Ralph Evens Grant

RALPH EVENS GRANT

The funeral service for Ralph Evens Grant will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 10, 2009, at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 401 West Main Street, Brownsdale, MN with Reverend Jeffrey Sage officiating. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Brownsdale.
Ralph Evens Grant, 92, of Brownsdale, MN died Sunday morning, July 5, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN.
Ralph Evens Grant was born on April 25, 1917, the son of Raymond and Clara (Evens) Grant in Brownsdale, Minnesota. He attended Brownsdale Country School. Ralph was united in marriage to Eldora Gerard at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City, IA on August 28, 1937. He was employed and operated many businesses, which included the Roller Rink in the old Masonic Lodge building, Grant Construction, G & G Window Company, and was a sales person for Countryside Farm Supply. He retired in the early 1980’s. Ralph was a member of the Lions Club, Business Men of Brownsdale, and the Brownsdale Fire Department. Ralph enjoyed golfing, fishing, bowling, camping with family and friends, and restoring old cars.
Ralph is survived by his wife, Eldora Grant, Brownsdale, MN; Janice (Darrel) Harvey, Brownsdale, MN; Dennis Grant, Chaska, MN; James (Nancy) Grant, Renville, MN; Wesley Grant, Holmen, WI; sister-in-law, Eunice Doocy, Blooming Prairie, MN; 15 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 daughters-in-law and 1 great grandchild.
Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 9, 2009, at the Czaplewski Family Funeral Home 302 Market Street SE in Brownsdale, MN and one hour before the service on Friday.
Blessed be his memory.
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