally she served on the Board of the Chemung Project for Bail. Friends are invited to a Memorial Service on Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 11 AM in the Lake St. Presbyterian Church in Elmira. Rev. John McLaren (the church pastor), Rev. Samuel Edwards (Presbytery Executive of the Presbytery of Geneva) and Rev. Virginia Sale will officiate. Arrangements by Barrett Funeral home. Friends are also invited to meet in the church parlor following the service. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to the Camp Fund, Lake St. Presbyterian Church, 300 Lake St. Elmira, NY. 14901. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Horseheads, NY at the convenience of the family.
Louis was a son of Clara Bell Grace and a brother of Richard Grace.
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