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GRACE MAIN

Des Moines

Grace Main, 76, went home to the Lord on June 14, 2010 at Bright Kavanagh House.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Hamilton's Funeral Home, 605 Lyon St. followed by burial at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Grace retired from Northwestern Bell in the mid 1990's. Prior to that, she worked as a cook for Iowa Methodist Medical Center. She enjoyed her family, her golden retrievers and her puzzles.

Grace is survived by her son, Wain (Nancy) Main; brother, Gary (Pat) Snider; sister, Pat Carr-Holtman; sisters-in-law, Isabel and Marian Snider; six grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest; daughter, Gerrie Kay Brown; four brothers and four sisters.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bright Kavanagh House.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by the Des Moines Register on Jun. 16, 2010.

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