October 14, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.
Max Grady
Jan. 6, 1937-Oct. 11, 2019
Max E. Grady, age 82, of Portland passed away Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in IU Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
He was born in Portland on Jan. 6, 1937, the son of Edward and Flora (Bell) Grady. He was married Sept. 1, 1965, to Jacqueline Jeter, who survives.
He was retired from Coca-Cola Bottling after 37 years and also had worked for The Commercial Review and as a house painter. He was a U.S. Army veteran, 1955 Portland High School graduate and member of the American Legion Post #211, Portland Elks Lodge, Portland Moose Lodge and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and a Jay County Hospital volunteer.
Surviving are two daughters, Peggy Lu Smiley of Portland and Marcia Lea Snow (husband: Brayton) of Fort Wayne; four grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Martina Theurer, Martha Sue Keener and Melba Retter.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Fr. Robert Moran presiding. Burial will follow in the Green Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m.
Memorials can be made to the Pregnancy Care Center.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
He was born in Portland on Jan. 6, 1937, the son of Edward and Flora (Bell) Grady. He was married Sept. 1, 1965, to Jacqueline Jeter, who survives.
He was retired from Coca-Cola Bottling after 37 years and also had worked for The Commercial Review and as a house painter. He was a U.S. Army veteran, 1955 Portland High School graduate and member of the American Legion Post #211, Portland Elks Lodge, Portland Moose Lodge and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and a Jay County Hospital volunteer.
Surviving are two daughters, Peggy Lu Smiley of Portland and Marcia Lea Snow (husband: Brayton) of Fort Wayne; four grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Martina Theurer, Martha Sue Keener and Melba Retter.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Fr. Robert Moran presiding. Burial will follow in the Green Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m.
Memorials can be made to the Pregnancy Care Center.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
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