Grace was born March 20, 1898 in Blackfoot, Idaho. From the little bit I was acquainted with Grace, I thought she was a lot of fun. However, when I met her, she had survived a rather nasty automobile crash which seriously injured one of her legs and resulted in ongoing pain for the remainder of her life.
Back to the stats: I found two marriages for Grace. The first marriage was to William M. Colman on December 26, 1926 in Dayton, Idaho. This marriage was either annulled or ended in divorce.
On July 9, 1929, Grace married Ernest M. Gibson in Caldwell, Idaho. I was fortunate to know Uncle Ernie as well. Grace and Ernie truly loved each other and looked after after each other through thick and thin. Ernie worked for a movie distribution company. While they were living in Sacramento, Grace would drive to Reno to visit her mother and play the slot machines. It was on one of these trips that Grad had the car accident.
When my husband and I were living at Lake Tahoe, Uncle Ernie and Aunt Grace came to visit us. Aunt Grace was in heaven at the Stateline casinos.
With no children of their own, Grace and Ernie spent much of their "family" time with her sister, Kay Kammerman and her family celebrating holidays and special occasions.
Grace died on August 1, 1970 in Slat Lake City, Utah. Practically inseparable, Ernie died just a few months later on January 14, 1971.
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