Mary Grace Schieber

Mary Grace Schieber, age 97, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Three Rivers Community Hospital.

No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Mary was born January 14, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended high school and a stenography trade school both in Chicago. She then worked for Lawrys Tea & Spices for five years. On June 22, 1935 in Chicago, she married Harvey Schieber and was a homemaker. In 1972 she moved from California to Cave Junction where she lived for over 30 years. In 2001 she moved from Cave Junction to Grants Pass.

She was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses Congregation since 1959 and a member of the Cave Junction Congregation since 1972 and the Grants Pass Congregation for the past several years.

Her hobbies included reading, cooking, quilting, gardening and sharing her faith with others.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda Elliott of Gold Hill and June O’Grady of Grants Pass; two sons, Cedric Schieber of Oregon and David Schieber of Santa Rosa, California; ten grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Schieber in 2004; a daughter, Myrna Bernstein in 1995; and a grandson, Brad Rosenberg in 1989.