Falmouth, MN, - Fomerly of Charleston Jane Grimball Greely, formerly of Charleston, SC, wife of John C Greely (d 2010), died February 13, 2019, at home in Falmouth, ME, with family by her side. She was born November 19, 1925, to Arthur and Jennie Rose Coffin Grimball. Enrolled in the first class of Charleston Day School, she graduated from Memminger High School and attended the College of Charleston. After they married, John's work with the CIA took the family around the world, including DC, Japan, and Switzerland. Upon John's retirement in 1973, the couple moved back to Charleston, running a bed and breakfast for 25 years and owning the Smockery with her sister Georgianna Grimball, (d 2012). Grammy was a skilled and prolific knitter. She was passionate about cooking and feeding the people she loved. When living in Tokyo she learned flower arranging and Chinese cooking which became a staple for all celebratory dinners. The family spent summers at the family cabin on Conway Lake, NH, where she read and made her children blueberry pies. Grammy had impeccable grammar (and expected you to as well), formal manners (that we loved to mock), and a wonderful dry wit. She adored Folly Beach, anything fried, Downton Abbey, peaches, and pecan turtles. She was a remarkable listener and forgiving parent and strongly believed that two motivated women could accomplish anything before noon. We all loved her madly, and she knew it. She is survived by her sister, Haskell Carr, and her five children: Marian Greely (Darrell Olson); Jane Cowan (David); Alice Greely-Nelson (David), John Greely (Regina) and Rose Greely (Adam Rosenbaum). She is also survived by her adoring grandchildren: David Knott (Lauren Smalley); Chapman Knott (Rebecca Gingell); Jane Rose Cowan (Jesse Gero); George Cowan; Delancey Nelson; Andrew Nelson; John Greely (Kristine); Elizabeth Mitchell (Eric); Annabel Rosenbaum; and Ben Rosenbaum. Funeral services will be held at Grace Church Cathedral this spring. In lieu of flowers, she hoped that donations would be made to a charity close to your heart or to your local Planned Parenthood. (PPFA, P.O. Box 97166, Washington, DC 20090-7166).
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on Feb. 20, 2019