Individual Details

Edith Catherine Bear

(1 Oct 1916 - 24 Apr 1999)

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, Sunday, April 25, 1999: Edith Morrison Grimes, Rich Hill, MO, and John Knox Village, Lee's Summit, MO, died Saturday, April 24, 1999, at Lee's Summit Hospital. Funeral services are pending with Sheldon-Booth Funeral Home, Rich Hill. Memorials may be made to either the Rich Hill United Methodist Church or Brunswick, MO, United Methodist Church. These are the two congregations she served as minister's wife. Mrs. Grimes was the first of seven children born to Alford & Mabel Bear. Her first husband, Albert Morrison, an electrical contractor, preceded her in death in 1985. To this union were born two children, Mary Ann Bedwell and Phillip Morrison, both of whom survive, and six grandchildren. One grandson preceded her in death. In 1988, she married Rev. Dr. Paul E. Grimes, who also survives her. He is a retired United Methodist minister.


Events

Birth1 Oct 1916Bates Co., Missouri
Residence1930Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Osage, Bates Co., Missouri
Residence1935Rich Hill, Bates Co., Missouri
Marriage10 Jul 1936Harrisonville, Cass Co., Missouri - William Albert Morrison
Residence1 Apr 1940Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri
Marriage1988Paul Edward Grimes
Death24 Apr 1999Lees Summit, Jackson Co., Missouri
BurialBuried next to first spouse using Morrison as last name, Double Branch Cemetery, Butler, Bates Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseWilliam Albert Morrison (1904 - 1985)
SpousePaul Edward Grimes (1927 - 2001)
FatherAlfred Nolan Bear (1896 - 1983)
MotherMabel Lillian Kile (1896 - 1990)
SiblingBlanche Elaine Bear (1918 - 2005)
SiblingBeulah Gertrude Bear (1921 - 2008)
SiblingClarence Everett Bear (1923 - 2004)
SiblingDorothy L Bear (1928 - )
SiblingMary Ruth Bear ( - 1991)
SiblingRalph Wyatt Bear (1934 - )
SiblingMarvin Lee Bear (1938 - 2003)
SiblingMichael "Mike" Bear ( - 1991)

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