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Margaret Grant
MARGARET WARD GRANT
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Ward Grant, 83, of Anamosa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. She was surrounded by family and friends.
Margaret was born Dec. 24, 1933, in Tallahassee, Fla., the daughter of Marion and Queen Victoria (Smart) Ward. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Tallahassee and attended Florida A&M University. It was in Washington, D.C., where she met medical student Kingsley Grant. They married June 7, 1959. Following Kingsley's two-year residency at UCLA, they settled in Cedar Rapids.
Margaret was very active in the community, having been appointed to the Cedar Rapids Public Library Board by Mayor Don Canney and serving as president of the Author Elementary School PTA and the Children's Home Board. She also assisted McKinley Junior High School students in their after-school study program.
Margaret was a graduate of Carlson College of Massage, where she attained her therapeutic license.
Margaret was an avid world traveler. She loved to dance and to sing. She performed in two Cedar Rapids community theater productions, "A Raisin in the Sun" (1969) and the leading role in the musical "Kismet." Tennis was another love; playing twice a week for 14 years, she proved to be a formidable opponent, winning several competitions. She also loved to entertain, hosting over the years numerous memorable parties and various functions for family and friends.
She is survived by her three sons, Ward of Cedar Rapids, Conrad of Los Angeles and Maxwell of Cedar Rapids; grandson, Jacob; her sister, Vera Cunningham; and nieces and nephews, Dr. Brenda Watson, Annette Duckworth, Donald, Guy (deceased) and Tola III Harris, Cheryl, Beverly and Keith Cunningham, and Siobhan Farr and Maya FarrHenderson.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 34 years, Dr. Kingsley B. Grant; parents; brother, James "Chic" Ward; and sister, Queen Ester Harris.
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In lieu of flowers, Margaret requests donations be made to the Animal Welfare Foundation (www.wesavepets.org).
Services are private.
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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