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Cox, died Thursday. Arrangements by Stuhr's Northwoods Chapel.GRANT, Omar Hakim, 31, of North Charleston died Thursday. Arrangements by Murray's Mortuary.GREENE, Todd Adair, 64, of Charleston died Wednesday. Arrangements by Charleston Cremation Center and Funeral Home.HARNESS, Elizabeth G., 94, of Charleston, a retired real estate agent and widow of Connie Claude Harness, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Tri-County Cremation Center of Summerville.KEELING, Jenise, 75, of Ladson died Thursday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services' Summerville Chapel.POWERS, Melinda C., 54, of North Charleston died Monday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services' North Charleston Chapel.REID, JoAnn, 62, of North Charleston died Friday. Arrangements by Murray's Mortuary.Dorchester CountySAMMARTINO, Albert George, 87, of Summerville, an Army veteran, owner of two camera stores and husband of Marion Ann Petronio Sammartino, died Thursday. Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home.SMITH, Deborah Ann, 65, of Summerville, an insurance agent with State Farm and wife of Hugo Smith, died Friday. Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home.VERDEJO, Rafael Jr., 59, of Summerville died Friday. Arrangements by Murray's Mortuary of North Charleston.Georgetown County ALSTON, Pauline S., 92, of Pawleys Island, a retired custodian with Georgetown County School District and widow of Davis Alston, died Thursday. Arrangements by Henryhand's Andrews Chapel.Elsewhere McCRAW, Jimmy Donald, 76, of Georgetown, an employee of International Paper and Screven Baptist Church and husband of Barbara Sue Stepp McCraw, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Graham Funeral Home.ROSE, Charles, 86, of Lake City died. Arrangements by Green's Funeral Home. (Charleston Post Courier)

Klassy 1928-2017Grant S. Klassy, age 89, of Fremont, Nebraska, died Tuesday August 29, 2017 at Pathfinder Place in Fremont.Grant was born, raised and educated in Belleville, Wisconsin and graduated high school in 1945. He farmed for 10 years alongside his father, Sam, until March of 1955 when he was drafted into the Army. He served two years and was discharged in March of 1957. While in the service he was introduced to Pearl L Burson, sister of his fellow serviceman, Robert Burson. She was the love of his life and they married in September of 1957. After a few months in Wisconsin, the couple settled in Pearl’s hometown of Maryville, Missouri. Grant worked for the Nodaway County ASGS Government Ag Program for the first two years in Maryville. After the birth of their first child, David, in October of 1959, Grant went to work as a salesman at the Maryville Earl May Garden Center in January of 1960. Grant was promoted and transferred to the Earl May store manager in Boone, Iowa in 1964. He took this struggling store and made it profitable within five years. He was then transferred to the Fremont Earl May in September of 1969 and retired here in February of 1992. He continued to work after retirement as the grounds maintenance manager at Midland College and a salesman at Boomgaars retail store and Diers Farm Supply. He finally stopped working completely in 2007.Grant was an active member of the churches he attended. He served as Deacon in the First Christian Church in Maryville, Boone and Fremont. He has attended the Berean Church, Fremont Alliance Church and is a current member of the Fremont Church of the Nazarene. He was active in the communities in which he lived including being a member of the Fremont Lion’s Club and Golden Kiwanis Club.  He served as President of both clubs at one time. He also enjoyed delivering meals to area resident through the Meals on Wheels program. You could also find him at Walmart when it was peanut time for the Golden Kiwanis. He was also a mem... (Maryville Daily Forum)