Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Grant, Colleen 2014
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, February 4, 2014


Colleen (Prendergast) Grant, 71, of Belding, died at home Sunday morning 
February 2. 2014 surrounded by her loving family.  Colleen was the daughter of 
the late Daniel and Mary (Holleran) Prendergast, born on February 9, 1942, in 
Owosso, Michigan. 

Upon graduation from St. Paul’s High School, Colleen completed laboratory and 
x-ray courses at Elkhart University, Elkhart, Indiana, and worked in Belding 
area hospitals.  She later excelled at in-home childcare, forming many lifelong 
connections with the children and their families.  Colleen was talented at 
baking, sewing, knitting and painting, and favored many with gifts of her own 
designs.  Colleen’s gentle manner, quick wit and insatiable interest in others 
resulted in rich relationships which flourished throughout her life.  She was a 
member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Belding. 

Colleen married Gary Grant on September 25, 1965.  He survives her. She was 
beloved mother to: Kevin Grant, Belding; Kelly (Angie) Simmons, Sinking 
Springs, Pennsylvania; Molly (Art) Ward and Brian (Stacey) Grant of Rockford.  
She took great joy in her Grandchildren: Allison, Zachary and Jared Simmons; 
Katelynn, Mitchell and Jack Ward and Lauren Grant.  Also surviving are three 
sisters: Martha (Gust) Triantafillou; Patty (Allan King) Prendergast and Rita 
(Dutch) Bouwman and several nieces and nephews. 

Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic 
Church, Belding, with Father Darrel Kempf presiding.  Visitation will be 
Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8, p.m., with a rosary prayed at 7:30 p.m. at Johnson-
Feuerstein Funeral Home, 203 Pleasant St. Belding.  Burial will take place 
privately in St. Joseph Cemetery.  Memorials may be given to the B Foundation.


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