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Sonia Grammont Obituary
June 7, 1943 - June 27, 2019
Resident of Concord
On Thursday, June 27, a very special lady was called home. Sunny was a warm and caring person who always had time for anyone who needed a friend. She had a great smile, sparkling eyes, and loving heart.
Sunny was born and raised in Concord, having graduated from Mt. Diablo High School in 1961.
After high school, she helped establish the Contra Costa Special Olympics and was its director for many years and was a volunteer rape crisis counselor for the developmentally disabled. In 1988, she was rewarded for her selfless dedication by being inducted into the Contra Costa County Citizens Hall of Fame. She later was the Director of the Bay Area Training Corp. in Martinez until her retirement in 2011.
Sunny was preceded in death by her parents, Lolita and Frank Grammont and sister, Lorae Hudson. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Dee and Howard Folkman, nieces, Robin Hudson and Michelle (Jerry) Coleman, nephew, Chris (Lydia) Hudson, great (nieces and nephews), Travis, Stephen, Daniel, Sarah, Mimi, and their families.
Sunny loved her family and friends who became family. She lived life with a positive attitude and a bright smile even while her health was deteriorating. It is our loss but heaven is now brighter because Sunny is there.
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Michael Grafton
September 6, 2019
I graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA in 1983 and went immediately to California as a Jesuit Volunteer to help create a program for severely developmentally disabled adults, called '21 and Still Growing' administered by the then Contra Costa Association for Retarded Citizens (CCARC). The program was temporarily based in a CCARC respite house on Geary Boulevard in Walnut Creek, where Sunny was the coordinator. I was 22, brash, knew everything, and was full of myself. Sunny helped me grow up, how to work with other programs, how to assert myself without being obnoxious, how to be graceful during tense board and committee meetings --- in short, how to be an adult and a leader. I will never forget her mentorship, her friendship, and her love. RIP gentle soul ...
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