Published in Star-Ledger on Oct. 24, 2012
Wilma Horster Grammer died of old age on Oct. 19, 2012, at home with family in West Newbury, Mass. She was 94. Born on June 24, 1918, in Orange, N.J., and raised nearby in Springfield, N.J., Wilma worked as secretary to the president of Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology), where she met her husband, Dean of Admissions Frank A. Grammer. These early ties remained long and deep all her life. A host of grade school friends joined Wilma to celebrate her 85th birthday in 2003. When widowed, she moved to Alexandria, Va., near her daughter and son-in-law. She helped them raise two sons and volunteered for some 25 years at the information counter of Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Arts Center. There, she fielded many questions that could only be asked inside the Washington Beltway. A favorite was the inquiry during the Reagan Administration's Iran-Contra affair, whether any of the artists was selling Ollie North dolls. In late August 2012, she moved with her family to Massachusetts. She died surrounded by her family--daughter Elisa J. Grammer and son-in-law, Fredric D. Chanania of West Newbury, Mass.; grandson, Andrew G. Chanania of Helena, Mont., and grandson, William D. G. Chanania, a freshman at Bucknell University. Other survivors include step-grandchildren, Allen K. Grammer, Elizabeth B. Grammer and John T. Grammer.
Wilma Horster Grammer died of old age on Oct. 19, 2012, at home with family in West Newbury, Mass. She was 94. Born on June 24, 1918, in Orange, N.J., and raised nearby in Springfield, N.J., Wilma worked as secretary to the president of Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology), where she met her husband, Dean of Admissions Frank A. Grammer. These early ties remained long and deep all her life. A host of grade school friends joined Wilma to celebrate her 85th birthday in 2003. When widowed, she moved to Alexandria, Va., near her daughter and son-in-law. She helped them raise two sons and volunteered for some 25 years at the information counter of Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Arts Center. There, she fielded many questions that could only be asked inside the Washington Beltway. A favorite was the inquiry during the Reagan Administration's Iran-Contra affair, whether any of the artists was selling Ollie North dolls. In late August 2012, she moved with her family to Massachusetts. She died surrounded by her family--daughter Elisa J. Grammer and son-in-law, Fredric D. Chanania of West Newbury, Mass.; grandson, Andrew G. Chanania of Helena, Mont., and grandson, William D. G. Chanania, a freshman at Bucknell University. Other survivors include step-grandchildren, Allen K. Grammer, Elizabeth B. Grammer and John T. Grammer.
Published in Star-Ledger on Oct. 24, 2012
Wilma Horster Grammer died of old age on Oct. 19, 2012, at home with family in West Newbury, Mass. She was 94. Born on June 24, 1918, in Orange, N.J., and raised nearby in Springfield, N.J., Wilma worked as secretary to the president of Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology), where she met her husband, Dean of Admissions Frank A. Grammer. These early ties remained long and deep all her life. A host of grade school friends joined Wilma to celebrate her 85th birthday in 2003. When widowed, she moved to Alexandria, Va., near her daughter and son-in-law. She helped them raise two sons and volunteered for some 25 years at the information counter of Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Arts Center. There, she fielded many questions that could only be asked inside the Washington Beltway. A favorite was the inquiry during the Reagan Administration's Iran-Contra affair, whether any of the artists was selling Ollie North dolls. In late August 2012, she moved with her family to Massachusetts. She died surrounded by her family--daughter Elisa J. Grammer and son-in-law, Fredric D. Chanania of West Newbury, Mass.; grandson, Andrew G. Chanania of Helena, Mont., and grandson, William D. G. Chanania, a freshman at Bucknell University. Other survivors include step-grandchildren, Allen K. Grammer, Elizabeth B. Grammer and John T. Grammer.
Wilma Horster Grammer died of old age on Oct. 19, 2012, at home with family in West Newbury, Mass. She was 94. Born on June 24, 1918, in Orange, N.J., and raised nearby in Springfield, N.J., Wilma worked as secretary to the president of Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology), where she met her husband, Dean of Admissions Frank A. Grammer. These early ties remained long and deep all her life. A host of grade school friends joined Wilma to celebrate her 85th birthday in 2003. When widowed, she moved to Alexandria, Va., near her daughter and son-in-law. She helped them raise two sons and volunteered for some 25 years at the information counter of Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Arts Center. There, she fielded many questions that could only be asked inside the Washington Beltway. A favorite was the inquiry during the Reagan Administration's Iran-Contra affair, whether any of the artists was selling Ollie North dolls. In late August 2012, she moved with her family to Massachusetts. She died surrounded by her family--daughter Elisa J. Grammer and son-in-law, Fredric D. Chanania of West Newbury, Mass.; grandson, Andrew G. Chanania of Helena, Mont., and grandson, William D. G. Chanania, a freshman at Bucknell University. Other survivors include step-grandchildren, Allen K. Grammer, Elizabeth B. Grammer and John T. Grammer.
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