Ellsworth S. GRANT

GRANT, Ellsworth S.
A memorial service for Ellsworth Strong Grant, 95, of Bloomfield who died Wednesday, (March 6, 2013) will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3 p.m. in the meeting room at Duncaster, 40 Loeffler Rd., Bloomfield. He is survived by his two children, John Barnard Grant of Sebastopol, California, and Katharine Houghton of New York and Los Angeles; two grandchildren, Jason Grant and Schuyler Grant; a great-grandson and five great-granddaughters, three step-daughters, Carolyn Means, Virginia Giddens and Frances Means and one step-son, Clayton Spencer and eight step-grandchildren and nine step-great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife Marion Houghton Hepburn, who died in 1986, their son Toby, who died in 2010 and his second wife, Virginia Tuttle Grant, who died in 2012. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mortensen Library c/o University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117, the Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main St., Essex, CT 06426, The Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth St., Hartford, CT 06105, The Nature Conservancy, 4245 N Fairfax Dr. #100, Arlington, VA 22203, or the Connecticut Audubon Society, 2325 Burr St., Fairfield, CT 06824. The James T. Pratt Funeral Service, Wethersfield is entrusted with the arrangements.