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John Robert Grayson

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John Robert Grayson

Birth
Arnold, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 Mar 2021 (aged 94)
Granville, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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John R. Grayson, 94, of Granville, Ohio, formerly of New Kensington, died Monday, March 1, 2021. A private family Mass of Christian Burial will be held at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, Granville, Ohio, with Monsignor Paul P. Enke as celebrant. Private interment will be held at Greenwood Memorial Park in New Kensington.

A beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, John passed away March 1, 2021, at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Arnold to the late John and Evelyn Drummond Grayson.

John was an agent with State Farm for 38 years. He was member of St. Edward Church in Granville and formerly a member of Mt. St. Peter Church, in New Kensington. A voracious reader and mentor to many, John was well respected and loved.

Surviving are his wife of 75 years, Clodagh Hunger; daughters, Cathy Schumaker and Gwenn Grayson; grandsons and their wives, Damon and Kristine (Campolo) Schumaker and Aaron and Erin Gilbert-Schumaker; great-grandchildren, Shelby and Sydney Schumaker and Nickalus and Isaiah Schumaker; step-grandson, Brayden McElhiney; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to his parents, John was preceded in death by his sister and brother-in-law, Dolores Anne Grayson-Long and Herbert B. Long.

Published in The Valley News Dispatch on Mar. 5, 2021.
John R. Grayson, 94, of Granville, Ohio, formerly of New Kensington, died Monday, March 1, 2021. A private family Mass of Christian Burial will be held at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, Granville, Ohio, with Monsignor Paul P. Enke as celebrant. Private interment will be held at Greenwood Memorial Park in New Kensington.

A beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, John passed away March 1, 2021, at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Arnold to the late John and Evelyn Drummond Grayson.

John was an agent with State Farm for 38 years. He was member of St. Edward Church in Granville and formerly a member of Mt. St. Peter Church, in New Kensington. A voracious reader and mentor to many, John was well respected and loved.

Surviving are his wife of 75 years, Clodagh Hunger; daughters, Cathy Schumaker and Gwenn Grayson; grandsons and their wives, Damon and Kristine (Campolo) Schumaker and Aaron and Erin Gilbert-Schumaker; great-grandchildren, Shelby and Sydney Schumaker and Nickalus and Isaiah Schumaker; step-grandson, Brayden McElhiney; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to his parents, John was preceded in death by his sister and brother-in-law, Dolores Anne Grayson-Long and Herbert B. Long.

Published in The Valley News Dispatch on Mar. 5, 2021.


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