Wanda B. Grant

Wanda B. Grant, 95 of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and formerly of Liberty Township, died at 3:33 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2014, at Broward General Hospital in Fort Lauderdale.

She was born July 21, 1919, in Liberty Township, the daughter of the late Perry Franklin and Edith Wilma (High) Sidle. On August 16, 1941, she married Robert Eugene Grant, who preceded her in death on September 24, 2008.

Family survivors include two daughters, Beverly Grant of Fort Lauderdale, and Brenda (Douglas) Grant-Peterson of North Platte, Nebraska; one grandson, Curtis (Amy) Rogers of Lincoln, Nebraska; one granddaughter, Sherri (Joe) Woody of Las Vegas, Nevada; and two great-grandchildren, Aleni and Elijah Rogers, both of Lincoln, Nebraska.

A daughter, Barbara Sue Rogers; two brothers, Paul Hoyt Sidle and Harold William Sidle; and two sisters, Treva Mae Tickle and Joan Smalley, also preceded her.

Wanda attended school at Ohio City-Liberty School and graduated in the Class of 1937. She also attended and graduated from Betty Jean Cosmetologist School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

She was a member of Ohio City United Methodist Church for more than 70 years, where she had been a teacher in the Junior Sunday School, had served on Church Council, the Social Concerns Committee, was a member of the choir and United Methodist Women (former president), and attended the Prayer Fellowship and served as secretary-treasurer.

Wanda was a charter member and had served as president of the Town and Country Extension Club and was a 4-H advisor for five years. She was a member of the former Liberty Grange 2562 and served as juvenile matron. She was a life member of American Legion Auxiliary 346 in Ohio City, which she had served as president, second vice president and Americanism chairperson.

A celebration of Wanda’s life will be conducted at a later date.

Preferred memorials: Ohio City United Methodist Church.

Arrangements are being handled by Cowan & Son Funeral Home in Van Wert.