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.