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Billie Jean Weiler Grant

Female 1921 - 2000  (78 years)


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  • Name Billie Jean Weiler Grant 
    Born 20 Jul 1921  Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 May 2000  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Dover Cemetery, Dover, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3635  Rossville
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2019 

    Father William Weiler 
    Mother Lova C Lemon Weiler 
    Family ID F3571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wayne Waldo Grant,   d. 20 Mar 1987 
    Married 14 Sep 1940  Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Ralph Grant,   d. 1 Mar 1977
     2. Jerry Wayne Grant
     3. Michael Dean Grant
     4. Steven Allen Grant
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 00:27:56 
    Family ID F3572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Sep 1940 - Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Dover Cemetery, Dover, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Grant, Billie
    Obituary- Grant, Billie
    Billie Grant
    Billie Jean Grant, 78, Topeka, died Wednesday, May 24, 2000, at a Rossville nursing home.

    Mrs. Grant was a tax examiner for the Kansas Department of Revenue until she retired in 1985.

    She was born July 20, 1921, in Wichita, the daughter of William and Lova C. Lemon Weiler. She graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1939. She had lived in Maple Hill until 1949, then in Hoyt until she moved back to Maple Hill in 1960.

    Mrs. Grant was a member of the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church, and she served two terms in the Silver Haired Legislature.

    She married Wayne Waldo Grant on Sept. 14, 1940, in Oskaloosa. He died March 20, 1987. A son, William Ralph Grant, died March 1, 1977, and she also was preceded in death by two grandsons, Russell Wayne Grant and Daniel Dee Grant, and a great-grandson, William Raymond Grant.

    Survivors include three sons, Jerry Wayne Grant, Hoyt, Michael Dean Grant, Olathe, and Steven Allen Grant, Topeka; two sisters, Edith Marker, and Judy McDiffett, both of Topeka; a brother, Jon Weiler, Topeka; 10 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

    Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Parker- Price Mortuary. Burial will be at Dover Cemetery in Dover. Mrs. Grant will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the mortuary where visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

    Memorial contributions may be made to Heart of America Hospice, 3715 S.W. 29th, Suite 20, Topeka, 66614, or to the Alzheimer’s Association, Topeka Chapter, P.O. Box 1427, Topeka, 66601.