Lawrence Arthur Gran

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Lawrence Arthur Gran

Birth
Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
Death
23 Jan 1983 (aged 68)
Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, USA
Plot
Section 8, Lot 3, Grave E
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Lawrence Arthur Gran was born July 4, 1914 near Menno, South Dakota. His parents were Anton and Hannah (Larson) Gran. He was Baptized on July 26, 1914 and Confirmed in the Our Savior's Lutheran Church on February 19, 1928. Lawrence joined the United Methodist Church in 1956.


Lawrence married Olive Marie Stillman on March 10, 1940 at Menno, South Dakota. Lawrence worked as a carpenter for Ed Blaalid and Lester Anderson from 1940-1942. Olive and Lawrence then farmed North of Scotland 1942-1943 and West of Scotland 1944-1947 during which their two sons, Delmar (1944) and Jerry (1947) were born. In November 1947 they moved to Miles City, Montana where Lawrence worked in his brother Edward's gas station. Olive, Lawrence and two sons returned to Scotland in February 1949 and purchased Cisar's Market which they owned and operated as Gran's Market until 1976 when son Jerry (Debra) assumed ownership.


He died Sunday morning, January 23, 1983, at the Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital in Scotland, South Dakota at the age of 68 years, 6 months, 19 days following several years with heart problems.


Surviving are his wife, Olive, Scotland; two sons, Delmar (Cheryl), Middletown, OH; Jerry (Debra), Scotland; four grandchildren, Ryan, Kimberly, Robyn and Jayme; four brothers, Casper (Olga), Lesterville, SD; Edward (Gladys), Miles City, MT; Alvin (Evelyn), Seattle, WA; and Morris (Fern), Scotland and one sister, Mabel Winter, Bozeman, MT and several nieces and nephews.


Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Albert Hjalmer and Hjalmer and three sisters, Jeanette Berg, Alice Bonander, and Emma Aisenbrey.


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Lawrence Arthur Gran was born July 4, 1914 near Menno, South Dakota. His parents were Anton and Hannah (Larson) Gran. He was Baptized on July 26, 1914 and Confirmed in the Our Savior's Lutheran Church on February 19, 1928. Lawrence joined the United Methodist Church in 1956.


Lawrence married Olive Marie Stillman on March 10, 1940 at Menno, South Dakota. Lawrence worked as a carpenter for Ed Blaalid and Lester Anderson from 1940-1942. Olive and Lawrence then farmed North of Scotland 1942-1943 and West of Scotland 1944-1947 during which their two sons, Delmar (1944) and Jerry (1947) were born. In November 1947 they moved to Miles City, Montana where Lawrence worked in his brother Edward's gas station. Olive, Lawrence and two sons returned to Scotland in February 1949 and purchased Cisar's Market which they owned and operated as Gran's Market until 1976 when son Jerry (Debra) assumed ownership.


He died Sunday morning, January 23, 1983, at the Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital in Scotland, South Dakota at the age of 68 years, 6 months, 19 days following several years with heart problems.


Surviving are his wife, Olive, Scotland; two sons, Delmar (Cheryl), Middletown, OH; Jerry (Debra), Scotland; four grandchildren, Ryan, Kimberly, Robyn and Jayme; four brothers, Casper (Olga), Lesterville, SD; Edward (Gladys), Miles City, MT; Alvin (Evelyn), Seattle, WA; and Morris (Fern), Scotland and one sister, Mabel Winter, Bozeman, MT and several nieces and nephews.


Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Albert Hjalmer and Hjalmer and three sisters, Jeanette Berg, Alice Bonander, and Emma Aisenbrey.


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