Submitted by
Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt
PORTLAND OREGONIAN
October 5, 2000
Verla Mae Grear
March 17, 1920 – September 25, 2000
A funeral will be at
11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000, in Rose City Funeral for Verla Mae Grear, who
died Sept. 25 at age 80.
Mrs. Grear was
born March 17, 1920, in Groesbeck, Texas. Her maiden name was Washington. She
had been a nurse's aide for a nursing in Groesbeck for many years. She moved to
Portland in 1995 and was a member of New Jerusalem Baptist Church. In 1938, she
married Fred Grear; he died in 1997.
Survivors
include her daughter, Linda Grear-Long; stepson, James; sisters, Lillie
Blacknall and Ruby Bennett; eight grandchildren; and numerous
great-grandchildren.
Interment will
be in Rose City Cemetery. The family suggests remembrances to the Marie Smith
Center.